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Gutierrez G, Bricout M, Garrido F, Debelle A, Roux L, Onofri C. Irradiation-induced microstructural transformations in UO2 accelerated upon electronic energy deposition. Ann Ital Chir 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2022.05.039] [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: 12/01/2022]
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La notion de parcours de santé a émergé afin de répondre à la transition épidémiologique. Des définitions et des cadres théoriques ont été produits, des initiatives opérationnelles déployées sur les territoires. Le parcours de santé est l’une des thématiques constituant le cadre des orientations stratégiques de France Assos Santé pour les quatre prochaines années. L’une de ses revendications porte sur la nécessité d’aller au-delà du seul parcours de soins, de prendre en compte les déterminants de la santé, les points de rupture dans les parcours et de valoriser les savoirs expérientiels. Ses travaux se déclinent en un plaidoyer qui demande à ce que les usagers ou associations d’usagers soient partie prenante dans toute réflexion ou projet autour de la constitution des parcours sur un territoire, et que soient favorisées la mise en œuvre de démarches participatives et celle de démarches d’empowerment. Des projets pilotes valorisant les parcours de santé ont été déployés par certaines de ses délégations territoriales, et par le siège. Les initiatives associatives démontrent que les associations d’usagers participent très activement à contrer les ruptures dans les parcours et qu’elles participent donc à l’efficience du système de santé.
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Roux L, Concordet J, Ferrigno O, Aberdam D. In vitro modeling of aniridia-related PAX6 haploinsufficiency by the use of CRISPR/Cas9 on limbal epithelial cells. Acta Ophthalmol 2017. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2017.02673] [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: 11/26/2022]
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- L. Roux
- INSERM U976; Hôpital Saint-Louis; Paris France
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- CNRS UMR 7196/INSERM U1154; Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle; Paris France
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- INSERM U938; Centre de Recherche Saint-Antoine; Paris France
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- INSERM U976; Hôpital Saint-Louis; Paris France
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Bret S, Chazalon E, Roux L, De Biasi C, Oliver M, Lightburne E, Morand JJ. [Primary palpebral amyloidosis]. Ann Dermatol Venereol 2011; 138:634-6. [PMID: 21893242 DOI: 10.1016/j.annder.2011.03.003] [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] [Received: 01/12/2011] [Revised: 03/10/2011] [Accepted: 03/16/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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- S Bret
- Service de dermatologie, hôpital d'instruction des armées Laveran, 13384 Marseille cedex 13, France
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Desmots F, Gabaudan C, Soulier B, Richez P, Roux L. [A case of cherubism. Answer to March e-quid]. J Radiol 2011; 92:467-471. [PMID: 21621116 DOI: 10.1016/j.jradio.2011.02.016] [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] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2011] [Accepted: 02/22/2011] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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- F Desmots
- Service de radiologie, hôpital d'instruction des armées Laveran, Marseille cedex 13, France.
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Pommier S, Chazalon E, Roux L, Meyer F. 298 Association Ranibizumab et Triamcinolone demi dose dans le traitement des DMLA sévères et associées à un décollement de l’épithélium pigmentaire. J Fr Ophtalmol 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/s0181-5512(09)73421-7] [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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Chazalon E, Pommier S, Roux L, Meyer F. 372 Étude prospective de la perte cellulaire endothéliale à 5 ans chez 14 yeux de patients porteurs d’implant phake. J Fr Ophtalmol 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/s0181-5512(09)73496-5] [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: 11/28/2022]
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Maza A, Morel F, Pommier S, Vedy S, Lightburn E, Roux L, Patte JH, Meyer F, Morand JJ. [Tubercular fibrosing conjunctivitis associated with facial cutaneous tuberculosis]. Ann Dermatol Venereol 2008; 135:679-81. [PMID: 18929919 DOI: 10.1016/j.annder.2008.03.026] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2007] [Accepted: 03/28/2008] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Tuberculous conjunctivitis has been described only rarely during the course of lupus vulgaris. We report a case of hemifacial cutaneous tuberculosis, diagnosed as atypical lupus vulgaris, associated with homolateral fibrosing tuberculous conjunctivitis. PATIENTS AND METHODS An 83-year-old woman presented inflammatory conjunctivitis without bullous involvement in the left eye leading to corneal neovascularisation, symblepharons and ptosis. Erythematous and atrophic papules were seen on the left side of the face. Biopsy of the skin and conjunctiva revealed a tuberculoid granulomatous infiltrate. Bacterial culture and PCR were both positive for Mycobacterium tuberculosis. DISCUSSION This case illustrates the need to consider tuberculosis when faced with an atypical facial eruption and ocular involvement.
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- Service de dermatologie, hôpital militaire Laveran, HIA Laveran, Marseille Armées, Marseille, France
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Pommier S, Chazalon E, Roux L, Meyer F. [Acute blepharoptosis caused by fibrous dysplasia]. J Fr Ophtalmol 2008; 31:623. [PMID: 18772816] [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: 05/26/2023]
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We report a case of fibrous dysplasia revealed by acute ptosis in a 38-year-old patient. Ophthalmologic examination disclosed a moderate right ptosis. The rest of the results were strictly normal except for a known facial asymmetry. Visual acuity was 20/20 in both eyes, there was no extrinsic or intrinsic oculomotor disorder, and funduscopy was normal. Given this acute presentation, emergency cerebral imagery was carried out, providing a diagnosis of fibrous dysplasia with orbital and cavernous repercussions, with no sign of cerebral disorder or obvious vascular lesion. Progression was marked by a regression of the ptosis. Fibrous dysplasia is a rare pathology but presents varied clinical presentations. The authors present the broad characteristics of this pathology and the management of an acquired ptosis. They discuss the possible mechanisms involved in the drop of the right upper eyelid of this patient and the therapeutic solutions.
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- S Pommier
- Service d'ophtalmologie, Hôpital d'Instruction des Armées Laveran, Marseille, France.
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Pommier S, Chazalon E, Roux L, Meyer F. Ptôsis aigu unilatéral révélant une dysplasie fibreuse. J Fr Ophtalmol 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/s0181-5512(08)75466-4] [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: 10/21/2022]
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Ouchikhe A, Maindivide J, Le Bivic JL, Roux L, Vincent JF. [Atrio-oesophageal fistula after radiofrequency ablation: predominant neurological symptoms]. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008; 27:499-501. [PMID: 18472388 DOI: 10.1016/j.annfar.2008.03.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2007] [Accepted: 03/21/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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A 58-year-old man was admitted to our hospital for septic shock and meningitis. He had undergone, three weeks earlier, a radiofrequency ablation for drug-refractory atrial fibrillation. A polymicrobian septicemy suggested a digestive etiology. A CT scan suggested an atrio-oesophageal fistula with cerebral and renal emboli. The patient deceased from brain death. The diagnosis of atrio-oesophageal fistula was confirmed by autopsy.
