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Smith IA, Templer PH, Hutyra LR. Water sources for street trees in mesic urban environments. Sci Total Environ 2024; 908:168411. [PMID: 37939949 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.168411] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2023] [Revised: 10/20/2023] [Accepted: 11/05/2023] [Indexed: 11/10/2023]
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Street trees support climate resiliency through a variety of pathways, such as offsetting urban heat and attenuating storm water runoff. While urban trees in arid and semiarid ecosystems have been shown to take up water from irrigation, it is unknown where street trees in mesic cities obtain their water. In this study, we use natural abundance stable isotopes to estimate the proportional sources of water taken up by Acer platanoides street trees in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, including precipitation, irrigation, groundwater, and wastewater. We use Bayesian multisource mixing models to estimate water sources by comparing the natural abundance isotopic ratios of hydrogen and oxygen across potential water sources with water extracted from tree stem samples. We find that during the summer of 2021, characterized by anomalously high rainfall, street trees predominantly utilized water from precipitation. Precipitation accounted for 72.3 % of water extracted from trees sampled in August and 65.6 % from trees sampled in September. Of the precipitation taken up by street trees, most water was traced back to large storm events in July, with July rainfall alone accounting for up to 84.0 % of water found within street trees. We find strong relationships between canopy cover fractions and the proportion of precipitation lost to evapotranspiration across the study domain, supporting the conclusion that tree planting initiatives result in storm water mitigation benefits due to utilization of water from precipitation by urban vegetation. However, while the mature trees studied here currently support their water demand from precipitation, the dependency of street trees on precipitation in mesic cities may lead to increased water stress in a changing climate characterized by a higher frequency and severity of drought.
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- Ian A Smith
- Boston University, Department of Earth & Environment, 685 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, MA 02215, USA.
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- Boston University, Department of Biology, 5 Cummington Mall, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Boston University, Department of Earth & Environment, 685 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, MA 02215, USA
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Smith IA, Fabian MP, Hutyra LR. Urban green space and albedo impacts on surface temperature across seven United States cities. Sci Total Environ 2023; 857:159663. [PMID: 36302415 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.159663] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2022] [Revised: 10/19/2022] [Accepted: 10/19/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Extreme heat represents a growing threat to public health, especially across the densely populated, developed landscape of cities. Climate adaptation strategies that aim to manage urban microclimates through purposeful design can reduce the heat exposure of urban populations, however, it is unclear how the temperature impacts of urban green space and albedo vary across cities and background climate. This study quantifies the sensitivity of surface temperature to landcover characteristics tied to two widely used climate adaptation strategies, urban greening and albedo manipulation (e.g. white roofs), by combining long-term remote sensing observations of land surface temperature, albedo, and moisture with high-resolution landcover datasets in a spatial regression analysis at the census block scale across seven United States cities. We find tree cover to have an average cooling impact of -0.089 K per % cover, which is approximately four times stronger than the average grass cover cooling impact of -0.021 K per % cover. Variability in the magnitude of grass cover cooling impacts was primarily a function of vegetation moisture content, with the Land Surface Water Index (LSWI) explaining 89 % of the variability in grass cover cooling impacts across cities. Variability in tree cover cooling impacts was primarily a function of sunlight and vegetation moisture content, with solar irradiance and LSWI explaining 97 % of the cooling variability across cities. Albedo cooling impacts were consistent across cities with an average cooling impact of -0.187 K per increase of 0.01. While these interventions are broadly effective across cities, there are critical regional trade-offs between vegetation cooling efficiency, irrigation requirements, and the temporal duration and evolution of the cooling benefits. In warm, arid cities, high albedo surfaces offer multifaceted benefits such as cooling and water conservation, whereas temperate, mesic cities likely benefit from a combination of strategies, with greening efforts targeting highly paved neighborhoods.
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- Ian A Smith
- Boston University, Department of Earth & Environment, 685 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, MA 02215, USA.
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- Boston University, Department of Environmental Health, 715 Albany St., Boston, MA 02118, USA
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- Boston University, Department of Earth & Environment, 685 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, MA 02215, USA
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Tieskens KF, Smith IA, Jimenez RB, Hutyra LR, Fabian MP. Mapping the gaps between cooling benefits of urban greenspace and population heat vulnerability. Sci Total Environ 2022; 845:157283. [PMID: 35820520 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2022] [Revised: 06/17/2022] [Accepted: 07/06/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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We provide a novel method to assess the heat mitigation impacts of greenspace though studying the mechanisms of ecosystems responsible for benefits and connecting them to heat exposure metrics. We demonstrate how the ecosystem services framework can be integrated into current practices of environmental health research using supply/demand state-of-the-art methods of ecological modeling of urban greenspace. We compared the supply of cooling ecosystem services in Boston measured through an indicator of high resolution evapotranspiration modeling, with the demand for benefits from cooling measured as a heat exposure risk score based on exposure, hazard and population characteristics. The resulting evapotranspiration indicator follows a pattern similar to conventional greenspace indicators based on vegetation abundance, except in warmer areas such as those with higher levels of impervious surface. We identified demand-supply mismatch areas across the city of Boston, some coinciding with affordable housing complexes and long term care facilities. This novel ES-framework provides cross-disciplinary methods to prioritize urban areas where greenspace interventions can have the most impact based on heat-related demand.
