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Williams TC, Asselin E, Mazzulli T, Woznow T, Hamzeh H, Nahkaie D, Waisman D, Stojkova B, Dixon R, Bryce E, Charles M. One-year trial evaluating the durability and antimicrobial efficacy of copper in public transportation systems. Sci Rep 2024; 14:6765. [PMID: 38514805 PMCID: PMC10958017 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-56225-9] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2023] [Accepted: 03/04/2024] [Indexed: 03/23/2024] Open
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Surfaces on transit vehicles are frequently touched and could potentially act as reservoirs for micro-organism transmission. Regular cleaning and disinfection to minimize the spread of micro-organisms is operationally challenging due to the need to keep vehicles in circulation. The application of copper (Cu) alloys to high- touch surfaces could help reduce the risk of cross-contamination, however, little is known about the durability and efficacy of engineered copper surfaces after prolonged use. Three Cu products (decal, thermal fabrication, and alloy covers) were assessed over a 12-month period. These Cu products were randomly installed on 110 stanchions on three buses and four train (SkyTrain) cars in Vancouver and three buses, two subway cars, and two streetcars in Toronto with mirrored control surfaces directly opposite. Bacterial counts (Colony forming units, CFU) and ATP bioluminescence (ATPB) were measured every two months after peak morning routes. Durability of the Cu products were assessed monthly through visual inspection and colorimetry assays or by ex-situ microscopy. Cu products on stanchions reduced the mean colony forming units (CFU) of all vehicles by 42.7% in the mean CFU (0.573 (CI 95% 0.453-0.726), p-value < 0.001) compared to control surfaces. The three Cu products exhibited an overall 87.1% reduction in the mean ATPB readings (0.129 (CI 95% 0.059-0.285, p-value < 0.001) compared to controls. Surface Cu concentration for all three products was consistent throughout the 12-month period. Electron microscopy (SEM) and Energy-dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (EDS) cross-sectional analysis showed no change in thickness or dealloying of Cu products, however SEM top-down analysis revealed substantial carbon accumulation on all surfaces. Cu products installed on transit vehicles maintained antimicrobial efficacy and durability after 12 months of use.
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- Teresa C Williams
- Division of Medical Microbiology and Infection Prevention, Vancouver Coastal Health, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Materials Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada
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- Division of Medical Microbiology and Infection Prevention, Vancouver Coastal Health, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada
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- Department of Materials Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Statistics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Community & Healthcare Acquired Infection Reduction (CHAIR), Vancouver, Canada
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- Division of Medical Microbiology and Infection Prevention, Vancouver Coastal Health, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Division of Medical Microbiology and Infection Prevention, Vancouver Coastal Health, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
- Division of Medical Microbiology and Infection Prevention, Vancouver General Hospital, 1116 - 855 West 12th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 1M9, Canada.
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Zanello M, Poulon F, Pallud J, Varlet P, Hamzeh H, Abi Lahoud G, Andreiuolo F, Ibrahim A, Pages M, Chretien F, Di Rocco F, Dezamis E, Nataf F, Turak B, Devaux B, Abi Haidar D. Multimodal optical analysis discriminates freshly extracted human sample of gliomas, metastases and meningiomas from their appropriate controls. Sci Rep 2017; 7:41724. [PMID: 28150726 PMCID: PMC5288720 DOI: 10.1038/srep41724] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2016] [Accepted: 12/23/2016] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Delineating tumor margins as accurately as possible is of primordial importance in surgical oncology: extent of resection is associated with survival but respect of healthy surrounding tissue is necessary for preserved quality of life. The real-time analysis of the endogeneous fluorescence signal of brain tissues is a promising tool for defining margins of brain tumors. The present study aims to demonstrate the feasibility of multimodal optical analysis to discriminate fresh samples of gliomas, metastases and meningiomas from their appropriate controls. Tumor samples were studied on an optical fibered endoscope using spectral and fluorescence lifetime analysis and then on a multimodal set-up for acquiring spectral, one and two-photon fluorescence images, second harmonic generation signals and two-photon fluorescence lifetime datasets. The obtained data allowed us to differentiate healthy samples from tumor samples. These results confirmed the possible clinical relevance of this real-time multimodal optical analysis. This technique can be easily applied to neurosurgical procedures for a better delineation of surgical margins.
