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Jorgewich-Cohen G, Werneburg I, Jobbins M, Ferreira GS, Taylor MD, Bastiaans D, Sánchez-Villagra MR. Morphological Diversity of Turtle Hyoid Apparatus is Linked to Feeding Behavior. Integr Org Biol 2024; 6:obae014. [PMID: 38741667 PMCID: PMC11090499 DOI: 10.1093/iob/obae014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2023] [Revised: 04/03/2024] [Accepted: 05/01/2024] [Indexed: 05/16/2024] Open
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The hyoid apparatus of tetrapods is highly diverse in its morphology. It plays an important role in feeding, breathing, sound production, and various other behaviors. Among turtles, the diversity of the hyoid apparatus has been recurrently linked to their habitat. The ossification of the hyoid corpus is often the main trait used in correlations with "niche" occupancy, an ossified corpus being associated with aquatic environments and a cartilaginous corpus with terrestrial life. Most studies conducted so far have focused on species belonging to Testudinoidea, the clade that occupies the biggest diversity of habitats (i.e., terrestrial, semi-terrestrial, and aquatic animals), while other turtle lineages have been largely understudied. We assessed the adult anatomy of the hyoid apparatus of 92 turtle species from all "families", together with ossification sequences from embryological series of 11 species, some described for the first time here. Using nearly 40 different discrete anatomical characters, we discuss the evolutionary patterns and the biological significance of morphological transformations in the turtle hyoid elements. Morphological changes are strongly associated to feeding modes, with several instances of convergent evolution within and outside the Testudines clade, and are not as strongly connected to habitat as previously thought. Some of the hyoid character states we describe are diagnostic of specific turtle clades, thus providing phylogenetically relevant information.
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- G Jorgewich-Cohen
- Department of Paleontology, University of Zurich, 8006 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment an der Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
- Fachbereich Geowissenshcaten dr Universität Tübingen, 72074 Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Paleontology, University of Zurich, 8006 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment an der Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
- Fachbereich Geowissenshcaten dr Universität Tübingen, 72074 Tübingen, Germany
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA 6009, Australia
- The UWA Oceans Institute, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA 6009, Australia
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- Department of Paleontology, University of Zurich, 8006 Zurich, Switzerland
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Quon JL, Bala W, Chen LC, Wright J, Kim LH, Han M, Shpanskaya K, Lee EH, Tong E, Iv M, Seekins J, Lungren MP, Braun KRM, Poussaint TY, Laughlin S, Taylor MD, Lober RM, Vogel H, Fisher PG, Grant GA, Ramaswamy V, Vitanza NA, Ho CY, Edwards MSB, Cheshier SH, Yeom KW. Deep Learning for Pediatric Posterior Fossa Tumor Detection and Classification: A Multi-Institutional Study. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2020; 41:1718-1725. [PMID: 32816765 PMCID: PMC7583118 DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a6704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2020] [Accepted: 05/27/2020] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Posterior fossa tumors are the most common pediatric brain tumors. MR imaging is key to tumor detection, diagnosis, and therapy guidance. We sought to develop an MR imaging-based deep learning model for posterior fossa tumor detection and tumor pathology classification. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study cohort comprised 617 children (median age, 92 months; 56% males) from 5 pediatric institutions with posterior fossa tumors: diffuse midline glioma of the pons (n = 122), medulloblastoma (n = 272), pilocytic astrocytoma (n = 135), and ependymoma (n = 88). There were 199 controls. Tumor histology served as ground truth except for diffuse midline glioma of the pons, which was primarily diagnosed by MR imaging. A modified ResNeXt-50-32x4d architecture served as the backbone for a multitask classifier model, using T2-weighted MRIs as input to detect the presence of tumor and predict tumor class. Deep learning model performance was compared against that of 4 radiologists. RESULTS Model tumor detection accuracy exceeded an AUROC of 0.99 and was similar to that of 4 radiologists. Model tumor classification accuracy was 92% with an F1 score of 0.80. The model was most accurate at predicting diffuse midline glioma of the pons, followed by pilocytic astrocytoma and medulloblastoma. Ependymoma prediction was the least accurate. Tumor type classification accuracy and F1 score were higher than those of 2 of the 4 radiologists. CONCLUSIONS We present a multi-institutional deep learning model for pediatric posterior fossa tumor detection and classification with the potential to augment and improve the accuracy of radiologic diagnosis.
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- J L Quon
- From the Departments of Neurosurgery (J.L.Q., G.A.G., M.S.B.E.)
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- Department of Radiology (W.B., J.S., M.P.L., K.W.Y.)
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- Department of Radiology (J.W.), Seattle Children's Hospital, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington
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- Stanford University School of Medicine (L.H.K., M.H., K.S.), Stanford, California
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- Stanford University School of Medicine (L.H.K., M.H., K.S.), Stanford, California
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- Stanford University School of Medicine (L.H.K., M.H., K.S.), Stanford, California
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- Electrical Engineering (E.H.L.)
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- Department of Radiology (W.B., J.S., M.P.L., K.W.Y.)
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- Department of Radiology (W.B., J.S., M.P.L., K.W.Y.)
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- Departments of Clinical Radiology & Imaging Sciences (K.R.M.B., C.Y.H.), Riley Children's Hospital, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Departments of Radiology (T.Y.P.), Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Departments of diagnostic Imaging (S.L.)
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- Department of Neurosurgery (R.M.L.), Dayton Children's Hospital, Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, Dayton, Ohio
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- and Pathology (H.V.), Stanford University, Stanford, California
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- Division of Child Neurology (P.G.F.), Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California
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- From the Departments of Neurosurgery (J.L.Q., G.A.G., M.S.B.E.)
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- and Haematology/Oncology (V.R.), The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology (N.A.V.), Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle Washington.,Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (N.A.V.), Seattle, Washington
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- Departments of Clinical Radiology & Imaging Sciences (K.R.M.B., C.Y.H.), Riley Children's Hospital, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- From the Departments of Neurosurgery (J.L.Q., G.A.G., M.S.B.E.)
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- Departments of Neurosurgery (S.H.C.), University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Department of Radiology (W.B., J.S., M.P.L., K.W.Y.)
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Steinberg EE, Gore F, Heifets BD, Taylor MD, Norville ZC, Beier KT, Földy C, Lerner TN, Luo L, Deisseroth K, Malenka RC. Amygdala-Midbrain Connections Modulate Appetitive and Aversive Learning. Neuron 2020; 106:1026-1043.e9. [PMID: 32294466 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2020.03.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2019] [Revised: 02/03/2020] [Accepted: 03/18/2020] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The central amygdala (CeA) orchestrates adaptive responses to emotional events. While CeA substrates for defensive behaviors have been studied extensively, CeA circuits for appetitive behaviors and their relationship to threat-responsive circuits remain poorly defined. Here, we demonstrate that the CeA sends robust inhibitory projections to the lateral substantia nigra (SNL) that contribute to appetitive and aversive learning in mice. CeA→SNL neural responses to appetitive and aversive stimuli were modulated by expectation and magnitude consistent with a population-level salience signal, which was required for Pavlovian conditioned reward-seeking and defensive behaviors. CeA→SNL terminal activation elicited reinforcement when linked to voluntary actions but failed to support Pavlovian associations that rely on incentive value signals. Consistent with a disinhibitory mechanism, CeA inputs preferentially target SNL GABA neurons, and CeA→SNL and SNL dopamine neurons respond similarly to salient stimuli. Collectively, our results suggest that amygdala-nigra interactions represent a previously unappreciated mechanism for influencing emotional behaviors.
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- Elizabeth E Steinberg
- Nancy Pritzker Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Nancy Pritzker Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA; Departments of Bioengineering and Psychiatry and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Nancy Pritzker Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA; Department of Anesthesiology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Nancy Pritzker Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Nancy Pritzker Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Nancy Pritzker Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA; Department of Biology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Nancy Pritzker Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA; Brain Research Institute, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Departments of Bioengineering and Psychiatry and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Biology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Departments of Bioengineering and Psychiatry and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Nancy Pritzker Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
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McLean DL, Vaughan BI, Malseed BE, Taylor MD. Fish-habitat associations on a subsea pipeline within an Australian Marine Park. Mar Environ Res 2020; 153:104813. [PMID: 31623860 DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2019.104813] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2019] [Revised: 09/29/2019] [Accepted: 10/04/2019] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Subsea pipelines have been installed in all major hydrocarbon basins across the globe to support the offshore Oil & Gas (O&G) industry. These artificial structures provide hard substratum that can be colonised and utilised by sessile and mobile organisms. The present study utilises industry-collected remotely operated vehicle (ROV) video to assess fish species richness and abundance, and marine growth type, extent and complexity along sections of a subsea gas pipeline, in 56-82 m depth, that traverses the Australian Commonwealth Montebello Marine Park (MMP). A total of 7493 fish from 81 species and 33 families were recorded from 606 analysed 10 m transects spaced across sections of the pipeline. Of these 81 species, 27 are considered fishery-target species in the Pilbara Demersal Scalefish fishery (PDSF), with select commercial fishing activities permitted with authorisation within the Marine Park. A moderate abundance (175) of sub-adult red emperor (Lutjanus sebae), a fishery-indicator species, were observed along the pipeline. Eleven different categories of marine growth habitat were observed, with the pipeline possessing quite uniform coverage of encrusting marine growth (coralline algae, bryozoans, ascidians, etc.) with patchy occurrences of more structurally complex sponges and black/octocoral forms. Fish species richness and abundance of the commercially targeted Moses' snapper (Lutjanus russellii) were correlated positively with increasing cover of sponges. The pipeline itself had very few spans and was never more than fractionally buried. Despite the somewhat homogenous habitats, depths, and position of the pipeline relative to the seafloor, presence of a field joint indent had a positive influence on the abundance of some common and commercially important fish species. This study demonstrates the ecological value of ROV footage obtained during industry inspection operations that were conducted for reasons unrelated to the determination of ecological information. The pipeline offers a corridor of hard bottom habitat within a marine park that facilitates epibiotic growth and the presence of reef-associated species in a region characterised by sandy sediments. Results indicate the potential importance of subsea O&G infrastructure as a habitat for fish, and in consequence, potentially also as structures with value to fisheries.
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- D L McLean
- Australian Institute of Marine Science, Indian Ocean Marine Research Centre, Cnr. of Fairway and Service Road 4, Crawley, Western Australia, 6009, Australia; The UWA Oceans Institute, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley, Western Australia, 6009, Australia.