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- Koen F Tieskens
- Department of Environmental Health, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
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- Department of Earth and Environment, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Department of Environmental Health, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02118, USA
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- Department of Earth and Environment, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Department of Environmental Health, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02118, USA
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Smith IA, Winbourne JB, Tieskens KF, Jones TS, Bromley FL, Li D, Hutyra LR. A Satellite-Based Model for Estimating Latent Heat Flux From Urban Vegetation. Front Ecol Evol 2021. [DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2021.695995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
The impacts of extreme heat events are amplified in cities due to unique urban thermal properties. Urban greenspace mitigates high temperatures through evapotranspiration and shading; however, quantification of vegetative cooling potential in cities is often limited to simple remote sensing greenness indices or sparse, in situ measurements. Here, we develop a spatially explicit, high-resolution model of urban latent heat flux from vegetation. The model iterates through three core equations that consider urban climatological and physiological characteristics, producing estimates of latent heat flux at 30-m spatial resolution and hourly temporal resolution. We find strong agreement between field observations and model estimates of latent heat flux across a range of ecosystem types, including cities. This model introduces a valuable tool to quantify the spatial heterogeneity of vegetation cooling benefits across the complex landscape of cities at an adequate resolution to inform policies addressing the effects of extreme heat events.
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Hundertmark WJ, Lee M, Smith IA, Bang AHY, Chen V, Gately CK, Templer PH, Hutyra LR. Influence of landscape management practices on urban greenhouse gas budgets. Carbon Balance Manag 2021; 16:1. [PMID: 33415575 PMCID: PMC7792215 DOI: 10.1186/s13021-020-00160-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2020] [Accepted: 11/19/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND With a lack of United States federal policy to address climate change, cities, the private sector, and universities have shouldered much of the work to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gas emissions. This study aims to determine how landcover characteristics influence the amount of carbon (C) sequestered and respired via biological processes, evaluating the role of land management on the overall C budget of an urban university. Boston University published a comprehensive Climate Action Plan in 2017 with the goal of achieving C neutrality by 2040. In this study, we digitized and discretized each of Boston University's three urban campuses into landcover types, with C sequestration and respiration rates measured and scaled to provide a University-wide estimate of biogenic C fluxes within the broader context of total University emissions. RESULTS Each of Boston University's three highly urban campuses were net sources of biogenic C to the atmosphere. While trees were estimated to sequester 0.6 ± 0.2 kg C m-2 canopy cover year-1, mulch and lawn areas in 2018 emitted C at rates of 1.7 ± 0.4 kg C m-2 year-1 and 1.4 ± 0.4 kg C m-2 year-1, respectively. C uptake by tree canopy cover, which can spatially overlap lawn and mulched landcovers, was not large enough to offset biogenic emissions. The proportion of biogenic emissions to Scope 1 anthropogenic emissions on each campus varied from 0.5% to 2%, and depended primarily on the total anthropogenic emissions on each campus. CONCLUSIONS Our study quantifies the role of urban landcover in local C budgets, offering insights on how landscaping management strategies-such as decreasing mulch application rates and expanding tree canopy extent-can assist universities in minimizing biogenic C emissions and even potentially creating a small biogenic C sink. Although biogenic C fluxes represent a small fraction of overall anthropogenic emissions on urban university campuses, these biogenic fluxes are under active management by the university and should be included in climate action plans.
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- Wiley J Hundertmark
- Department of Earth and Environment, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA.
