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Onicas AI, Deighton S, Yeates KO, Bray S, Graff K, Abdeen N, Beauchamp MH, Beaulieu C, Bjornson B, Craig W, Dehaes M, Deschenes S, Doan Q, Freedman SB, Goodyear BG, Gravel J, Lebel C, Ledoux AA, Zemek R, Ware AL. Longitudinal Functional Connectome in Pediatric Concussion: An Advancing Concussion Assessment in Pediatrics Study. J Neurotrauma 2024; 41:587-603. [PMID: 37489293 DOI: 10.1089/neu.2023.0183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/26/2023] Open
Abstract
Advanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques indicate that concussion (i.e., mild traumatic brain injury) disrupts brain structure and function in children. However, the functional connectivity of brain regions within global and local networks (i.e., functional connectome) is poorly understood in pediatric concussion. This prospective, longitudinal study addressed this gap using data from the largest neuroimaging study of pediatric concussion to date to study the functional connectome longitudinally after concussion as compared with mild orthopedic injury (OI). Children and adolescents (n = 967) 8-16.99 years with concussion or mild OI were recruited from pediatric emergency departments within 48 h post-injury. Pre-injury and 1-month post-injury symptom ratings were used to classify concussion with or without persistent symptoms based on reliable change. Subjects completed a post-acute (2-33 days) and chronic (3 or 6 months via random assignment) MRI scan. Graph theory metrics were derived from 918 resting-state functional MRI scans in 585 children (386 concussion/199 OI). Linear mixed-effects modeling was performed to assess group differences over time, correcting for multiple comparisons. Relative to OI, the global clustering coefficient was reduced at 3 months post-injury in older children with concussion and in females with concussion and persistent symptoms. Time post-injury and sex moderated group differences in local (regional) network metrics of several brain regions, including degree centrality, efficiency, and clustering coefficient of the angular gyrus, calcarine fissure, cuneus, and inferior occipital, lingual, middle occipital, post-central, and superior occipital gyrus. Relative to OI, degree centrality and nodal efficiency were reduced post-acutely, and nodal efficiency and clustering coefficient were reduced chronically after concussion (i.e., at 3 and 6 months post-injury in females; at 6 months post-injury in males). Functional network alterations were more robust and widespread chronically as opposed to post-acutely after concussion, and varied by sex, age, and symptom recovery at 1-month post-injury. Local network segregation reductions emerged globally (across the whole brain network) in older children and in females with poor recovery chronically after concussion. Reduced functioning between neighboring regions could negatively disrupt specialized information processing. Local network metric alterations were demonstrated in several posterior regions that are involved in vision and attention after concussion relative to OI. This indicates that functioning of superior parietal and occipital regions could be particularly susceptibile to the effects of concussion. Moreover, those regional alterations were especially apparent at later time periods post-injury, emerging after post-concussive symptoms resolved in most and persisted up to 6 months post-injury, and differed by biological sex. This indicates that neurobiological changes continue to occur up to 6 months after pediatric concussion, although changes emerge earlier in females than in males. Changes could reflect neural compensation mechanisms.
