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Broberg L, Gaarskjær De Wolff M, Anker L, Damm P, Tabor A, Hegaard H, Midtgaard J. 407 Experiences of participation in supervised group exercise among pregnant women with depression or low psychological well-being: A qualitative descriptive study. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2021.11.346] [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: 11/26/2022]
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Fisher R, Peltzer-Jones J, Anker L, Liroff M, Caldwell M, Zimny E, Klausner H. 306 Understanding Non-urgent Emergency Department Visits for Gynecological Complaints. Ann Emerg Med 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2016.08.322] [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: 10/20/2022]
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Garrett A, Gupta S, Reiss AL, Waring J, Sudheimer K, Anker L, Sosa N, Hallmayer JF, O'Hara R. Impact of 5-HTTLPR on hippocampal subregional activation in older adults. Transl Psychiatry 2015; 5:e639. [PMID: 26393485 PMCID: PMC5068801 DOI: 10.1038/tp.2015.131] [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] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2015] [Accepted: 04/23/2015] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Studies have shown that a functional polymorphism of the serotonin transporter gene (5-HTTLPR) impacts performance on memory-related tasks and the hippocampal structures that subserve these tasks. The short (s) allele of 5-HTTLPR has been linked to greater susceptibility for impaired memory and smaller hippocampal volume compared to the long allele (l). However, previous studies have not examined the associations between 5-HTTLPR allele and activation in subregions of the hippocampus. In this study, we used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to measure activation in hippocampal and temporal lobe subregions in 36 elderly non-clinical participants performing a face-name encoding and recognition task. Although there were no significant differences in task performance between s allele carriers and l homozygotes, right CA1 and right parahippocampal activation during recognition errors was significantly greater in individuals bearing the s allele. In an exploratory analysis, we determined that these effects were more pronounced in s allele carriers with the apolipoprotein ɛ4 allele. Our results suggest that older individuals with the s allele inefficiently allocate neural resources while making errors in recognizing face-name associations, which could negatively impact memory performance during more challenging tasks.
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA,Center for Interdisciplinary Brain Sciences Research, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA,Center for Interdisciplinary Brain Sciences Research, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA,Sierra Pacific Mental Illness, Research, Education and Clinical Center, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA,Sierra Pacific Mental Illness, Research, Education and Clinical Center, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA,Sierra Pacific Mental Illness, Research, Education and Clinical Center, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA,Sierra Pacific Mental Illness, Research, Education and Clinical Center, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA,Sierra Pacific Mental Illness, Research, Education and Clinical Center, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA, USA,Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305-5485, USA. E-mail:
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Anker L, de Bruijn MAA, Wiercx MACI. Tryptophane, tryptamine, sugars, pH and the regeneration of the physiological tip in the Avena coleoptile. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.1973.tb00907.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Anker L. THE AUXIN PRODUCTION OF THE PHYSIOLOGICAL TIP OF THE AVENA COLEOPTILE AND THE REPRESSION OF TIP REGENERATION BY INDOLEACETIC ACID (NOT BY NAPHTHYLACETIC ACID AND 2,4-DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID). ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.1973.tb00836.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- L. Anker
- Botanisch Laboratorium; Rijksuniversiteit te Utrecht
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Chuang WC, Short JH, McKinney AM, Anker L, Knoll B, McKinney ZJ. Reversible left hemispheric ischemia secondary to carotid compression in Eagle syndrome: surgical and CT angiographic correlation. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2007; 28:143-5. [PMID: 17213444 PMCID: PMC8134084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Symptoms of ipsilateral carotid artery compression secondary to an elongated styloid process or calcified stylohyoid ligament may be seen in Eagle syndrome. The patient will typically experience cervicofacial pain due to stimulation of the arterial nervous plexus. In addition, symptoms directly attributable to compression of the carotid artery may be seen, including visual symptoms and syncope. We report here the case of a patient who developed symptoms consistent with left hemispheric ischemia within 15 seconds of turning his head to the left. These symptoms were completely reversible on returning the head to the neutral position. No long-term sequelae were detected clinically or radiographically.