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- Australian Institute of Marine Science, Indian Ocean Marine Research Centre, Cnr. of Fairway and Service Road 4, Crawley, Western Australia, 6009, Australia
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- Woodside Energy Limited, 11 Mount Street, Perth, Western Australia, 6000, Australia
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- Australian Institute of Marine Science, Indian Ocean Marine Research Centre, Cnr. of Fairway and Service Road 4, Crawley, Western Australia, 6009, Australia
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Heifets BD, Salgado JS, Taylor MD, Hoerbelt P, Cardozo Pinto DF, Steinberg EE, Walsh JJ, Sze JY, Malenka RC. Distinct neural mechanisms for the prosocial and rewarding properties of MDMA. Sci Transl Med 2019; 11:eaaw6435. [PMID: 31826983 PMCID: PMC7123941 DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aaw6435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2019] [Revised: 08/01/2019] [Accepted: 10/15/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The extensively abused recreational drug (±)3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) has shown promise as an adjunct to psychotherapy for treatment-resistant psychiatric disease. It is unknown, however, whether the mechanisms underlying its prosocial therapeutic effects and abuse potential are distinct. We modeled both the prosocial and nonsocial drug reward of MDMA in mice and investigated the mechanism of these processes using brain region-specific pharmacology, transgenic manipulations, electrophysiology, and in vivo calcium imaging. We demonstrate in mice that MDMA acting at the serotonin transporter within the nucleus accumbens is necessary and sufficient for MDMA's prosocial effect. MDMA's acute rewarding properties, in contrast, require dopaminergic signaling. MDMA's prosocial effect requires 5-HT1b receptor activation and is mimicked by d-fenfluramine, a selective serotonin-releasing compound. By dissociating the mechanisms of MDMA's prosocial effects from its addictive properties, we provide evidence for a conserved neuronal pathway, which can be leveraged to develop novel therapeutics with limited abuse liability.
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- Boris D Heifets
- Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
- Nancy Pritzker Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
- Nancy Pritzker Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Nancy Pritzker Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Nancy Pritzker Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Nancy Pritzker Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Nancy Pritzker Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Nancy Pritzker Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Rose F. Kennedy Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
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- Nancy Pritzker Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
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Yoon M, Ring C, Van Landingham CB, Suh M, Song G, Antonijevic T, Gentry PR, Taylor MD, Keene AM, Andersen ME, Clewell HJ. Assessing children's exposure to manganese in drinking water using a PBPK model. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2019; 380:114695. [PMID: 31394159 DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2019.114695] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2019] [Revised: 07/20/2019] [Accepted: 07/30/2019] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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A previously published human PBPK model for manganese (Mn) in infants and children has been updated with Mn in drinking water as an additional exposure source. Built upon the ability to capture differences in Mn source-specific regulation of intestinal uptake in nursing infants who are breast-fed and formula-fed, the updated model now describes the bioavailability of Mn from drinking water in children of ages 0-18. The age-related features, including the recommended age-specific Mn dietary intake, age-specific water consumption rates, and age-specific homeostasis of Mn, are based on the available human data and knowledge of the biology of essential-metal homeostasis. Model simulations suggest that the impact of adding drinking-water exposure to daily Mn exposure via dietary intake and ambient air inhalation in children is not greater than the impacts in adults, even at a drinking-water concentration that is 2 times higher than the USEPA's lifetime health advisory value. This conclusion was also valid for formula-fed infants who are considered at the highest potential exposure to Mn from drinking water compared to all other age groups. Our multi-route, multi-source Mn PBPK model for infants and children provides insights about the potential for Mn-related health effects on growing children and will thereby improve the level of confidence in properly interpreting Mn exposure-health effects relationships in children in human epidemiological studies.
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- M Yoon
- ToxStrategies, Inc., RTP, NC, USA.
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- ToxStrategies, Inc., Austin, TX, USA
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- ToxStrategies, Inc., Orange County, CA, USA
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- ToxStrategies, Inc., Orange County, CA, USA
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- Afton Chemical Corporation, Richmond, VA, USA
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Iv M, Zhou M, Shpanskaya K, Perreault S, Wang Z, Tranvinh E, Lanzman B, Vajapeyam S, Vitanza NA, Fisher PG, Cho YJ, Laughlin S, Ramaswamy V, Taylor MD, Cheshier SH, Grant GA, Young Poussaint T, Gevaert O, Yeom KW. MR Imaging-Based Radiomic Signatures of Distinct Molecular Subgroups of Medulloblastoma. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2018; 40:154-161. [PMID: 30523141 DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a5899] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2018] [Accepted: 10/06/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Distinct molecular subgroups of pediatric medulloblastoma confer important differences in prognosis and therapy. Currently, tissue sampling is the only method to obtain information for classification. Our goal was to develop and validate radiomic and machine learning approaches for predicting molecular subgroups of pediatric medulloblastoma. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this multi-institutional retrospective study, we evaluated MR imaging datasets of 109 pediatric patients with medulloblastoma from 3 children's hospitals from January 2001 to January 2014. A computational framework was developed to extract MR imaging-based radiomic features from tumor segmentations, and we tested 2 predictive models: a double 10-fold cross-validation using a combined dataset consisting of all 3 patient cohorts and a 3-dataset cross-validation, in which training was performed on 2 cohorts and testing was performed on the third independent cohort. We used the Wilcoxon rank sum test for feature selection with assessment of area under the receiver operating characteristic curve to evaluate model performance. RESULTS Of 590 MR imaging-derived radiomic features, including intensity-based histograms, tumor edge-sharpness, Gabor features, and local area integral invariant features, extracted from imaging-derived tumor segmentations, tumor edge-sharpness was most useful for predicting sonic hedgehog and group 4 tumors. Receiver operating characteristic analysis revealed superior performance of the double 10-fold cross-validation model for predicting sonic hedgehog, group 3, and group 4 tumors when using combined T1- and T2-weighted images (area under the curve = 0.79, 0.70, and 0.83, respectively). With the independent 3-dataset cross-validation strategy, select radiomic features were predictive of sonic hedgehog (area under the curve = 0.70-0.73) and group 4 (area under the curve = 0.76-0.80) medulloblastoma. CONCLUSIONS This study provides proof-of-concept results for the application of radiomic and machine learning approaches to a multi-institutional dataset for the prediction of medulloblastoma subgroups.
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- M Iv
- From the Department of Radiology (M.I., M.Z., K.S., E.T., B.L., K.W.Y.)
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- From the Department of Radiology (M.I., M.Z., K.S., E.T., B.L., K.W.Y.).,Stanford Center for Biomedical Informatics (M.Z., O.G., Z.W.)
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- From the Department of Radiology (M.I., M.Z., K.S., E.T., B.L., K.W.Y.)
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- Department of Pediatrics (S.P.), Pediatric Neurology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte Justine, University of Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Stanford Center for Biomedical Informatics (M.Z., O.G., Z.W.)
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- From the Department of Radiology (M.I., M.Z., K.S., E.T., B.L., K.W.Y.)
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- From the Department of Radiology (M.I., M.Z., K.S., E.T., B.L., K.W.Y.)
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- Department of Radiology (S.V., T.Y.P.), Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department Pediatrics Hematology-Oncology (N.A.V.), Seattle Children's Hospital, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- Department of Pediatrics (P.G.F.), Pediatric Neurology
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- Department of Pediatrics (Y.J.C.), Pediatric Neurology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon
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- Departments of Radiology, Neuro-Oncology, and Neurosurgery (S.L., V.R., M.D.T.), Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Departments of Radiology, Neuro-Oncology, and Neurosurgery (S.L., V.R., M.D.T.), Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Departments of Radiology, Neuro-Oncology, and Neurosurgery (S.L., V.R., M.D.T.), Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Neurosurgery (S.H.C.), Pediatric Neurosurgery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Department of Neurosurgery (G.A.G.), Pediatric Neurosurgery, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California
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- Department of Radiology (S.V., T.Y.P.), Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Stanford Center for Biomedical Informatics (M.Z., O.G., Z.W.)
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- From the Department of Radiology (M.I., M.Z., K.S., E.T., B.L., K.W.Y.) .,Department of Radiology (K.W.Y.), Artificial Intelligence in Medicine and Imaging, Stanford University, Stanford, California
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Bond T, Partridge JC, Taylor MD, Langlois TJ, Malseed BE, Smith LD, McLean DL. Fish associated with a subsea pipeline and adjacent seafloor of the North West Shelf of Western Australia. Mar Environ Res 2018; 141:53-65. [PMID: 30107887 DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2018.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2017] [Revised: 08/03/2018] [Accepted: 08/03/2018] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
Abstract
Information on the potential ecological value of offshore oil and gas infrastructure is required as it reaches the end of its operational life and decisions must be made regarding the best practice option for decommissioning. This study uses baited remote underwater stereo-video systems to assess fish assemblages along an offshore subsea pipeline and in adjacent natural seabed habitats at ∼140 m depth on the North West Shelf of Western Australia. A total of 955 fish from 40 species and 25 families were recorded. Species richness was, on average 25% higher on the pipeline (6.48 ± 0.37 SE) than off (4.81 ± 0.28 SE) while relative abundance of fish was nearly double on the pipeline (20.38 ± 2.81 SE) than in adjacent natural habitats (10.97 ± 1.02 SE). The pipeline was characterised by large, commercially important species known to associate with complex epibenthic habitat and, as such, possessed a biomass of commercial fish ca 7.5 × higher and catch value ca. 8.6 × ($65.11 ± $11.14 SE) than in adjacent natural habitats ($7.57 ± $2.41 SE). This study has added to the knowledge of fish assemblage associations with subsea infrastructure and provides a greater understanding of the ecological and fisheries implications of decommissioning, helping to better inform decision-making on the fate of infrastructure.
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- T Bond
- The UWA Oceans Institute and School of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley, WA, 6009, Australia.
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- The UWA Oceans Institute and School of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley, WA, 6009, Australia
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- The UWA Oceans Institute and School of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley, WA, 6009, Australia
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- The UWA Oceans Institute and School of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley, WA, 6009, Australia
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- Woodside Energy, GPO Box D188, Perth, WA, 6840, Australia
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- Woodside Energy, GPO Box D188, Perth, WA, 6840, Australia; The UWA Oceans Institute, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley, WA, 6009, Australia
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- The UWA Oceans Institute, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley, WA, 6009, Australia; Oceans Graduate School, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley, WA, 6009, Australia
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Bond T, Partridge JC, Taylor MD, Langlois TJ, Malseed BE, Smith LD, McLean DL. Fish associated with a subsea pipeline and adjacent seafloor of the North West Shelf of Western Australia. Mar Environ Res 2018; 141:53-65. [PMID: 30107887 DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2018.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2017] [Revised: 08/03/2018] [Accepted: 08/03/2018] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Information on the potential ecological value of offshore oil and gas infrastructure is required as it reaches the end of its operational life and decisions must be made regarding the best practice option for decommissioning. This study uses baited remote underwater stereo-video systems to assess fish assemblages along an offshore subsea pipeline and in adjacent natural seabed habitats at ∼140 m depth on the North West Shelf of Western Australia. A total of 955 fish from 40 species and 25 families were recorded. Species richness was, on average 25% higher on the pipeline (6.48 ± 0.37 SE) than off (4.81 ± 0.28 SE) while relative abundance of fish was nearly double on the pipeline (20.38 ± 2.81 SE) than in adjacent natural habitats (10.97 ± 1.02 SE). The pipeline was characterised by large, commercially important species known to associate with complex epibenthic habitat and, as such, possessed a biomass of commercial fish ca 7.5 × higher and catch value ca. 8.6 × ($65.11 ± $11.14 SE) than in adjacent natural habitats ($7.57 ± $2.41 SE). This study has added to the knowledge of fish assemblage associations with subsea infrastructure and provides a greater understanding of the ecological and fisheries implications of decommissioning, helping to better inform decision-making on the fate of infrastructure.