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- Adrian I Onicas
- MoMiLab, IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca, Lucca, LU, Italy
- Computer Vision Group, Sano Centre for Computational Medicine, Kraków, Poland. Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Radiology, Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, and Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Radiology, Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, and Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Radiology, University of Ottawa, and Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, University of Montreal and CHU Sainte-Justine Hospital Research Center, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Division of Neurology, University of British Columbia, BC Children's Hospital Research Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- University of Alberta and Stollery Children's Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Radiology, Radio-oncology and Nuclear Medicine, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Montreal and CHU Sainte-Justine Hospital Research Center, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Radiology, Radio-oncology and Nuclear Medicine, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Montreal and CHU Sainte-Justine Hospital Research Center, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, BC Children's Hospital Research Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Departments of Pediatric and Emergency Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Radiology, Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, and Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Department of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, University of Montreal and CHU Sainte-Justine Hospital Research Center, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Radiology, Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, and Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa, and Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine, University of Ottawa, and Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, and Department of Neurology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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Rai S, Graff K, Tansey R, Bray S. How do tasks impact the reliability of fMRI functional connectivity? Hum Brain Mapp 2024; 45:e26535. [PMID: 38348730 PMCID: PMC10884875 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.26535] [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: 06/21/2023] [Revised: 10/13/2023] [Accepted: 11/01/2023] [Indexed: 02/24/2024] Open
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While there is growing interest in the use of functional magnetic resonance imaging-functional connectivity (fMRI-FC) for biomarker research, low measurement reliability of conventional acquisitions may limit applications. Factors known to impact FC reliability include scan length, head motion, signal properties, such as temporal signal-to-noise ratio (tSNR), and the acquisition state or task. As tasks impact signal in a region-wise fashion, they likely impact FC reliability differently across the brain, making task an important decision in study design. Here, we use the densely sampled Midnight Scan Club (MSC) dataset, comprising 5 h of rest and 6 h of task fMRI data in 10 healthy adults, to investigate regional effects of tasks on FC reliability. We further considered how BOLD signal properties contributing to tSNR, that is, temporal mean signal (tMean) and temporal standard deviation (tSD), vary across the brain, associate with FC reliability, and are modulated by tasks. We found that, relative to rest, tasks enhanced FC reliability and increased tSD for specific task-engaged regions. However, FC signal variability and reliability is broadly dampened during tasks outside task-engaged regions. From our analyses, we observed signal variability was the strongest driver of FC reliability. Overall, our findings suggest that the choice of task can have an important impact on reliability and should be considered in relation to maximizing reliability in networks of interest as part of study design.
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- Shefali Rai
- Child and Adolescent Imaging Research ProgramUniversity of CalgaryCalgaryAlbertaCanada
- Alberta Children's Hospital Research InstituteUniversity of CalgaryCalgaryAlbertaCanada
- Hotchkiss Brain InstituteUniversity of CalgaryCalgaryAlbertaCanada
- Department of NeuroscienceUniversity of CalgaryCalgaryAlbertaCanada
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- Child and Adolescent Imaging Research ProgramUniversity of CalgaryCalgaryAlbertaCanada
- Alberta Children's Hospital Research InstituteUniversity of CalgaryCalgaryAlbertaCanada
- Hotchkiss Brain InstituteUniversity of CalgaryCalgaryAlbertaCanada
- Department of NeuroscienceUniversity of CalgaryCalgaryAlbertaCanada
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- Child and Adolescent Imaging Research ProgramUniversity of CalgaryCalgaryAlbertaCanada
- Alberta Children's Hospital Research InstituteUniversity of CalgaryCalgaryAlbertaCanada
- Hotchkiss Brain InstituteUniversity of CalgaryCalgaryAlbertaCanada
- Department of NeuroscienceUniversity of CalgaryCalgaryAlbertaCanada
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- Child and Adolescent Imaging Research ProgramUniversity of CalgaryCalgaryAlbertaCanada
- Alberta Children's Hospital Research InstituteUniversity of CalgaryCalgaryAlbertaCanada
- Hotchkiss Brain InstituteUniversity of CalgaryCalgaryAlbertaCanada
- Department of RadiologyUniversity of CalgaryCalgaryAlbertaCanada
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Tansey R, Graff K, Rohr CS, Dimond D, Ip A, Yin S, Dewey D, Bray S. Functional MRI responses to naturalistic stimuli are increasingly typical across early childhood. Dev Cogn Neurosci 2023; 62:101268. [PMID: 37327695 PMCID: PMC10275704 DOI: 10.1016/j.dcn.2023.101268] [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] [Received: 10/13/2022] [Revised: 04/05/2023] [Accepted: 06/12/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023] Open
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While findings show that throughout development, there are child- and age-specific patterns of brain functioning, there is also evidence for significantly greater inter-individual response variability in young children relative to adults. It is currently unclear whether this increase in functional "typicality" (i.e., inter-individual similarity) is a developmental process that occurs across early childhood, and what changes in BOLD response may be driving changes in typicality. We collected fMRI data from 81 typically developing 4-8-year-old children during passive viewing of age-appropriate television clips and asked whether there is increasing typicality of brain response across this age range. We found that the "increasing typicality" hypothesis was supported across many regions engaged by passive viewing. Post hoc analyses showed that in a priori ROIs related to language and face processing, the strength of the group-average shared component of activity increased with age, with no concomitant decline in residual signal or change in spatial extent or variability. Together, this suggests that increasing inter-individual similarity of functional responses to audiovisual stimuli is an important feature of early childhood functional brain development.