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- A Ouchikhe
- Service de réanimation polyvalente, centre hospitalier de Saintes, B.P. 326, 17108 Saintes cedex, France.
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Meyer F, Pommier S, Chazalon E, Roux L, Touvron G. 227 Intérêt de l’analyse du volume maculaire en OCT dans les glaucomes difficiles : la « Map bleu », un élément supplémentaire pour le diagnostic du GPAO. J Fr Ophtalmol 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/s0181-5512(08)70824-6] [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: 10/22/2022]
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Pommier S, Chazalon E, Touvron G, Roux L, Meyer F. 477 Hémorragie intra-vitréenne révélant une maladie de Moya-Moya. J Fr Ophtalmol 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/s0181-5512(08)71075-1] [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: 10/22/2022]
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Roux L, Pommier S, Chazalon E, Touvron G, Meyer F. 263 Correction chirurgicale d’un ectropion cicatriciel de la paupière inférieure. À propos d’une observation. J Fr Ophtalmol 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/s0181-5512(08)70860-x] [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: 11/15/2022]
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Lawani R, Pommier S, Roux L, Chazalon E, Meyer F. [Magnitude and strategies of cataract management in the world]. Med Trop (Mars) 2007; 67:644-650. [PMID: 18300531] [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: 05/26/2023]
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Although cataracts cause 47% of global blindness, their epidemiologic impact in different countries is notoriously uneven and the world can be divided into two zones according to economic conditions. In advanced countries where care is good, cataracts account for only 5% of blindness while cataracts still account for 50% of blindness in developing countries. After a brief overview of historical, clinical and therapeutic aspects, this article updates epidemiological data on cataracts in the world. It also provides insight into political, socio-economic, and cultural factors adversely affecting care availability in developing countries thus making cataracts a major public health problem and an obstacle for development. Finally this article offers a few recommendations for reducing the backlog of cataracts in the world and for consolidating advances made over the last two decades thanks to experience gained in various National Blindness Prevention Programs (NBPP).
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- R Lawani
- Service d'ophtalmologie, Hôpital d'Instruction des Armées Laveran, Marseille, France.
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Chazalon-Pauleau E, Roux L, Patte JH, Pommier S, Bonnet D, Meyer F. [Conjunctival melanoma at corneoscleral limbus on primary acquired melanosis. A case report]. J Fr Ophtalmol 2007; 30:e22. [PMID: 17978670 DOI: 10.1016/s0181-5512(07)92620-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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A 51-year-old Caucasian man consulted for a visual loss in the left eye due to corneal extension of a conjunctival melanoma. This conjunctival melanoma arose from primary acquired melanosis with atypia at the temporal corneoscleral limbus. The patient was treated using a combination of surgical excision with physical treatment by ocular proton therapy. Progression remained under control 11 months after treatment: no local tumour recurrence or metastasis was observed. Primary acquired melanosis with atypia must be regarded as a premalignant melanocytic lesion. Based on this case report, the authors focus on primary acquired melanosis and its risk of transformation to a conjunctival malignant melanoma.
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- E Chazalon-Pauleau
- Service d'Ophtalmologie, Hôpital d'Instruction des Armées Laveran, Marseille, France.
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Pommier S, Chazalon E, Prost Magnin O, Roux L, Meyer F. 523 Conduite à tenir devant une conjonctivite fibrosante chronique unilatérale. J Fr Ophtalmol 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/s0181-5512(07)80336-6] [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: 10/21/2022]
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Prost Magnin O, Pommier S, Chazalon E, Roux L, Meyer F. 669 Association d’une thrombose de la veine centrale de la rétine et d’une occlusion de l’artère cilio-rétinienne chez un sujet jeune : à propos d’un cas. J Fr Ophtalmol 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/s0181-5512(07)80482-7] [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: 11/24/2022]
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Liard O, Roux L, Thiery G, Calvet P, Moumine M. [Lacrimal adenocarcinoma and anophtalmos]. Rev Stomatol Chir Maxillofac 2006; 107:375-9. [PMID: 17128191 DOI: 10.1016/s0035-1768(06)77068-1] [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] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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INTRODUCTION The classical symptoms of orbital tumors are modified in the event of an anophthalmic socket. CASE REPORT We report a case of primary malignant neoplasm of the lacrimal gland in an enucleated 70-year-old women. DISCUSSION Patients with an anophthalmic orbit often present postenucleation socket syndrome: problems of tolerance and rocking of the ocular prothesis, enophthalmos, ptosis, lower eyelid ectropion. Development of a malignant tumor of the lacrimal gland is however exceptional. An oversized lacrimal gland is suggestive of tumor development. Rigorous clinical and radiological follow-up (CT, MRI) is essential. We discuss diagnostic and therapeutic aspects including the type of exenteration, radiotherapy, and reconstruction technique.
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- Service de Chirurgie Maxillo-faciale, Chirurgie Plastique de la Face et Stomatologie, HIA Laveran, Marseille Armées..
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Roux L, Meyer F, Wary P, Bouat C. 657 Les fossettes colobomateuses de la papille. J Fr Ophtalmol 2005. [DOI: 10.1016/s0181-5512(05)73775-x] [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: 11/27/2022]
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Meyer F, Renard JP, Roux L, Rigal-Sastourne JC, Tuil A, Dot C, May F, Maurin JF. [Value of a new non-contact biometer for intraocular crystalline lens power calculation]. J Fr Ophtalmol 2001; 24:1060-6. [PMID: 11913236] [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: 02/24/2023]
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PURPOSE One of cataract surgery's current imperatives involves refraction: the power of the lens implant must be calculated as accurately as possible. Here we present a new method of biometric ocular measurement using the partial optical consistency interferometer. MATERIAL AND METHODS This investigation studied the axial length measurement of 100 eyes. Five measurements were taken with a classic echobiometric contact technique using the ultrasonic mode; 5 others were taken with the infrared noncontact technique (IOL Master, Zeiss Humphrey). The latter technique is based on interferometric biometry with optical consistency and measurements were taken with an infrared luminous ray. With extreme rapidity and no contact, the device provides a complete biometry, including axial length, keratometry, and anterior chamber depth. It includes a built-in computer. RESULTS Comparing the ultrasonic and infrared measurements emphasizes the precision and particularly the high reproducibility of the infrared method. The standard deviations of the samples were significantly lower for the 100 measurements. Its limitations depends on the type of cataract since success was not obtained for certain posterior subcapsular opacities. DISCUSSION This new method of performing a biometry with a partial consistency interferometer contributes a number of advantages: speed, its noninvasive nature with no contact, the high reproducibility of the exam, as well as precise measurements as shown by the difference in the standard deviations of the two methods. CONCLUSION Biometry using the optical consistency interferometer seems to be a reliable, reproducible, and precise technique that brings great precision for the calculation of the power of the intraocular implant in cataract surgery.