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- T Bond
- The UWA Oceans Institute and School of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley, WA, 6009, Australia.
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- The UWA Oceans Institute and School of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley, WA, 6009, Australia
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- The UWA Oceans Institute and School of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley, WA, 6009, Australia
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- The UWA Oceans Institute and School of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley, WA, 6009, Australia
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- Woodside Energy, GPO Box D188, Perth, WA, 6840, Australia
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- Woodside Energy, GPO Box D188, Perth, WA, 6840, Australia; The UWA Oceans Institute, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley, WA, 6009, Australia
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- The UWA Oceans Institute, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley, WA, 6009, Australia; Oceans Graduate School, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley, WA, 6009, Australia
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Mata-Mbemba D, Zapotocky M, Laughlin S, Taylor MD, Ramaswamy V, Raybaud C. MRI Characteristics of Primary Tumors and Metastatic Lesions in Molecular Subgroups of Pediatric Medulloblastoma: A Single-Center Study. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2018; 39:949-955. [PMID: 29545246 DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a5578] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2017] [Accepted: 01/02/2018] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Molecular grouping of medulloblastoma correlates with prognosis and supports the therapeutic strategy. We provide our experience with the imaging features of primary and metastatic disease in relation to the molecular groups. MATERIALS AND METHODS One hundred nineteen consecutive patients (mean age, 7.3 ± 3.8 years at diagnosis; male, 79 [66.4%]) with a confirmed diagnosis of medulloblastoma and interpretable pretreatment MRIs were retrieved from our data base from January 2000 to December 2016. Each patient was assigned to wingless, sonic hedgehog, group 3, or group 4 molecular groups. Then, we determined the imaging features of both primary and metastatic/recurrent disease predictive of molecular groups. RESULTS In addition to recently reported predictors based on primary tumor, including cerebellar peripheral location for sonic hedgehog (adjusted odds ratio = 9, P < .0001), minimal enhancement of primary group 4 tumor (adjusted odds ratio = 5.2, P < .0001), and cerebellopontine angle location for wingless (adjusted odds ratio = 1.4, P = .03), ependymal metastasis with diffusion restriction and minimal postcontrast enhancement ("mismatching pattern") (adjusted odds ratio = 2.8, P = .001) for group 4 and spinal metastasis for group 3 (adjusted odds ratio = 1.9, P = .01) also emerged as independent predictors of medulloblastoma molecular groups. Specifically, the presence of a metastasis in the third ventricular infundibular recess showing a mismatching pattern was significantly associated with group 4 (P = .02). CONCLUSIONS In addition to imaging features of primary tumors, some imaging patterns of metastatic dissemination in medulloblastoma seem characteristic, perhaps even specific to certain groups. This finding could further help in differentiating molecular groups, specifically groups 3 and 4, when the characteristics of the primary tumor overlap.
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- D Mata-Mbemba
- From the Department of Diagnostic Imaging (D.M.-M., S.L., C.R.)
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- From the Department of Diagnostic Imaging (D.M.-M., S.L., C.R.)
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- Department of Neurosurgery (M.D.T.), Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- From the Department of Diagnostic Imaging (D.M.-M., S.L., C.R.)
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Helminth parasites infect over 2 billion people worldwide resulting in huge global health and economic burden. Helminths typically stimulate Type 2 immune responses and excel at manipulating or suppressing host-immune responses resulting in chronic infections that can last for years to decades. Alongside the importance for the development of helminth treatments and vaccines, studying helminth immunity has unraveled many fundamental aspects of Type 2 immunity and immune regulation with implications for the treatment of autoimmunity and Type 2-mediated diseases, such as allergies. Here we describe the maintenance and use of Litomosoides sigmodontis, a murine model for studying host-parasite interactions, Type 2 immunity, and vaccines to tissue-dwelling filarial nematodes, which in humans cause lymphatic filariasis (e.g., Brugia malayi) and onchocerciasis (Onchocerca volvulus).
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- A Fulton
- Institute of Immunology and Infection Research, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
- Centre for Immunology, Infection, and Evolution, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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- Institute of Immunology and Infection Research, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
- Centre for Immunology, Infection, and Evolution, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
- Ashworth Laboratories, Edinburgh, UK.
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Conduit SE, Ramaswamy V, Remke M, Watkins DN, Wainwright BJ, Taylor MD, Mitchell CA, Dyson JM. A compartmentalized phosphoinositide signaling axis at cilia is regulated by INPP5E to maintain cilia and promote Sonic Hedgehog medulloblastoma. Oncogene 2017. [PMID: 28650469 DOI: 10.1038/onc.2017.208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Sonic Hedgehog (SHH) signaling at primary cilia drives the proliferation and progression of a subset of medulloblastomas, the most common malignant paediatric brain tumor. Severe side effects associated with conventional treatments and resistance to targeted therapies has led to the need for new strategies. SHH signaling is dependent on primary cilia for signal transduction suggesting the potential for cilia destabilizing mechanisms as a therapeutic target. INPP5E is an inositol polyphosphate 5-phosphatase that hydrolyses PtdIns(4,5)P2 and more potently, the phosphoinositide (PI) 3-kinase product PtdIns(3,4,5)P3. INPP5E promotes SHH signaling during embryonic development via PtdIns(4,5)P2 hydrolysis at cilia, that in turn regulates the cilia recruitment of the SHH suppressor GPR161. However, the role INPP5E plays in cancer is unknown and the contribution of PI3-kinase signaling to cilia function is little characterized. Here, we reveal INPP5E promotes SHH signaling in SHH medulloblastoma by negatively regulating a cilia-compartmentalized PI3-kinase signaling axis that maintains primary cilia on tumor cells. Conditional deletion of Inpp5e in a murine model of constitutively active Smoothened-driven medulloblastoma slowed tumor progression, suppressed cell proliferation, reduced SHH signaling and promoted tumor cell cilia loss. PtdIns(3,4,5)P3, its effector pAKT and the target pGSK3β, which when non-phosphorylated promotes cilia assembly/stability, localized to tumor cell cilia. The number of PtdIns(3,4,5)P3/pAKT/pGSK3β-positive cilia was increased in cultured Inpp5e-null tumor cells relative to controls. PI3-kinase inhibition or expression of wild-type, but not catalytically inactive HA-INPP5E partially rescued cilia loss in Inpp5e-null tumor cells in vitro. INPP5E mRNA and copy number were reduced in human SHH medulloblastoma compared to other molecular subtypes and consistent with the murine model, reduced INPP5E was associated with improved overall survival. Therefore our study identifies a compartmentalized PtdIns(3,4,5)P3/AKT/GSK3β signaling axis at cilia in SHH-dependent medulloblastoma that is regulated by INPP5E to maintain tumor cell cilia, promote SHH signaling and thereby medulloblastoma progression.
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- S E Conduit
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Cancer Program, Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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- Division of Haematology/Oncology, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- The Arthur and Sonia Labatt Brain Tumor Research Centre, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- The Kinghorn Cancer Centre, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia.,St. Vincent's Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW, Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia.,Department of Thoracic Medicine, St Vincent's Hospital, Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia
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- Division of Molecular Genetics and Development, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- The Arthur and Sonia Labatt Brain Tumor Research Centre, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Cancer Program, Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Cancer Program, Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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Rotz SJ, Ryan TD, Jodele S, Jefferies JL, Lane A, Pate A, Hirsch R, Hlavaty J, Levesque AE, Taylor MD, Cash M, Myers KC, El-Bietar JA, Davies SM, Dandoy CE. The injured heart: early cardiac effects of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in children and young adults. Bone Marrow Transplant 2017; 52:1171-1179. [PMID: 28394368 DOI: 10.1038/bmt.2017.62] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2016] [Revised: 01/12/2017] [Accepted: 02/13/2017] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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We hypothesized that subclinical cardiac injury in the peri-transplant period is more frequent than currently appreciated in children and young adults. We performed echocardiographic screening on 227 consecutive patients prior to hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), and 7, 30 and 100 days after transplant. We measured cardiac biomarkers cardiac troponin-I (cTn-I), and soluble suppressor of tumorigenicity 2 (sST2) prior to transplant, during conditioning, and days +7, +14, +28 and +49 in 26 patients. We subsequently analyzed levels of cTn-I every 48-72 h in 15 consecutive children during conditioning. Thirty-two percent (73/227) of patients had a new abnormality on echocardiogram. New left ventricular systolic dysfunction (LVSD) occurred in 6.2% of subjects and new pericardial effusion in 27.3%. Eight of 227 (3.5%) patients underwent pericardial drain placement, and 5 (2.2%) received medical therapy for clinically occult LVSD. cTn-I was elevated in 53.0% of all samples and sST2 in 38.2%. At least one sample had a detectable cTn-I in 84.6% of patients and an elevated sST2 in 76.9%. Thirteen of fifteen patients monitored frequently during condition had elevation of cTn-I. Echocardiographic and biochemical abnormalities are frequent in the peri-HSCT period. Echocardiogram does not detect all subclinical cardiac injuries that may become clinically relevant over longer periods.
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- S J Rotz
- Division of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Immune Deficiency, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Division of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Immune Deficiency, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Division of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Immune Deficiency, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Division of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Immune Deficiency, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Division of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Immune Deficiency, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Division of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Immune Deficiency, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Division of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Immune Deficiency, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Division of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Immune Deficiency, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Division of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Immune Deficiency, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Division of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Immune Deficiency, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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Becker A, Whitfield AK, Cowley PD, Cole VJ, Taylor MD. Tidal amplitude and fish abundance in the mouth region of a small estuary. J Fish Biol 2016; 89:1851-1856. [PMID: 27325497 DOI: 10.1111/jfb.13056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2016] [Accepted: 04/29/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Using an acoustic underwater camera (Dual Frequency IDentification SONar, DIDSON), the abundance and direction of movement of fishes > 80 mm total length (LT ) in the mouth of a small South African estuary during spring and neap tidal cycles were observed. While the sizes of fishes recorded were consistent across both tide cycles, the number of fishes passing the camera was significantly greater during the smaller neap tides. Schooling behaviour was more pronounced for fishes that were travelling into the estuary compared to fishes swimming towards the ocean.