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- Ryann Tansey
- Child and Adolescent Imaging Research Program, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
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- Child and Adolescent Imaging Research Program, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Child and Adolescent Imaging Research Program, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Child and Adolescent Imaging Research Program, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Child and Adolescent Imaging Research Program, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Child and Adolescent Imaging Research Program, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Child and Adolescent Imaging Research Program, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; Department of Pediatrics, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; Department of Community Health Science, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; Owerko Centre at the Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Child and Adolescent Imaging Research Program, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; Department of Pediatrics, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; Department of Radiology, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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Graff K, Tansey R, Rai S, Ip A, Rohr C, Dimond D, Dewey D, Bray S. Functional connectomes become more longitudinally self-stable, but not more distinct from others, across early childhood. Neuroimage 2022; 258:119367. [PMID: 35716841 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2022.119367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2022] [Revised: 06/06/2022] [Accepted: 06/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Functional connectomes, as measured with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), are highly individualized, and evidence suggests this individualization may increase across childhood. A connectome can become more individualized either by increasing self-stability or decreasing between-subject-similarity. Here we used a longitudinal early childhood dataset to investigate age associations with connectome self-stability, between-subject-similarity, and developmental individualization, defined as an individual's self-stability across a 12-month interval relative to their between-subject-similarity. fMRI data were collected during an 18-minute passive viewing scan from 73 typically developing children aged 4-7 years, at baseline and 12-month follow-up. We found that young children had highly individualized connectomes, with sufficient self-stability across 12-months for 98% identification accuracy. Linear models showed a significant relationship between age and developmental individualization across the whole brain and in most networks. This association appeared to be largely driven by an increase in self-stability with age, with only weak evidence for relationships between age and similarity across participants. Together our findings suggest that children's connectomes become more individualized across early childhood, and that this effect is driven by increasing self-stability rather than decreasing between-subject-similarity.
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- Kirk Graff
- Child and Adolescent Imaging Research Program, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; Department of Neuroscience, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
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- Child and Adolescent Imaging Research Program, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; Department of Neuroscience, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Child and Adolescent Imaging Research Program, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; Department of Neuroscience, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Child and Adolescent Imaging Research Program, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; Department of Neuroscience, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Child and Adolescent Imaging Research Program, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; Department of Neuroscience, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Child and Adolescent Imaging Research Program, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; Department of Neuroscience, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Child and Adolescent Imaging Research Program, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; Department of Pediatrics, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; Community Health Science, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Child and Adolescent Imaging Research Program, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; Department of Radiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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Graff K, Tansey R, Ip A, Rohr C, Dimond D, Dewey D, Bray S. Benchmarking common preprocessing strategies in early childhood functional connectivity and intersubject correlation fMRI. Dev Cogn Neurosci 2022; 54:101087. [PMID: 35196611 PMCID: PMC8866685 DOI: 10.1016/j.dcn.2022.101087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2021] [Revised: 02/14/2022] [Accepted: 02/17/2022] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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- Kirk Graff
- Child and Adolescent Imaging Research Program, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; Department of Neuroscience, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
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- Child and Adolescent Imaging Research Program, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; Department of Neuroscience, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Child and Adolescent Imaging Research Program, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; Department of Neuroscience, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Child and Adolescent Imaging Research Program, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; Department of Neuroscience, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Child and Adolescent Imaging Research Program, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; Department of Neuroscience, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Child and Adolescent Imaging Research Program, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; Department of Pediatrics, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; Community Health Science, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Child and Adolescent Imaging Research Program, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; Department of Radiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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Tansey R, Graff K, Rohr CS, Dimond D, Ip A, Dewey D, Bray S. Inattentive and hyperactive traits differentially associate with inter-individual functional synchrony during video viewing in young children without ADHD. Cereb Cortex Commun 2022; 3:tgac011. [PMID: 35291396 PMCID: PMC8919299 DOI: 10.1093/texcom/tgac011] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2022] [Revised: 02/22/2022] [Accepted: 02/24/2022] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Inattention and hyperactivity present on a spectrum and may influence the way children perceive and interact with the world. We investigated whether normative variation in inattentive and hyperactive traits was associated with differences in brain function, while children watched clips from an age-appropriate television program. Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data and parent reports of inattention and hyperactivity traits were collected from 81 children 4–7 years of age with no parent-reported diagnoses. Data were analyzed using intersubject correlations (ISCs) in mixed effects models to determine if inattentive and hyperactive traits were associated with idiosyncrasy of fMRI response to the video. We hypothesized that pairs of children with higher average inattention and hyperactivity scores would show less interindividual brain synchrony to one another than pairs with lower average scores on these traits. Video watching engaged widespread visual, auditory, default mode and dorsal prefrontal regions. Inattention and hyperactivity were separably associated with ISC in many of these regions. Our findings suggest that the spectrum of inattention and hyperactivity traits in children without ADHD are differentially associated with neural processing of naturalistic video stimuli, which may have implications for understanding how children with different levels of these traits process audiovisual information in unconstrained conditions.