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- F Meyer
- Service d'Ophtalmologie, Hôpital du Val-de-Grâce, 74, bd, du Port Royal, 75230 Paris
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Roux L. [Not Available]. Ann Demogr Hist (Paris) 2001:269-78. [PMID: 11629371] [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: 02/21/2023]
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Bishop KS, Blumberg L, Trollip AP, Smith AN, Roux L, York DF, Kiepiela P. Characterisation of the pncA gene in Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from Gauteng, South Africa. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2001; 5:952-7. [PMID: 11605890] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/21/2023] Open
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SETTING The use of pyrazinamide (PZA) is important for the treatment of Mycobacterium tuberculosis as it is bactericidal to semi-dormant mycobacteria that are not affected by other drugs. The incidence of resistance to PZA and other drugs used in the treatment of M. tuberculosis is increasing in South Africa. OBJECTIVE To characterise the pncA gene of M. tuberculosis isolates from Gauteng, South Africa, and to develop a rapid diagnostic method. DESIGN The pncA gene and the putative regulatory gene were characterised by sequence analysis in a total of six PZA susceptible and 15 resistant isolates. The association with classical PZA susceptibility testing and PZase activity was determined. RESULTS All PZA-resistant isolates were PZase negative as well as resistant to at least one other anti-tuberculosis drugs. Mutations were identified throughout the length of the pncA gene in 10/15 PZA-resistant isolates. Five lacked PZase activity, but the wild type pncA sequence was present. In all six PZase-positive strains, a PZA-susceptible pattern was obtained on BACTEC and the wild type pncA sequence was present. CONCLUSION Sequencing is an effective means to identify mutations in the pncA gene in M. tuberculosis and therefore resistance to PZA. The fact that some PZA-resistant M. tuberculosis isolates lack mutations in the pncA gene suggests that alternative mechanisms for drug resistance exist. In PZase negative strains with no genetic changes which are resistant to 100 microg/ml and susceptible to 300 microg/ml, 300 microg/ml may be a more reliable breakpoint.
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- Department of Virology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Natal, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
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Tsacanias S, Toschi F, Martini C, Roux L, Lighezolo L, Martini L, Mazzella N. [Promoting a new student status]. Soins 2001:8-10. [PMID: 12012692] [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: 02/25/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Our purpose was to assess the diagnostic characteristics of the exercise test in patients who fail to reach conventional target heart rates and in patients on beta-blockers. BACKGROUND Exercise test results are often considered "inadequate" or "nondiagnostic" in patients taking beta-blockers and in patients who do not achieve 85% of their age-predicted maximal heart rate. METHODS The results of exercise tests and coronary angiography performed to evaluate chest pain in 1282 male patients without a prior history of myocardial infarction, coronary revascularization, diagnostic Q wave on the baseline electrocardiogram, or previous cardiac catheterization were analyzed with respect to beta-blocker exposure and failure to reach 85% age-predicted maximal heart rate. Sensitivity, specificity, and predictive accuracy of exercise testing, as well as area under the curve for the receiver operating characteristic plots were calculated for these subgroups with use of coronary angiography as the reference. The angiographic criterion for significant coronary artery disease was 50% narrowing or greater in one or more major coronary arteries. RESULTS The population was divided into 4 exclusive groups on the basis of whether they reached their target heart rates and whether they were receiving beta-blockers. Sixty to 40 percent of this clinical population failed to reach target heart rate, of which 24% (n = 303) were receiving beta-blockers and 40% (n = 518) were not. The group of patients who reached target heart rate and were not taking beta-blockers was taken as the reference group (n = 409). The group of patients supposedly beta-blocked but who reached the target heart rate (n = 52) had hemodynamic and test characteristics similar to those of the reference group and most likely were not taking their beta-blockers or were not adequately dosed. The prevalence of angiographic coronary disease was significantly higher in the 2 groups failing to reach target heart rate, both in the presence and absence of beta-blockers, compared with the reference group (68% and 64%, respectively, vs 49%, P <.01). Although the areas under the curve of the receiver operating characteristic curves for ST depression of the groups failing to reach target heart rate were not significantly different from the reference group, the predictive accuracy and sensitivity were significantly lower for 1 mm of ST depression in the beta-blocked group who did not reach target heart rate (predictive accuracy of 56% vs 67%, sensitivity of 44% vs 58%, P <.01). The only way to maintain sensitivity with the standard exercise test in the beta-blocker group who failed to reach target heart rate was to use a treadmill score or 0.5-mm ST depression as the criteria for abnormal. CONCLUSION Sensitivity and predictive accuracy of standard ST criteria for exercise-induced ST depression are significantly decreased in male patients who are taking beta-blockers and do not reach target heart rate. In those who fail to reach target heart rate and are not beta-blocked, sensitivity and predictive accuracy are maintained.
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- A J Gauri
- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA, USA
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The "rule of six" stipulates that the Paramyxovirus RNA polymerase efficiently replicates only viral genomes counting 6n + 0 nucleotides. Because the nucleocapsid proteins (N) interact with 6 nucleotides, an exact nucleotide-N match at the RNA 3'-OH end (3'-OH congruence) may be required for recognition of an active replication promoter. Alternatively, assuming that the six positions for the interaction of N with the nucleotides are not equivalent, the nucleotide position relative to N may be critical (N phase context). The replication abilities of various minireplicons, designed so that the 3'-OH congruence could be discriminated from the N phase context, were studied. The results strongly suggest that the application of the rule of six depends on the recognition of nucleotides positioned in the proper N phase context.
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- D Vulliémoz
- Department of Genetics and Microbiology, University of Geneva Medical School, CMU, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
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Escoubas L, Flory FO, Lemarchand F, Drouard E, Roux L, Tisserand S, Albrand G. Fabry-perot multilayers for enhancing the diffraction efficiency of ion-implanted gratings. Appl Opt 2001; 40:1587-1592. [PMID: 18357151 DOI: 10.1364/ao.40.001587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Enhancement of the free-space diffraction efficiency of gratings made by titanium-ion implantation is demonstrated both theoretically and experimentally. Indeed, by insertion of a grating into a multilayer dielectric Fabry-Perot cavity, the diffraction efficiency can be increased to as much as 24 times that of a single grating. The sensitivity of the diffraction efficiency to the optogeometrical parameters of the grating or of the Fabry-Perot cavity is discussed. Moreover, a process for performance of a phase grating inside a Fabry-Perot cavity is described, and experimental results concerning efficiency measurements are compared with computed values for various grating periods.