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- Marc Zanello
- IMNC Laboratory, UMR 8165-CNRS/IN2P3, Paris-Saclay university, 91405 Orsay, France.,Neurosurgery Department, Sainte-Anne Hospital, France.,Paris Descartes University, Paris, France
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- IMNC Laboratory, UMR 8165-CNRS/IN2P3, Paris-Saclay university, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Neurosurgery Department, Sainte-Anne Hospital, France.,Paris Descartes University, Paris, France
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- Paris Descartes University, Paris, France.,Neuropathology Department, Sainte-Anne Hospital, France
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- Center of Advanced European Studies and Research (caesar), 53175 Bonn, Germany
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- Neurosurgery Department, Sainte-Anne Hospital, France.,Paris Descartes University, Paris, France
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- Paris Descartes University, Paris, France.,Neuropathology Department, Sainte-Anne Hospital, France
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- IMNC Laboratory, UMR 8165-CNRS/IN2P3, Paris-Saclay university, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Paris Descartes University, Paris, France.,Neuropathology Department, Sainte-Anne Hospital, France
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- Paris Descartes University, Paris, France.,Neuropathology Department, Sainte-Anne Hospital, France
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- Neurosurgery Department, Sainte-Anne Hospital, France.,Paris Descartes University, Paris, France
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- Neurosurgery Department, Sainte-Anne Hospital, France.,Paris Descartes University, Paris, France
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- Neurosurgery Department, Sainte-Anne Hospital, France.,Paris Descartes University, Paris, France
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- Neurosurgery Department, Sainte-Anne Hospital, France.,Paris Descartes University, Paris, France
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- IMNC Laboratory, UMR 8165-CNRS/IN2P3, Paris-Saclay university, 91405 Orsay, France.,Paris Diderot University, Sorbonne Paris Cité, F-75013, Paris, France
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Hamzeh H, Lefort C, Pain F, Abi Haidar D. Optimization and characterization of nonlinear excitation and collection through a gradient-index lens for high-resolution nonlinear endomicroscopy. Opt Lett 2015; 40:808-811. [PMID: 25723438 DOI: 10.1364/ol.40.000808] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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We report a study of gradient index (GRIN) lenses as a miniaturized micro-objective for in vivo imaging in the context of the development of a nonlinear endomicroscope. A numerical study of the parameters influencing the lateral resolution, excitation, and collection efficiency, when GRIN lens is coupled with a double clad fiber (DCF), is exposed. Four commercial DCFs, previously identified from the literature as potential endoscopic fibers, are simulated. Then, an experimental study characterizes two GRIN lenses (one commercial, one homemade) by their dispersion and nonlinear effects, potential intrinsic fluorescence, and use for fluorescence lifetime measurements. Images of neural cells from brain tissues of mice through a GRIN lens are presented.
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Berlier W, Cremel M, Hamzeh H, Lévy R, Lucht F, Bourlet T, Pozzetto B, Delézay O. Seminal plasma promotes the attraction of Langerhans cells via the secretion of CCL20 by vaginal epithelial cells: involvement in the sexual transmission of HIV. Hum Reprod 2006; 21:1135-42. [PMID: 16531471 DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dei496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [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: 12/20/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Heterosexual human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission implies the crossing of the vaginal mucosa by virions present in the semen, potentially using Langerhans cells as transporters. The recruitment of these cells in the mucosa is mediated by the chemokine macrophage inflammatory protein 3alpha (CCL20). The aim of this study was to evaluate the capacity of the semen to induce Langerhans cell recruitment via the production of CCL20 by vaginal epithelial cells. METHODS AND RESULTS Using a vaginal epithelium model based on the SiHa cell line and human seminal plasma, we demonstrated that semen enhanced the production of CCL20. This secretion was regulated by the nuclear factor-kappaB intracellular signalling pathway. Fractionation of the seminal plasma indicated that the secretion of CCL20 was stimulated by high molecular weight compounds present in semen. Migration assays demonstrated that secreted CCL20 was able to promote the recruitment of Langerhans cell precursors (LCps), which remain permissive to X4 and R5 HIV infection. CONCLUSIONS Our results demonstrate that epithelial cells respond to factors present in semen by secreting CCL20, leading to the enhancement of LCp recruitment. These data argue in favour of the implication of epithelial cells in the heterosexual transmission of HIV.
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- W Berlier
- GIMAP, Groupe Immunité des Muqueuses et Agents Pathogènes, Faculté de Médecine J. Lisfranc, Saint Etienne, France
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Sivard P, Dezutter-Dambuyant C, Kanitakis J, Mosnier JF, Hamzeh H, Bechetoille N, Berthier O, Sabido O, Schmitt D, Genin C, Misery L. In vitro reconstructed mucosa-integrating Langerhans' cells. Exp Dermatol 2003; 12:346-55. [PMID: 12930289 DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0625.2003.00108.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [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: 11/23/2022]
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All three-dimensional in vitro mucosal models constructed, thus far, have only been reconstituted by epithelial cells. We have developed a reconstructed oral and vaginal epithelium that integrates Langerhans' cells (LC), the dendritic cells (DC) of malpighian epithelia. The epithelium was composed of gingival or vaginal keratinocytes seeded on a de-epidermized dermis (DED) and grown in submerged culture for 2 weeks. LC precursors, obtained after differentiation of cord blood-derived CD34+ hematopoietic progenitor cells (CD34+HPC) by granulocyte macrophage-colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF), tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) and Flt3-ligand (Flt3-L), were introduced after 6-8 days of culture into the reconstituted epithelium. The in vitro reconstituted mucosal epithelium formed a multilayered, well-differentiated epithelial structure, confirmed by the immunohistochemical expression of cytokeratins 4, 6, 10, 13, 14, 16 and involucrin. LC were identified in the basal and suprabasal epithelial layers by CD1a antigen, S100 protein and Langerin/CD207 expression, and by transmission electron microscopy. Type IV collagen was expressed at the chorio-epithelial junction, and most ultrastructural features of this junction were visualized by electron microscopy. This in vitro reconstructed gingiva or vagina integrating LC represents interesting models very similar to native tissues. Because LC play an important role in the mucosal immune system, our models could be useful for conducting studies on interactions with pathogenic agents (viruses, bacteria etc.), as well as in pharmacological, toxicological and clinical research.