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- Ryann Tansey
- Child and Adolescent Imaging Research Program, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
- Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
- Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Child and Adolescent Imaging Research Program, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
- Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
- Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Child and Adolescent Imaging Research Program, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
- Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
- Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Child and Adolescent Imaging Research Program, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
- Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
- Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Child and Adolescent Imaging Research Program, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
- Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
- Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Child and Adolescent Imaging Research Program, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
- Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
- Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
- Department of Pediatrics, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
- Department of Community Health Science, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Child and Adolescent Imaging Research Program, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
- Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
- Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
- Department of Pediatrics, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
- Department of Radiology, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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Dimond D, Heo S, Ip A, Rohr CS, Tansey R, Graff K, Dhollander T, Smith RE, Lebel C, Dewey D, Connelly A, Bray S. Maturation and interhemispheric asymmetry in neurite density and orientation dispersion in early childhood. Neuroimage 2020; 221:117168. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.117168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2019] [Revised: 06/15/2020] [Accepted: 07/12/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Stępień A, Fabian K, Graff K, Podgurniak M, Wit A. An immediate effect of PNF specific mobilization on the angle of trunk rotation and the Trunk-Pelvis-Hip Angle range of motion in adolescent girls with double idiopathic scoliosis-a pilot study. Scoliosis Spinal Disord 2017; 12:29. [PMID: 28905003 PMCID: PMC5586026 DOI: 10.1186/s13013-017-0132-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2016] [Accepted: 04/18/2017] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
Abstract
Background Impairment of spine rotation is a key concept in several theories explaining the pathogenesis and progression of scoliosis. In previous studies, a more limited range of motion in scoliotic girls compared to their non-scoliotic peers was noted. The Trunk-Pelvis-Hip Angle measurement is a test used to assess the range of motion in the trunk-pelvis-hip complex in the transverse plane. The aim of this study was to assess an immediate effect of Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation specific mobilization (mPNF) on the angle of trunk rotation and Trunk-Pelvis-Hip Angle range of motion in adolescent girls with double scoliosis. Methods The study was conducted on 83 girls aged 10 to 17 years (mean 13.7 ± 1.9) with double idiopathic scoliosis consisting of a right-sided thoracic curve (mean 25.1° ± 13.9°) and a left-sided thoracolumbar or lumbar curve (mean 20.8° ± 11.4°). The angle of trunk rotation and Trunk-Pelvis-Hip Angle were measured at baseline and after PNF mobilization. Bilateral lower limb patterns of Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation were used in combination with the “contract–relax” technique and stimulation of asymmetrical breathing. In the statistical analysis, the SAS rel. 13.2 software was used. Preliminary statistical analysis was performed using descriptive statistics. According to Shapiro-Wilk criterion of normality, the Wilcoxon test was used to compare paired samples. Next, the data was analyzed using multivariate GLM models. Results In adolescent girls with double scoliosis, significant differences between the left and right side of the body concerning the Trunk-Pelvis-Hip Angle ranges were noted. A single, unilateral PNF mobilization significantly decreased the angle of trunk rotation in the thoracic (p < 0.001) and lumbar spine (p < 0.001). Unilateral PNF mobilization also increased the Trunk-Pelvis-Hip Angle ranges on the left (p < 0.001) and right (p < 0.001) side significantly. Conclusions Unilateral PNF mobilization led to a decrease in the angle of trunk rotation, improvement in the range of motion, and the symmetry of mobility in the transverse plane in the trunk-pelvis-hip complex in adolescent girls with double idiopathic scoliosis. The effects should be treated only as immediate. Further studies are required to determine long-term effects of PNF mobilization on the spinal alignment. Trial registration ISRCTN11750900.
