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Gisch DL, Brennan M, Lake BB, Basta J, Keller MS, Melo Ferreira R, Akilesh S, Ghag R, Lu C, Cheng YH, Collins KS, Parikh SV, Rovin BH, Robbins L, Stout L, Conklin KY, Diep D, Zhang B, Knoten A, Barwinska D, Asghari M, Sabo AR, Ferkowicz MJ, Sutton TA, Kelly KJ, De Boer IH, Rosas SE, Kiryluk K, Hodgin JB, Alakwaa F, Winfree S, Jefferson N, Türkmen A, Gaut JP, Gehlenborg N, Phillips CL, El-Achkar TM, Dagher PC, Hato T, Zhang K, Himmelfarb J, Kretzler M, Mollah S, Jain S, Rauchman M, Eadon MT. The chromatin landscape of healthy and injured cell types in the human kidney. Nat Commun 2024; 15:433. [PMID: 38199997 PMCID: PMC10781985 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-44467-6] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2023] [Accepted: 12/14/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2024] Open
Abstract
There is a need to define regions of gene activation or repression that control human kidney cells in states of health, injury, and repair to understand the molecular pathogenesis of kidney disease and design therapeutic strategies. Comprehensive integration of gene expression with epigenetic features that define regulatory elements remains a significant challenge. We measure dual single nucleus RNA expression and chromatin accessibility, DNA methylation, and H3K27ac, H3K4me1, H3K4me3, and H3K27me3 histone modifications to decipher the chromatin landscape and gene regulation of the kidney in reference and adaptive injury states. We establish a spatially-anchored epigenomic atlas to define the kidney's active, silent, and regulatory accessible chromatin regions across the genome. Using this atlas, we note distinct control of adaptive injury in different epithelial cell types. A proximal tubule cell transcription factor network of ELF3, KLF6, and KLF10 regulates the transition between health and injury, while in thick ascending limb cells this transition is regulated by NR2F1. Further, combined perturbation of ELF3, KLF6, and KLF10 distinguishes two adaptive proximal tubular cell subtypes, one of which manifested a repair trajectory after knockout. This atlas will serve as a foundation to facilitate targeted cell-specific therapeutics by reprogramming gene regulatory networks.
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- Debora L Gisch
- Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
- San Diego Institute of Science, Altos Labs, San Diego, CA, USA
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- Washington University in Saint Louis, St. Louis, MO, 63103, USA
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- Washington University in Saint Louis, St. Louis, MO, 63103, USA
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- Washington University in Saint Louis, St. Louis, MO, 63103, USA
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- Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA
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- Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
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- Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
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- St. Louis Veteran Affairs Medical Center, St. Louis, MO, 63106, USA
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- Washington University in Saint Louis, St. Louis, MO, 63103, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Washington University in Saint Louis, St. Louis, MO, 63103, USA
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- Washington University in Saint Louis, St. Louis, MO, 63103, USA
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- Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA
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- Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA
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- Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA
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- Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA
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- Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
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- University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 68198, USA
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- Kidney Precision Medicine Project Community Engagement Committee, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Istanbul School of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA
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- Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Washington University in Saint Louis, St. Louis, MO, 63103, USA
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- Washington University in Saint Louis, St. Louis, MO, 63103, USA.
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- Washington University in Saint Louis, St. Louis, MO, 63103, USA.
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- Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA.
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Menon H, Morris BA, Eckelmann BJ, Weber S, Ronnekleiv-Kelly SM, Varley P, Abbott D, Zafar NN, Kelly KJ, Vidri RJ, Minter R, Patel MA, Lubner S, Uboha N, Loconte N, Deming DA, Kratz JD, Bassetti MF. Neoadjuvant Stereotactic MR-Guided Ablative Radiation Therapy (SMART) and Surgical Outcomes in Patients with Pancreatic Cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2023; 117:e325. [PMID: 37785155 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2023.06.2370] [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: 10/04/2023]
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PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE(S) The benefit of neoadjuvant radiation therapy for patients undergoing surgery for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) remains unclear. Stereotactic MR-guided adaptive radiation therapy (SMART) treatment to ablative doses is a newer technique that is well tolerated and has increased local control in unresectable pancreatic cancer. For resectable pancreatic cancer, neoadjuvant SMART has the potential to decrease local recurrence risk and positive margin rates. However, there is concern for perioperative risks associated with ablative dose treatments. We report the efficacy and safety of surgical resection in patients who have received neoadjuvant SMART at our institution. MATERIALS/METHODS We conducted a retrospective analysis of all consecutive patients diagnosed with PDAC who had noted vascular involvement of the celiac axis, superior mesenteric, and/or portal vessels between January 2016 and December 2022 at a single, high-volume, academic institution. Perioperative events were defined according to the Clavien-Dindo classification. The Kaplan Meier method was applied to estimate disease free survival (DFS) and overall survival (OS). RESULTS Seventeen patients with PDAC and vessel involvement at time of diagnosis who received SMART were included. Median follow-up time was 14.3 months; all patients underwent surgery, at a median time after radiation of 28 days (range: 15 - 90). Median length of postoperative stay was 7 days (range: 3 - 15). Five patients (29%) underwent vascular resection. Fifteen patients (88%) achieved R0 resection, with two R1 resections noted at the SMA and pancreatic neck respectively. Seven patients (41%) had adverse events attributable to surgery, with the majority being defined as abscess or infection (n = 5; 29%). One (6%) Clavien-Dindo grade III or higher toxicity was observed - a cortical cerebrovascular event following surgery. No major bleeding events requiring surgical intervention were noted. At time of event censorship, there were no observable locoregional failures. The median DFS and OS were not reached; however, 1-year DFS and OS were 62% and 87%, respectively. CONCLUSION Neoadjuvant SMART appears to be safe, with low rates of surgical complications and promising outcomes. Further identification of patients for this approach requires additional investigation.
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- H Menon
- Department of Human Oncology, University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics, Madison, WI
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- Department of Human Oncology, University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center, Madison, WI
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- Department of Human Oncology, University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center, Madison, WI
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics, Madison, WI
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics, Madison, WI
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics, Madison, WI
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics, Madison, WI
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics, Madison, WI
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics, Madison, WI
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics, Madison, WI
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics, Madison, WI
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- Department of Medical Oncology, University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center, Madison, WI
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- Department of Medical Oncology, University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center, Madison, WI
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- Department of Medical Oncology, University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center, Madison, WI
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- Department of Medical Oncology, University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center, Madison, WI
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- Department of Medical Oncology, University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center, Madison, WI
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- Department of Medical Oncology, University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center, Madison, WI
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- Department of Human Oncology, University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center, Madison, WI
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Gisch DL, Brennan M, Lake BB, Basta J, Keller M, Ferreira RM, Akilesh S, Ghag R, Lu C, Cheng YH, Collins KS, Parikh SV, Rovin BH, Robbins L, Conklin KY, Diep D, Zhang B, Knoten A, Barwinska D, Asghari M, Sabo AR, Ferkowicz MJ, Sutton TA, Kelly KJ, Boer IHD, Rosas SE, Kiryluk K, Hodgin JB, Alakwaa F, Jefferson N, Gaut JP, Gehlenborg N, Phillips CL, El-Achkar TM, Dagher PC, Hato T, Zhang K, Himmelfarb J, Kretzler M, Mollah S, Jain S, Rauchman M, Eadon MT. The chromatin landscape of healthy and injured cell types in the human kidney. bioRxiv 2023:2023.06.07.543965. [PMID: 37333123 PMCID: PMC10274789 DOI: 10.1101/2023.06.07.543965] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/20/2023]
Abstract
There is a need to define regions of gene activation or repression that control human kidney cells in states of health, injury, and repair to understand the molecular pathogenesis of kidney disease and design therapeutic strategies. However, comprehensive integration of gene expression with epigenetic features that define regulatory elements remains a significant challenge. We measured dual single nucleus RNA expression and chromatin accessibility, DNA methylation, and H3K27ac, H3K4me1, H3K4me3, and H3K27me3 histone modifications to decipher the chromatin landscape and gene regulation of the kidney in reference and adaptive injury states. We established a comprehensive and spatially-anchored epigenomic atlas to define the kidney's active, silent, and regulatory accessible chromatin regions across the genome. Using this atlas, we noted distinct control of adaptive injury in different epithelial cell types. A proximal tubule cell transcription factor network of ELF3 , KLF6 , and KLF10 regulated the transition between health and injury, while in thick ascending limb cells this transition was regulated by NR2F1 . Further, combined perturbation of ELF3 , KLF6 , and KLF10 distinguished two adaptive proximal tubular cell subtypes, one of which manifested a repair trajectory after knockout. This atlas will serve as a foundation to facilitate targeted cell-specific therapeutics by reprogramming gene regulatory networks.
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Acciarri R, Adams C, Baller B, Basque V, Cavanna F, Co RT, Fitzpatrick RS, Fleming B, Green P, Harnik R, Kelly KJ, Kumar S, Lang K, Lepetic I, Liu Z, Luo X, Lyu KF, Palamara O, Scanavini G, Soderberg M, Spitz J, Szelc AM, Wu W, Yang T. First Constraints on Heavy QCD Axions with a Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber Using the ArgoNeuT Experiment. Phys Rev Lett 2023; 130:221802. [PMID: 37327426 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.130.221802] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2022] [Accepted: 04/21/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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We present the results of a search for heavy QCD axions performed by the ArgoNeuT experiment at Fermilab. We search for heavy axions produced in the NuMI neutrino beam target and absorber decaying into dimuon pairs, which can be identified using the unique capabilities of ArgoNeuT and the MINOS near detector. This decay channel is motivated by a broad class of heavy QCD axion models that address the strong CP and axion quality problems with axion masses above the dimuon threshold. We obtain new constraints at a 95% confidence level for heavy axions in the previously unexplored mass range of 0.2-0.9 GeV, for axion decay constants around tens of TeV.