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- Department of Earth and Environment, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
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- Department of Earth and Environment, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
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- Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI, 02912, USA
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- Department of Earth and Environment, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
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- Department of Earth and Environment, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
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- Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
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- Department of Earth and Environment, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
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Trlica A, Hutyra LR, Morreale LL, Smith IA, Reinmann AB. Current and future biomass carbon uptake in Boston's urban forest. Sci Total Environ 2020; 709:136196. [PMID: 31887518 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.136196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2019] [Revised: 12/15/2019] [Accepted: 12/16/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
Abstract
Ecosystem services provided by urban forests are increasingly included in municipal-level responses to climate change. However, the ecosystem functions that generate these services, such as biomass carbon (C) uptake, can differ substantially from nearby rural forest. In particular, the scaled effect of canopy spatial configuration on tree growth in cities is uncertain, as is the scope for medium-term policy intervention. This study integrates high spatial resolution data on tree canopy and biomass in the city of Boston, Massachusetts, with local measurements of tree growth rates to estimate the magnitude and distribution of annual biomass C uptake. We further project C uptake, biomass, and canopy cover change to 2040 under alternative policy scenarios affecting the planting and preservation of urban trees. Our analysis shows that 85% of tree canopy area was within 10 m of an edge, indicating essentially open growing conditions. Using growth models accounting for canopy edge effects and growth context, Boston's current biomass C uptake may be approximately double (median 10.9 GgC yr-1, 0.5 MgC ha-1 yr-1) the estimates based on rural forest growth, much of it occurring in high-density residential areas. Total annual C uptake to long-term biomass storage was equivalent to <1% of estimated annual fossil CO2 emissions for the city. In built-up areas, reducing mortality in larger trees resulted in the highest predicted increase in canopy cover (+25%) and biomass C stocks (236 GgC) by 2040, while planting trees in available road margins resulted in the greatest predicted annual C uptake (7.1 GgC yr-1). This study highlights the importance of accounting for the altered ecosystem structure and function in urban areas in evaluating ecosystem services. Effective municipal climate responses should consider the substantial fraction of total services performed by trees in developed areas, which may produce strong but localized atmospheric C sinks.
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- Andrew Trlica
- Boston University, Department of Earth & Environment, 685 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, MA, USA.
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- Boston University, Department of Earth & Environment, 685 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, MA, USA.
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- Boston University, Department of Earth & Environment, 685 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, MA, USA.
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- Boston University, Department of Earth & Environment, 685 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, MA, USA.
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- Environmental Sciences Initiative, CUNY Advanced Science Research Center, 85 Saint Nicholas Terr., New York, NY, USA; PhD Program in Earth and Environmental Science, The Graduate Center, CUNY, 365 First Ave., Room 4306, New York, NY, USA; Department of Geography and Environmental Science, Hunter College, 695 Park Ave., Room 1006 HN, New York, NY, USA.
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Billings CG, Lewis R, Hurdman JA, Condliffe R, Elliot CA, Thompson AR, Smith IA, Austin M, Armstrong IJ, Hamilton N, Charalampopoulos A, Sabroe I, Swift AJ, Rothman AM, Wild JM, Lawrie A, Waterhouse JC, Kiely DG. The incremental shuttle walk test predicts mortality in non-group 1 pulmonary hypertension: results from the ASPIRE Registry. Pulm Circ 2019; 9:2045894019848649. [PMID: 30997865 PMCID: PMC6542131 DOI: 10.1177/2045894019848649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2018] [Accepted: 04/09/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is classified into five groups based on disease etiology but there is only limited information on the prognostic value of exercise testing in non-group 1 PH. In group 1 PH, the incremental shuttle walking test (ISWT) distance has been shown to correlate with pulmonary hemodynamics and predict survival without a ceiling effect. This study assessed the ISWT in non-group 1 PH. Data were retrieved from the ASPIRE Registry (Assessing the Spectrum of Pulmonary hypertension Identified at a REferral centre) for consecutive patients diagnosed with PH. Patients were required to have been systematically assessed as group 2-5 PH and to have a baseline ISWT within three months of cardiac catheterization. Patients were stratified according to incremental shuttle walk test distance (ISWD) and ISWT distance percent predicted (ISWD%pred). A total of 479 patients with non-group 1 PH were identified. ISWD and ISWD%pred correlated significantly with symptoms and hemodynamic severity. ISWD and ISWD%pred predicted survival with no ceiling effect. The test was prognostic in groups 2, 3, and 4. ISWD and ISWD%pred and change in ISWD and ISWD%pred at one year were all significant predictors of outcome. In patients with non-group 1 PH the ISWT is a simple non-invasive test that is easy to perform, is predictive of survival at baseline and follow-up, reflects change, and can be used in the assessment of PH of any etiology.