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Roux L, Mareschal P, Vukadinovic N, Thibaud JB, Greffet JJ. Scattering by a slab containing randomly located cylinders: comparison between radiative transfer and electromagnetic simulation. J Opt Soc Am A Opt Image Sci Vis 2001; 18:374-384. [PMID: 11205984 DOI: 10.1364/josaa.18.000374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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This study is devoted to the examination of scattering of waves by a slab containing randomly located cylinders. For the first time to our knowledge, the complete transmission problem has been solved numerically. We have compared the radiative transfer theory with a numerical solution of the wave equation. We discuss the coherent effects, such as forward-scattering dip and backscattering enhancement. It is seen that the radiative transfer equation can be used with great accuracy even for optically thin systems whose geometric thickness is comparable with the wavelength. We have also shown the presence of dependent scattering.
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- L Roux
- Dassault Aviation, Saint-Cloud Cedex, France
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Kiepiela P, Bishop KS, Smith AN, Roux L, York DF. Genomic mutations in the katG, inhA and aphC genes are useful for the prediction of isoniazid resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from Kwazulu Natal, South Africa. Tuber Lung Dis 2000; 80:47-56. [PMID: 10897383 DOI: 10.1054/tuld.1999.0231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Genotypic analysis of isoniazid (INH) resistance in 79 isolates of M. tuberculosis (MTB) was undertaken by PCR-single strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP), Msp1 restriction enzyme analysis and sequence analysis of specific regions of three genes (part of the coding sequence of katG, and promoter regions of the inhA operon and ahpC) in order to determine the particular allelic variants within these genes. The epidemiologic relatedness was determined using IS6110 and polymorphic G-C region (PGRS (MTB484(1)) based restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP). Mutations in katG, inhA locus and ahpC were identified in 77/79, 19/79 and 10/79 isolates respectively. The ability of PCR-SSCP to detect mutations associated with INH resistance in katG, inhA and ahpC genes was 100% (CI 91.2-99.7%), 98.7% (CI 74.0-99.9%), and 100% (CI 69.2-100%) respectively. Specificity was 100%. All isolates with mutations in the 209 bp fragment of the MTB katG gene containing the Ser315Thr codon were positive by PCR-RFLP using Msp1 enzyme restriction analysis. Sixteen of 19 isolates with alterations on the 3' end of the ribosome binding site upstream of mabA in inhA locus simultaneously harbored Ser315Thr mutations in KatG. In 9/10 isolates, mutations in the ahpC promoter region were located in the 105 bp oxyR-ahpC intergenic region. None of 17 INH drug susceptible isolates harbored mutations in any of the three genetic regions, although the katG1 allele (Arg 463 Leu) was present in one isolate. Characterization by IS6110/PGRS(MTB484(1))RFLP analysis revealed that a number of drug resistant clones are widespread in the community. We conclude that the frequency of the Ser315Thr katG mutation in the local strain population makes the PCR-RFLP MTB katG assay a reliable, rapid and useful method for detecting INH resistance.
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- P Kiepiela
- Department of Virology, University of Natal, Faculty of Medicine, Durban, South Africa.
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Fouillot-Coriou N, Roux L. Structure-function analysis of the Sendai virus F and HN cytoplasmic domain: different role for the two proteins in the production of virus particle. Virology 2000; 270:464-75. [PMID: 10793005 DOI: 10.1006/viro.2000.0291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The role of the cytoplasmic domain (cytd) of the Sendai virus HN and F glycoproteins in the process of virus assembly and budding are evaluated. Recombinant Sendai virus (rSeV) mutants are generated carrying modifications in the cytd of each of the glycoprotein separately. The modifications include increasing truncations and/or amino acid sequence substitutions. Following steady-state (35)[S]methionine/cysteine labeling of the infected cells, the virus particle production is estimated. The radioactive virions in the cell supernatants are measured relative to the extent of the infection, assessed by the intracellular N protein signal. For both the F and HN cytd truncation mutants, the largest cytd deletions lead to a 20- to 50-fold reduction in virion production. This reduction cannot be explained by a reduction of the cell surface expression of the glycoproteins. For the F protein mutants, the virions produced in reduced amount always exhibit a normal F protein composition. It is then concluded that a threshold level of F is required for SeV assembly and budding. The rate or the efficiency with which this threshold is reached up appears to depend on the nature of the F cytd. A minimal cytd length is required as well as a specific sequence. The analysis of HN protein mutants brings to light an apparent paradox. The larger cytd truncations result in significant reduction of virion production. On the other hand, a normal virion production can take place with an underrepresentation of or, even, an undetectable HN in the particles. The HN uptake in virion is confirmed to depend on the previously proposed cytd SYWST signal (T. Takimoto, T. Bousse, E. C. Coronel, R. A Scroggs, and A. Portner. 1998. J. Virol. 72, 9747-9754.).
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- N Fouillot-Coriou
- Department of Genetics and Microbiology, University of Geneva Medical School, Geneva, Switzerland
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Fraisse F, Holzapfel L, Couland JM, Simonneau G, Bedock B, Feissel M, Herbecq P, Pordes R, Poussel JF, Roux L. Nadroparin in the prevention of deep vein thrombosis in acute decompensated COPD. The Association of Non-University Affiliated Intensive Care Specialist Physicians of France. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2000; 161:1109-14. [PMID: 10764298 DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.161.4.9807025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 219] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Low molecular weight heparins are as effective as unfractionated heparin in deep-vein thrombosis (DVT) prophylaxis for major surgery. However, there is no evidence nor consensus for prophylaxis in medical patients. We compared the efficacy and safety of nadroparin calcium (nadroparin) with placebo in medical patients at high risk of DVT. A total of 223 patients mechanically ventilated for acute, decompensated chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, were randomized to treatment with subcutaneous nadroparin adjusted for body weight (0.4 ml, i.e., 3,800 AXa IU, or 0.6 ml, i.e., 5,700 AXa IU) or placebo. The average duration of treatment was 11 d. The incidence of DVT in patients receiving nadroparin was significantly lower than that in patients receiving placebo (15.5 versus 28.2%; p = 0.045). Although the incidence of adverse events was high in both groups, there were no significant differences between nadroparin and placebo for total adverse events (46.3 versus 39.8%; p = 0.33), serious adverse events (25.0 versus 19.5%; p = 0.32), or those resulting in early permanent discontinuation of treatment (12.0 versus 8.8%; p = 0.44). The most common adverse event was hemorrhage. There was the same number of deaths in both treatment groups. Subcutaneous nadroparin resulted in 45% decrease in incidence of DVT compared with placebo.