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- R Acciarri
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
- William I. Fine Theoretical Physics Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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- Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
- University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3RH, United Kingdom
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- CERN, Esplande des Particules, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
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- University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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- Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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- University of California, Santa Barbara, California, 93106, USA
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
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- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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- University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FD, United Kingdom
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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Winfree S, McNutt AT, Khochare S, Borgard TJ, Barwinska D, Sabo AR, Ferkowicz MJ, Williams JC, Lingeman JE, Gulbronson CJ, Kelly KJ, Sutton TA, Dagher PC, Eadon MT, Dunn KW, El-Achkar TM. Integrated Cytometry With Machine Learning Applied to High-Content Imaging of Human Kidney Tissue for In Situ Cell Classification and Neighborhood Analysis. J Transl Med 2023; 103:100104. [PMID: 36867975 PMCID: PMC10293106 DOI: 10.1016/j.labinv.2023.100104] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2022] [Revised: 12/12/2022] [Accepted: 01/07/2023] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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The human kidney is a complex organ with various cell types that are intricately organized to perform key physiological functions and maintain homeostasis. New imaging modalities, such as mesoscale and highly multiplexed fluorescence microscopy, are increasingly being applied to human kidney tissue to create single-cell resolution data sets that are both spatially large and multidimensional. These single-cell resolution high-content imaging data sets have great potential to uncover the complex spatial organization and cellular makeup of the human kidney. Tissue cytometry is a novel approach used for the quantitative analysis of imaging data; however, the scale and complexity of such data sets pose unique challenges for processing and analysis. We have developed the Volumetric Tissue Exploration and Analysis (VTEA) software, a unique tool that integrates image processing, segmentation, and interactive cytometry analysis into a single framework on desktop computers. Supported by an extensible and open-source framework, VTEA's integrated pipeline now includes enhanced analytical tools, such as machine learning, data visualization, and neighborhood analyses, for hyperdimensional large-scale imaging data sets. These novel capabilities enable the analysis of mesoscale 2- and 3-dimensional multiplexed human kidney imaging data sets (such as co-detection by indexing and 3-dimensional confocal multiplexed fluorescence imaging). We demonstrate the utility of this approach in identifying cell subtypes in the kidney on the basis of labels, spatial association, and their microenvironment or neighborhood membership. VTEA provides an integrated and intuitive approach to decipher the cellular and spatial complexity of the human kidney and complements other transcriptomics and epigenetic efforts to define the landscape of kidney cell types.
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- Seth Winfree
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana; Department of Anatomy, Cell Biology and Physiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana; Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska.
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana; Department of Anatomy, Cell Biology and Physiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Department of Anatomy, Cell Biology and Physiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Department of Clinical Urology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana; Department of Anatomy, Cell Biology and Physiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana.
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Mortality in acute kidney injury (AKI) remains very high, yet the cause of death is often failure of extrarenal organs. We and others have demonstrated remote organ dysfunction after renal ischemia. The term "cardiorenal syndrome" was first applied to the "cross talk" between the organs by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health, and the clinical importance is being increasingly appreciated. Nevertheless, more information is needed to effectively address the consequences of renal injury on the heart. Since AKI often occurs in patients with comorbidities, we investigated the effect of renal ischemia in the setting of existing cardiac failure. We hypothesized that the cardiac effects of renal ischemia would be significantly amplified in experimental cardiomyopathy. Male Sprague-Dawley rats with preexisting cardiac and renal injury due to low-dose doxorubicin were subjected to bilateral renal artery occlusion. Cardiac structure and function were examined 2 days after reperfusion. Loss of functional myocardial tissue with decreases in left ventricular pressure, increases in apoptotic cell death, inflammation, and collagen, and greater disruption in ultrastructure with mitochondrial fragmentation were seen in the doxorubicin/ischemia group compared with animals in the groups treated with doxorubicin alone or following ischemia alone. Systemic inflammation and cardiac abnormalities persisted for at least 21 wk. These results suggest that preexisting comorbidities can result in much more severe distant organ effects of acute renal injury. The results of this study are relevant to human AKI.NEW & NOTEWORTHY Acute kidney injury is common, expensive, and deadly, yet morbidity and mortality are often secondary to remote organ dysfunction. We hypothesized that the effects of renal ischemia would be amplified in the setting of comorbidities. Sustained systemic inflammation and loss of functional myocardium with significantly decreased systolic and diastolic function, apoptotic cell death, and increased collagen and inflammatory cells were found in the heart after renal ischemia in the doxorubicin cardiomyopathy model (vs. renal ischemia alone). Understanding the remote effects of renal ischemia has the potential to improve outcomes in acute kidney injury.
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- Jesus H Dominguez
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana.,Roudebush Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Indianapolis, Indiana
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Argüelles CA, Esteban I, Hostert M, Kelly KJ, Kopp J, Machado PAN, Martinez-Soler I, Perez-Gonzalez YF. MicroBooNE and the ν_{e} Interpretation of the MiniBooNE Low-Energy Excess. Phys Rev Lett 2022; 128:241802. [PMID: 35776462 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.128.241802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2021] [Revised: 03/14/2022] [Accepted: 04/20/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
A new generation of neutrino experiments is testing the 4.7σ anomalous excess of electronlike events observed in MiniBooNE. This is of huge importance for particle physics, astrophysics, and cosmology, not only because of the potential discovery of physics beyond the standard model, but also because the lessons we will learn about neutrino-nucleus interactions will be crucial for the worldwide neutrino program. MicroBooNE has recently released results that appear to disfavor several explanations of the MiniBooNE anomaly. Here, we show quantitatively that MicroBooNE results, while a promising start, unquestionably do not probe the full parameter space of sterile neutrino models hinted at by MiniBooNE and other data, nor do they probe the ν_{e} interpretation of the MiniBooNE excess in a model-independent way.
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- C A Argüelles
- Department of Physics & Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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- Center for Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics (CCAPP), Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
- Department of Physics, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Waterloo, Ontario N2J 2W9, Canada
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
- William I. Fine Theoretical Physics Institute, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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- Theoretical Physics Department, CERN, Esplande des Particules, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
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- Theoretical Physics Department, CERN, Esplande des Particules, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
- PRISMA+ Cluster of Excellence & Mainz Institute for Theoretical Physics, Staudingerweg 7, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Particle Theory Department, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- Department of Physics & Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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- Institute for Particle Physics Phenomenology, Durham University, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, United Kingdom
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Doucet S, Luke A, Anthonisen G, Witherspoon R, MacNeill AL, MacNeill L, Kelly KJ, Fearon T. Hospital-based patient navigation programmes for patients who experience injury-related trauma and their caregivers: a scoping review protocol. BMJ Open 2022; 12:e055750. [PMID: 35459669 PMCID: PMC9036420 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-055750] [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] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Patients who experience injury-related trauma tend to have complex care needs and often require support from many different care providers. Many patients experience gaps in care while in the hospital and during transitions in care. Providing access to integrated care can improve outcomes for these patients. Patient navigation is one approach to improving the integration of care and proactively supporting patients and their caregivers as they navigate the healthcare system. The objective of this scoping review is to map the literature on the characteristics and impact of hospital-based patient navigation programmes that support patients who experience injury-related trauma and their caregivers. METHODS AND ANALYSIS This review will be conducted in accordance with Joanna Briggs Institute methodology for scoping reviews. The review will include primary research studies, unpublished studies and evaluation reports related to patient navigation programmes for injury-related trauma in hospital settings. The databases to be searched will include CINAHL (EBSCO), EMBASE (Elsevier), ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health, PsycINFO (EBSCO) and MEDLINE (Ovid). Two independent reviewers will screen articles for relevance against the inclusion criteria. Results will be presented in a Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR) flow diagram and follow the PRISMA-ScR checklist. The extracted data will be presented both tabularly and narratively. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION Ethics approval is not required, as the scoping review will synthesise information from publicly available material. To disseminate the findings of this review, the authors will submit the results for publication in a medical or health sciences journal, present at relevant conferences and use other knowledge translation strategies to reach diverse stakeholders (eg, host webinars, share infographics).
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- Shelley Doucet
- Centre for Research in Integrated Care, University of New Brunswick, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
- Department of Nursing and Health Sciences, University of New Brunswick Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
- University of New Brunswick (UNB) Saint John Collaboration for Evidence-Informed Healthcare: A JBI Centre of Excellence, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
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- Centre for Research in Integrated Care, University of New Brunswick, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
- Department of Nursing and Health Sciences, University of New Brunswick Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
- University of New Brunswick (UNB) Saint John Collaboration for Evidence-Informed Healthcare: A JBI Centre of Excellence, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
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- Centre for Research in Integrated Care, University of New Brunswick, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
- Department of Nursing and Health Sciences, University of New Brunswick Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
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- Centre for Research in Integrated Care, University of New Brunswick, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
- University of New Brunswick (UNB) Saint John Collaboration for Evidence-Informed Healthcare: A JBI Centre of Excellence, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
- University of New Brunswick Libraries, University of New Brunswick Fredericton, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
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- Centre for Research in Integrated Care, University of New Brunswick, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
- Department of Nursing and Health Sciences, University of New Brunswick Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
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- Centre for Research in Integrated Care, University of New Brunswick, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
- Department of Nursing and Health Sciences, University of New Brunswick Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
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- Centre for Research in Integrated Care, University of New Brunswick, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
- Applied Human Sciences, University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
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- Centre for Research in Integrated Care, University of New Brunswick, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
- Department of Nursing and Health Sciences, University of New Brunswick Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
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Collins KS, Eadon MT, Cheng YH, Barwinska D, Melo Ferreira R, McCarthy TW, Janosevic D, Syed F, Maier B, El-Achkar TM, Kelly KJ, Phillips CL, Hato T, Sutton TA, Dagher PC. Alterations in Protein Translation and Carboxylic Acid Catabolic Processes in Diabetic Kidney Disease. Cells 2022; 11:cells11071166. [PMID: 35406730 PMCID: PMC8997785 DOI: 10.3390/cells11071166] [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] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2022] [Revised: 03/22/2022] [Accepted: 03/28/2022] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) remains the leading cause of end-stage kidney disease despite decades of study. Alterations in the glomerulus and kidney tubules both contribute to the pathogenesis of DKD although the majority of investigative efforts have focused on the glomerulus. We sought to examine the differential expression signature of human DKD in the glomerulus and proximal tubule and corroborate our findings in the db/db mouse model of diabetes. A transcriptogram network analysis of RNAseq data from laser microdissected (LMD) human glomerulus and proximal tubule of DKD and reference nephrectomy samples revealed enriched pathways including rhodopsin-like receptors, olfactory signaling, and ribosome (protein translation) in the proximal tubule of human DKD biopsy samples. The translation pathway was also enriched in the glomerulus. Increased translation in diabetic kidneys was validated using polyribosomal profiling in the db/db mouse model of diabetes. Using single nuclear RNA sequencing (snRNAseq) of kidneys from db/db mice, we prioritized additional pathways identified in human DKD. The top overlapping pathway identified in the murine snRNAseq proximal tubule clusters and the human LMD proximal tubule compartment was carboxylic acid catabolism. Using ultra-performance liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry, the fatty acid catabolism pathway was also found to be dysregulated in the db/db mouse model. The Acetyl-CoA metabolite was down-regulated in db/db mice, aligning with the human differential expression of the genes ACOX1 and ACACB. In summary, our findings demonstrate that proximal tubular alterations in protein translation and carboxylic acid catabolism are key features in both human and murine DKD.