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- W C Chuang
- Department of Radiology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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Imam SA, Kim MS, Anker L, Datar RH, Law RE, Taylor CR. Systematic determination of telomerase activity and telomerase length during the progression of human breast cancer in cell culture models. Anticancer Res 1997; 17:4435-41. [PMID: 9494546] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The purpose of the study was to determine systematically the expression of telomerase activity and the length of telomere repeat arrays by utilizing two different cell culture models that derive from normal individual donors, and probably represent various stages of human breast oncogenesis in cell culture. The models consist of mortal, non-tumorigenic immortal and tumorigenic immortal human mammary epithelial cell (MEC) lines. Using a recently developed polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based telomeric repeat amplification protocol (TRAP) assay, telomerase activity was undetectable in mortal MEC cells. In contrast, the immortal MEC that were nontumorigenic or tumorigenic in immunosuppressed athymic mice, showed telomerase activity. The absence of telomerase activity in mortal and its presence in both non-tumorigenic and tumorigenic immortal cell lines did not reflect their proliferative rate, as demonstrated by the similar pattern and intensity of reactivity of these cell lines with anti-Ki 67 antibody which recognizes a human nuclear cell proliferation--associated antigen. Southern blot analyses of Hinf I-digested genomic DNA hybridized with a (TTAGGG)4 probe revealed arrays of telomeric repeat lengths ranging from 3 to 5, 3.5 to 9, 3.2 to 9 or 3 to 15 kilobase pair (kbp) for mortal, nontumorigenic immortal, and tumorigenic immortal or established MEC lines respectively. These results suggest that telomerase activity and stable telomeric repeat lengths may be a molecular phenotype of the early stages in the progression of breast cancer.
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- S A Imam
- Department of Pathology, University of Southern California, School of Medicine, Los Angeles 90033, USA
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Zhang W, Anker L, Law RE, Hinton DR, Gopalakrishna R, Pu Q, Gundimeda U, Weiss MH, Couldwell WT. Enhancement of radiosensitivity in human malignant glioma cells by hypericin in vitro. Clin Cancer Res 1996; 2:843-6. [PMID: 9816239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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Hypericin, an antidepressant and antiviral agent being evaluated in phase I and II trials for patients with HIV infection, is known to be a potent protein kinase C inhibitor. We have investigated its effects on cellular response to radiation via a tetrazolium-formazan cell growth rate assay using 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2, 5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide and clonogenic assay in three human glioblastoma cell lines, U87-MG, A-172, and T98G, and a low-passage malignant glioma culture, 93-492. At a concentration of 5 microM, hypericin inhibited these cells slightly but caused significant radiosensitization (e.g., the cell survival rate after the radiation treatment was 50.2 and 26.0% in cells treated with 6 Gy and 6 Gy plus 5 microM hypericin in U87-MG cells, respectively; P = 0.0285). Hypericin also enhanced the radiosensitivity significantly in the low-passage glioma 93-492 cells. These findings suggest that hypericin represents a potential new agent in combination with radiation therapy of malignant gliomas.
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- W Zhang
- Departments of Neurological Surgery, robiolology, and Radiation Oncology, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California 90033, USA
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Jones KD, Couldwell WT, Hinton DR, Su Y, He S, Anker L, Law RE. Lovastatin induces growth inhibition and apoptosis in human malignant glioma cells. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1994; 205:1681-7. [PMID: 7811252 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1994.2861] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [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] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The competitive HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor lovastatin has been shown to suppress growth and induce morphological changes in a variety of non-glioma tumor cell lines. This study assesses the effects of this agent on the growth and survival of the human malignant glioma cell lines A172 and U87-MG. The response to the drug was investigated using a cell proliferation assay which revealed significant dose-dependent growth inhibition. Treatment with as little as 100 nM lovastatin over a period of 72 hours led to DNA degradation into nucleosome-sized fragments characteristic of apoptosis. Our data suggest that HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors such as lovastatin merit further investigation as potential therapeutic agents for the treatment of malignant gliomas.