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- A Becker
- South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, Private Bag 1015, Grahamstown, 6140, South Africa
- Port Stephens Fisheries Institute, NSW Department of Primary Industries, Nelson Bay, NSW, 2316, Australia
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- South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, Private Bag 1015, Grahamstown, 6140, South Africa
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- South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, Private Bag 1015, Grahamstown, 6140, South Africa
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- South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, Private Bag 1015, Grahamstown, 6140, South Africa
- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia
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- Port Stephens Fisheries Institute, NSW Department of Primary Industries, Nelson Bay, NSW, 2316, Australia
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Stocks JR, Gray CA, Taylor MD. Intra-population trends in the maturation and reproduction of a temperate marine herbivore Girella elevata across latitudinal clines. J Fish Biol 2015; 86:463-483. [PMID: 25613077 DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12563] [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] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2014] [Accepted: 09/25/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Latitudinal variation in the reproductive characteristics of a temperate marine herbivore, rock blackfish Girella elevata, was examined from three regions of the south-eastern Australian coast. Biological sampling covered 780 km of coastline, including the majority of the species distribution. The sampling range incorporated three distinct oceanographic regions of the East Australian Current, a poleward-flowing western boundary current of the Southern Pacific Gyre and climate-change hotspot. Girella elevata are a highly fecund, group synchronous (multiple batch)-spawner. Mean fork length (LF ) and age at maturity were greater for females than males within all regions, with both male and female G. elevata of the southern region maturing at a greater size and age than those from the central region. Estimates of batch fecundity (FB ) were greatest in the northern and southern regions, relative to the central region where growth rates were greatest. Significant positive relationships were observed between FB and LF , and FB and total fish mass. Gonado-somatic indices indicated latitudinal synchrony in spawning seasonality between G. elevata at higher latitudes, spawning in the late austral spring and summer. A late or prolonged spawning period is evident for G. elevata from the northern region. Juvenile recruitment to intertidal rock pools within the central and southern regions was synchronous with the spawning season, however, no juveniles were found within the northern region. The implications of latitudinal variation in reproductive characteristics are discussed in the context of climate and oceanographic conditions of south-east Australia.
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- J R Stocks
- School of Biological Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
- Batemans Bay Fisheries Centre, P. O. Box 17, Batemans Bay, NSW 2536, Australia
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- School of Biological Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
- WildFish Research, Grays Point, Sydney, NSW 2232, Australia
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- School of Biological Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
- Port Stephens Fisheries Institute, Fisheries NSW, Locked Bag 1, Nelson Bay, NSW 2316, Australia
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Perreault S, Ramaswamy V, Achrol AS, Chao K, Liu TT, Shih D, Remke M, Schubert S, Bouffet E, Fisher PG, Partap S, Vogel H, Taylor MD, Cho YJ, Yeom KW. MRI surrogates for molecular subgroups of medulloblastoma. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2014; 35:1263-9. [PMID: 24831600 DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a3990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 186] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Recently identified molecular subgroups of medulloblastoma have shown potential for improved risk stratification. We hypothesized that distinct MR imaging features can predict these subgroups. MATERIALS AND METHODS All patients with a diagnosis of medulloblastoma at one institution, with both pretherapy MR imaging and surgical tissue, served as the discovery cohort (n = 47). MR imaging features were assessed by 3 blinded neuroradiologists. NanoString-based assay of tumor tissues was conducted to classify the tumors into the 4 established molecular subgroups (wingless, sonic hedgehog, group 3, and group 4). A second pediatric medulloblastoma cohort (n = 52) from an independent institution was used for validation of the MR imaging features predictive of the molecular subtypes. RESULTS Logistic regression analysis within the discovery cohort revealed tumor location (P < .001) and enhancement pattern (P = .001) to be significant predictors of medulloblastoma subgroups. Stereospecific computational analyses confirmed that group 3 and 4 tumors predominated within the midline fourth ventricle (100%, P = .007), wingless tumors were localized to the cerebellar peduncle/cerebellopontine angle cistern with a positive predictive value of 100% (95% CI, 30%-100%), and sonic hedgehog tumors arose in the cerebellar hemispheres with a positive predictive value of 100% (95% CI, 59%-100%). Midline group 4 tumors presented with minimal/no enhancement with a positive predictive value of 91% (95% CI, 59%-98%). When we used the MR imaging feature-based regression model, 66% of medulloblastomas were correctly predicted in the discovery cohort, and 65%, in the validation cohort. CONCLUSIONS Tumor location and enhancement pattern were predictive of molecular subgroups of pediatric medulloblastoma and may potentially serve as a surrogate for genomic testing.
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- S Perreault
- From the Department of Neurology (S. Perreault, S.S., P.G.F., S. Partap, Y.J.C.), Division of Child NeurologyDivision of Child Neurology (S. Perreault), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Division of Neurosurgery (V.R., D.S., M.R., M.D.T.)Labatt Brain Tumour Research Centre (V.R., D.S., M.R., E.B., M.D.T.)Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology (V.S., D.S., M.R., M.D.T.), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Neurosurgery (A.S.A., K.C.)
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- Department of Neurosurgery (A.S.A., K.C.)
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- Department of Radiology (T.T.L.)
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- Division of Neurosurgery (V.R., D.S., M.R., M.D.T.)Labatt Brain Tumour Research Centre (V.R., D.S., M.R., E.B., M.D.T.)Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology (V.S., D.S., M.R., M.D.T.), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Neurosurgery (V.R., D.S., M.R., M.D.T.)Labatt Brain Tumour Research Centre (V.R., D.S., M.R., E.B., M.D.T.)Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology (V.S., D.S., M.R., M.D.T.), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- From the Department of Neurology (S. Perreault, S.S., P.G.F., S. Partap, Y.J.C.), Division of Child Neurology
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- Labatt Brain Tumour Research Centre (V.R., D.S., M.R., E.B., M.D.T.)Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology (E.B), Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- From the Department of Neurology (S. Perreault, S.S., P.G.F., S. Partap, Y.J.C.), Division of Child Neurology
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- From the Department of Neurology (S. Perreault, S.S., P.G.F., S. Partap, Y.J.C.), Division of Child Neurology
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- Richard M. Lucas Center for Imaging, and Department of Pathology (H.V.), Stanford University, Stanford, California
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- Division of Neurosurgery (V.R., D.S., M.R., M.D.T.)Labatt Brain Tumour Research Centre (V.R., D.S., M.R., E.B., M.D.T.)Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology (V.S., D.S., M.R., M.D.T.), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- From the Department of Neurology (S. Perreault, S.S., P.G.F., S. Partap, Y.J.C.), Division of Child Neurology
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- Department of Radiology (K.W.Y.), Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford University, Palo Alto, California
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Fiaschetti G, Abela L, Nonoguchi N, Dubuc AM, Remke M, Boro A, Grunder E, Siler U, Ohgaki H, Taylor MD, Baumgartner M, Shalaby T, Grotzer MA. Epigenetic silencing of miRNA-9 is associated with HES1 oncogenic activity and poor prognosis of medulloblastoma. Br J Cancer 2013; 110:636-47. [PMID: 24346283 PMCID: PMC3915127 DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2013.764] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Revised: 10/31/2013] [Accepted: 11/13/2013] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND microRNA-9 is a key regulator of neuronal development aberrantly expressed in brain malignancies, including medulloblastoma. The mechanisms by which microRNA-9 contributes to medulloblastoma pathogenesis remain unclear, and factors that regulate this process have not been delineated. METHODS Expression and methylation status of microRNA-9 in medulloblastoma cell lines and primary samples were analysed. The association of microRNA-9 expression with medulloblastoma patients' clinical outcome was assessed, and the impact of microRNA-9 restoration was functionally validated in medulloblastoma cells. RESULTS microRNA-9 expression is repressed in a large subset of MB samples compared with normal fetal cerebellum. Low microRNA-9 expression correlates significantly with the diagnosis of unfavourable histopathological variants and with poor clinical outcome. microRNA-9 silencing occurs via cancer-specific CpG island hypermethylation. HES1 was identified as a direct target of microRNA-9 in medulloblastoma, and restoration of microRNA-9 was shown to trigger cell cycle arrest, to inhibit clonal growth and to promote medulloblastoma cell differentiation. CONCLUSIONS microRNA-9 is a methylation-silenced tumour suppressor that could be a potential candidate predictive marker for poor prognosis of medulloblastoma. Loss of microRNA-9 may confer a proliferative advantage to tumour cells, and it could possibly contribute to disease pathogenesis. Thus, re-expression of microRNA-9 may constitute a novel epigenetic regulation strategy against medulloblastoma.
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- G Fiaschetti
- Neuro-Oncology group, Experimental Infectious Diseases and Cancer Research, August-Forel Strasse 1, Zurich CH-8008, Switzerland
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- Division of Oncology, University Children's Hospital of Zürich, Steinwiesstrasse 75, Zurich CH-8032, Switzerland
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, World Health Organization, Section of Molecular Pathology, 150 Cours Albert Thomas, 69372, Lyon Cedex 08, France
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- Arthur and Sonia Labatt Brain Tumour Research Centre, MaRS Centre - 11-401M, 101 College Street, Toronto, ON M5G1L7, Canada
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- Brain Tumor Research Centre, 101 College Street, TMDT-11-401M, Toronto, ON M5G1L7, Canada
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- Oncology group, Experimental Infectious Diseases and Cancer Research, August-Forel Strasse 1, Zurich CH-8008, Switzerland
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- Division of Oncology, University Children's Hospital of Zürich, Steinwiesstrasse 75, Zurich CH-8032, Switzerland
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- Division of Immunology, University Children's Hospital of Zürich, Steinwiesstrasse 75, Zurich CH-8032, Switzerland
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, World Health Organization, Section of Molecular Pathology, 150 Cours Albert Thomas, 69372, Lyon Cedex 08, France
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- The Hospital for Sick Children, Division of Neurosurgery, Suite 1504, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, ON M5G1X8, Canada
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- Neuro-Oncology group, Experimental Infectious Diseases and Cancer Research, August-Forel Strasse 1, Zurich CH-8008, Switzerland
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- Neuro-Oncology group, Experimental Infectious Diseases and Cancer Research, August-Forel Strasse 1, Zurich CH-8008, Switzerland
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- Division of Oncology, University Children's Hospital of Zürich, Steinwiesstrasse 75, Zurich CH-8032, Switzerland
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Nooka AK, Nabhan C, Zhou X, Taylor MD, Byrtek M, Miller TP, Friedberg JW, Zelenetz AD, Link BK, Cerhan JR, Dillon H, Sinha R, Shenoy PJ, Levy D, Dawson K, Hirata JH, Flowers CR. Examination of the follicular lymphoma international prognostic index (FLIPI) in the National LymphoCare study (NLCS): a prospective US patient cohort treated predominantly in community practices. Ann Oncol 2013; 24:441-448. [PMID: 23041589 DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mds429] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [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: 01/01/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Because follicular lymphoma (FL) patients have heterogeneous outcomes, the FL international prognostic index (FLIPI) was developed to risk-stratify patients and to predict survival. However, limited data exist regarding the role of FLIPI in the era of routine first-line rituximab (R) and R-chemotherapy regimens and in the setting of community oncology practices. PATIENTS AND METHODS We evaluated the outcome data from the National LymphoCare Study (NLCS), a prospective, observational cohort study, which collects data on patients with FL in the United States (US) community practices. RESULTS Among 1068 male and 1124 female patients with FLIPI data, most were treated in US community practices (79%); 35% were FLIPI good risk, 30% intermediate risk, and 35% poor risk. FLIPI risk groups were significant predictors of overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) for patients who undergo watchful waiting (WW), and those who receive non-R-containing regimens, R-alone, and R-chemotherapy combinations. CONCLUSIONS In the setting of contemporary practice with routine R use, stratifying patients into good, intermediate, and poor FLIPI risk groups predicts distinct outcomes in terms of OS and PFS. FLIPI remains an important prognostic index in the R era and should be used in clinical practices to support discussions about prognosis.