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- Kimberly S. Collins
- Division of Nephrology and Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA; (K.S.C.); (M.T.E.); (R.M.F.)
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- Division of Nephrology and Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA; (K.S.C.); (M.T.E.); (R.M.F.)
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA; (Y.-H.C.); (D.B.); (T.W.M.); (D.J.); (B.M.); (T.M.E.-A.); (K.J.K.); (T.H.)
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA; (Y.-H.C.); (D.B.); (T.W.M.); (D.J.); (B.M.); (T.M.E.-A.); (K.J.K.); (T.H.)
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- Division of Nephrology and Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA; (K.S.C.); (M.T.E.); (R.M.F.)
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA; (Y.-H.C.); (D.B.); (T.W.M.); (D.J.); (B.M.); (T.M.E.-A.); (K.J.K.); (T.H.)
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA; (Y.-H.C.); (D.B.); (T.W.M.); (D.J.); (B.M.); (T.M.E.-A.); (K.J.K.); (T.H.)
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- Department of Pediatrics and Herman B. Wells Center, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA;
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA; (Y.-H.C.); (D.B.); (T.W.M.); (D.J.); (B.M.); (T.M.E.-A.); (K.J.K.); (T.H.)
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA; (Y.-H.C.); (D.B.); (T.W.M.); (D.J.); (B.M.); (T.M.E.-A.); (K.J.K.); (T.H.)
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA; (Y.-H.C.); (D.B.); (T.W.M.); (D.J.); (B.M.); (T.M.E.-A.); (K.J.K.); (T.H.)
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- Department of Pathology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA;
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA; (Y.-H.C.); (D.B.); (T.W.M.); (D.J.); (B.M.); (T.M.E.-A.); (K.J.K.); (T.H.)
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA; (Y.-H.C.); (D.B.); (T.W.M.); (D.J.); (B.M.); (T.M.E.-A.); (K.J.K.); (T.H.)
- Correspondence: (T.A.S.); (P.C.D.); Tel.: +1-317-274-7543 (T.A.S.); +1-317-278-2867 (P.C.D.); Fax: 317-274-8575 (T.A.S. & P.C.D.)
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA; (Y.-H.C.); (D.B.); (T.W.M.); (D.J.); (B.M.); (T.M.E.-A.); (K.J.K.); (T.H.)
- Correspondence: (T.A.S.); (P.C.D.); Tel.: +1-317-274-7543 (T.A.S.); +1-317-278-2867 (P.C.D.); Fax: 317-274-8575 (T.A.S. & P.C.D.)
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Acciarri R, Adams C, Asaadi J, Baller B, Basque V, Cavanna F, de Gouvêa A, Fitzpatrick RS, Fleming B, Green P, James C, Kelly KJ, Lepetic I, Luo X, Palamara O, Scanavini G, Soderberg M, Spitz J, Szelc AM, Wu W, Yang T. New Constraints on Tau-Coupled Heavy Neutral Leptons with Masses m_{N}=280-970 MeV. Phys Rev Lett 2021; 127:121801. [PMID: 34597110 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.127.121801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2021] [Accepted: 08/12/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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A search for heavy neutral leptons has been performed with the ArgoNeuT detector exposed to the NuMI neutrino beam at Fermilab. We search for the decay signature N→νμ^{+}μ^{-}, considering decays occurring both inside ArgoNeuT and in the upstream cavern. In the data, corresponding to an exposure to 1.25×10^{20} POT, zero passing events are observed consistent with the expected background. This measurement leads to a new constraint at 90% confidence level on the mixing angle |U_{τN}|^{2} of tau-coupled Dirac heavy neutral leptons with masses m_{N}=280-970 MeV, assuming |U_{eN}|^{2}=|U_{μN}|^{2}=0.
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- R Acciarri
- Fermi National Accelerator Lab, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- Argonne National Lab, Lemont, Illinois 60439, USA
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- University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas 76019, USA
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- Fermi National Accelerator Lab, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- Fermi National Accelerator Lab, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- Fermi National Accelerator Lab, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
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- Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- Fermi National Accelerator Lab, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- Fermi National Accelerator Lab, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- Rutgers University, Piscataway New Jersey 08854, USA
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- University of California, Santa Barbara, California, 93106, USA
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- Fermi National Accelerator Lab, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
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- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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- University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FD, United Kingdom
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- Fermi National Accelerator Lab, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- Fermi National Accelerator Lab, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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Doucet S, Luke A, Anthonisen G, Kelly KJ, Goudreau A, MacNeill AL, MacNeill L. Patient navigation programs for people with dementia, their caregivers, and members of their care team: a scoping review protocol. JBI Evid Synth 2021; 20:270-276. [PMID: 34456299 DOI: 10.11124/jbies-21-00049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The objective of this review is to map the literature on the characteristics, barriers, and faciliators of patient navigation programs for people with dementia, their caregivers, and/or members of their care team across all settings. INTRODUCTION Patient navigation refers to a model of care that helps guide people through the health care system, matching their unmet needs to appropriate resources, services, and programs. Patient navigation may be beneficial to people with dementia because this is a population that frequently faces fragmented and uncoordinated care and has individualized care needs. INCLUSION CRITERIA This review will focus on patient navigation programs for people living with dementia, their caregivers, and/or members of their care team, while excluding programs that do not explicitly focus on dementia. It will include patient navigation across all settings, delivered in all formats, and administered by all types of navigators, as long as the program is aligned with this article's definition of patient navigation, while excluding case management. METHODS This review will be conducted in accordance with JBI methodology for scoping reviews. The MEDLINE, CINAHL, PsycINFO, Embase, and ProQuest Nursing and Allied Health databases will be searched for published articles. Two independent reviewers will screen articles for relevance against the inclusion criteria. The results will be presented in a Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses extension for Scoping Reviews flow diagram and the extracted data will be presented in both tabular and narrative format.
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- Shelley Doucet
- Centre for Research in Integrated Care, University of New Brunswick, Saint John, NB, Canada Department of Nursing and Health Sciences, University of New Brunswick, Saint John, NB, Canada University of New Brunswick (UNB) Saint John Collaboration for Evidence-Informed Healthcare: A JBI Centre of Excellence, Saint John, NB, Canada University of New Brunswick Libraries, Saint John, NB, Canada
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Melo Ferreira R, Sabo AR, Winfree S, Collins KS, Janosevic D, Gulbronson CJ, Cheng YH, Casbon L, Barwinska D, Ferkowicz MJ, Xuei X, Zhang C, Dunn KW, Kelly KJ, Sutton TA, Hato T, Dagher PC, El-Achkar TM, Eadon MT. Integration of spatial and single-cell transcriptomics localizes epithelial cell-immune cross-talk in kidney injury. JCI Insight 2021; 6:147703. [PMID: 34003797 PMCID: PMC8262485 DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.147703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.7] [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] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Single-cell sequencing studies have characterized the transcriptomic signature of cell types within the kidney. However, the spatial distribution of acute kidney injury (AKI) is regional and affects cells heterogeneously. We first optimized coordination of spatial transcriptomics and single-nuclear sequencing data sets, mapping 30 dominant cell types to a human nephrectomy. The predicted cell-type spots corresponded with the underlying histopathology. To study the implications of AKI on transcript expression, we then characterized the spatial transcriptomic signature of 2 murine AKI models: ischemia/reperfusion injury (IRI) and cecal ligation puncture (CLP). Localized regions of reduced overall expression were associated with injury pathways. Using single-cell sequencing, we deconvoluted the signature of each spatial transcriptomic spot, identifying patterns of colocalization between immune and epithelial cells. Neutrophils infiltrated the renal medulla in the ischemia model. Atf3 was identified as a chemotactic factor in S3 proximal tubules. In the CLP model, infiltrating macrophages dominated the outer cortical signature, and Mdk was identified as a corresponding chemotactic factor. The regional distribution of these immune cells was validated with multiplexed CO-Detection by indEXing (CODEX) immunofluorescence. Spatial transcriptomic sequencing complemented single-cell sequencing by uncovering mechanisms driving immune cell infiltration and detection of relevant cell subpopulations.
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- Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Medicine and.,Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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Ferkowicz MJ, Winfree S, Sabo AR, Kamocka MM, Khochare S, Barwinska D, Eadon MT, Cheng YH, Phillips CL, Sutton TA, Kelly KJ, Dagher PC, El-Achkar TM, Dunn KW. Large-scale, three-dimensional tissue cytometry of the human kidney: a complete and accessible pipeline. J Transl Med 2021; 101:661-676. [PMID: 33408350 PMCID: PMC8363780 DOI: 10.1038/s41374-020-00518-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2020] [Revised: 11/05/2020] [Accepted: 11/07/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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The advent of personalized medicine has driven the development of novel approaches for obtaining detailed cellular and molecular information from clinical tissue samples. Tissue cytometry is a promising new technique that can be used to enumerate and characterize each cell in a tissue and, unlike flow cytometry and other single-cell techniques, does so in the context of the intact tissue, preserving spatial information that is frequently crucial to understanding a cell's physiology, function, and behavior. However, the wide-scale adoption of tissue cytometry as a research tool has been limited by the fact that published examples utilize specialized techniques that are beyond the capabilities of most laboratories. Here we describe a complete and accessible pipeline, including methods of sample preparation, microscopy, image analysis, and data analysis for large-scale three-dimensional tissue cytometry of human kidney tissues. In this workflow, multiphoton microscopy of unlabeled tissue is first conducted to collect autofluorescence and second-harmonic images. The tissue is then labeled with eight fluorescent probes, and imaged using spectral confocal microscopy. The raw 16-channel images are spectrally deconvolved into 8-channel images, and analyzed using the Volumetric Tissue Exploration and Analysis (VTEA) software developed by our group. We applied this workflow to analyze millimeter-scale tissue samples obtained from human nephrectomies and from renal biopsies from individuals diagnosed with diabetic nephropathy, generating a quantitative census of tens of thousands of cells in each. Such analyses can provide useful insights that can be linked to the biology or pathology of kidney disease. The approach utilizes common laboratory techniques, is compatible with most commercially-available confocal microscope systems and all image and data analysis is conducted using the VTEA image analysis software, which is available as a plug-in for ImageJ.
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- Michael J Ferkowicz
- Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA
- Department of Anatomy, Cell Biology and Physiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA
- Division of Pathology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA.
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- Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA.