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- Catherine G. Billings
- Sheffield Pulmonary Vascular Disease
Unit,
Sheffield
Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust,
Royal
Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, UK
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- Sheffield Pulmonary Vascular Disease
Unit,
Sheffield
Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust,
Royal
Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, UK
- Department of Infection, Immunity and
Cardiovascular Disease, University of Sheffield, Medical School, Sheffield, UK
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- Sheffield Pulmonary Vascular Disease
Unit,
Sheffield
Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust,
Royal
Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, UK
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- Sheffield Pulmonary Vascular Disease
Unit,
Sheffield
Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust,
Royal
Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, UK
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- Sheffield Pulmonary Vascular Disease
Unit,
Sheffield
Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust,
Royal
Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, UK
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- Sheffield Pulmonary Vascular Disease
Unit,
Sheffield
Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust,
Royal
Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, UK
- Department of Infection, Immunity and
Cardiovascular Disease, University of Sheffield, Medical School, Sheffield, UK
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- Sheffield Pulmonary Vascular Disease
Unit,
Sheffield
Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust,
Royal
Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, UK
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- Sheffield Pulmonary Vascular Disease
Unit,
Sheffield
Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust,
Royal
Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, UK
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- Sheffield Pulmonary Vascular Disease
Unit,
Sheffield
Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust,
Royal
Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, UK
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- Sheffield Pulmonary Vascular Disease
Unit,
Sheffield
Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust,
Royal
Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, UK
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- Sheffield Pulmonary Vascular Disease
Unit,
Sheffield
Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust,
Royal
Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, UK
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- Sheffield Pulmonary Vascular Disease
Unit,
Sheffield
Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust,
Royal
Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, UK
- Department of Infection, Immunity and
Cardiovascular Disease, University of Sheffield, Medical School, Sheffield, UK
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- Department of Infection, Immunity and
Cardiovascular Disease, University of Sheffield, Medical School, Sheffield, UK
- Insigneo Institute for in
silico Medicine, University of Sheffield, The Pam Liversidge Building,
Sir Frederick Mappin Building, Sheffield, UK
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- Department of Infection, Immunity and
Cardiovascular Disease, University of Sheffield, Medical School, Sheffield, UK
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- Department of Infection, Immunity and
Cardiovascular Disease, University of Sheffield, Medical School, Sheffield, UK
- Insigneo Institute for in
silico Medicine, University of Sheffield, The Pam Liversidge Building,
Sir Frederick Mappin Building, Sheffield, UK
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- Department of Infection, Immunity and
Cardiovascular Disease, University of Sheffield, Medical School, Sheffield, UK
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- Sheffield Pulmonary Vascular Disease
Unit,
Sheffield
Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust,
Royal
Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, UK
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- Sheffield Pulmonary Vascular Disease
Unit,
Sheffield
Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust,
Royal
Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, UK
- Department of Infection, Immunity and
Cardiovascular Disease, University of Sheffield, Medical School, Sheffield, UK
- Insigneo Institute for in
silico Medicine, University of Sheffield, The Pam Liversidge Building,
Sir Frederick Mappin Building, Sheffield, UK
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Billings CG, Lewis R, Armstrong IJ, Hurdman JA, Smith IA, Austin M, Elliot CA, Charalampopoulos A, Sabroe I, Lawrie A, Thompson AAR, Condliffe R, Kiely DG. Incremental Shuttle Walking Test Distance Is Reduced in Patients With Pulmonary Hypertension in World Health Organisation Functional Class I. Front Med (Lausanne) 2018; 5:172. [PMID: 29977892 PMCID: PMC6022155 DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2018.00172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2018] [Accepted: 05/17/2018] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Background: There is increasing interest in screening for and diagnosing pulmonary hypertension earlier in the course of disease. However, there is limited data on cardiopulmonary abnormalities in patients with pulmonary hypertension newly diagnosed in World Health Organization Function Class (WHO FC) I. Methods: Data were retrieved from the ASPIRE registry (Assessing the Spectrum of Pulmonary hypertension Identified at a REferral center) for consecutive treatment naïve patients diagnosed with pulmonary hypertension by cardiac catheterization between 2001 and 2010 who underwent incremental shuttle walk exercise testing. Results: Eight hundred and ninety-five patients were diagnosed with Group 1-5 pulmonary hypertension. Despite the absence of symptoms, patients in WHO FC I (n = 9) had a significant reduction in exercise capacity (Incremental shuttle walk distance percent predicted (ISWD%pred) 65 ± 13%, Z score -1.77 ± 1.05), and modest pulmonary hypertension with a median (interquartile range) pulmonary artery pressure 31(20) mmHg and pulmonary vascular resistance 2.1(8.2) Wood Units, despite a normal diffusion of carbon monoxide adjusted for age and sex (DLco)%pred 99 ± 40%. Compared to patients in WHO FC I, patients in WHO FC II (n = 162) had a lower ISWD%pred 43 ± 22 and lower DLco%pred 65 ± 21%. Conclusion: Our results demonstrate that patients with newly diagnosed pulmonary hypertension with no or minimal symptomatic limitation have a significant reduction of exercise capacity.