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- A K Nooka
- Winship Cancer Institute, Division of Hematology and Oncology, Emory University-School of Medicine, Atlanta.
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Advocate Lutheran General Hospital and Oncology Specialists, Park Ridge
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- RTI Health Solutions, Research Triangle Park
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- Section of Hematology/Oncology, University of Arizona, Tucson
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- Department of Medicine, James P. Wilmont Cancer Center, Rochester
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- Department of Medicine, Lymphoma Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York
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- Oncology and Bone & Marrow Transplantation, Division of Hematology, University of Iowa, Iowa City
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- Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic-College of Medicine, Rochester
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- The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, White Plains, USA
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- Winship Cancer Institute, Division of Hematology and Oncology, Emory University-School of Medicine, Atlanta
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- Winship Cancer Institute, Division of Hematology and Oncology, Emory University-School of Medicine, Atlanta
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- Genentech, South San Francisco
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- Winship Cancer Institute, Division of Hematology and Oncology, Emory University-School of Medicine, Atlanta
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Milde T, Hielscher T, Witt H, Kool M, Mack SC, Deubzer HE, Oehme I, Lodrini M, Benner A, Taylor MD, Deimling AV, Kulozik AE, Pfister SM, Witt O, Korshunov A. Nestin protein expression is an independent prognostic marker in ependymoma and discriminates WHO II ependymoma with poor outcome. Klin Padiatr 2012. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1320179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Jones DTW, Zapatka M, Jäger N, Wang Q, Stuetz A, Rausch T, Benes V, Blake J, Korshunov A, Schmidt M, Bartholomae C, Witt O, Taylor MD, Kalle CV, Brors B, Eils R, Korbel J, Lichter P, Pfister SM. First Results from the International Cancer Genome Consortium PedBrain Tumor Project on Whole-Genome Deep Sequencing in Medulloblastoma. Klin Padiatr 2011. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1292588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/15/2022]
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Witt H, Mack SC, Ryzhova M, Bender S, Sill M, Isserlin R, Benner A, Hielscher T, Milde T, Remke M, Jones DTW, Northcott PA, Garzia L, Bertrand KC, Wittmann A, Deimling AV, Kulozik AE, Witt O, Bader GD, Rutka JT, Lichter P, Korshunov A, Taylor MD, Pfister SM. Identification of Two Molecular and Clinical Distinct Entities of Posterior Fossa Ependymoma. Klin Padiatr 2011. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1292598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/15/2022]
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Dietary analysis revealed that an impoundment population of Australian bass Macquaria novemaculeata holds a generalist niche, but one arising from persistent individual specialization and interindividual variation. This 'individual specialist' strategy appeared adaptive, but the strength of individual specialization was largely independent of variation in diet composition, except during blooms of Daphnia sp. Diet composition and dietary overlap showed only moderate ontogenetic variation, and niche breadth showed no relationship with ontogeny. Macquaria novemaculeata showed an asymmetric predator and prey size distribution, consistent with many aquatic predators, with positive relationships between fish size and average, maximum and minimum prey size. There was no asymmetry in the relative size-based niche breadths of individuals, however, which indicates that the niche is a fixed 'window' of relative prey sizes. The difference in the dietary niche and prey-size relationships of M. novemaculeata at the population and individual levels highlights the necessity of assessing the niche at both these levels.
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- J A Smith
- Evolution and Ecology Research Centre, and School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, Australia.
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Hart CL, Taylor MD, Smith GD, Whalley LJ, Starr JM, Hole DJ, Wilson V, Deary IJ. Childhood IQ and all-cause mortality before and after age 65: Prospective observational study linking the Scottish Mental Survey 1932 and the Midspan studies. Br J Health Psychol 2010; 10:153-65. [PMID: 15969847 DOI: 10.1348/135910704x14591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [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: 11/12/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The objective was to investigate how childhood IQ related to all-cause mortality before and after age 65. DESIGN The Midspan prospective cohort studies, followed-up for mortality for 25 years, were linked to individuals' childhood IQ from the Scottish Mental Survey 1932. METHODS The Midspan studies collected data on risk factors for cardiorespiratory disease from a questionnaire and at a screening examination, and were conducted on adults in Scotland in the 1970s. An age 11 IQ from the Scottish Mental Survey 1932, a cognitive ability test conducted on 1921-born children attending schools in Scotland, was found for 938 Midspan participants. The relationship between childhood IQ and mortality risk, adjusting for adulthood socio-economic confounders, was analysed. The effect of adjustment for childhood IQ on the relationship between established risk factors (blood pressure, smoking, height and respiratory function) and mortality was also investigated. RESULTS For deaths occurring up to age 65, there was a 36% increased risk per standard deviation decrease (15 points) in childhood IQ which was reduced to 29% after adjusting for social class and deprivation category. There was no statistically significant relationship between childhood IQ and deaths occurring after the age of 65. Adjustment for childhood IQ attenuated the risk factor-mortality relationship in deaths occurring up to age 65, but had no effect in deaths occurring after age 65. CONCLUSIONS Childhood IQ was significantly related to deaths occurring up to age 65, but not to deaths occurring after age 65.
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- C L Hart
- Public Health and Health Policy, Division of Community Based Sciences, University of Glasgow, UK.
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Kongkham PN, Northcott PA, Croul SE, Smith CA, Taylor MD, Rutka JT. The SFRP family of WNT inhibitors function as novel tumor suppressor genes epigenetically silenced in medulloblastoma. Oncogene 2010; 29:3017-24. [PMID: 20208569 DOI: 10.1038/onc.2010.32] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Medulloblastoma (MB) is the most common malignant pediatric brain tumor. Dysregulation of WNT signaling occurs in up to 20% of cases. Using a genome-wide approach, we identified the secreted frizzled-related protein 1, 2 and 3 (SFRP1, SFRP2 and SFRP3) family of WNT inhibitors as putative tumor suppressor genes silenced by promoter region methylation in MB. SFRP1, SFRP2 and SFRP3 expression increased after 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine treatment. SFRP1, SFRP2 and SFRP3 methylation was identified in 23.5, 3.9 and 15.7% of primary MB specimens, respectively, by methylation-specific PCR. Stable SFRP1, SFRP2 and SFRP3 expression reduced phospho-DVL2 levels and hindered MB cell proliferation and colony formation in soft agar in vitro. In 60% of primary tumors, SFRP1 was expressed at levels twofold lower than that in normal cerebellum. SFRP1 expression impaired tumor formation in vivo in flank and orthotopic intracerebellar xenograft models and conferred a significant survival advantage (P<0.0001). We identify for the first time tumor suppressor gene function of SFRP genes in MB, and suggest that loss of WNT pathway inhibition due to SFRP gene silencing is an additional mechanism that may contribute to excessive WNT signaling in this disease.
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- P N Kongkham
- Division of Neurosurgery, Arthur and Sonia Labatt Brain Tumor Research Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 1X8
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Pursche AR, Suthers IM, Taylor MD. Tethering induces increased stress artifacts in social fish species. J Fish Biol 2009; 74:1525-1531. [PMID: 20735651 DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2009.02218.x] [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: 05/29/2023]
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Behaviour of juvenile mulloway Argyrosomus japonicus were investigated under laboratory conditions to determine the efficacy of estimating predation mortality using tethering. The occurrence and duration of stressed behaviour was evaluated for individual A. japonicus that were hooked but untethered, hooked and tethered and unhooked and untethered (free swimming), both in schools and in isolation. Tethered and hooked treatments showed a significantly higher incidence and duration of stressed behaviour over controls, but stressed behaviour was lower for hooked but untethered fish in the presence of a school. Artifacts associated with elevated stress may reduce the reliability of estimates of relative predation derived from tethering data for schooling fishes.
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- A R Pursche
- Evolution and Ecology Research Centre, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, Australia.
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Hill PB, Lo A, Eden CAN, Huntley S, Morey V, Ramsey S, Richardson C, Smith DJ, Sutton C, Taylor MD, Thorpe E, Tidmarsh R, Williams V. Survey of the prevalence, diagnosis and treatment of dermatological conditions in small animals in general practice. Vet Rec 2007; 158:533-9. [PMID: 16632525 DOI: 10.1136/vr.158.16.533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 161] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [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: 11/03/2022]
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A survey was made of the prevalence, diagnosis and treatment of dermatological conditions in small animals in general practice in the UK. Out of 3707 small animal consultations in general practice that were observed and recorded, 795 (21.4 per cent) involved animals that had a dermatological problem. In dogs and exotic species, pruritus was the most common presenting sign, accounting for 30 to 40 per cent of the dermatological consultations. In cats, cutaneous swellings were the most common presentation (36 per cent). A diagnosis or recommendation for treatment was made on the basis of the presenting clinical signs and physical examination alone in 576 (72 per cent) of the cases, and various diagnostic tests were performed in the other cases. In dogs, parasitic infestations, bacterial infections and neoplasia accounted for the majority of the diagnoses. In cats, parasites and bacterial infections were the most common. In exotic species, parasites accounted for over 80 per cent of the dermatological diagnoses. In dogs, the most common final diagnoses were otitis, pyoderma, anal sac impaction, flea infestation and atopic dermatitis. In cats, abscesses, flea infestation, and otitis were the most common diagnoses. In exotic species, the most common diagnosis was an unspecified mite infestation. Systemic antibiotics were prescribed in 196 cases (25 per cent), systemic glucocorticoids were prescribed in 162 cases (20 per cent) and treatment with an ectoparasiticide was prescribed in 167 cases (21 per cent).
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- P B Hill
- Division of Veterinary Clinical Studies, Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush Veterinary Centre, Roslin, Midlothian EH25 9RG
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McMahon CJ, Taylor MD, Cassady CI, Olutoye OO, Bezold LI. Diagnosis of pentalogy of cantrell in the fetus using magnetic resonance imaging and ultrasound. Pediatr Cardiol 2007; 28:172-5. [PMID: 17375352 DOI: 10.1007/s00246-006-0032-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2006] [Accepted: 12/14/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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We report two cases of pentalogy of Cantrell diagnosed in utero using a combination of fetal echocardiography and magnetic resonance imaging. The cardiac component consisted of tetralogy of Fallot in the first fetus and ventricular septal defect in the second fetus. Whereas fetal echocardiography allowed accurate delineation of the cardiac anatomy, prenatal magnetic resonance imaging allowed clearer delineation of the extent of the thoracic and abdominal wall defects. Fetal magnetic resonance imaging in conjunction with prenatal echocardiography allows optimal assessment of the fetus with ectopia cordis, which has significant implications from the standpoint of preoperative planning and providing prognostic information. This report represents the first description of applying magnetic resonance imaging in combination with echocardiography toward a better understanding of this clinical entity in the fetus.