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- P Sivard
- Jean Monnet University, Saint-Etienne, France
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Tchou I, Misery L, Sabido O, Dezutter-Dambuyant C, Bourlet T, Moja P, Hamzeh H, Peguet-Navarro J, Schmitt D, Genin C. Functional HIV CXCR4 coreceptor on human epithelial Langerhans cells and infection by HIV strain X4. J Leukoc Biol 2001; 70:313-21. [PMID: 11493625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/21/2023] Open
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HIV can cross the intact epithelium of genital mucosae via Langerhans cells. Fresh Langerhans cells are known to express CD4 and CCR5. The presence of CXCR4 on the surface of cultured but not freshly isolated Langerhans cells has been described. In the present study, we demonstrate that CXCR4 was expressed by fresh Langerhans cells isolated and purified from epidermis. However, the percentage of Langerhans cells expressing CXCR4 or CCR5 increased during maturation of the cells in culture, especially in the presence of exogenous granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor. To determine whether CXCR4 was functional, freshly isolated Langerhans cells were infected with HIV LAI, a T-cell-tropic strain, and p24 protein production was measured in culture supernatants. p24 production was observed when infected Langerhans cells were cocultured with SupT1 cells. However, the presence of HIV provirus DNA was evidenced within the infected Langerhans cells by nested PCR. Ultrastructural studies confirmed the formation of syncytia when Langerhans cells were cocultured with SupT1 cells. Preincubation of Langerhans cells with azidothymidine or SDF-1-alpha, a natural ligand for CXCR4, prevented infection. These data demonstrated that CXCR4 is present on the surface of Langerhans cells freshly isolated from human skin epidermis and that this expression is functional.
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- I Tchou
- Groupe Immunité des Muqueuses et Agents Pathogènes and. Centre de Cytométrie en Flux, University of Saint-Etienne. INSERM U346, Lyon, France
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Tchou I, Misery L, Sabido O, Dezutter‐Dambuyant C, Bourlet T, Moja P, Hamzeh H, Peguet‐Navarro J, Schmitt D, Genin C. Functional HIV CXCR4 coreceptor on human epithelial Langerhans cells and infection by HIV strain X4. J Leukoc Biol 2001. [DOI: 10.1189/jlb.70.2.313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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- I. Tchou
- Groupe Immunité des Muqueuses et Agents Pathogènes, France
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- Groupe Immunité des Muqueuses et Agents Pathogènes, France
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- Centre de Cytométrie en Flux, University of Saint‐Etienne, France
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- Groupe Immunité des Muqueuses et Agents Pathogènes, France
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- Groupe Immunité des Muqueuses et Agents Pathogènes, France
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- Groupe Immunité des Muqueuses et Agents Pathogènes, France
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- Groupe Immunité des Muqueuses et Agents Pathogènes, France
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Hamzeh H, Gaudillère A, Sabido O, Tchou I, Lambert C, Schmitt D, Genin C, Misery L. Expression of PGP9.5 on Langerhans' cells and their precursors. Acta Derm Venereol 2000; 80:14-6. [PMID: 10721824 DOI: 10.1080/000155500750012423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [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: 10/16/2022] Open
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Langerhans' cells are epidermal dendritic cells, derived from blood precursors. Their main function is antigen presentation to T-cells. They are able to express neuronal proteins, such as neuron-specific enolase or substance P-receptor. They are closely associated with nerve fibres. PGP9.5 is the most specific neuronal protein in the epidermis. Epidermal Langerhans' cells can express PGP9.5 if denervated. Using flow cytometry, we found that cultured CD34+ precursors did not express PGP9.5, whereas suspensions of fresh or cultured Langerhans' cells could express this neuronal protein. Precursors of Langerhans' cells are not able to express PGP9.5, suggesting that they are not mature enough or that the capacity to express PGP9.5 may be acquired only in the epidermis. The function of PGP9.5 on Langerhans' cells and mature dendritic cells remains unknown. PGP9.5 might be related to dendritic cell maturation or to the lack of contacts with nerve endings.
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- H Hamzeh
- GIMAP, Faculty of Medicine, Saint Etienne, France
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