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- K D Jones
- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles 90033
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Mutations in, and aberrant expression of, the p53 tumor suppressor gene were assessed in 17 cell lines derived from human malignant brain tumors (glioblastoma multiforme). Exons 5 through 8 were screened by single strand conformational polymorphism analysis (SSCP), followed by direct DNA sequencing. Mutations were found in 6 of 17 glioma cell lines, i.e., at a frequency similar to that found in primary malignant gliomas. Loss of the wild type allele was observed in 4 of the mutated cell lines. Two cell lines had the same mutation (CGG-->TGG; Arg-->Trp) in codon 248. Five of 6 mutations were transitions, 4 of which occurred at CpG dinucleotides. In one cell line a 10-bp deletion at the intron 4/exon 5 junction was found. Five of 6 glioma cell lines contained a mutation identical to that in the respective primary tumor despite prolonged in vitro culture (140-221 passages). Thus, the acquisition of p53 mutations during culture appears to be infrequent. Two cell lines derived from heterozygous tumors maintained the wild type p53 allele during long term culture. p53 protein levels were assessed by immunofluorescence cytochemistry and immunoprecipitation followed by Western blot analysis and revealed elevated levels of the p53 protein, although to a variable extent, in all cell lines with p53 mutations. A marked p53 protein accumulation was also observed in two cell lines lacking p53 mutations in exons 5 through 8, indicating that a prolonged half life of the gene product is not solely dependent on an aberrant coding sequence. The remaining cell lines had either low levels or no detectable p53 protein; one of the latter contained a gross rearrangement of the p53 gene. Our results suggest that with respect to p53 gene status, glioma cell lines usually resemble the original tumors and may, therefore, be suitable for studying the biological changes associated with p53 mutations in glial tumors.
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- L Anker
- Department of Neurological Surgery, University Hospital Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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Anker L, Rose R, Watson RF. Filling the gaps. Systems offer two models of care management: community outreach and inpatient care. Health Prog 1992; 73:47-51. [PMID: 10170989] [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: 02/11/2023]
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The growing number of vulnerable people, such as the elderly and people with long-term disabilities, calls for healthcare providers to offer more programs to ensure a continuum of care. Client-focused care management programs offer access to such a continuum. Care managers understand services and reimbursement and can pull it all together for the client. The Sisters of Charity Health Care Systems, Cincinnati, have two models of care management. St. Joseph Coordinated Care provides extensive outreach to a large, culturally diverse New Mexico community, serving urban and rural clients. Penrose-St. Francis Healthcare System offers inpatient medical care management in Colorado. Coordinated Care at St. Joseph Healthcare System in Albuquerque is comprehensive, covering a wide spectrum of client needs--medical, social, and psychological. The program's central goal is to help individuals remain safely at home. Persistence and devotion to the client are the hallmarks of effective care management and the foundation of the new geriatric care management program at Penrose-St. Francis Healthcare System in Colorado Springs, CO. The program's goals are to improve inpatient geriatric care, smooth the patient's transition to alternative care settings, and ensure efficient and effective resource use during the patient's hospital stay.
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- L Anker
- St. Joseph Healthcare System, Albuquerque
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Pannatier A, Anker L, Testa B, Carrupt PA. A theoretical conformational study of substituted O-anisamides as models of a class of dopamine antagonists. J Pharm Pharmacol 1981; 33:145-9. [PMID: 6116754 DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-7158.1981.tb13737.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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The quantum mechanical PCILO method has been used to investigate the conformational behaviour of N-(2-aminoethyl)- and N-(2-dimethylaminoethyl)-o-anisamide, two model molecules of substituted benzamides. The molecules are shown to have only limited conformational freedom due to the presence of two intramolecular hydrogen bonds acting as conformational locks. The molecules in their preferred conformation are characterized by a distance between the centre of the aromatic ring and the nitrogen atom of almost 6 A, i.e. almost 1 A longer than in the fully extended dopamine conformers. Some implications at the receptor level of this topographical dissimilarity are discussed.
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Sonanini D, Anker L. [Demonstration of steroids by means of distributive thin layer chromotography (androgen, estrogens, gestagens, anabolics)]. Pharm Acta Helv 1967; 42:54-64. [PMID: 5232809] [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: 01/14/2023]
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