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- C J McMahon
- Lillie Frank Abercrombie Section of Pediatric Cardiology, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
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Dimas VV, Dimasc VV, Taylor MD, Cunnyngham CB, Overholt ED, Bourne DWA, Stanely JR, Sheikh A, Wolf R, Valentine B, Ward KE. Transplacental pharmacokinetics of flecainide in the gravid baboon and fetus. Pediatr Cardiol 2005; 26:815-20. [PMID: 16132275 DOI: 10.1007/s00246-005-0974-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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The objective of this study was to characterize the transfer of flecainide across the placenta and determine the fetal: maternal ratio of flecainide in the gravid baboon. Flecainide acetate has been especially successful for the treatment of fetal supraventricular tachycardia associated with hydrops fetalis. However, the degree of transplacental transmission remains unknown. In this study, all animals were placed under general anesthesia. Flecainide 2.5 mg/kg was administered intravenously. Percutaneous umbilical blood sampling was performed simultaneously with maternal sampling. Flecainide levels were measured using high-performance liquid chromatography with ultraviolet detection. A total of six gravid baboons were studied at an average gestational age of 132 days. The mean maternal volume of distribution at steady state was 5.1 +/- 1.8 L/kg. The mean combined elimination constant (k(el)) was 0.79 +/- 0.19 hr(-1) [95% confidence interval (CI), 0.64-0.93]. There was a linear relationship between maternal and fetal concentrations, with a ratio of fetal-to-maternal serum levels of 0.49 +/- 0.05 (95% CI, 0.39-0.59). At steady state, fetal flecainide levels are approximately 50% of maternal flecainide levels. Flecainide is rapidly distributed in the mother and fetus following a single intravenous dose with a maternal volume of distribution similar to that reported in normal healthy human adults. Since fetal levels correlate closely with maternal levels, we propose that it is possible to estimate fetal levels by monitoring maternal levels.
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- V V Dimas
- Lillie Frank Abercrombie Section of Pediatric Cardiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, 6621 Fannin Street, MC 19345-C, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
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Woo YJ, Grand TJ, Zentko S, Cohen JE, Hsu V, Atluri P, Berry MF, Taylor MD, Moise MA, Fisher O, Kolakowski S. Creatine phosphate administration preserves myocardial function in a model of off-pump coronary revascularization. J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino) 2005; 46:297-305. [PMID: 15956929] [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: 05/03/2023]
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AIM Off pump coronary artery bypass grafting (OPCAB) involves, and is occasionally impaired by obligatory regional myocardial ischemia, particularly with the use of proximal coronary in-flow occlusion techniques. Intracoronary shunts do not guarantee absence of distal ischemia given their small inner diameter and the presence of proximal coronary stenosis. Additional adjunctive measures to provide short-term myocardial protection may facilitate OPCAB. High-energy phosphate supplementation with creatine phosphate prior to ischemia may attenuate ischemic dysfunction. METHODS In a rodent model of a transient coronary occlusion and myocardial ischemia, 36 animals underwent preischemic intravenous infusion of either creatine phosphate or saline, 10 minutes of proximal left anterior descending (LAD) occlusion, and 10 minutes of reperfusion. Rats underwent continuous intracavitary pressure monitoring and cellular ATP levels were quantified using a luciferin/luciferase bioluminescence assay. RESULTS Within 2 minutes of ischemia onset, creatine phosphate animals exhibited statistically significant greater preservation of myocardial function compared to controls, an augmentation which persisted throughout the duration of ischemia and subsequent reperfusion. Furthermore, significantly greater cellular ATP levels were observed among creatine phosphate treated animals (344+/-55 nMol/g tissue, n=5) compared to control animals (160+/-9 nMol/g tissue, n=5)(p=0.014). CONCLUSIONS A strategy of intravenous high-energy phosphate administration successfully prevented ischemic ventricular dysfunction in a rodent model of OPCAB.
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- Y J Woo
- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104, USA.
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Hart CL, Taylor MD, Smith GD, Whalley LJ, Starr JM, Hole DJ, Wilson V, Deary IJ. Childhood IQ and all-cause mortality before and after age 65: prospective observational study linking the Scottish Mental Survey 1932 and the Midspan studies. Br J Health Psychol 2005; 10:153-165. [PMID: 15969847 DOI: 10.1348/135910704×14591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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OBJECTIVES The objective was to investigate how childhood IQ related to all-cause mortality before and after age 65. DESIGN The Midspan prospective cohort studies, followed-up for mortality for 25 years, were linked to individuals' childhood IQ from the Scottish Mental Survey 1932. METHODS The Midspan studies collected data on risk factors for cardiorespiratory disease from a questionnaire and at a screening examination, and were conducted on adults in Scotland in the 1970s. An age 11 IQ from the Scottish Mental Survey 1932, a cognitive ability test conducted on 1921-born children attending schools in Scotland, was found for 938 Midspan participants. The relationship between childhood IQ and mortality risk, adjusting for adulthood socio-economic confounders, was analysed. The effect of adjustment for childhood IQ on the relationship between established risk factors (blood pressure, smoking, height and respiratory function) and mortality was also investigated. RESULTS For deaths occurring up to age 65, there was a 36% increased risk per standard deviation decrease (15 points) in childhood IQ which was reduced to 29% after adjusting for social class and deprivation category. There was no statistically significant relationship between childhood IQ and deaths occurring after the age of 65. Adjustment for childhood IQ attenuated the risk factor-mortality relationship in deaths occurring up to age 65, but had no effect in deaths occurring after age 65. CONCLUSIONS Childhood IQ was significantly related to deaths occurring up to age 65, but not to deaths occurring after age 65.
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- C L Hart
- Public Health and Health Policy, Division of Community Based Sciences, University of Glasgow, UK.
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Barton L, Schipper LA, Barkle GF, McLeod M, Speir TW, Taylor MD, McGill AC, van Schaik AP, Fitzgerald NB, Pandey SP. Land application of domestic effluent onto four soil types: plant uptake and nutrient leaching. J Environ Qual 2005; 34:635-643. [PMID: 15758116 DOI: 10.2134/jeq2005.0635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Land application has become a widely applied method for treating wastewater. However, it is not always clear which soil-plant systems should be used, or why. The objectives of our study were to determine if four contrasting soils, from which the pasture is regularly cut and removed, varied in their ability to assimilate nutrients from secondary-treated domestic effluent under high hydraulic loadings, in comparison with unirrigated, fertilized pasture. Grassed intact soil cores (500 mm in diameter by 700 mm in depth) were irrigated (50 mm wk(-1)) with secondary-treated domestic effluent for two years. Soils included a well-drained Allophanic Soil (Typic Hapludand), a poorly drained Gley Soil (Typic Endoaquept), a well-drained Pumice Soil formed from rhyolitic tephra (Typic Udivitrand), and a well-drained Recent Soil formed in a sand dune (Typic Udipsamment). Effluent-irrigated soils received between 746 and 815 kg N ha(-1) and 283 and 331 kg P ha(-1) over two years of irrigation, and unirrigated treatments received 200 kg N ha(-1) and 100 kg P ha(-1) of dissolved inorganic fertilizer over the same period. Applying effluent significantly increased plant uptake of N and P from all soil types. For the effluent-irrigated soils plant N uptake ranged from 186 to 437 kg N ha(-1) yr(-1), while plant P uptake ranged from 40 to 88 kg P ha(-1) yr(-1) for the effluent-irrigated soils. Applying effluent significantly increased N leaching losses from Gley and Recent Soils, and after two years ranged from 17 to 184 kg N ha(-1) depending on soil type. Effluent irrigation only increased P leaching from the Gley Soil. All P leaching losses were less than 49 kg P ha(-1) after two years. The N and P leached from effluent treatments were mainly in organic form (69-87% organic N and 35-65% unreactive P). Greater N and P leaching losses from the irrigated Gley Soil were attributed to preferential flow that reduced contact between the effluent and the soil matrix. Increased N leaching from the Recent Soil was the result of increased leaching of native soil organic N due to the higher hydraulic loading from the effluent irrigation.
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- L Barton
- School of Plant Biology (M084), The University of Western Australia, Nedlands 6009, Western Australia, Australia.
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Hart CL, Taylor MD, Smith GD, Whalley LJ, Starr JM, Hole DJ, Wilson V, Deary IJ. Childhood IQ and cardiovascular disease in adulthood: prospective observational study linking the Scottish Mental Survey 1932 and the Midspan studies. Soc Sci Med 2004; 59:2131-8. [PMID: 15351478 DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.03.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [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: 01/28/2023]
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This study investigated the influence of childhood IQ on the relationships between risk factors and cardiovascular disease (CVD), coronary heart disease (CHD) and stroke in adulthood. Participants were from the Midspan prospective cohort studies which were conducted on adults in Scotland in the 1970s. Data on risk factors were collected from a questionnaire and at a screening examination, and participants were followed up for 25 years for hospital admissions and mortality. 938 Midspan participants were successfully matched with their age 11 IQ from the Scottish Mental Survey 1932, in which 1921-born children attending schools in Scotland took a cognitive ability test. Childhood IQ was negatively correlated with diastolic and systolic blood pressure, and positively correlated with height and respiratory function in adulthood. For each of CVD, CHD and stroke, defined as either a hospital admission or death, there was an increased relative rate per standard deviation decrease (15 points) in childhood IQ of 1.11 (95% confidence interval 1.01-1.23), 1.16 (1.03-1.32) and 1.10 (0.88-1.36), respectively. With events divided into those first occurring before and those first occurring after the age of 65, the relationships between childhood IQ and CVD, CHD and stroke were only seen before age 65 and not after age 65. Blood pressure, height, respiratory function and smoking were associated with CVD events. Relationships were stronger in the early compared to the later period for smoking and FEV1, and stronger in the later compared to the earlier period for blood pressure. Adjustment for childhood IQ had small attenuating effects on the risk factor-CVD relationship before age 65 and no effects after age 65. Adjustment for risk factors attenuated the childhood IQ-CVD relationship by a small amount before age 65. Childhood IQ was associated with CVD risk factors and events and can be considered an important new risk factor.
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- C L Hart
- Public Health and Health Policy, Division of Community Based Sciences, University of Glasgow, 1 Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow G12 8RZ, UK.