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- Catherine G Billings
- Sheffield Pulmonary Vascular Disease Unit, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- Sheffield Pulmonary Vascular Disease Unit, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- Sheffield Pulmonary Vascular Disease Unit, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- Sheffield Pulmonary Vascular Disease Unit, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- Sheffield Pulmonary Vascular Disease Unit, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- Sheffield Pulmonary Vascular Disease Unit, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- Sheffield Pulmonary Vascular Disease Unit, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- Sheffield Pulmonary Vascular Disease Unit, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- Department of Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease, University of Sheffield, Medical School, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- Department of Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease, University of Sheffield, Medical School, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- Department of Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease, University of Sheffield, Medical School, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- Sheffield Pulmonary Vascular Disease Unit, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- Sheffield Pulmonary Vascular Disease Unit, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, United Kingdom.,Department of Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease, University of Sheffield, Medical School, Sheffield, United Kingdom.,Insigneo Institute for in Silico Medicine, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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Billings CG, Hurdman JA, Condliffe R, Elliot CA, Smith IA, Austin M, Armstrong IJ, Hamilton N, Charalampopoulos A, Sabroe I, Swift AJ, Rothman AM, Wild JM, Lawrie A, Waterhouse JC, Kiely DG. Incremental shuttle walk test distance and autonomic dysfunction predict survival in pulmonary arterial hypertension. J Heart Lung Transplant 2017; 36:871-879. [PMID: 28579006 DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2017.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [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: 01/19/2017] [Revised: 03/27/2017] [Accepted: 04/19/2017] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND To ensure effective monitoring of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), a simple, reliable assessment of exercise capacity applicable over a range of disease severity is needed. The aim of this study was to assess the ability of the incremental shuttle walk test (ISWT) to correlate with disease severity, measure sensitivity to change, and predict survival in PAH. METHODS We enrolled 418 treatment-naïve patients with PAH with baseline ISWT within 3 months of cardiac catheterization. Clinical validity and prognostic value of ISWT distance were assessed at baseline and 1 year. RESULTS ISWT distance was found to correlate at baseline with World Health Organization functional class, Borg score, and hemodynamics without a ceiling effect (all p < 0.001). Walking distance at baseline and after treatment predicted survival; the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve for ability of ISWT distance to predict mortality was 0.655 (95% confidence interval 0.553-0.757; p = 0.004) at baseline and 0.737 (95% confidence interval 0.643-0.827; p < 0.001) at 1 year after initiation of treatment. Change in ISWT distance also predicted survival (p = 0.04). Heart rate (HR) and systolic blood pressure (SBP) parameters reflecting autonomic response to exercise (highest HR, change in HR, HR recovery at 1 minute >18 beats/min, highest SBP, change in SBP, and 3-minute SBP ratio) were significant predictors of survival (all p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS In patients with PAH, the ISWT is simple to perform, allows assessment of maximal exercise capacity, is sensitive to treatment effect, predicts outcome, and has no ceiling effect. Also, measures of autonomic function made post-exercise predict survival in PAH.
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- Catherine G Billings
- Sheffield Pulmonary Vascular Disease Unit, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield
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- Sheffield Pulmonary Vascular Disease Unit, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield
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- Sheffield Pulmonary Vascular Disease Unit, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield
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- Sheffield Pulmonary Vascular Disease Unit, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield
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- Sheffield Pulmonary Vascular Disease Unit, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield
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- Sheffield Pulmonary Vascular Disease Unit, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield
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- Sheffield Pulmonary Vascular Disease Unit, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield
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- Sheffield Pulmonary Vascular Disease Unit, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield
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- Sheffield Pulmonary Vascular Disease Unit, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield
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- Sheffield Pulmonary Vascular Disease Unit, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield; Department of Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease, University of Sheffield, Medical School, Sheffield
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- Department of Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease, University of Sheffield, Medical School, Sheffield; Insigneo Institute for in silico Medicine, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- Department of Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease, University of Sheffield, Medical School, Sheffield
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- Department of Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease, University of Sheffield, Medical School, Sheffield; Insigneo Institute for in silico Medicine, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- Department of Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease, University of Sheffield, Medical School, Sheffield
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- Sheffield Pulmonary Vascular Disease Unit, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield
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- Sheffield Pulmonary Vascular Disease Unit, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield; Department of Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease, University of Sheffield, Medical School, Sheffield; Insigneo Institute for in silico Medicine, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom.
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Westley ME, Ching JM, Sherman SA, Smith IA. Opening the ICU doors. Healthc (Amst) 2014; 2:258-62. [PMID: 26250633 DOI: 10.1016/j.hjdsi.2014.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2014] [Revised: 09/16/2014] [Accepted: 10/02/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
Abstract
Family member presence may contribute to the healing of hospitalized patients, but may also be in conflict with the perceived needs of delivering intensive care. We detail our experience with "opening the doors" of the intensive care unit (ICU), allowing family members to be present and participate in the care of loved ones without restriction. "Opening the doors" challenged the traditions, legacy and sense of professional entitlement that were a part of ICU culture and generated considerable initial resistance among nurses and physicians. We describe our "opening the doors" transformation to more patient- and family-centered care in four steps: (1) enlist support of administrative and local leaders; (2) create a collective aim; (3) test on a small scale, and (4) scale up after initial successes. Preparing ICU staff so that they are comfortable with more "on stage" time (i.e., greater family presence) was critical to our success. "Opening the doors" now serves as a guiding vision to organizing the ICU's work.