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- F Fraisse
- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Hôpital Delafontaine, St Denis, France
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Kiepiela P, Bishop K, Kormuth E, Roux L, York DF. Comparison of PCR-heteroduplex characterization by automated DNA sequencing and line probe assay for the detection of rifampicin resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Microb Drug Resist 2000; 4:263-9. [PMID: 9988044 DOI: 10.1089/mdr.1998.4.263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Progress in understanding the basis of resistance to rifampicin (RifR) has allowed molecular tests for the detection of drug-resistant tuberculosis to be developed. One hundred thirteen strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolated from patients with multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) were investigated for genotypic analysis of RifR by polymerase chain reaction-heteroduplex formation (PCR-HDF) and characterization of mutations by automated DNA sequencing of the rpoB gene. A subset of isolates (22) representative of different mutations as confirmed by sequence analysis were also evaluated by the Line Probe Assay (LiPA). In 106 of the RifR strains, 24 mutations within an 81-bp region of the rpoB gene affecting 13 amino acids were observed. Most isolates (7/8) harboring Leu533 --> Pro codon mutation required minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) of < or = 8 microg/ml. There was geographic variation in the frequency of occurrence of particular rpoB mutations, with the Ser531 --> Leu/Trp codon mutation found in 59/113 of isolates. Although there are certain limitations in the use of both the rapid PCR-HDF diagnostic assay and the LiPA for the detection of rifampicin susceptibility of M. tuberculosis, these provide important and convenient tools for identifying and managing patients with MDR-TB.
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- P Kiepiela
- Department of Virology, University of Natal, Durban, South Africa
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Escoubas L, Flory F, Lemarchand F, During A, Roux L. Enhanced diffraction efficiency of gratings in multilayers. Opt Lett 2000; 25:194-196. [PMID: 18059826 DOI: 10.1364/ol.25.000194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Computations with the rigorous differential method show that single gratings made by ion implantation have a diffraction efficiency in the +1 transmitted order under TE illumination of only 0.78%. The insertion of such gratings into multilayer dielectric Fabry-Perot cavities leads to an enhancement of the free-space diffraction efficiency. Different designs for the multilayer are considered. An 18.8% efficiency is reached with 11-layer mirrors. This result is obtained by optimization of the thickness of the spacer of the Fabry-Perot cavity that contains the grating and centering of the wavelength of the mirrors. The dependence of optical properties of the structure on the various optogeometrical parameters of the structure is discussed.
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Tapparel C, Maurice D, Roux L. The activity of Sendai virus genomic and antigenomic promoters requires a second element past the leader template regions: a motif (GNNNNN)3 is essential for replication. J Virol 1998; 72:3117-28. [PMID: 9525637 PMCID: PMC109762 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.72.4.3117-3128.1998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [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] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The paramyxovirus genome, a nonsegmented, negative-polarity, single-stranded RNA of approximately 15 kb, contains six transcription units flanked at the 3' and 5' ends by a short (approximately 50- to 60-nucleotide) extracistronic sequence, dubbed the positive and negative leader regions. These leader template regions, present at the 3' end of the genome and the antigenome, have been shown to contain essential signals governing RNA replication activity. Whether they are sufficient to promote replication is still open to question. By using a series of Sendai virus defective interfering RNAs carrying a nested set of deletions in the promoter regions, it is shown here that for both the genomic and antigenomic promoters, a 3'-end RNA sequence of 96 nucleotides is required to allow replication. Sequence comparison of active and inactive promoters led to the identification of a set of three nucleotide hexamers (nucleotides 79 to 84, 85 to 90, and 91 to 96) containing a repeated motif RXXYXX [shown as 5'-3' positive-strand]. Sequential mutation of each hexamer into its complementary sequence confirmed their essential role. The three hexamers are required, and their relative positioning is important, since displacing them by 6 nucleotides destroyed promoter function. RNAs carrying degenerate nucleotides in the three hexamers were used as replication templates. They led to the selection of actively replicating RNA species exclusively carrying the basic motif (GNNNNN)3 from nucleotides 79 to 96. These results clearly show that, apart from the region from nucleotides 1 to 31, previously identified as governing Sendai virus replication activity, a second element, spanning at the most nucleotides 79 to 96, appears essential. Thus, the paramyxovirus replication promoters are not confined to the leader template regions, as seems to be the case for the rhabdoviruses.
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- C Tapparel
- Department of Genetics and Microbiology, University of Geneva Medical School, Centre Medical Universitaire, Switzerland
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Roux L, Rigal-Sastourné JC, Bidaux F, May F, Renard JP, Maurin JF. [Intracameral lidocaine and phacoemulsification under topical anesthesia. Apropos of 80 operations]. J Fr Ophtalmol 1998; 21:257-63. [PMID: 9759414] [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: 02/08/2023]
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PURPOSE To evaluate the advantage of intracameral unpreserved lidocaine for patient comfort during phacoemulsification under topical anesthesia. METHODS In this prospective study, we performed 80 phacoemulsifications under topical anesthesia, with tetracaine 1% drops, 10 minutes before and at the start of surgery: 40 patients received 0.3 cc balanced salt solution (BSS) intracameral injection; 40 patients received 0.3 cc unpreserved lidocaine 1% intracameral injection. The same surgical procedure was performed in both groups: 3.2 mm temporal corneal self-sealing incision, capsulorhexis, foldable polyHEMA IOL implantation into the capsular bag. There was no intravenous sedation. RESULTS Forty-eight percent (19) in the BSS group and 70% (28) in the lidocaine group felt no pain. 10% (4) in the BSS group reported sharp pain during phacoemulsification. During IOL insertion, no pain was reported by 48% (19) in the BSS group, and 75% (30) in the lidocaine group; 10% (4) in the BSS group felt severe pain (significant difference: p < 0.05). Endothelial cell loss was 6% in the BSS group, and 6.4% in the lidocaine group (non significant difference). CONCLUSION Intracameral lidocaine is safe and effective in decreasing discomfort among patients undergoing phacoemulsification under topical anesthesia.