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- A Stępień
- Department of Rehabilitation, Józef Piłsudski University of Physical Education, Warsaw, Poland
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- Regional Children's Hospital, Jastrzębie Zdrój, Poland
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- Department of Rehabilitation, Józef Piłsudski University of Physical Education, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Physiological Sciences, University of Life Science, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Rehabilitation, Józef Piłsudski University of Physical Education, Warsaw, Poland
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Sueldo C, Kelly E, Borba J, Graff K, Synn M, Sueldo C. Use of a drawer-type tri-gas incubator for blastocyst culture among patients undergoing day 3 or 5 embryo transfer. Fertil Steril 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2012.07.626] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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ABSTRACTThe precipitation behaviour of the transition metals Co, Ni, Cu and Pd has been studied by means of conventional and high - resolution electron microscopy. Special experimental conditions for specimen preparation were chosen, which lead to the formation of haze. These conditions were the same for all metals. Therefore, a direct comparison of the respective precipitation phenomena was possible. Co and Ni were found to precipitate as Si - rich silicide particles exhibiting various morphologies attributed to different stages of particle growth and ripening. It is shown that the generation of Si- self - interstitials (and vacancies) plays a minor role in the preci-pitate formation. On the other hand Cu and Pd precipitate as metal - rich silicide particles. They form star - like colonies consisting of small particles and extended extrinsic edge - type dislocation loops. The precipitation behaviour of these two met-als is governed by the generation of Si - self - interstitials due to the large misfit of the metal - rich silicide particles.
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ABSTRACTA new method is presented which is suitable to check gettering processes and to evaluate gettering efficiencies. This method is based on an intentional contamination of the respective silicon wafer by means of palladium or any other haze forming metal. The palladium is diffused and haze is revealed by preferential etching. In order to determine gettering efficiency the sizes of the haze areas on gettered and non-gettered wafers are compared. The quantity of the gettered palladium can be deduced from lateral palladium profiles.In contrast to procedures published in the literature this method is very simple and fast. Therefore it is suitable for routine application to check back side damaged wafers or internal gettering.
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Anderson A, Graff K, Distefano J, Whelan J, Crain J. Early Syngamy; A Case Study Report. Fertil Steril 2005. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.07.991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Han Y, Meintjes M, Graff K, Denniston R, Zhang L, Godke R, Ziomek C. Caprine offspring born from fresh and frozen-thawed in vitro-produced embryos. Vet Rec 2001. [DOI: 10.1136/vr.149.23.714] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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- Y. Han
- Department of Animal Science; Louisiana State University Agricultural Center; Baton Rouge LA 70803 USA
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- Department of Animal Science; Louisiana State University Agricultural Center; Baton Rouge LA 70803 USA
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- Department of Animal Science; Louisiana State University Agricultural Center; Baton Rouge LA 70803 USA
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- Department of Animal Science; Louisiana State University Agricultural Center; Baton Rouge LA 70803 USA
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- Department of Animal Science; Louisiana State University Agricultural Center; Baton Rouge LA 70803 USA
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- Department of Animal Science; Louisiana State University Agricultural Center; Baton Rouge LA 70803 USA
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- Genzyme Transgenics Corporation; Framingham MA 01701 USA
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Han Y, Meintjes M, Graff K, Denniston R, Zhang L, Ziomek C, Godke R. Caprine offspring born from fresh and frozen-thawed in vitro-produced embryos. Vet Rec 2001; 149:714-6. [PMID: 11787786] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/23/2023]
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- Y Han
- Department of Animal Science, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge 70803, USA
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Cordero C, Graff K, Widyantoro N, Henry J, Girvin S. Counseling the postabortion patient: Training for service providers. Int J Gynaecol Obstet 2000. [DOI: 10.1016/s0020-7292(00)82464-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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This review compares the signaling pathways leading to cellular responses (primarily proliferation and differentiation) of cells to the insulin-like growth factors (IGFs). Although some systems (such as myoblasts and adipocytes) clearly employ the Ras-Raf-Mitogen Activated Protein (MAP) kinase pathway in signaling for cell proliferation, others (such as MCF-7 mammary tumors and brain capillary cells) proliferate in response to signals mediated by phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase and p70 S6 kinase. Similarly, most of the systems surveyed use a phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase pathway in differentiating in response to IGFs, but others (such as SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells) differentiate in response to the MAP kinase pathway. Thus, it seems that there are no simple generalizations that can be used to forecast the signaling pathway that will be involved in any response to the IGFs.