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Eadon MT, Lampe S, Baig MM, Collins KS, Melo Ferreira R, Mang H, Cheng YH, Barwinska D, El-Achkar TM, Schwantes-An TH, Winfree S, Temm CJ, Ferkowicz MJ, Dunn KW, Kelly KJ, Sutton TA, Moe SM, Moorthi RN, Phillips CL, Dagher PC. Clinical, histopathologic and molecular features of idiopathic and diabetic nodular mesangial sclerosis in humans. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2021; 37:72-84. [PMID: 33537765 DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfaa331] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Idiopathic nodular mesangial sclerosis, also called idiopathic nodular glomerulosclerosis (ING), is a rare clinical entity with an unclear pathogenesis. The hallmark of this disease is the presence of nodular mesangial sclerosis on histology without clinical evidence of diabetes mellitus or other predisposing diagnoses. To achieve insights into its pathogenesis, we queried the clinical, histopathologic and transcriptomic features of ING and nodular diabetic nephropathy (DN). METHODS All renal biopsy reports accessioned at Indiana University Health from 2001 to 2016 were reviewed to identify 48 ING cases. Clinical and histopathologic features were compared between individuals with ING and DN (n = 751). Glomeruli of ING (n = 5), DN (n = 18) and reference (REF) nephrectomy (n = 9) samples were isolated by laser microdissection and RNA was sequenced. Immunohistochemistry of proline-rich 36 (PRR36) protein was performed. RESULTS ING subjects were frequently hypertensive (95.8%) with a smoking history (66.7%). ING subjects were older, had lower proteinuria and had less hyaline arteriolosclerosis than DN subjects. Butanoate metabolism was an enriched pathway in ING samples compared with either REF or DN samples. The top differentially expressed gene, PRR36, had increased expression in glomeruli 248-fold [false discovery rate (FDR) P = 5.93 × 10-6] compared with the REF and increased 109-fold (FDR P = 1.85 × 10-6) compared with DN samples. Immunohistochemistry revealed a reduced proportion of cells with perinuclear reaction in ING samples as compared to DN. CONCLUSIONS Despite similar clinical and histopathologic characteristics in ING and DN, the uncovered transcriptomic signature suggests that ING has distinct molecular features from nodular DN. Further study is warranted to understand these relationships.
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- Michael T Eadon
- Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA.,Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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Barwinska D, El-Achkar TM, Melo Ferreira R, Syed F, Cheng YH, Winfree S, Ferkowicz MJ, Hato T, Collins KS, Dunn KW, Kelly KJ, Sutton TA, Rovin BH, Parikh SV, Phillips CL, Dagher PC, Eadon MT. Molecular characterization of the human kidney interstitium in health and disease. Sci Adv 2021; 7:7/7/eabd3359. [PMID: 33568476 PMCID: PMC7875540 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abd3359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2020] [Accepted: 12/23/2020] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The gene expression signature of the human kidney interstitium is incompletely understood. The cortical interstitium (excluding tubules, glomeruli, and vessels) in reference nephrectomies (N = 9) and diabetic kidney biopsy specimens (N = 6) was laser microdissected (LMD) and sequenced. Samples underwent RNA sequencing. Gene signatures were deconvolved using single nuclear RNA sequencing (snRNAseq) data derived from overlapping specimens. Interstitial LMD transcriptomics uncovered previously unidentified markers including KISS1, validated with in situ hybridization. LMD transcriptomics and snRNAseq revealed strong correlation of gene expression within corresponding kidney regions. Relevant enriched interstitial pathways included G-protein coupled receptor. binding and collagen biosynthesis. The diabetic interstitium was enriched for extracellular matrix organization and small-molecule catabolism. Cell type markers with unchanged expression (NOTCH3, EGFR, and HEG1) and those down-regulated in diabetic nephropathy (MYH11, LUM, and CCDC3) were identified. LMD transcriptomics complements snRNAseq; together, they facilitate mapping of interstitial marker genes to aid interpretation of pathophysiology in precision medicine studies.
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- Daria Barwinska
- Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA.
- Roudebush Veteran Affairs Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
- Department of Anatomy, Cell Biology and Physiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
- Department of Anatomy, Cell Biology and Physiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
- Roudebush Veteran Affairs Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, OH 433210, USA
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, OH 433210, USA
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- Division of Pathology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
- Roudebush Veteran Affairs Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA.
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Woloshuk A, Khochare S, Almulhim AF, McNutt AT, Dean D, Barwinska D, Ferkowicz MJ, Eadon MT, Kelly KJ, Dunn KW, Hasan MA, El-Achkar TM, Winfree S. In Situ Classification of Cell Types in Human Kidney Tissue Using 3D Nuclear Staining. Cytometry A 2020; 99:707-721. [PMID: 33252180 DOI: 10.1002/cyto.a.24274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [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: 08/05/2020] [Revised: 10/29/2020] [Accepted: 11/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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To understand the physiology and pathology of disease, capturing the heterogeneity of cell types within their tissue environment is fundamental. In such an endeavor, the human kidney presents a formidable challenge because its complex organizational structure is tightly linked to key physiological functions. Advances in imaging-based cell classification may be limited by the need to incorporate specific markers that can link classification to function. Multiplex imaging can mitigate these limitations, but requires cumulative incorporation of markers, which may lead to tissue exhaustion. Furthermore, the application of such strategies in large scale 3-dimensional (3D) imaging is challenging. Here, we propose that 3D nuclear signatures from a DNA stain, DAPI, which could be incorporated in most experimental imaging, can be used for classifying cells in intact human kidney tissue. We developed an unsupervised approach that uses 3D tissue cytometry to generate a large training dataset of nuclei images (NephNuc), where each nucleus is associated with a cell type label. We then devised various supervised machine learning approaches for kidney cell classification and demonstrated that a deep learning approach outperforms classical machine learning or shape-based classifiers. Specifically, a custom 3D convolutional neural network (NephNet3D) trained on nuclei image volumes achieved a balanced accuracy of 80.26%. Importantly, integrating NephNet3D classification with tissue cytometry allowed in situ visualization of cell type classifications in kidney tissue. In conclusion, we present a tissue cytometry and deep learning approach for in situ classification of cell types in human kidney tissue using only a DNA stain. This methodology is generalizable to other tissues and has potential advantages on tissue economy and non-exhaustive classification of different cell types.
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- Andre Woloshuk
- Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Computer Science, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.,Department of Medicine, Indianapolis VA Medical Center, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Computer Science, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.,Department of Medicine, Indianapolis VA Medical Center, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.,Department of Anatomy, Cell Biology and Physiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.,Department of Medicine, Indianapolis VA Medical Center, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.,Department of Anatomy, Cell Biology and Physiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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Barwinska D, Ferkowicz MJ, Cheng YH, Winfree S, Dunn KW, Kelly KJ, Sutton TA, Rovin BH, Parikh SV, Phillips CL, Dagher PC, El-Achkar TM, Eadon MT. Application of Laser Microdissection to Uncover Regional Transcriptomics in Human Kidney Tissue. J Vis Exp 2020. [PMID: 32597856 DOI: 10.3791/61371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [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: 01/16/2023] Open
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Gene expression analysis of human kidney tissue is an important tool to understand homeostasis and disease pathophysiology. Increasing the resolution and depth of this technology and extending it to the level of cells within the tissue is needed. Although the use of single nuclear and single cell RNA sequencing has become widespread, the expression signatures of cells obtained from tissue dissociation do not maintain spatial context. Laser microdissection (LMD) based on specific fluorescent markers would allow the isolation of specific structures and cell groups of interest with known localization, thereby enabling the acquisition of spatially-anchored transcriptomic signatures in kidney tissue. We have optimized an LMD methodology, guided by a rapid fluorescence-based stain, to isolate five distinct compartments within the human kidney and conduct subsequent RNA sequencing from valuable human kidney tissue specimens. We also present quality control parameters to enable the assessment of adequacy of the collected specimens. The workflow outlined in this manuscript shows the feasibility of this approach to isolate sub-segmental transcriptomic signatures with high confidence. The methodological approach presented here may also be applied to other tissue types with substitution of relevant antibody markers.
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- Daria Barwinska
- Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine
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- Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine
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- Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine; Department of Cellular & Integrative Physiology, Indiana University School of Medicine
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- Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
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- Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine
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- Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine;
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Eadon MT, Schwantes-An TH, Phillips CL, Roberts AR, Greene CV, Hallab A, Hart KJ, Lipp SN, Perez-Ledezma C, Omar KO, Kelly KJ, Moe SM, Dagher PC, El-Achkar TM, Moorthi RN. Kidney Histopathology and Prediction of Kidney Failure: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Am J Kidney Dis 2020; 76:350-360. [PMID: 32336487 DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2019.12.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [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: 06/12/2019] [Accepted: 12/30/2019] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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RATIONALE & OBJECTIVE The use of kidney histopathology for predicting kidney failure is not established. We hypothesized that the use of histopathologic features of kidney biopsy specimens would improve prediction of clinical outcomes made using demographic and clinical variables alone. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective cohort study and development of a clinical prediction model. SETTING & PARTICIPANTS All 2,720 individuals from the Biopsy Biobank Cohort of Indiana who underwent kidney biopsy between 2002 and 2015 and had at least 2 years of follow-up. NEW PREDICTORS & ESTABLISHED PREDICTORS Demographic variables, comorbid conditions, baseline clinical characteristics, and histopathologic features. OUTCOMES Time to kidney failure, defined as sustained estimated glomerular filtration rate ≤ 10mL/min/1.73m2. ANALYTICAL APPROACH Multivariable Cox regression model with internal validation by bootstrapping. Models including clinical and demographic variables were fit with the addition of histopathologic features. To assess the impact of adding a histopathology variable, the amount of variance explained (r2) and the C index were calculated. The impact on prediction was assessed by calculating the net reclassification index for each histopathologic variable and for all combined. RESULTS Median follow-up was 3.1 years. Within 5 years of biopsy, 411 (15.1%) patients developed kidney failure. Multivariable analyses including demographic and clinical variables revealed that severe glomerular obsolescence (adjusted HR, 2.03; 95% CI, 1.51-2.03), severe interstitial fibrosis and tubular atrophy (adjusted HR, 1.99; 95% CI, 1.52-2.59), and severe arteriolar hyalinosis (adjusted HR, 1.53; 95% CI, 1.14-2.05) were independently associated with the primary outcome. The addition of all histopathologic variables to the clinical model yielded a net reclassification index for kidney failure of 5.1% (P < 0.001) with a full model C statistic of 0.915. Analyses addressing the competing risk for death, optimism, or shrinkage did not significantly change the results. LIMITATIONS Selection bias from the use of clinically indicated biopsies and exclusion of patients with less than 2 years of follow-up, as well as reliance on surrogate indicators of kidney failure onset. CONCLUSIONS A model incorporating histopathologic features from kidney biopsy specimens improved prediction of kidney failure and may be valuable clinically. Future studies will be needed to understand whether even more detailed characterization of kidney tissue may further improve prognostication about the future trajectory of estimated glomerular filtration rate.
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- Michael T Eadon
- Division of Nephrology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN.