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- Michael E Westley
- Virginia Mason Medical Center, Clinical Administration, 1202 Terry Ave. #320, Mailstop: R3-320, Seattle, WA 98101, United States
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- Virginia Mason Medical Center, Clinical Administration, 1202 Terry Ave. #320, Mailstop: R3-320, Seattle, WA 98101, United States.
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- Virginia Mason Medical Center, Clinical Administration, 1202 Terry Ave. #320, Mailstop: R3-320, Seattle, WA 98101, United States
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- Virginia Mason Medical Center, Clinical Administration, 1202 Terry Ave. #320, Mailstop: R3-320, Seattle, WA 98101, United States
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Chou SH, Kuruppu S, Feske SK, Suh S, Orzell S, Henderson GV, Sorond FA, Du R, Smith IA, Lo EH, Ning M. Abstract WMP114: Increased Big Endothelin-1 in Human Cerebrospinal Fluid is Associated with Vasospasm and Poor 3-month Outcome Following Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Stroke 2013. [DOI: 10.1161/str.44.suppl_1.awmp114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Background
Big endothelin (ET) is the precursor to ET-1, a potent vasoconstrictive peptide associated with vasospasm (VSP) in SAH. However, ET-1’s very short half-life limits its utility as a clinical biomarker. Big ET mediates in vitro microvascular vasoconstriction and has slower clearance, therefore may be a better candidate biomarker. We hypothesize that elevated CSF Big ET-1 is associated with VSP and poor outcome in SAH.
Methods
We prospectively enrolled consecutive SAH subjects, banked serial CSF samples, and evaluated their modified Rankin scores (mRS) via telephone follow-up every 3 months. Poor functional outcome was defined as mRS>2. Angiographic VSP was defined as >50% reduction in caliber of any vessel on post-SAH day 7 cerebral angiogram. In 49 SAH subjects, we compared CSF big ET by ELISA on post-SAH days 1, 3, 5, and 7 with respect to VSP and outcome using student’s t-test or Wilcoxon rank sum test depending on data normality. Logistic regression was used to adjust for important confounders.
Results
CSF big ET elevation on post-SAH day 1 is associated with poor 3-month outcome (4.2 vs. 2.0 ng/mL, p=0.0048), and big ET elevation on post-SAH day 3 shows trend towards association with poor 3-month outcome (1.15 vs. 3.09 pg/mL, p=0.057). CSF big ET level on post-SAH day 1 is significantly associated with 3-month outcome (p<0.0001) after adjusting for age, Hunt and Hess (HH) and Fisher grades and aneurysm treatment modality by logistic regression. CSF big ET elevation on post-SAH day 7 is associated with VSP (5.2 vs. 3.9 pg/mL, p=0.045). Logistic regression shows CSF big ET level on post-SAH day 7 is significantly associated with VSP (p=0.02) after adjusting for age, HH and Fisher grades and aneurysm treatment modality.
Conclusion
Early elevation of CSF big ET is strongly and independently associated with SAH 3-month outcome after adjustment for important clinical confounders. CSF big ET elevation on post-SAH day 7 is also independently associated with angiographic VSP. A larger study with a replication cohort is necessary to validate big ET as a biomarker for SAH outcome and VSP. Further studies with concomitant measurements of endothelin-converting enzyme and ET-1 are necessary to elucidate the role of CSF big ET in VSP and brain injury following SAH.
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- Sherry H Chou
- Brigham and Women’s Hosp; Harvard Med Sch, Boston, MA
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- Brigham and Women’s Hosp, Boston, MA
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- Brigham and Women’s Hosp; Harvard Med Sch, Boston, MA
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- Massachusetts General Hosp; Harvard Med Sch, Boston, MA
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- Massachusetts General Hosp; Harvard Med Sch, Boston, MA
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Grubman A, Kaparakis M, Viala J, Allison C, Badea L, Karrar A, Boneca IG, Le Bourhis L, Reeve S, Smith IA, Hartland EL, Philpott DJ, Ferrero RL. The innate immune molecule, NOD1, regulates direct killing of Helicobacter pylori by antimicrobial peptides. Cell Microbiol 2009; 12:626-39. [PMID: 20039881 DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2009.01421.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The cytosolic innate immune molecule, NOD1, recognizes peptidoglycan (PG) delivered to epithelial cells via the Helicobacter pylori cag pathogenicity island (cagPAI), and has been implicated in host defence against cagPAI(+)H. pylori bacteria. To further clarify the role of NOD1 in host defence, we investigated NOD1-dependent regulation of human beta-defensins (DEFBs) in two epithelial cell lines. Our findings identify that NOD1 activation, via either cagPAI(+) bacteria or internalized PG, was required for DEFB4 and DEFB103 expression in HEK293 cells. To investigate cell type-specific induction of DEFB4 and DEFB103, we generated stable NOD1'knockdown' (KD) and control AGS cells. Reporter gene assay and RT-PCR analyses revealed that only DEFB4 was induced in an NOD1-/cagPAI-dependent fashion in AGS cells. Moreover, culture supernatants from AGS control, but not AGS NOD1 KD cells, stimulated with cagPAI(+)H. pylori, significantly reduced H. pylori bacterial numbers. siRNA studies confirmed that human beta-defensin 2 (hBD-2), but not hBD-3, contributes to the antimicrobial activity of AGS cell supernatants against H. pylori. This study demonstrates, for the first time, the involvement of NOD1 and hBD-2 in direct killing of H. pylori bacteria by epithelial cells and confirms the importance of NOD1 in host defence mechanisms against cagPAI(+)H. pylori infection.