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- T Petley
- Biology Department, Syracuse University, NY, USA
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Lebiedowska MK, Syczewska M, Graff K, Kalinowska M. Application of biomechanical growth models of the quantitative evaluation of the motor system in children. Disabil Rehabil 1996; 18:137-42. [PMID: 8695885 DOI: 10.3109/09638289609166031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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To evaluate the effectiveness of rehabilitation methods, and to assess the progress of the rehabilitation process in an individual patient, quantitative methods are necessary. The large number of motor system parameters makes the problem of data collection time-consuming and expensive. A quantitative evaluation of the child's motor system is an assessment of a combination of the growth and rehabilitation processes. The aim of the study was to establish methods of differentiation between these two processes. The chosen anthropometric measures, biomechanical parameters of the lower leg segment, maximal voluntary extension and flexion torques of lower leg and chosen gait parameters, were measured in various groups of healthy children 6-18 years old. Mathematical functions were calculated describing these parameters against developmental parameters (body mass, body stature, age). Using the maximal correlation criterion the best growth parameters were established. Normalized databases for these parameters were developed. It is suggested that, using their approach, differentiation between the influences of growth and rehabilitation processes can be achieved, thus eliminating the need for tedious data collection.
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- M K Lebiedowska
- Child Health Center, Rehabilitation Department, Warsaw, Poland
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Olszaniecka M, Lebiedowski M, Lorenc RS, Arasimowicz E, Graff K, Madej M, Marowska J, Matusik H, Tałajko A, Wieczorek E. [Dynamics of the course of idiopathic juvenile osteoporosis]. Pol Tyg Lek 1993; 48 Suppl 3:20-3. [PMID: 8309831] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Clinical course of the idiopathic juvenile osteoporosis (IJO) was monitored in the group of 45 patients of both sexes with diagnosed disease, verified during follow-up period. The aim of the study was to evaluate the relationship between clinical symptoms and the results of biochemical, anthropometric, and densitometric measurements. An analysis of the obtained data enabled to distinguish the acute and chronic IJO phases. Evolution of the acute phase into chronic one was manifested by the cessation of pain and pathological gait stereotype, normalization of muscular strength, anthropometric parameters and urinary Pyr and DPyr excretion, as well as improvement in bone density. Hypercalciuria and increased urinary excretion of Pyr and DPyr, observed in the acute phase of IJO, may indicate that bone resorption exceeded bone formation. Tendency to maintain of alkaline phosphatase activity within lower limits of the normal values with slight increase during an improvement of densitometric parameters suggested transient osteoblast dysfunction.