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- Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
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- Department of Pathology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
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- Regenstrief Institute, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
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- Division of Nephrology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
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- Division of Nephrology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
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- Division of Nephrology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
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- Division of Nephrology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
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- Division of Nephrology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
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- Division of Nephrology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN; Indiana University School of Medicine and Roudebush Veterans Administration Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN
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- Division of Nephrology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN; Indiana University School of Medicine and Roudebush Veterans Administration Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN
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- Division of Nephrology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN; Indiana University School of Medicine and Roudebush Veterans Administration Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN
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- Division of Nephrology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN; Indiana University School of Medicine and Roudebush Veterans Administration Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN
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- Division of Nephrology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN.
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Charlton P, Doucet S, Azar R, Nagel DA, Boulos L, Luke A, Mears K, Kelly KJ, Montelpare WJ. The use of the environmental scan in health services delivery research: a scoping review protocol. BMJ Open 2019; 9:e029805. [PMID: 31494613 PMCID: PMC6731933 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-029805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION The environmental scan has been described as an important tool to inform decision-making on policy, planning and programme development in the healthcare sector. Despite the wide adoption of environmental scans, there is no consensus on a working definition within the health services delivery context and methodological guidance on the design and implementation of this approach is lacking in the literature. The objectives of this study are to map the extent, range and nature of evidence that describe the definitions, characteristics, conceptualisations, theoretical underpinnings, study limitations and other features of the environmental scan in the health services delivery literature and to propose a working definition specific to this context. METHODS AND ANALYSIS This protocol describes a scoping review based on the methodology outlined by Khalil and colleagues. A comprehensive search strategy was developed by experienced health science librarians in consultation with the research team. A Peer Review of Electronic Search Strategies (PRESS) was completed. Two reviewers will independently screen titles, abstracts and full-text articles and select studies meeting the inclusion criteria from seven electronic databases: Academic Search Premier, Canadian Business & Current Affairs (CBCA), CINAHL, ERIC, Embase, MEDLINE and PsycINFO. The grey literature and reference lists of included articles will also be searched. The data will be analysed and presented in tabular format, and will include a descriptive numerical summary as well as a qualitative thematic analysis. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION This protocol provides an audit trail for a scoping review that will advance understanding about the environmental scan and its application in the health services delivery context. The review will propose a working definition and will inform future research to explore the development of a conceptual framework in this context. Findings will be disseminated through a peer-reviewed journal and conference presentations. The scoping review does not require ethics approval.
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- Patricia Charlton
- Adjunct Faculty, Faculty of Nursing, University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
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- Department of Nursing and Health Sciences, University of New Brunswick, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, Mount Allison University, Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada
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- Department of Nursing and Health Sciences, University of New Brunswick, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
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- Department of Nursing and Health Sciences, University of New Brunswick, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
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- Robertson Library, University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
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- PhD Student, Interdisciplinary Studies, University of New Brunswick, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
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- Department of Applied Human Sciences, University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
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Kelly KJ, Doucet S, Luke A. Exploring the roles, functions, and background of patient navigators and case managers: A scoping review. Int J Nurs Stud 2019; 98:27-47. [PMID: 31271977 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2019.05.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [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: 12/21/2018] [Revised: 05/29/2019] [Accepted: 05/30/2019] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND Patient navigators and case managers are health care workers who aim to provide individualized assistance to patients facing significant health concerns. Although these roles emerged from distinct historical need, the terms are often used interchangeably in the literature and are described to have overlapping functions. Differences in the way that these roles are conceptualized across countries has led to a lack of clarity regarding the exact functions that each offer to patients, caregivers, and the health care system. OBJECTIVES To differentiate the functions and backgrounds of patient navigators and case managers across settings and disease contexts. DESIGN This review was guided based on the PRISMA extension for scoping reviews using a five-step review process: identify the research questions; search and identify relevant studies; select studies based on a priori criterion; chart the data; and collate, summarize and report the results. DATA SOURCES A search of the literature was undertaken in peer-reviewed databases (Medline, CINAHL, and PubMed) and the grey literature (Google and unpublished articles in online repositories). REVIEW METHODS Extracted data included information on patient navigators and/or case managers related to their reported background, training, and/or knowledge; roles and/or specific functions; clinical setting; and targeted condition or disease type. RESULTS The search strategy resulted in 10,523 articles. After applying the eligibility criteria during title and abstract evaluation, 468 full-text articles were reviewed, resulting in a total of 160 articles. Functions of patient navigators and case managers were organized into nine emerging categories: (1) advocacy; (2) care coordination; (3) case monitoring and patient needs assessment; (4) community engagement; (5) education; (6) administration and research activities; (7) psychosocial support; (8) navigation of services; and (9) reduction of barriers. The background and knowledge areas of each role were compared and contrasted, and three categories related to the practice context of each role were identified: (1) typical setting and care trajectory; (2) target patient population; and (3) mode of service delivery. CONCLUSIONS The current study identified important differences in the functions between patient navigators and case managers. However, there remains significant ambiguity between the functions of these two roles. Standardized definitions detailing scope of practice, and allowing for inherent flexibility across different settings, are needed to improve service delivery.
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- K J Kelly
- University of New Brunswick Saint John, 100 Tucker Park Road, P.O. Box 5050, E2L 4L5, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.
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- University of New Brunswick Saint John, 100 Tucker Park Road, P.O. Box 5050, E2L 4L5, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.
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- University of New Brunswick Saint John, 100 Tucker Park Road, P.O. Box 5050, E2L 4L5, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.
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Kelly KJ, Kawano T, O'Donnell JM, Gomez JA, Devlin M, Neudecker D, Talou P, Lovell AE, White MC, Haight RC, Taddeucci TN, Mosby SM, Lee HY, Wu CY, Henderson R, Henderson J, Buckner MQ. Preequilibrium Asymmetries in the ^{239}Pu(n,f) Prompt Fission Neutron Spectrum. Phys Rev Lett 2019; 122:072503. [PMID: 30848631 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.122.072503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2018] [Revised: 01/09/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The physical properties of neutrons emitted from neutron-induced fission are fundamental to our understanding of nuclear fission. However, while state-of-the-art fission models still incorporate isotropic fission neutron spectra, it is believed that the preequilibrium prefission component of these spectra is strongly anisotropic. The lack of experimental guidance on this feature has not motivated incorporation of anisotropic neutron spectra in fission models, though any significant anisotropy would impact descriptions of a fissioning system. In the present work, an excess of counts at high energies in the fission neutron spectrum of ^{239}Pu is clearly observed and identified as an excess of the preequilibrium prefission distribution above the postfission neutron spectrum. This excess is separated from the underlying postfission neutron spectrum, and its angular distribution is determined as a function in incident neutron energy and outgoing neutron detection angle. Comparison with neutron scattering models provides the first experimental evidence that the preequilibrium angular distribution is uncorrelated with the fission axis. The results presented here also impact the interpretation of several influential prompt fission neutron spectrum measurements.
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- K J Kelly
- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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Cooper AL, Kelly KJ, Machado E, Pogrebnyak I, Surbrook J, Tysor C, Thompson P, Emamian M, Walsh B, Carlin B, Dermigny JR, Champagne AE, Clegg TB. Development of a variable-energy, high-intensity, pulsed-mode ion source for low-energy nuclear astrophysics studies. Rev Sci Instrum 2018; 89:083301. [PMID: 30184718 DOI: 10.1063/1.5024938] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2018] [Accepted: 07/09/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The primary challenge in directly measuring nuclear reaction rates near stellar energies is their small cross sections. The signal-to-background ratio in these complex experiments can be significantly improved by employing high-current (mA-range) beams and novel detection techniques. Therefore, the electron cyclotron resonance ion source at the Laboratory for Experimental Nuclear Astrophysics underwent a complete upgrade of its acceleration column and microwave system to obtain high-intensity, pulsed proton beams. The new column uses a compression design with O-ring seals for vacuum integrity. Its voltage gradient between electrode sections is produced by the parallel resistance of channels of chilled, deionized water. It also incorporates alternating, transverse magnetic fields for electron suppression and an axially adjustable beam extraction system. Following this upgrade, the operational bremsstrahlung radiation levels and high-voltage stability of the source were vastly improved, over 3.5 mA of target beam current was achieved, and an order-of-magnitude increase in normalized brightness was measured. Beam optics calculations, structural design, and further performance results for this source are presented.
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- Andrew L Cooper
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3255, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3255, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3255, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3255, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3255, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3255, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3255, USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708-0308, USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708-0308, USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708-0308, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3255, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3255, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3255, USA
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Winfree S, Dagher PC, Dunn KW, Eadon MT, Ferkowicz M, Barwinska D, Kelly KJ, Sutton TA, El-Achkar TM. Quantitative Large-Scale Three-Dimensional Imaging of Human Kidney Biopsies: A Bridge to Precision Medicine in Kidney Disease. Nephron Clin Pract 2018; 140:134-139. [PMID: 29870980 DOI: 10.1159/000490006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [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: 04/30/2018] [Accepted: 05/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Kidney biopsy remains the gold standard for uncovering the pathogenesis of acute and chronic kidney diseases. However, the ability to perform high resolution, quantitative, molecular and cellular interrogation of this precious tissue is still at a developing stage compared to other fields such as oncology. Here, we discuss recent advances in performing large-scale, three-dimensional (3D), multi-fluorescence imaging of kidney biopsies and quantitative analysis referred to as 3D tissue cytometry. This approach allows the accurate measurement of specific cell types and their spatial distribution in a thick section spanning the entire length of the biopsy. By uncovering specific disease signatures, including rare occurrences, and linking them to the biology in situ, this approach will enhance our understanding of disease pathogenesis. Furthermore, by providing accurate quantitation of cellular events, 3D cytometry may improve the accuracy of prognosticating the clinical course and response to therapy. Therefore, large-scale 3D imaging and cytometry of kidney biopsy is poised to become a bridge towards personalized medicine for patients with kidney disease.
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- Seth Winfree
- Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.,Department of Integrative and Cellular Physiology, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.,Department of Integrative and Cellular Physiology, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.,Indianapolis VA Medical Center, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.,Department of Integrative and Cellular Physiology, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.,Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.,Indianapolis VA Medical Center, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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Dominguez JH, Liu Y, Gao H, Dominguez JM, Xie D, Kelly KJ. Renal Tubular Cell-Derived Extracellular Vesicles Accelerate the Recovery of Established Renal Ischemia Reperfusion Injury. J Am Soc Nephrol 2017; 28:3533-3544. [PMID: 28747315 DOI: 10.1681/asn.2016121278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2016] [Accepted: 06/12/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Ischemic renal injury is a complex syndrome; multiple cellular abnormalities cause accelerating cycles of inflammation, cellular damage, and sustained local ischemia. There is no single therapy that effectively resolves the renal damage after ischemia. However, infusions of normal adult rat renal cells have been a successful therapy in several rat renal failure models. The sustained broad renal benefit achieved by relatively few donor cells led to the hypothesis that extracellular vesicles (EV, largely exosomes) derived from these cells are the therapeutic effector in situ We now show that EV from adult rat renal tubular cells significantly improved renal function when administered intravenously 24 and 48 hours after renal ischemia in rats. Additionally, EV treatment significantly improved renal tubular damage, 4-hydroxynanoneal adduct formation, neutrophil infiltration, fibrosis, and microvascular pruning. EV therapy also markedly reduced the large renal transcriptome drift observed after ischemia. These data show the potential utility of EV to limit severe renal ischemic injury after the occurrence.