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- L Roux
- Clinique d'Ophtalmologie, Hôpital d'Instruction des Armées du Val-de-Grâce, Paris
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Kolakofsky D, Pelet T, Garcin D, Hausmann S, Curran J, Roux L. Paramyxovirus RNA synthesis and the requirement for hexamer genome length: the rule of six revisited. J Virol 1998; 72:891-9. [PMID: 9444980 PMCID: PMC124558 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.72.2.891-899.1998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 278] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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- D Kolakofsky
- Department of Genetics and Microbiology, University of Geneva School of Medicine, Switzerland.
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Tapparel C, Hausmann S, Pelet T, Curran J, Kolakofsky D, Roux L. Inhibition of Sendai virus genome replication due to promoter-increased selectivity: a possible role for the accessory C proteins. J Virol 1997; 71:9588-99. [PMID: 9371623 PMCID: PMC230267 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.71.12.9588-9599.1997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [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: 02/05/2023] Open
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The role of the negative-stranded virus accessory C proteins is difficult to assess because they appear sometimes as nonessential and thereby of no function. On the other hand, when a function is found, as in the case of Sendai virus, it represents an enigma, in that the C proteins inhibit replication under conditions where the infection follows an exponential course. Furthermore, this inhibitory function is exerted differentially: in contrast to the replication of internal deletion defective interfering (DI) RNAs, that of copy-back DI RNAs appears to escape inhibition, under certain experimental conditions (in vivo assay). In a reexamination of the C effect by the reverse genetics approach, it was found that copy-back RNA replication is inhibited by C in vivo as well, under conditions where the ratio of C to copy-back template is increased. This effect can be reversed by an increase in P but not L protein. The "rule of six" was differentially observed in the presence or absence of C. Finally, a difference in the ability of the replicating complex to tolerate promoter modifications in RNA synthesis initiation was shown to occur in the presence or the absence of C as well. We propose that C acts by increasing the selectivity of the replicating complex for the promoter cis-acting elements governing its activity. The inhibitory effect of C becomes the price to pay for this increased selectivity.
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- C Tapparel
- Department of Genetics and Microbiology, University of Geneva Medical School, Switzerland
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Tapparel C, Roux L. The efficiency of Sendai virus genome replication: the importance of the RNA primary sequence independent of terminal complementarity. Virology 1996; 225:163-71. [PMID: 8918543 DOI: 10.1006/viro.1996.0584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [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: 02/03/2023]
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From the cDNAs of two defective RNAs naturally exhibiting a large difference in replication efficiency, a series of Sendai virus RNA chimeras were constructed by reciprocal exchanges of their 3' end primary sequences. Using a reverse genetics system, the ability of these RNAs to replicate when expressed from cDNAs in the context of the viral proteins N, P, and L, also expressed from plasmids, was analyzed. First the extent of potential RNA 3'/5' end complementarity was tested by disrupting and restoring the terminal 110-nucleotide complementarity of a copy-back RNA. Alternatively, this base pairing potential was gradually increased from 12 to 57 or to 98 nucleotides by continuous substitutions. In all cases, the restoration or the creation of more extended base pairing potential had no effect on RNA replication. Reciprocal exchanges were then made in order to identify cis-acting sequences that could induce high replication efficiency. It was found that nucleotides 1-31 of the antigenome 3' end were sufficient to confer a high replication property (more than a 10-fold increase), regardless of the sequence adjacent to these terminal nucleotides. It is concluded that one of the most important features that modulate replication efficiency is contained in the promoter end primary sequence and that this feature is likely to operate independently of the ability to form a potential terminal base pairing.
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- C Tapparel
- Department of Genetics and Microbiology, University of Geneva Medical School, CMU, Switzerland
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Rigneault H, Flory F, Monneret S, Robert S, Roux L. Fluorescence of Ta(2)O(5) thin films doped by kilo-electron-volt Er implantation: application to microcavities. Appl Opt 1996; 35:5005-5012. [PMID: 21102928 DOI: 10.1364/ao.35.005005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Luminescent layers are prepared by the implantation of kilo-electron-volt Er ions into tantalum pentoxide (Ta(2)O(5)) thin films made by ion plating. The implantation fluences range from 3.3 × 10(14) to 2 × 10(15) ions/cm(2), and the energies range from 190 to 380 keV. Refractive index, extinction coefficient, and losses on guided propagation are investigated. We show that these Er-implanted layers present an absorption as low as that of the nonimplanted films. When optically pumped with an Ar(+) laser (λ = 0.488 μm) beam, implanted films show peaked fluorescence spectra centered near 1.53 and 0.532 μm. We show that the fluorescence intensity is correlated with the intensity of the pump beam in the region where Er ions are implanted. Radiation patterns of Er ions located inside a single layer or inside a Ta(2)O(5)/SiO(2) dielectric stack made by ion plating are also investigated. We show that, in any case, spontaneous emission of Er ions can be spatially controlled.
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Flory F, Berthier D, Rigneault H, Roux L. Consequences of Ti-, Li-, and Er-ion implantations on the optical properties of single layers of Ta(2)O(5). Appl Opt 1996; 35:5085-5090. [PMID: 21102940 DOI: 10.1364/ao.35.005085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Tantalum pentoxide (Ta(2)O(5)) layers made by ion plating are implanted with a high fluence of keV Ti, Li, and Er ions. The resulting refractive-index profiles are given from the analysis of guided-wave propagation conditions. A comparison with spectrophotometric measurements is presented. All the implanted layers present low losses (extinction coefficient of some 10(-6)) after thermal annealing in air. Ti-implanted layers exhibit an increase in refractive index, whereas Li- and Er-implanted layers present a slight decrease in refractive index. Er-implanted layers present photoluminescent properties.
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Cadd T, Garcin D, Tapparel C, Itoh M, Homma M, Roux L, Curran J, Kolakofsky D. The Sendai paramyxovirus accessory C proteins inhibit viral genome amplification in a promoter-specific fashion. J Virol 1996; 70:5067-74. [PMID: 8764014 PMCID: PMC190461 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.70.8.5067-5074.1996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [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: 02/02/2023] Open
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Many paramyxoviruses express small basic C proteins, from an alternate, overlapping open reading frame of the P gene mRNA, which were previously found to inhibit mRNA synthesis. During recent experiments in which infectious Sendai virus (SeV) was recovered from cDNA via the initial expression of the viral N, P, and L genes from plasmids, the abrogation of C protein expression from the plasmid P gene was found to be necessary for virus recovery. We have investigated the effect of C coexpression on the amplification of an internally deleted defective interfering (DI) genome directly in the transfected cell, for which, in contrast to virus recovery experiments, genome amplification is independent of mRNA synthesis carried out by the SeV polymerase. We find that C protein coexpression also strongly inhibits the amplification of this DI genome but has little or no effect on that of a copy-back DI genome (DI-H4). We have also characterized the C protein from a mutant SeV and found that (i) it had lost most of its inhibitory activity on internally deleted DI genome amplification and (ii) its coexpression no longer prevented the recovery of SeV from DNA. However, consistent with the insensitivity of copy-back DI genomes to C protein inhibition, C coexpression did not prevent the recovery of copy-back nondefective viruses from DNA. The inhibitory effects of C coexpression thus appear to be promoter specific.