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Taylor MD, Hart CL, Davey Smith G, Starr JM, Hole DJ, Whalley LJ, Wilson V, Deary IJ. Childhood mental ability and smoking cessation in adulthood: prospective observational study linking the Scottish Mental Survey 1932 and the Midspan studies. J Epidemiol Community Health 2003; 57:464-5. [PMID: 12775797 PMCID: PMC1732467 DOI: 10.1136/jech.57.6.464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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- M D Taylor
- Psychology, School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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Hart CL, Deary IJ, Taylor MD, MacKinnon PL, Smith GD, Whalley LJ, Wilson V, Hole DJ, Starr JM. The Scottish mental survey 1932 linked to the Midspan studies: a prospective investigation of childhood intelligence and future health. Public Health 2003; 117:187-95. [PMID: 12825469 DOI: 10.1016/s0033-3506(02)00028-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [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: 11/19/2022]
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The Scottish mental survey of 1932 (SMS1932) recorded mental ability test scores for nearly all children born in 1921 and at school in Scotland on 1 June 1932. The Collaborative and Renfrew/Paisley studies, two of the Midspan studies, obtained health and social data by questionnaire and a physical examination in the 1970s. Some Midspan participants were born in 1921 and may also have taken part in the SMS1932, so there was a possibility that their mental ability data from childhood would be available. The 1921 born Midspan participants were matched with the computerized SMS1932 database, and in total, 1032 of 1251 people (82.5%) were matched successfully. Of those matched, 938 (90.9%) had a mental ability test score recorded. The mean score of the matched sample was 37.2 (standard deviation (SD) 13.9) out of a possible score of 76. The mean (SD) for the boys and girls was 38.3 (14.2) and 35.7 (13.9), respectively. This compared with 38.6 (15.7) and 37.2 (14.3) for boys and girls in all of Scotland. Graded relationships were found between mental ability in childhood, and social class and deprivation category of residence in adulthood. Being in a higher social class or in a more affluent deprivation category was associated with higher childhood mental ability scores, and the scores reduced with increasing deprivation. Future plans for the matched data include examining associations between childhood mental ability and other childhood and adult risk factors for disease in adulthood, and modelling childhood mental ability, alongside other factors available in the Midspan database, as a risk factor for specific illnesses, admission to hospital and mortality.
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- C L Hart
- Department of Public Health, University of Glasgow, 1 Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow G12 8RZ, UK.
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Taylor MD, Frier BM, Gold AE, Deary IJ. Psychosocial factors and diabetes-related outcomes following diagnosis of Type 1 diabetes in adults: the Edinburgh Prospective Diabetes Study. Diabet Med 2003; 20:135-46. [PMID: 12581265 DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-5491.2003.00887.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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AIMS To examine prospectively the relationships between psychosocial variables and diabetes-related outcomes in adults with newly diagnosed Type 1 diabetes. METHODS A total of 84 adults (48 male) with a median (range) age of 30.8 (17-51) years with newly diagnosed Type 1 diabetes were recruited for the study. Shortly after initial diagnosis each participant's personality, cognitive ability, and recent psychiatric distress were assessed. At 4 months (n = 69) and at 12 months (n = 66) after diagnosis diabetes-related outcomes were measured, including each respondent's knowledge of diabetes, satisfaction with diabetes treatment and diabetes-related quality of life. Glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) was recorded at each clinic attendance. RESULTS Social class (Spearman's correlation r = -0.30 and -0.28, respectively, P < 0.05) and scores on the National Adult Reading Test (r = 0.38 and 0.36, respectively, P < 0.01) were consistently associated with knowledge of diabetes at 4 months and at 12 months after diagnosis. Hierarchical regression revealed that alcohol consumption recorded at diagnosis and knowledge of diabetes at 4 months were independent predictors of glycaemic control at 12 months (adjusted r2 = 0.16). Total scores on the Diabetes Treatment Satisfaction Questionnaire (DTSQ) at 12 months were significantly predicted by age at diagnosis (adjusted r2 = 0.08). High neuroticism at diagnosis was consistently associated with poorer self-reported diabetes quality of life at 4 months and at 12 months after diagnosis (rs between -0.30 and -0.39, P < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS Long-standing psychosocial factors have a significant influence on self-reported outcomes during the 12 months following diagnosis of Type 1 diabetes but may not be reliable predictors of glycaemic control. Further follow-up is necessary to determine the longer-term predictors of objective (e.g. glycaemic control) and subjective (e.g. quality of life) indicators of coping in people with diabetes.
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- M D Taylor
- Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, UK
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Taylor MD, Vancura R, Williams JM, Riekhof JT, Taylor BK, Wright DE. Overexpression of neurotrophin-3 in skeletal muscle alters normal and injury-induced limb control. Somatosens Mot Res 2002; 18:286-94. [PMID: 11794730 DOI: 10.1080/01421590120089668] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [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: 10/17/2022]
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Transgenic overexpression of neurotrophin-3 (NT-3) in mice increases the number of surviving proprioceptive sensory components, including primary sensory neurons, gamma motoneurons and muscle spindles. The numbers of surviving alpha motoneurons are not affected by NT-3 overexpression (Wright et al., Neuron 19: 503-517, 1997). We have assessed the consequences NT-3-stimulated increase in the proprioceptive sensory system by measuring locomotive abilities of mice that overexpress NT-3 in all skeletal muscles (myo/NT-3 mice). In adulthood, one myo/NT-3 transgenic line continues to express NT-3 at high levels in muscle and maintains a hypertrophied proprioceptive system (high-OE myo/NT-3 mice). Compared to wildtypes, high-OE myo/NT-3 mice have nine times the amount of NT-3 protein in the medial gastrocnemius at six weeks of age. Although appearing normal during ordinary activity, high-OE myo/NT-3 mice display a distinct clasping phenotype when lifted by the tail. High-OE myo/NT-3 mice show severe locomotor deficits when performing beam walking and rotorod testing. These mice also demonstrate aberrant foot positioning during normal walking. However, following sciatic nerve crush, overexpression of NT-3 prevents further abnormalities in paw positioning, suggesting NT-3 may attenuate sensorimotor deficits that occur in response to sciatic nerve injury. Our results suggest that increases in proprioceptive sensory neurons, spindles and gamma motoneurons, along with continued postnatal NT-3 overexpression in muscle significantly disrupt normal locomotor control. Importantly, however, NT-3 may lessen initial deficits and thus improve functional recovery after peripheral nerve injury, suggesting these mice may serve as a good model to study NT-3's role in neuroprotection of proprioceptive afferents.
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- M D Taylor
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City 66160, USA
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Fowler SC, Zarcone TJ, Chen R, Taylor MD, Wright DE. Low grip strength, impaired tongue force and hyperactivity induced by overexpression of neurotrophin-3 in mouse skeletal muscle. Int J Dev Neurosci 2002; 20:303-8. [PMID: 12175867 DOI: 10.1016/s0736-5748(02)00010-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [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: 10/27/2022] Open
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Transgenic mice overexpressing neurotrophin-3 (NT-3) in skeletal muscle (mlc/NT-3 mice) develop abnormal muscle spindles in skeletal muscle and display abnormal motor function in the form of gait and locomotive disturbances. The purpose of this work was to characterize the functional consequences of NT-3 overexpression in skeletal muscle with further behavioral assessments that permitted inferences about muscle weakness in the tongue or forelimbs as well as potential central nervous system (CNS) abnormalities compared to wild-type controls. Wild-type (n=12) and mlc/NT-3 (n=12) male mice were tested in five procedures (in chronological order): lick dynamics, locomotor activity, grid ataxia, go-no-go discrimination procedure, and grip strength. Relative to wild-type mice, the mlc/NT-3 mice exhibited lower tongue force, hyperactivity, slowed limb retrieval in the grid ataxia test, similar discrimination performance, and lower grip strength. Overall, the data suggest that chronically elevated levels of NT-3 in mouse skeletal muscle cause muscle weakness in the mlc/NT-3 mice. Surprisingly, mlc/NT-3 mice also exhibited significant hyperactivity, suggesting that NT-3 overexpression in the periphery may have caused abnormalities in the CNS that are related to the cortical processing of proprioceptive afferent information.
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- S C Fowler
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, USA.
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Wright DE, Williams JM, McDonald JT, Carlsten JA, Taylor MD. Muscle-derived neurotrophin-3 reduces injury-induced proprioceptive degeneration in neonatal mice. J Neurobiol 2002; 50:198-208. [PMID: 11810635 DOI: 10.1002/neu.10024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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During perinatal development, proprioceptive muscle afferents are quite sensitive to nerve injury. Here, we have used transgenic mice that overexpress neurotrophin-3 (NT-3) in skeletal muscle (myo/NT-3 mice) to explore whether NT-3 plays a neuroprotective role for perinatal muscle afferents following nerve injury. Measurements of NT-3 mRNA using RT-PCR revealed that levels of endogenous NT-3 mRNA in wild-type muscles remained constant during the first postnatal week following nerve crush or nerve section on postnatal day (PN) 1. In comparison, myo/NT-3 mice had significantly elevated levels of NT-3 mRNA that were maintained or increased following injury. To assess whether muscle-derived NT-3 could prevent injury-induced neuronal death, neuron survival in the DRG was analyzed in mice 5 days after sciatic nerve crush on PN3. Retrograde prelabeling of muscle afferents and parvalbumin immunocytochemistry both revealed that overexpression of NT-3 in muscle significantly reduced neuronal loss following injury. Similar neuroprotective effects of NT-3 were observed in wild-type mice injected with exogenous NT-3 in the gastrocnemius muscles. To test whether NT-3 could prevent muscle spindle degeneration, spindle number and morphology were assessed 3 weeks after sciatic nerve crush or section on PN1. No spindles were present in either wildtype or myo/NT-3 muscles after nerve section, demonstrating that NT-3 overexpression cannot maintain spindles following complete denervation. Moreover, NT-3 overexpression could not prevent moderate spindle loss in muscle and did not stimulate new spindle formation following nerve crush. Our results demonstrate that in addition to its early actions on sensory neuron generation and naturally occurring cell death, NT-3 has important neuroprotective effects on muscle afferents during postnatal development.
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MESH Headings
- Amidines
- Animals
- Animals, Newborn/physiology
- Cell Survival/physiology
- Ganglia, Spinal/injuries
- Ganglia, Spinal/pathology
- Immunohistochemistry
- Mice
- Mice, Transgenic
- Muscle Spindles/physiology
- Muscle, Skeletal/growth & development
- Muscle, Skeletal/innervation
- Muscle, Skeletal/metabolism
- Nerve Crush
- Neurons, Afferent/physiology
- Neurotrophin 3/biosynthesis
- Neurotrophin 3/genetics
- Neurotrophin 3/physiology
- Parvalbumins/metabolism
- Proprioception/drug effects
- RNA, Messenger/biosynthesis
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
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- D E Wright
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas 66160, USA.
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Taylor MD, Mainprize TG, Rutka JT, Becker L, Bayani J, Drake JM. Medulloblastoma in a child with Rubenstein-Taybi Syndrome: case report and review of the literature. Pediatr Neurosurg 2001; 35:235-8. [PMID: 11741116 DOI: 10.1159/000050428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Although medulloblastoma is usually sporadic, there are a number of uncommon predisposing germline mutation syndromes, including: Gorlin's Syndrome, Turcot's Syndrome and Li-Fraumeni Syndrome. Patients with Rubenstein-Taybi Syndrome secondary to mutation/deletion of the CBP gene on chromosome 16 are predisposed to a variety of developmental anomalies as well as cancer. We report a child with Rubenstein-Taybi syndrome who developed a cerebellar medulloblastoma and review the literature on Rubenstein-Taybi Syndrome and pediatric medulloblastoma. As the product of the CBP gene functions in a variety of signaling pathways, we discuss the molecular implications of findings a medulloblastoma in a child with Rubenstein-Taybi Syndrome.