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- Jesus H Dominguez
- Nephrology Division, Department of Medicine, and.,Roudebush Veterans Administration Hospital, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana; and
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- Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana; and
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- Nephrology Division, Department of Medicine, and
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- Nephrology Division, Department of Medicine, and
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Winfree S, Khan S, Micanovic R, Eadon MT, Kelly KJ, Sutton TA, Phillips CL, Dunn KW, El-Achkar TM. Quantitative Three-Dimensional Tissue Cytometry to Study Kidney Tissue and Resident Immune Cells. J Am Soc Nephrol 2017; 28:2108-2118. [PMID: 28154201 DOI: 10.1681/asn.2016091027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [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: 09/23/2016] [Accepted: 12/29/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Analysis of the immune system in the kidney relies predominantly on flow cytometry. Although powerful, the process of tissue homogenization necessary for flow cytometry analysis introduces bias and results in the loss of morphologic landmarks needed to determine the spatial distribution of immune cells. An ideal approach would support three-dimensional (3D) tissue cytometry: an automated quantitation of immune cells and associated spatial parameters in 3D image volumes collected from intact kidney tissue. However, widespread application of this approach is limited by the lack of accessible software tools for digital analysis of large 3D microscopy data. Here, we describe Volumetric Tissue Exploration and Analysis (VTEA) image analysis software designed for efficient exploration and quantitative analysis of large, complex 3D microscopy datasets. In analyses of images collected from fixed kidney tissue, VTEA replicated the results of flow cytometry while providing detailed analysis of the spatial distribution of immune cells in different regions of the kidney and in relation to specific renal structures. Unbiased exploration with VTEA enabled us to discover a population of tubular epithelial cells that expresses CD11C, a marker typically expressed on dendritic cells. Finally, we show the use of VTEA for large-scale quantitation of immune cells in entire human kidney biopsies. In summary, we show that VTEA is a simple and effective tool that supports unique digital interrogation and analysis of kidney tissue from animal models or biobanked human kidney biopsies. We have made VTEA freely available to interested investigators via electronic download.
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- Seth Winfree
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine and
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine and
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- Department of Pathology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana; and
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine and .,Department of Medicine, Roudebush Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Indianapolis, Indiana
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Diabetic nephropathy (DN) remains incurable and is the main cause of end-stage renal disease. We approached the pathophysiology of DN with systems biology, and a comprehensive profile of renal transcripts was obtained with RNA-Seq in ZS (F1 hybrids of Zucker and spontaneously hypertensive heart failure) rats, a model of diabetic nephropathy. We included sham-operated lean control rats (LS), sham-operated diabetic (DS), and diabetic rats with induced renal ischemia (DI). Diabetic nephropathy in DI was accelerated by the single episode of renal ischemia. This progressive renal decline was associated with renal iron accumulation, although serum and urinary iron levels were far lower in DI than in LS. Furthermore, obese/diabetic ZS rats have severe dyslipidemia, a condition that has been linked to hepatic iron overload. Hence, we tested and found that the fatty acids oleic acid and palmitate stimulated iron accumulation in renal tubular cells in vitro. Renal mRNAs encoding several key proteins that promote iron accumulation were increased in DI. Moreover, renal mRNAs encoding the antioxidant proteins superoxide dismutase, catalase, and most of the glutathione synthetic system were suppressed, which would magnify the prooxidant effects of renal iron loads. Substantial renal iron loads occur in obese/diabetic rats. We propose that in diabetes, specific renal gene activation is partly responsible for iron accumulation. This state might be further aggravated by lipid-stimulated iron uptake. We suggest that progressive renal iron overload may further advance renal injury in obese/diabetic ZS rats.
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- Jesus H Dominguez
- Departments of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana Roudebush Veterans' Affairs Medical Center, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Departments of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
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Kelly KJ, Liu Y, Zhang J, Dominguez JH. Renal C3 complement component: feed forward to diabetic kidney disease. Am J Nephrol 2015; 41:48-56. [PMID: 25662584 DOI: 10.1159/000371426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2014] [Accepted: 12/02/2014] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND Diabetic nephropathy is the main cause of end-stage renal disease and has reached epidemic proportions. METHODS Comprehensive genomic profiling (RNAseq) was employed in the ZS (F1 hybrids of Zucker and spontaneously hypertensive heart failure) model of diabetic nephropathy. Controls were lean littermates. RESULTS Diabetic nephropathy in obese, diabetic ZS was accelerated by a single episode of renal ischemia (DI). This rapid renal decline was accompanied by the activation of the renal complement system in DI, and to a lesser extent in sham-operated diabetic rats (DS). In DI there were significant increases in renal mRNA encoding C3, C4, C5, C6, C8, and C9 over sham-operated lean normal controls (LS). Moreover, mRNAs encoding the receptors for the anaphylatoxins C3a and C5a were also significantly increased in DI compared to LS. The classic complement pathway was activated in diabetic kidneys with significant increases of C1qa, C1qb, and C1qc mRNAs in DI over LS. In addition, critical regulators of complement activation were significantly attenuated in DI and DS. These included mRNAs encoding CD55, decay accelerating factor, and CD59, which inhibit the membrane attack complex. C3, C4, and C9 proteins were demonstrated in renal tubules and glomeruli. The complement RNAseq data were incorporated into a gene network showing interactions among C3-generating renal tubular cells and other immune competent migratory cells. CONCLUSIONS We conclude that local activation of the complement system mediates renal injury in diabetic nephropathy.
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- Katherine J Kelly
- Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Ind., USA
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Kelly KJ, Zhang J, Han L, Wang M, Zhang S, Dominguez JH. Intravenous renal cell transplantation with SAA1-positive cells prevents the progression of chronic renal failure in rats with ischemic-diabetic nephropathy. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2013; 305:F1804-12. [PMID: 24133118 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00097.2013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Diabetic nephropathy, the most common cause of progressive chronic renal failure and end-stage renal disease, has now reached global proportions. The only means to rescue diabetic patients on dialysis is renal transplantation, a very effective therapy but severely limited by the availability of donor kidneys. Hence, we tested the role of intravenous renal cell transplantation (IRCT) on obese/diabetic Zucker/SHHF F1 hybrid (ZS) female rats with severe ischemic and diabetic nephropathy. Renal ischemia was produced by bilateral renal clamping of the renal arteries at 10 wk of age, and IRCT with genetically modified normal ZS male tubular cells was given intravenously at 15 and 20 wk of age. Rats were euthanized at 34 wk of age. IRCT with cells expressing serum amyloid A had strong and long-lasting beneficial effects on renal function and structure, including tubules and glomeruli. However, donor cells were found engrafted only in renal tubules 14 wk after the second infusion. The results indicate that IRCT with serum amyloid A-positive cells is effective in preventing the progression of chronic kidney disease in rats with diabetic and ischemic nephropathy.
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- Katherine J Kelly
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center, N111, 1481 W. 10th St., Indianapolis, IN 46202.
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Kelly KJ, Liu Y, Zhang J, Goswami C, Lin H, Dominguez JH. Comprehensive genomic profiling in diabetic nephropathy reveals the predominance of proinflammatory pathways. Physiol Genomics 2013; 45:710-9. [PMID: 23757392 DOI: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00028.2013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Despite advances in the treatment of diabetic nephropathy (DN), currently available therapies have not prevented the epidemic of progressive chronic kidney disease (CKD). The morbidity of CKD, and the inexorable increase in the prevalence of end-stage renal disease, demands more effective approaches to prevent and treat progressive CKD. We undertook next-generation sequencing in a rat model of diabetic nephropathy to study in depth the pathogenic alterations involved in DN with progressive CKD. We employed the obese, diabetic ZS rat, a model that develops diabetic nephropathy, characterized by progressive CKD, inflammation, and fibrosis, the hallmarks of human disease. We then used RNA-seq to examine the combined effects of renal cells and infiltrating inflammatory cells acting as a pathophysiological unit. The comprehensive systems biology analysis of progressive CKD revealed multiple interactions of altered genes that were integrated into morbid networks. These pathological gene assemblies lead to renal inflammation and promote apoptosis and cell cycle arrest in progressive CKD. Moreover, in what is clearly a major therapeutic challenge, multiple and redundant pathways were found to be linked to renal fibrosis, a major cause of kidney loss. We conclude that systems biology applied to progressive CKD in DN can be used to develop novel therapeutic strategies directed to restore critical anomalies in affected gene networks.
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- K J Kelly
- Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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Kelly KJ, Dominguez J. Renal regeneration in diabetic nephropathy. FASEB J 2013. [DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.27.1_supplement.1147.5] [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: 11/11/2022]
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Fungi are non-chlorophyllus microorganisms, which constitutes the main source of outdoor and indoor allergens. The antigens present in the spores and fragments of hyphae induce allergic responses in sensitized patients. The frequently recognized fungi associated with asthma include Alternaria, Cladosporium, Aspergillus, and Penicillium. With the advent of molecular biology techniques a number of fungal genes encoding relevant allergens have been cloned and the expressed allergens purified and characterized. In this review, we have presented the recent developments, where recombinant allergens have been used in the precise diagnosis of fungal allergy. We have also discussed the role played by these allergens and the T- and B-cell epitopes in the immune mechanism in fungal allergy.
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- V P Kurup
- Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, and Research Service, Allergy-Immunology Division, VA Medical Center, 5000 West National Avenue Milwaukee, WI, 151-1, 53295 Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA
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Golish DR, Vera EM, Kelly KJ, Gong Q, Jansen PA, Hughes JM, Kittle DS, Brady DJ, Gehm ME. Development of a scalable image formation pipeline for multiscale gigapixel photography. Opt Express 2012; 20:22048-22062. [PMID: 23037355 DOI: 10.1364/oe.20.022048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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We report on the image formation pipeline developed to efficiently form gigapixel-scale imagery generated by the AWARE-2 multiscale camera. The AWARE-2 camera consists of 98 "microcameras" imaging through a shared spherical objective, covering a 120° x 50° field of view with approximately 40 microradian instantaneous field of view (the angular extent of a pixel). The pipeline is scalable, capable of producing imagery ranging in scope from "live" one megapixel views to full resolution gigapixel images. Architectural choices that enable trivially parallelizable algorithms for rapid image formation and on-the-fly microcamera alignment compensation are discussed.