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- Alexandra Grubman
- Department of Microbiology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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Hawn TR, Berrington WR, Smith IA, Uematsu S, Akira S, Aderem A, Smith KD, Skerrett SJ. Altered inflammatory responses in TLR5-deficient mice infected with Legionella pneumophila. J Immunol 2007; 179:6981-7. [PMID: 17982089 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.179.10.6981] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Legionella pneumophila (Lp), an important cause of morbidity and mortality from pneumonia, infects alveolar macrophages (AMs) and is recognized by several TLRs as well as Birc1e (NAIP5) and IL-1 converting enzyme-protease activating factor. We examined the role of TLR5 during the murine response to aerosolized Lp infection. At 4 h after infection, Tlr5(-/-) mice had lower numbers of polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMNs) in their broncho-alveolar lavage fluid in comparison to wild-type (WT) mice. At 24 and 72 h, the PMN recruitment was similar. WT mice infected with a flagellin-deficient strain (LpFlaA-) also showed an impaired early PMN response at 4 h compared with those infected with the WT strain. There was no consistent difference in bacterial counts at any of the time points when comparing the Tlr5(-/-) and WT mice. However, at 6 days after infection, the Tlr5(-/-) mice had increased leukocytic infiltrates in the alveolar and peribronchial interstitial spaces that were consistent with organizing pneumonia. We also examined the role of TLR5 during macrophage infection. In contrast to bone marrow-derived macrophages, AMs secreted TNF-alpha after stimulation with purified flagellin. In addition, WT, but not Tlr5(-/-), AMs produced TNF-alpha after stimulation with Lp. Live LpFlaA- did not induce TNF-alpha secretion in AM. These results suggested that AMs recognize Lp flagellin and that a majority of the Lp-induced TNF-alpha response is TLR5-mediated. Thus, TLR5 mediates recognition of Lp in AMs and performs a distinct role during the in vivo pulmonary immune response through regulation of early PMN recruitment and subsequent later development of pneumonia.
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- Thomas R Hawn
- Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
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- R C Garry
- The Departments of Physiology and Chemistry, University College, Dundee, University of St Andrews
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Ahmed N, Oliva KT, Barker G, Hoffmann P, Reeve S, Smith IA, Quinn MA, Rice GE. Proteomic tracking of serum protein isoforms as screening biomarkers of ovarian cancer. Proteomics 2006; 5:4625-36. [PMID: 16220531 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.200401321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [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: 11/11/2022]
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Epithelial ovarian cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer death among women. Due to the asymptomatic nature and poor survival characteristic of the disease, screening for specific biomarkers for ovarian cancer is a major health priority. Differentially expressed proteins in the serum of ovarian cancer patients have the potential to be used as cancer-specific biomarkers. In this study, proteomic methods were used to screen 24 serum samples from women with high-grade ovarian cancer and compared to a control group of 11 healthy women. Affigel-Blue treated serum samples were processed either by linear (pH 4-7) or narrow range (pH 5.5-6.7) IEF strips for the first dimension. Proteins separated in first dimension were resolved by 8-16% gradient SDS-PAGE. Protein spots were visualized by SYPRO Ruby staining, imaged by FX-imager and compared and analyzed by PDQuest software. Twenty-two protein spots were consistently differentially expressed between normal and ovarian cancer patients by resolving proteins in a linear pH strip of 4-7 for the first dimension. Six of the protein spots, significantly up-regulated in grade 3 ovarian cancer patients (p < 0.05), were identified by MALDI-TOF MS and Western blotting as the isoforms of haptoglobin precursor. When serum proteins were resolved on narrow pH range strips (5.5-6.7), 23 spots were consistently differentially expressed between normal and grade 3 ovarian cancer patients. Of these, 4 protein spots significantly down regulated in grade 3 ovarian cancer patients (p < 0.05) were identified by MALDI-TOF MS and Western blotting, as isoforms of transferrin precursor. Increased expression of serum haptoglobin and transferrin was also identified in peritoneal tumor fluid obtained from women diagnosed with grade 2/3 ovarian cancer (n = 7). Changes in the expression of haptoglobin and transferrin in the serum of women with different pathological grades of ovarian cancer was examined by one-dimensional Western blotting method. Serum samples collected from women suffering from benign, borderline, grade 1, grade 2 and grade 3 cancer (n = 4 for haptoglobin and n = 5 for transferrin in each group) were analyzed and compared to the serum of normal healthy women. The mean serum haptoglobin expression in grade 3 ovarian cancer patients was fourfold higher than in the