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- T Cadd
- Department of Genetics and Microbiology, University of Geneva School of Medicine, Switzerland
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Mottet G, Mühlemann A, Tapparel C, Hoffmann F, Roux L. A Sendai virus vector leading to the efficient expression of mutant M proteins interfering with virus particle budding. Virology 1996; 221:159-71. [PMID: 8661424 DOI: 10.1006/viro.1996.0362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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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A Sendai virus expression vector in the form of a transcribing copy-back defective interfering RNA was constructed and shown to efficiently express a tagged matrix protein in the only context of a Sendai virus infection. In an attempt to identify relevant M protein domains involved in viral assembly and budding, a series of deletion mutants were tested for their ability to bind to cellular membrane fractions. The deletion of a region spanning amino acids 105-137 significantly decreased this binding when the protein was expressed in a system driven by the T7 RNA polymerase away from any other viral proteins. Plus or minus charges were introduced in the hydrophobic portion of a predicted amphiphilic helix in this region, and M proteins with altered membrane binding properties were produced. The genes encoding these mutant M proteins were then inserted in the Sendai virus vector and shown to be expressed at levels similar to that of the endogenous wild-type M protein. The presence of a negative charge in the hydrophobic region of the putative amphiphilic helix prevented the incorporation of the mutant protein into virus particles and appeared to decrease the efficiency of virus particle budding. In contrast, the introduction of a positive charge appeared to increase the M mutant uptake into virions. The use a Sendai virus vector has therefore been shown instrumental in the identification of mutant M proteins interfering with the viral assembly-budding process.
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- G Mottet
- Department of Genetics and Microbiology, University of Geneva Medical School, Switzerland
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Mizisin AP, Li L, Perello M, Freshwater JD, Kalichman MW, Roux L, Calcutt NA. Polyol pathway and osmoregulation in JS1 Schwann cells grown in hyperglycemic and hyperosmotic conditions. Am J Physiol 1996; 270:F90-7. [PMID: 8769826 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.1996.270.1.f90] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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To test the osmoregulatory rules of Schwann cell aldose reductase (AR) and myo-inositol, JS1 Schwann cells were grown under control and hyperosmotic conditions with and without excess glucose or galactose. JS1 cells cultured in control conditions possessed AR protein and activity that were not altered by the inclusion of 25 mM glucose or galactose. Following culture with 100 mM NaCl, there was a decline in cell number accompanied by an increase in AR activity, both of which were attenuated by the addition of 25 mM glucose or galactose. Sorbitol was not detected in JS1 Schwann cells following culture in control, glucose-supplemented, or hyperosmotic medium, and dulcitol accumulated only following culture with galactose. However, both polyols were dramatically increased in JS1 cells cultured in hyperosmotic medium supplemented with 25 mM glucose or galactose. In contrast, myo-inositol levels were elevated only during hyperosmotic exposure but decreased when glucose or galactose was also present. These data are consistent with the use of polyol formation by JS1 Schwann cells as a means of responding to osmotic stress.
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- A P Mizisin
- Veterans Administration Medical Center, La Jolla, California, USA
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Garcin D, Pelet T, Calain P, Roux L, Curran J, Kolakofsky D. A highly recombinogenic system for the recovery of infectious Sendai paramyxovirus from cDNA: generation of a novel copy-back nondefective interfering virus. EMBO J 1995; 14:6087-94. [PMID: 8557028 PMCID: PMC394733 DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1995.tb00299.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 155] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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We have recovered infectious Sendai virus (SeV) from full-length cDNA (FL-3) by transfecting this cDNA and pGEM plasmids expressing the nucleocapsid protein (NP), phosphoprotein and large proteins into cells infected with a vaccinia virus which expresses T7 RNA polymerase. These cells were then injected into chicken eggs, in which SeV grows to very high titers. FL-3 was marked with a BglII site in the leader region and an NsiI site (ATGCAT) in the 5' nontranslated region of the NP gene, creating a new, out-of-frame, 5' proximal AUG. All the virus stocks generated eventually removed this impediment to NP expression, by either point mutation or recombination between FL-3 and pGEM-NP. The recovery system was found to be highly recombinogenic. Even in the absence of selective pressure, one in 20 of the recombinant SeV generated had exchanged the NP gene of FL-3 with that of pGEM-NP. When a fifth plasmid containing a new genomic 3' end without the presumably deleterious BglII site was included as another target for recombination, the new genomic 3' end was found in the recombinant SeV in 12 out of 12 recoveries. Using this approach, a novel copy-back nondefective virus was generated which interferes with wild-type virus replication.
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- D Garcin
- Department of Genetics and Microbiology, University of Geneva Medical School, CMU, Switzerland
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We previously described a diverse family of sulfated anionic N-linked oligosaccharides released by peptide: N-glycosidase F (PNGaseF) from calf pulmonary artery endothelial (CPAE) cells (Roux, L., Holoyda, S., Sundblad, G., Freeze, H.H., and Varki, A. (1988) J. Biol. Chem. 263, 8879-8889). Since a major fraction of the intact lung consists of endothelial cells, we reasoned that bovine lung might be a rich source of similar molecules. Total N-linked oligosaccharides from bovine lung acetone powder were released by PNGaseF, labeled by [3H]NaBH4 reduction, and the anionic fractions were studied with a variety of techniques. The sugar chains with lesser negative charge (designated Class I) share several properties of conventional multiantennary complex-type chains. However, unlike the case with CPAE cells, sialic acids account only for a minority of the anionic properties and only a small proportion carry sulfate esters. A variety of different treatments indicate that most of the unexplained negative charge is due to multiple carboxylic acid groups. Resistance to beta-glucuronidase and alpha-iduronidase suggests that these may be previously undescribed modifications of mammalian oligosaccharides. The most highly charged N-linked chains (designated Class II) are more similar in general structure to the corresponding ones from CPAE cells, although relatively more abundant. Their high charge is primarily due to chondroitin sulfate, heparin/heparan sulfate, or keratan sulfate glycosaminoglycan chains. Sequential digestion studies suggest that a significant proportion of these molecules have more than one type of glycosaminoglycan chain associated with them. Compositional analysis indicates the presence of xylose residues in Class II, but not Class I molecules. However, unlike the case with conventional glycosaminoglycans, these residues are not at the reducing terminus. Most previously reported structures of complex-type N-linked oligosaccharides are derived from the glycoproteins of blood cells, plasma, or the secretions of cultured mammalian cells. This library of N-linked oligosaccharides from an intact mammalian organ (lung) contains a high proportion of novel anionic sugar chains whose structures are different from conventional complex-type sialylated chains and only partially related to those from CPAE cells. Further exploration of the N-linked chains of intact mammalian tissues seems warranted.