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- D R Golish
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA.
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Kelly KJ, Zhang J, Wang M, Zhang S, Dominguez JH. Intravenous renal cell transplantation for rats with acute and chronic renal failure. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2012; 303:F357-65. [PMID: 22592640 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00680.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [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] Open
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Acute kidney injury (AKI) and chronic renal failure (CKD) are the most challenging problems in nephrology. Multiple therapies have been attempted but these interventions have minimal effects on the eventual outcomes, and all too often the result is end-stage renal disease (ESRD). The only effective therapy for ESRD is renal transplantation but only a small fraction of patients receive transplants. In this work we introduce a novel approach to transplantation designed to regenerate kidneys afflicted by severe AKI or CKD: intravenous renal cell transplantation (IRCT) with adult rat primary renal cells reprogrammed to express the SAA gene localized and engrafted in kidneys of rat recipients that had severe AKI or CKD. IRCT significantly resolved renal dysfunction and limited kidney damage, inflammation, and fibrosis. Severe CKD was successfully improved by IRCT using kidney cells from donor rats or by renal cell self-donation in a form of autotransplantation. We propose that IRCT with adult primary renal cells reprogrammed to express the SAA gene can be used to effectively treat AKI and CKD.
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- Katherine J Kelly
- Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine and Nephrology Division, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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Kelly KJ, Dominguez J. Physiological genomics: Renal gene interaction in diabetic nephropathy. FASEB J 2012. [DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.26.1_supplement.1098.2] [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: 11/11/2022]
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Kelly KJ, Dominguez JH. Cell therapy: intravenous renal cell transplantation for acute and chronic renal failure. FASEB J 2012. [DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.26.1_supplement.399.4] [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: 11/11/2022]
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Prescott A, Bailey JE, Kelly KJ, Munyombwe T, Gray A, Summers LKM. The effectiveness and cost of single and multi-factorial cardiovascular risk factor modification to guideline targets in type 2 diabetes. Prim Care Diabetes 2012; 6:67-73. [PMID: 22225755 DOI: 10.1016/j.pcd.2011.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2011] [Revised: 12/03/2011] [Accepted: 12/04/2011] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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AIMS Cardiovascular disease is the main cause of morbidity and mortality in type 2 diabetes (T2DM), at huge cost to the NHS. We investigated the potential effect on population cardiovascular risk and associated costs of single and multi-factorial intervention, to target levels, in individuals with T2DM. METHODS Baseline population means and proportions for cardiovascular risk factors were calculated for 159 patients with T2DM from 3 general practices. Predicted 10year cardiovascular risk, and associated costs were calculated using the LIP2687 risk calculator, based on Framingham and UKPDS equations. Systolic blood pressure, HbA(1C), total cholesterol and HDL-cholesterol were altered to NICE and SIGN target levels and the model run again. The difference in outcomes was observed. RESULTS 45%, 76% and 38% of patients met NICE targets for cholesterol, systolic blood pressure and HbA1c, respectively. As expected, comparing the two guidelines, fewer patients met the 'stricter' targets (P=0.0001). Treatment-to-target produced no significant difference in cardiovascular risk or costs, although greater reductions in outcomes were seen with multi-factorial intervention. CONCLUSION This small study suggests that intervention in only those patients with the highest cardiovascular risk brings little reduction in population cardiovascular risk and associated health costs. Multi-factorial intervention in all patients with T2DM, regardless of baseline values, is likely to bring greater reductions. This raises the question as to whether the current emphasis on treatment to target should be modified to encourage multi-factorial intervention in all patients with T2DM, even those with baseline values below target levels.
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- A Prescott
- Academic Unit of Primary Care, University of Leeds, United Kingdom
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Kelly KJ, Donner NC, Hale MW, Lowry CA. Swim stress activates serotonergic and nonserotonergic neurons in specific subdivisions of the rat dorsal raphe nucleus in a temperature-dependent manner. Neuroscience 2011; 197:251-68. [PMID: 21945646 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2011.09.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2011] [Revised: 09/03/2011] [Accepted: 09/06/2011] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Physical (exteroceptive) stimuli and emotional (interoceptive) stimuli are thought to influence stress-related physiologic and behavioral responses through different neural mechanisms. Previous studies have demonstrated that stress-induced activation of brainstem serotonergic systems is influenced by environmental factors such as temperature. In order to further investigate the effects of environmental influences on stress-induced activation of serotonergic systems, we exposed adult male Wistar rats to either home cage control conditions or a 15-min swim in water maintained at 19 °C, 25 °C, or 35 °C and conducted dual immunohistochemical staining for c-Fos, a marker of immediate-early nuclear activation, and tryptophan hydroxylase (TPH), a marker of serotonergic neurons. Changes in core body temperature were documented using biotelemetry. As expected, exposure to cold (19 °C) swim, relative to warm (35 °C) swim, increased c-Fos expression in the external lateral part of the parabrachial nucleus (LPBel), an important part of the spinoparabrachial pathway involved in sensation of cold, cutaneous stimuli, and in serotonergic neurons in the raphe pallidus nucleus (RPa), an important part of the efferent mechanisms controlling thermoregulatory warming responses. In addition, exposure to cold (19 °C) swim, relative to 35 °C swim, increased c-Fos expression in the dorsal raphe nucleus, ventrolateral part/periaqueductal gray (DRVL/VLPAG) and dorsal raphe nucleus, interfascicular part (DRI). Both of these subregions of the dorsal raphe nucleus (DR) have previously been implicated in thermoregulatory responses. Altogether, the data are consistent with the hypothesis that midbrain serotonergic neurons, possibly via activation of afferents to the DR by thermosensitive spinoparabrachial pathways, play a role in integration of physiologic and behavioral responses to interoceptive stress-related cues involved in forced swimming and exteroceptive cues related to cold ambient temperature.
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- K J Kelly
- Department of Integrative Physiology and Center for Neuroscience, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309-0354, USA.
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Sandeman DJ, Bennett M, Dilley AV, Perczuk A, Lim S, Kelly KJ. Ultrasound-guided transversus abdominis plane blocks for laparoscopic appendicectomy in children: a prospective randomized trial. Br J Anaesth 2011; 106:882-886. [PMID: 21504934 DOI: 10.1093/bja/aer069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [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: 10/03/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The effect of adding transversus abdominis plane (TAP) blocks to local anaesthetic infiltration on morphine consumption and postoperative pain in children undergoing laparoscopic appendicectomy is unknown. METHODS After random allocation, 93 children aged 7-16 were randomized to receive ultrasound-guided TAP blocks placed before surgery or not (control). All subjects had port sites infiltrated with ropivacaine and were prescribed i.v. patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) with morphine and oral paracetamol for postoperative pain. The primary outcome was the proportion of subjects using >200 µg kg(-1) morphine. Secondary outcomes included PCA morphine use, pain scores, time intervals to the first use of PCA and other analgesics, sedation scores, postoperative nausea or vomiting, and time to hospital discharge. RESULTS The procedure duration was longer in the TAP group (111 compared with 97 min for controls, P=0.03). The duration in the recovery ward and that of the hospital stay were similar. There was no difference in the proportion of subjects requiring >200 µg kg(-1) of PCA morphine [control 31/45 (69%), TAP 29/42 (69%), P=0.99]. There was no significant difference in PCA morphine use, time intervals to the first use of PCA or other analgesics, or amounts of other analgesics. More patients in the TAP group had complicated appendicitis [TAP 13/42 (31%), control 5/45 (11%), P=0.02]. Pain scores were reduced for the TAP group in the recovery ward only (median score 0 vs 2, 95% confidence interval 0-3, P=0.03). CONCLUSIONS TAP blocks increased anaesthesia time by 14 min on average but offered no clinically important benefit over local anaesthetic port-site infiltration to paediatric patients undergoing laparoscopic appendicectomy.
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- D J Sandeman
- Departments of Anaesthesia, Prince of Wales and Sydney Children's Hospitals, High St Randwick, NSW 2031, Australia.
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Kelly KJ, Dominguez JH. Rapid progression of diabetic nephropathy is linked to inflammation and episodes of acute renal failure. Am J Nephrol 2010; 32:469-75. [PMID: 20956853 DOI: 10.1159/000320749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2010] [Accepted: 08/27/2010] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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BACKGROUND/AIMS Chronic kidney disease (CKD) from diabetic nephropathy is characterized by progressive loss of renal function. The renal decline has been viewed as a linear fall, presumably dependent on metabolic, hemodynamic and dietary stresses. However, renal injury in diabetic nephropathy can be rapidly aggravated by unpredictable external and internal factors, a state of affairs inconsistent with a linear loss of function. Acute renal injury and subsequent inflammation are potential factors, and we investigated their presence in renal biopsies from patients with nephropathy. METHODS In a protocol approved by the Indiana University School of Medicine Institutional Review Board, renal biopsy specimens, estimated GFR, proteinuria and renal survival were examined in patients with diabetic nephropathy. RESULTS Prominent clusters of inflammatory cells, particularly macrophages, were detected in the renal biopsy specimens. CKD progressed rapidly but not linearly, in that CKD was characterized by a succession of seemingly random episodes of self-limited acute renal failure. Episodes of acute kidney injury were associated with progression to end-stage renal disease. CONCLUSIONS We propose that diabetic nephropathy is complicated by unpredictable and possibly random episodes of usually self-limited acute renal failure, and by subsequent renal inflammation, which appear to accelerate progression and eventual kidney loss.
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- K J Kelly
- Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Ind., USA
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Sandeman DJ, Reiner D, Dilley AV, Bennett MH, Kelly KJ. A retrospective audit of three different regional anaesthetic techniques for circumcision in children. Anaesth Intensive Care 2010; 38:519-24. [PMID: 20514962 DOI: 10.1177/0310057x1003800317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [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: 11/15/2022]
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Postoperative analgesia for male circumcision surgery has been traditionally provided by a landmark-based dorsal penile nerve block (DPNB-LM) or by caudal epidural analgesia (CEA). In this study we report on a retrospective analysis of the effectiveness and safety of CEA, DPNB-LM and ultrasound-guided dorsal penile nerve block (DPNB-US) in our institution over a six-year period. Information was gathered from each patient's medical record. A total of 216 circumcisions were performed on patients aged from five months to 15 years. One hundred and fifteen patients received CEA, 46 DPNB-LM and 55 DPNB-US. Patients in the DPNB-LM group required rescue morphine administration in the recovery unit more frequently (30.4%) than either the DPNB-US (3.5%) or CEA groups (3.6%). Similarly, the DPNB-LM group required a larger total dose of morphine, and had longer recovery ward stays than CEA or DPNB-US groups. Time to first analgesia was greatest for the CEA group while there was no significant difference between time to first analgesia for DPNB-LM and DPNB-US. Sixty-three percent of patients in the DPNB-LM group, 1.7% of CEA and 5.5% of the DPNB-US required intraoperative opiates (P < 0.0001). There was no difference in time to hospital discharge.