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- M Olszaniecka
- Ośrodka Rehabilitacji, Zakładu Biochemii i Medycyny Doświadczalnej Centrum Zdrowia Dziecka
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Aggarwal BB, Graff K, Samal B, Higuchi M, Liao WS. Regulation of two forms of the TNF receptors by phorbol ester and dibutyryl cyclic adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate in human histiocytic lymphoma cell line U-937. Lymphokine Cytokine Res 1993; 12:149-58. [PMID: 7688579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Recently the cDNA for two different forms of TNF receptor, with gene products of molecular masses of 60 and 80 kDa, have been cloned. In the present report, we investigated the effects of phorbol ester and dibutyryl cAMP on the regulation of the transcript for each type of TNF receptor in U-937 cells. Our results indicate that exposure of these cells to either phorbol ester or dibutyryl cAMP increases the steady state mRNA levels of the 80 kDa form. This effect is dose- and time-dependent. The induction of the p80 receptor transcript by PMA and dibutyryl cAMP was additive suggesting independent mechanisms of induction. Under identical conditions, both agents failed to induce the transcript for the p60 form of the TNF receptor. As demonstrated by actinomycin D pulse-chase experiment, the mRNA for the p80 receptor was found to be highly stable with an approximate half-life of 16 h. No significant change in the half-life was observed when cells were treated with phorbol ester. The mechanisms by which phorbol ester and dibutyryl cAMP induce the upregulation of p80 receptor mRNA appear to be different. Induction of receptor transcript by cycloheximide suggests the presence of a labile repressor protein. Interestingly, the effect of cycloheximide on the induction of the p80 mRNA was found to be additive with that of dibutyryl cAMP but not with phorbol ester. 1-(5-Isoquinolinylsufonyl)-2-methylpiperazine (H7) and N[2-(methylamino) ethyl]-5-isoquinolinesulfonamide (H-8), inhibitors of protein kinase C and protein kinase A, respectively, both inhibited the phorbol ester-mediated induction of the p80-transcript but not that mediated through dibutyryl cAMP. Since dibutyryl cAMP undergoes intracellular dissociation into cAMP and butyric acid, we found that exposure of cells to sodium butyrate alone could induce p80 mRNA in a dose-dependent manner, thus suggesting the role of histone hyperacetylation. Furthermore forskolin treatment, an intracellular inducer of cAMP, increased the receptor transcript level whereas isobutylmethylxanthine, an inhibitor of phosphodiesterase, had no effect. Interestingly, while the p80 form of the TNF receptor mRNA levels was elevated by both phorbol ester and dibutyryl cAMP, only dibutyryl cAMP increased the TNF binding; phorbol ester treatment decreased the binding activity. Thus, our results demonstrate that the genes for the two forms of TNF receptors are differentially regulated. Furthermore, the mechanism of regulation by PMA differs from that by dibutyryl cAMP.
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- B B Aggarwal
- Department of Clinical Immunology and Biological Therapy, University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston 77030
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Graff K. [Trends in sport-medical care (also) in large athletic events. Team management or medical magic]. Sportverletz Sportschaden 1992; 6:189-90. [PMID: 1494756 DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-993551] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Chitambar CR, Matthaeus WG, Antholine WE, Graff K, O'Brien WJ. Inhibition of leukemic HL60 cell growth by transferrin-gallium: effects on ribonucleotide reductase and demonstration of drug synergy with hydroxyurea. Blood 1988; 72:1930-6. [PMID: 3058232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Cellular requirements for iron during DNA synthesis are related to the increased activity of the iron-containing M2 subunit of ribonucleotide reductase, the enzyme responsible for the reduction of ribonucleotides to deoxyribonucleotides. We have previously shown that transferrin-gallium (Tf-Ga) inhibits cellular iron incorporation. In the present study, Tf-Ga-induced inhibition of HL60 cell growth and upregulation of Tf receptor density was reversed with hemin. Cells exposed to 2 mumol/L Tf-Ga for six hours or longer displayed a diminution in the electron spin resonance (ESR) spectroscopy signal of the tyrosyl radical of the M2 subunit of ribonucleotide reductase. The effect of Tf-Ga on the ESR signal was reversed by hemin. Tf-Ga decreased the incorporation of 14C-adenosine into DNA and decreased intracellular deoxyribonucleotide pools, with the maximum diminution seen in deoxyadenosine triphosphate (dATP) and deoxycytidine triphosphate (dCTP) pools. Exposure of cells to combinations of Tf-Ga and hydroxyurea (a known inhibitor of ribonucleotide reductase) resulted in a marked inhibition of cell growth that was consistent with drug synergy. Our studies suggest that Tf-Ga inhibits DNA synthesis through action on the M2 subunit of ribonucleotide reductase and that combinations of Ga and hydroxyurea should be further evaluated in in vivo tumor models.
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- C R Chitambar
- Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee 53226
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Graff K. [Health visiting. Health visitors have a special status among school students. Interview by Ulla Danielsen]. Sygeplejersken 1987; 87:26-9. [PMID: 3649028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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