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A natural Sendai virus internal deletion defective interfering (DI) RNA, previously shown to encode a truncated NP protein and previously cloned under the control of the T7 RNA polymerase promoter, was expressed from plasmid and shown to replicate in cell tissue culture when the viral proteins NP, P, and L were coexpressed from cloned genes. The efficient replication was dependent on the total length of the RNA to be a multiple of 6 nucleotides, showing that the "rule of six" applied for a DI RNA that has conserved the end sequences of the nondefective viral RNA. Compared to the copy-back H4 DI RNA, the replication efficiency of the internal deletion DI RNA was reproducibly 20-fold lower. Reciprocal exchanges between the minus-strand 3'-end primary sequences of the two DI RNAs showed that the replication efficiency of the derivatives obtained directly correlated with the origin and the extent of the primary sequence. Moreover, some of the derivatives exhibited a replication efficiency comparable to that of the copy-back DI RNA with, however, the ability to transcribe a functional mRNA similar to the internal deletion DI RNA. This indicated that the transcription ability of a viral RNA was not sufficient to explain a low replication efficiency.
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- P Calain
- Department of Genetics and Microbiology, University of Geneva Medical School, Switzerland
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Kalichman MW, Sanicolas MT, Jorge MC, Roux L. Effects of cocaine on blood flow and prostaglandin metabolites in rat sciatic nerve. Am J Physiol 1994; 266:H2515-9. [PMID: 8024013 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1994.266.6.h2515] [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] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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To better understand the mechanisms of local anesthetic-reduced nerve blood flow and nerve blood flow regulation, the effects of cocaine on blood flow and vasoactive prostaglandins were tested in the sciatic nerve of anesthetized rats. After 30 min, nerve blood flow was significantly reduced from baseline by perineural injection of 160 mM cocaine [-29.4 +/- 4.0 (SD) laser-Doppler flow units (P < 0.001)] but not saline (1.6 +/- 11.3). These same nerves were removed and assayed for the stable metabolites 6-ketoprostaglandin F1 alpha and thromboxane B2 of the vasoactive eicosanoids prostacyclin and thromboxane A2, respectively. Both metabolites were reduced, but the ratio of thromboxane B2 to 6-ketoprostaglandin F1 alpha was greater (P < 0.05) in nerves pretreated with cocaine (6.1 +/- 3.2 vs. 2.4 +/- 1.1) and was inversely correlated (P < 0.01) with nerve blood flow. In a separate experiment, perineural injection of the prostaglandin synthesis inhibitor indomethacin (0.5 mg in 0.5 ml of either saline or 50% ethanol) reduced nerve blood flow as well (P < 0.05). These results are consistent with the proposal that cocaine inhibits nerve blood flow by effects on nerve prostaglandin metabolites.
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- M W Kalichman
- Department of Anesthesiology, University of California, San Diego 92093-9151
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Garcin D, De Melo M, Roux L, Kolakofsky D, Curran J. Presence of a truncated form of the Sendai virus P protein in a long-term persistent infection: implications for the maintenance of the persistent state. Virology 1994; 201:19-25. [PMID: 8178486 DOI: 10.1006/viro.1994.1261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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In this report we have monitored viral gene expression, both at the RNA and protein level, after the establishment of a long-term persistent infection of Sendai virus. The persistent infection was initially established by infecting BHK cells with a viral stock containing a short (1.4 kb) copy-back DI (DIH4). After over 120 weeks in culture this short copy-back DI had been replaced by two large deletion DIs (approximately 7 and 12 kb) from which was expressed an N-terminally truncated form of the P protein. The mRNA for this protein was detected in cells and the deletion within the P gene was mapped by PCR cloning and sequencing of intracellular nucleocapsid RNA. This truncated P protein (derived by deleting the N-terminal half of the cloned Pwt gene) has already been shown to function as a dominant negative for DI replication when driven by cloned viral genes. Cloning and expression of the truncated P from the long-term persistent infection revealed that this protein had retained the dominant negative phenotype. The presence of such a protein would severely depress viral gene expression and may therefore play an important role in the maintenance of persistence.
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- D Garcin
- Department of Genetics and Microbiology, University of Geneva Medical School, Switzerland
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Stricker R, Mottet G, Roux L. The Sendai virus matrix protein appears to be recruited in the cytoplasm by the viral nucleocapsid to function in viral assembly and budding. J Gen Virol 1994; 75 ( Pt 5):1031-42. [PMID: 8176365 DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-75-5-1031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [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: 01/29/2023] Open
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The matrix (M) protein is viewed as the regulator of paramyxovirus particle assembly and budding. Accordingly it was observed to be mutated, and/or decreased in amount, in cases where virus particle production was significantly reduced. Here, a non-productive [non-defective and defective interfering (DI)] Sendai virus infection of COS cells is presented where virus particle production is abolished in the presence of a normal amount of intracellular M protein. In this infection the haemagglutinin-neuraminidase envelope glycoprotein is shown to be dispensable for virion production, and the fusion (F0) envelope glycoprotein behaves as in a productive infection. The M protein is shown to accumulate in perinuclear patches within the cytoplasm. In contrast, localization in the plasma membrane is observed in productive infections. However in both productive and non-productive infections a significant fraction of M protein is found in association with cellular membranes. The M protein-membrane association is shown to take place in the absence of any other viral component, and the M protein-membrane complex exhibits properties similar to those observed for the integral membrane protein F0. However these properties are distinct from those of the phosphoprotein, which is thought to associate with membranes in a non-specific manner. Concomitant with the cytoplasmic accumulation of M protein and the reduction of virus particle production in this non-productive infection, DI nucleocapsids are shown not to associate with cellular membrane fractions. This is a property which coincides with their poor envelopment in virus particles. Taken together, these data indicate the need for M protein to be recruited at the perinuclear membranes by the nucleocapsids to participate in viral assembly and budding. This view is consistent with a process of viral assembly taking place on internal cytoplasmic membranes rather than at the plasma membrane.
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- R Stricker
- Department of Genetics and Microbiology, University of Geneva Medical School, C.M.U., Switzerland
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