control subjects (p < 0.05). On the other hand, transferrin expression in grade 3 ovarian cancer patients was decreased by twofold than in normal healthy women (p < 0.05). Haptoglobin expression in the serum of cancer patients (n = 7) decreased following chemotherapy (six cycles of taxol/carboplatin). Concomitant with the decrease of haptoglobin, transferrin expression remained constant in four patients, but increased in three out of seven patients included in the study. Changes in serum expression of haptoglobin correlated with the change of CA 125 levels before and after chemotherapy. In conclusion, proteomic profiling of differentially expressed proteins in the sera of normal women compared to women with ovarian cancer can greatly facilitate the discovery of a panel of biomarkers that may aid in the detection of ovarian cancer with greater specificity.
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- Nuzhat Ahmed
- Gynaecological Cancer Research Centre, Royal Women's Hospital and The Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The University of Melbourne, Australia.
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Conversion factors, which relate the kerma-area product to effective dose, have been estimated for paediatric cardiac x-ray angiography. Monte Carlo techniques have been used to calculate the conversion factors for a wide range of projection angles for children of five ages and for adults. Correction factors are provided so that the conversion factors can be adjusted for different tube potentials and filtrations.
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- P W Schmidt
- Royal Brompton Hospital, Department of Cardiology, London, UK
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Batshaw ML, Yudkoff M, McLaughlin BA, Gorry E, Anegawa NJ, Smith IA, Hyman SL, Robinson MB. The sparse fur mouse as a model for gene therapy in ornithine carbamoyltransferase deficiency. Gene Ther 1995; 2:743-9. [PMID: 8750014] [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] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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The sparse fur (spf/Y) mouse was evaluated as a model for studying gene therapy in ornithine carbamoyltransferase deficiency (OCTD), the most common inborn error of urea synthesis. Previous studies have defined a number of biochemical characteristics of this animal model that are analogous to the human disease: OCTD in liver, elevated ammonium and glutamine, low citrulline and arginine in plasma, elevated urinary orotic acid excretion, neurochemical alterations and responsiveness to alternative pathway therapy. In this study, metabolic flux, survival, behavior and learning of these animals were examined in preparation for a trial of gene therapy. We found that, as has been previously reported, OCT activity in liver ranged from 10 to 20% of control. Yet, stable isotope studies using 15N ammonium chloride to follow ureagenesis in vivo showed 55% of normal urea synthetic capacity. This suggests that partial correction with gene therapy may be sufficient to normalize urea synthesis. Although it has been suggested that liver OCTD and its consequent metabolic effects normalize without treatment by adulthood in the spf/Y mouse, we did not find this to be the case. We documented that the spf/Y mouse had a markedly decreased lifespan (< 10% of normal) and remained runted throughout life. In terms of behavior, the spf/Y mice had evidence of decreased learning in a passive avoidance task that was not attributable to alterations in activity. These clearly definable metabolic and behavioral abnormalities suggest that the spf/Y mouse should prove a useful model for studying the efficacy of gene therapy in OCTD.
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- M L Batshaw
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia 19104, USA
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Smith IA, Berger GD, Seybold PG, Servé MP. Relationships between carcinogenicity and theoretical reactivity indices in polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Cancer Res 1978; 38:2968-77. [PMID: 679205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Theoretical reactivity indices have been used to examine the metabolic reactions presumed, on the basis of recent biochemical evidence, to be responsible for the transformation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon precarcinogens to ultimate carcinogens. Of a large number of indices examined, several show strong correlations with carcinogenic activity in a set of 25 representative compounds. The results support the belief that specific transformations involving dihydrodiol, "bay-region" epoxide, and carbonium ion intermediates are responsible for the carcinogenic activity of these compounds. Additional implications of the results are discussed, including the suggestion that this type of analysis might provide a rapid and simple means for prescreening compounds for potential carcinogens.
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Smith IA, Rubin G, DiLeonardo CM, Griswold KN. A parent involvement program for institutionalized retarded children in need of behavior training. Train Sch Bull (Vinel) 1972; 69:115-20. [PMID: 5086845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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