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- D J Sandeman
- Departments ofAnaesthesia and Surgery, Sydney Children's Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Kelly KJ, Kluve-Beckerman B, Zhang J, Dominguez JH. Intravenous cell therapy for acute renal failure with serum amyloid A protein-reprogrammed cells. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2010; 299:F453-64. [PMID: 20534870 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00050.2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Serum amyloid A protein (SAA), a prominent component of the acute-phase response, is strongly expressed in developing and repairing kidneys and promotes tubulogenesis. Accordingly, we reprogrammed relatively undifferentiated NRK52E cells with the mouse SAA1.1 gene and transplanted SAA-positive and -negative cells into rats with acute renal failure. We found that SAA-positive cells accelerated renal recovery in three models of acute renal failure: gentamicin nephrotoxicity, cisplatin-mediated renal injury, and ischemia-reperfusion renal injury. The dramatic improvement of renal failure was demonstrable within 2 days, consistent with an early paracrine effect. However, abundant donor cells were also found integrated in the healing tubular architecture after 7 days. We conclude that infusions of SAA-positive cells promote renal recovery after acute renal failure and offer a potentially powerful and novel therapy of renal failure.
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BACKGROUND Diabetes mellitus and its complications are a public health problem of epidemic proportions. Both diabetes and chronic kidney disease (CKD) increase the risk of acute kidney injury (AKI). Months after a single episode of acute ischaemia to the diabetic kidney, we have found an accelerated progression of nephropathy, with impaired function, severe renal inflammation, microvascular dysfunction, fibrosis and apoptotic cell death. We termed this entity the post-ischaemic inflammatory syndrome. We now test the hypothesis that blocking inflammation ameliorates the post-ischaemic inflammatory syndrome. METHODS Obese-diabetic ZS rats (F(1) hybrids of spontaneously hypertensive heart failure and Zucker fatty diabetic rats) were treated with mycophenolate mofetil (MMF), subjected to renal ischaemia or sham surgery, and monitored via the powerful technique of intravital microscopy. RESULTS Amelioration of post-ischaemia inflammation with MMF therapy improved long-term renal function, microvascular dysfunction, fibrosis and apoptosis. CONCLUSION These data support the hypothesis that the post-ischaemic inflammatory syndrome accelerates diabetic CKD, is a critical determinant of injury, and can be successfully treated.
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- K J Kelly
- 1Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
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Fong S, Chan MK, Fong A, Bowers WJ, Kelly KJ. Viral vector-induced expression of bone morphogenetic protein 2 produces inhibition of tumor growth and bone differentiation of stem cells. Cancer Gene Ther 2009; 17:80-5. [DOI: 10.1038/cgt.2009.56] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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OBJECTIVES This study examined the interactive effects of cigarette package flavour descriptors and sensation seeking on adolescents' brand perceptions. METHODS High school students (n = 253) were randomly assigned to one of two experimental conditions and sequentially exposed to cigarette package illustrations for three different brands. In the flavour descriptor condition, the packages included a description of the cigarettes as "cherry", while in the traditional descriptor condition the cigarette brands were described with common phrases found on tobacco packages such as "domestic blend." Following exposure to each package participants' hedonic beliefs, brand attitudes and trial intentions were assessed. Sensation seeking was also measured, and participants were categorised as lower or higher sensation seekers. RESULTS Across hedonic belief, brand attitude and trial intention measures, there were interactions between package descriptor condition and sensation seeking. These interactions revealed that among high (but not low) sensation seekers, exposure to cigarette packages including sweet flavour descriptors led to more favourable brand impressions than did exposure to packages with traditional descriptors. CONCLUSIONS Among high sensation seeking youths, the appeal of cigarette brands is enhanced through the use of flavours and associated descriptions on product packaging.
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- K C Manning
- Department of Marketing, College of Business, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA.
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Kelly KJ, Burford JL, Dominguez JH. Postischemic inflammatory syndrome: a critical mechanism of progression in diabetic nephropathy. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2009; 297:F923-31. [PMID: 19656916 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00205.2009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Diabetes is a major epidemic, and diabetic nephropathy is the most common cause of end-stage renal disease. Two critical components of diabetic nephropathy are persistent inflammation and chronic renal ischemia from widespread vasculopathy. Moreover, acute ischemic renal injury is common in diabetes, potentially causing chronic kidney disease or end-stage renal disease. Accordingly, we tested the hypothesis that acute renal ischemia accelerates nephropathy in diabetes by activating proinflammatory pathways. Lean and obese-diabetic ZS rats (F(1) hybrids of spontaneously hypertensive heart failure and Zucker fatty diabetic rats) were subjected to bilateral renal ischemia or sham surgery before the onset of proteinuria. The postischemic state in rats with obesity-diabetes was characterized by progressive chronic renal failure, increased proteinuria, and renal expression of proinflammatory mediators. Leukocyte number in obese-diabetic rat kidney was markedly increased for months after ischemia. Intrarenal blood flow velocity was decreased after ischemia in lean control and obese-diabetic rats, although it recovered in lean rats. At 2 mo after ischemia, blood flow velocity decreased further in sham-surgery and postischemia obese-diabetic rats, so that RBC flow velocity was only 39% of control in the obese-diabetic rats after ischemia. In addition, microvascular density remained depressed at 2 mo in kidneys of obese-diabetic rats after ischemia. Abnormal microvascular permeability and increases in interstitial fibrosis and apoptotic renal cell death were also more pronounced after ischemia in obese-diabetic rats. These data support the hypothesis that acute renal ischemia in obesity-diabetes severely aggravates chronic inflammation and vasculopathy, creating a self-perpetuating postischemia inflammatory syndrome, which accelerates renal failure.
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- K J Kelly
- Division of Nephrology, Indiana Univ. School of Medicine, 950 West Walnut St., RII-202, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA.
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Kelly KJ, Kluve-Beckerman B, Dominguez JH. Acute-phase response protein serum amyloid A stimulates renal tubule formation: studies in vitro and in vivo. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2009; 296:F1355-63. [PMID: 19321596 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.90622.2008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Serum amyloid A protein (SAA) surges 1,000-fold in the blood of acute-phase animals, and yet its function during these acute events remains unknown. We report herein that SAA stimulates a developmental program in cultured NRK-52E cells that culminates in differentiated and functional tubules that feature a proximal tubule phenotype. We also found strong SAA expression in states of tubule formation (in utero stage) and regeneration (recovery from ischemia-reperfusion injury). These data lend support to a novel view of a more localized renal acute-phase reaction, where renal SAA may act as a paracrine or autocrine molecule that promotes tubule formation during development and repair.
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- Katherine J Kelly
- VAMC, Nephrology, N 111,1481 W. 10th St., Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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- B L Jones
- Children's Mercy Hospital and Clinics, Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
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Kelly KJ, Wu P, Patterson CE, Temm C, Dominguez JH. LOX-1 and inflammation: a new mechanism for renal injury in obesity and diabetes. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2008; 294:F1136-45. [PMID: 18322020 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00396.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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The early nephropathy in obese, diabetic, dyslipidemic (ZS) rats is characterized by tubular lipid accumulation and pervasive inflammation, two critically interrelated events. We now tested the hypothesis that proximal tubules from ZS obese diabetic rats in vivo, and proximal tubule cells (NRK52E) exposed to oxidized LDL (oxLDL) in vitro, change their normally quiescent epithelial phenotype into a proinflammatory phenotype. Urine of obese diabetic rats contained more lipid peroxides, and LOX-1, a membrane receptor that internalizes oxidized lipids, was mobilized to luminal sites. Levels of ICAM-1 and focal adhesion kinase, which participate in leukocyte migration and epithelial dedifferentiation, respectively, were also upregulated in tubules. NRK52E cells exposed to oxLDL showed similar modifications, plus suppression of anti-inflammatory transcription factor peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-delta. In addition, oxLDL impaired epithelial barrier function. These alterations were prevented by an anti-LOX-1 antibody. The data support the concept that tubular LOX-1 activation driven by lipid oxidants in the preurine fluid is critical in the inflammatory changes. We suggest that luminal lipid oxidants and abnormal tubular permeability may be partly responsible for the renal tubulointerstitial injury of obesity, diabetes, and dyslipidemia.
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- Katherine J Kelly
- Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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Dominguez J, Kelly KJ. Oxidized lipids, LOX‐1, and diabetic nephropathy. FASEB J 2008. [DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.22.1_supplement.1153.6] [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: 11/11/2022]
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Dominguez JH, Mehta JL, Li D, Wu P, Kelly KJ, Packer CS, Temm C, Goss E, Cheng L, Zhang S, Patterson CE, Hawes JW, Peterson R. Anti-LOX-1 therapy in rats with diabetes and dyslipidemia: ablation of renal vascular and epithelial manifestations. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2008; 294:F110-9. [DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00013.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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LOX-1 is a multifunctional membrane receptor that binds and internalizes oxidized LDL (oxLDL). We tested the hypothesis that blockade of LOX-1 with an anti-LOX-1 antibody limits nephropathy in male rats with diabetes and dyslipidemia (ZS rats; F1hybrid product of Zucker fatty diabetic rats and spontaneous hypertensive heart failure rats). Lean ZS rats were controls, while untreated obese ZS (OM), ZS obese rats injected with nonspecific rabbit IgG (OM-IgG; 2 μg intravenous injection given weekly), and obese ZS rats given anti-LOX-1 rabbit antibody (OM-Ab; 2 μg intravenous injection given weekly) were the experimental groups. The rats were treated from 6 to 21 wk of age. All obese groups had severe dyslipidemia and hyperglycemia. Kidneys of obese rats expressed LOX-1 in capillaries and tubules, were larger, accumulated lipid, had intense oxidative stress, leukocyte infiltration, depressed mitochondrial enzyme level and function, and peritubular fibrosis (all P < 0.05 vs. lean ZS rats). Injections with LOX-1 antibody limited these abnormalities ( P < 0.01 vs. data in OM or OM-lgG rats). In vitro, renal epithelial LOX-1 expression was verified in a cultured proximal tubule cell line. Our study indicates that anti-LOX-1 (vascular and epithelial) therapy may effectively reverse critical pathogenic elements of nephropathy in diabetes and dyslipidemia.
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