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- M D Taylor
- The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1X8 Canada
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Riparian wetlands are transition zones between terrestrial and aquatic environments that have the potential to serve as nutrient filters for surface and ground water due to their topographic location. We investigated a riparian wetland that had been receiving intermittent inputs of NO3- and PO4(3-) during storm runoff events to determine the mechanisms of nutrient attenuation in the wetland soils. Few studies have shown whether infrequent pulses of NO3- are sufficient to maintain substantial denitrifying communities. Denitrification rates were highest at the upstream side of the wetland where nutrient-rich runoff first enters the wetland (17-58 microg N2O-N kg soil(-1) h(-1)) and decreased further into the wetland. Carbon limitation for denitrification was minor in the wetland soils. Samples not amended with dextrose had 75% of the denitrification rate of samples with excess dextrose C. Phosphate sorption isotherms suggested that the wetland soils had a high capacity for P retention. The calculated soil PO4(3-) concentration that would yield an equilibrium aqueous P04(3-) concentration of 0.05 mg P L(-1) was found to be 100 times greater than the soil PO4(3-) concentration at the time of sampling. This indicated that the wetland could retain a large additional mass of PO4(3-) without increasing the dissolved P04(3-) concentrations above USEPA recommended levels for lentic waters. These results demonstrated that denitrification can be substantial in systems receiving pulsed NO3- inputs and that sorption could account for extensive PO4(3-) attenuation observed at this site.
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- R E Casey
- Dep. of Chemistry, Environmental Science and Studies Program, Towson Univ., MD 21252, USA.
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A large variety of mass lesions have been reported in the region of the pineal gland. Pineal parenchymal tumors and germ cell tumors (GCTs) are especially characteristic of this region. Despite their rarity, a number of excellent studies on the cytogenetics and molecular genetics of pineal parenchymal tumors and pineal region GCTs have been published. These studies draw attention to a number of distinct genomic regions recurrently involved in the various subtypes of malignancies of the pineal gland. Outcomes for tumors in this location vary widely between patients and among differing histologies. Development of novel therapies for patients with poor prognoses will depend on the acquisition of a more detailed understanding of the molecular basis associated with the etiopathogenesis of these neoplasms. We review the literature on cytogenetics, familial syndromes, animal models and molecular genetics of pineal region neoplasms.
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- M D Taylor
- Division of Neurosurgery, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Canada
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Mathias CJ, Senard JM, Braune S, Watson L, Aragishi A, Keeling JE, Taylor MD. L-threo-dihydroxyphenylserine (L-threo-DOPS; droxidopa) in the management of neurogenic orthostatic hypotension: a multi-national, multi-center, dose-ranging study in multiple system atrophy and pure autonomic failure. Clin Auton Res 2001; 11:235-42. [PMID: 11710796 DOI: 10.1007/bf02298955] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [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: 11/29/2022]
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This study was designed to determine the efficacy and tolerability of increasing doses of L-threo-dihydroxyphenylserine (L-threo-DOPS) in treating symptomatic orthostatic hypotension associated with multiple system atrophy (MSA) and pure autonomic failure (PAF). Following a one-week run-in, patients (26 MSA; 6 PAF) with symptomatic orthostatic hypotension received increasing doses of L-threo-DOPS (100, 200 and 300 mg, twice daily) in an open, dose-ranging study. Incremental dose adjustment (after weeks two and four of outpatient treatment) was based on clinical need until blood pressure (BP), and symptoms improved. Final dosage was maintained for six weeks. With L-threo-DOPS, systolic BP decrease was reduced during orthostatic challenge (-22+/-28 mm Hg reduction from a baseline decrease of 54.3+/-27.7 mm Hg, p = 0.0001, n = 32; supine systolic BP at final visit was 118.9+/-28.2 mm Hg). By the end of the study, 25 patients (78%) improved, and in 14 patients (44%) orthostatic hypotension was no longer observed. Decreased orthostatic systolic BP decrease occurred in 22% (7/32), 24% (6/25) and 61% (11/18) of patients treated with 100, 200, and 300 mg L-threo-DOPS twice daily, respectively. An improvement occurred in symptoms associated with orthostatic hypotension, such as light-headedness, dizziness (p = 0.0125), and blurred vision (p = 0.0290). L-threo-DOPS was well tolerated, with the 2 serious adverse events reported being a possible complication of the disease under study, and with no reports of supine hypertension. In conclusion, L-threo-DOPS (100, 200, and 300 mg, twice daily) was well tolerated. The dosage of 300 mg twice daily L-threo-DOPS seemed to offer the most effective control of symptomatic orthostatic hypotension in MSA and PAF.
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- C J Mathias
- Neurovascular Medicine Unit, Division of NeuroScience and Psychological Medicine, Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine at St Mary's, London, UK.
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Taylor MD, Vancura R, Patterson CL, Williams JM, Riekhof JT, Wright DE. Postnatal regulation of limb proprioception by muscle-derived neurotrophin-3. J Comp Neurol 2001; 432:244-58. [PMID: 11241389 DOI: 10.1002/cne.1100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [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: 11/12/2022]
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To investigate the effects of neurotrophin-3 (NT-3) on postnatal proprioceptive neurons and their targets, transgenic mice were generated that use the myosin light chain 1 (mlc) promoter to overexpress NT-3 in skeletal muscle. Ribonuclease protection assays revealed that NT-3 overexpression in hindlimb skeletal muscle began at embryonic day 14 (E14) and continued throughout adulthood. Overexpression of NT-3 during late embryogenesis resulted in increased numbers of large sensory and small fusimotor axons. Within a week of birth, mlc/NT-3 mice retract their limbs to the torso when lifted by the tail. Footprint analysis revealed that mlc/NT-3 mice had significant abnormalities in their gait compared with wild-types. Beam walking and rotorod analysis confirmed the poor limb control by mlc/NT-3 mice. These locomotive deficits progressively worsened with age and were likely related to the formation of morphologically abnormal muscle spindles. The most common spindle anomaly was the presence of excessive intrafusal bag fibers within individual muscle spindles. To assess the role of NT-3 in recovery from nerve injury, sciatic nerve crushes were performed in young adult mice. Two days after injury, mlc/NT-3 mice displayed significantly improved sciatic functional indexes and a significant increase in muscle spindles that remained associated with axons. The latter finding suggests that excess NT-3 in muscle may retard the degeneration of proprioceptive axons after nerve crush. Long-term survival after nerve injury in mlc/NT-3 mice did not induce further changes in spindle number or morphology. These findings demonstrate that, in addition to promoting embryonic proprioceptive neuron survival, postnatal overexpression of NT-3 in muscle leads to abnormal spindle formation and deficits in locomotive control. However, our results also show that NT-3 may be therapeutic for proprioceptive axons immediately after nerve injury by delaying axon degeneration.
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- M D Taylor
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA
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Mainprize TG, Taylor MD, Rutka JT. Pediatric brain tumors: a contemporary prospectus. Clin Neurosurg 2001; 47:259-302. [PMID: 11197707] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/19/2023]
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- T G Mainprize
- Division of Neurosurgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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The cell cycle is a precisely controlled cellular program that ensures normal cellular proliferation and development. The cyclin-dependant kinases (CDK) are molecules central to the continued progression through the cell-cycle checkpoints and as such are regulated by various mechanisms including cyclin levels, phosphorylation/dephosphorylation and cyclin-dependant kinase inhibitors (CKI). The CKIs are grouped into two families based on their structure and function, four lnk4 CKIs and three Cip/Kip CKIs. Abnormalities in these proteins can give rise to developmental defects and cancer. In this review, we will discuss the biochemistry and cell biology of the each of the Cip/Kip CKIs, their role in development as evidenced by targeted mutations in mice, and their role as possible tumor suppressor genes.
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- T G Mainprize
- Division of Neurosurgery and The Arthur and Sonia Labatt Brain Tumour Research Centre, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Canada
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UNLABELLED We retrospectively reviewed the anesthetic management, complications, and discharge time of 241 patients undergoing awake craniotomy for removal of intracranial tumor to determine the feasibility of early discharge. The results were analyzed by using univariate analysis of variance and multiple logistic regression. The median length of stay for inpatients was 4 days. Fifteen patients (6%) were discharged 6 h after surgery and 76 patients (31%) were discharged on the next day. Anesthesia was provided by using local infiltration supplemented with neurolept anesthesia consisting of midazolam, fentanyl, and propofol. There was no significant difference in the total amount of sedation required. Overall, anesthetic complications were minimal. One patient (0.4%) required conversion to general anesthesia and one patient developed a venous air embolus. Fifteen patients (6%) had self-limiting intraoperative seizures that were short-lived. Of the 16 patients scheduled for ambulatory surgery, there was one readmission and one unanticipated admission. It may be feasible to discharge patients on the same or the next day after awake craniotomy for removal of intracranial tumor. However, caution is advised and patient selection must be stringent with regards to the preoperative functional status of the patient, tumor depth, surrounding edema, patient support at home, and ease of access to hospital for readmission. IMPLICATIONS It may be feasible to perform awake craniotomies for removal of intracranial tumor as an ambulatory procedure; however, caution is advised. Patient selection must be stringent with respect to the patient's preoperative functional status, tumor depth, surrounding edema, patient support at home, and ease of access to hospital for readmission.
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- H J Blanshard
- Department of Anaesthesia, The Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, 399 Bathurst Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5T 2S8
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The effects of high inputs of phosphate fertiliser on Cd concentrations were studied in soil solutions extracted from topsoils. Soils were sampled along a transect at distances of 1-100 m away from a fertiliser bin. The transect was sampled four times during 1 year. Soil solutions were analysed for Cd, pH, major cations and anions, and other heavy metals (As, Cr, Cu, Pb). For one of the transect samplings, soil total Cd, Cr, Cu, Pb and P were also measured. Cd speciation in the soil solutions was calculated by the GEO-CHEM-PC computer program. Chemical composition varied substantially along the transect, and also between samplings, indicative of seasonal effects and the influence of a fresh application of superphosphate fertiliser during the year. Application of fertiliser decreased soil solution pH and increased the levels of heavy metals in soil solution. Generally, soil total Cd, Cr, Cu, Pb, and P decreased with increasing distance from the fertiliser bin. Correlations between P and the four heavy metals were: P and Cd (R2 = 0.978), P and Cr (R2 = 0.712), P and Pb (R2 = 0.538), P and Cu (R2 = 0.267). Less than 1% of the total Cd in the soil samples was found in the soil solution. The free metal ion Cd2+ accounted for 55-90% of solution Cd. Of the complexed species of Cd, the chloride and sulphate complexes were usually the most important, even when nitrate and phosphate concentrations were relatively high. The presence of As, Cr, Cu and Pb had no effect on Cd speciation.
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- M D Taylor
- Manaaki Whenua-Landcare Research, Private Bag 3127, Hamilton, New Zealand.
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Zhu HL, Stewart AS, Taylor MD, Vijayasarathy C, Gardner TJ, Sweeney HL. Blocking free radical production via adenoviral gene transfer decreases cardiac ischemia-reperfusion injury. Mol Ther 2000; 2:470-5. [PMID: 11082320 DOI: 10.1006/mthe.2000.0193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [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: 11/22/2022] Open
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Periods of cardiac ischemia followed by reperfusion can lead to either transient loss of function (stunning) or permanent functional loss stemming from infarction, depending upon the length of the ischemic period. In either case the primary mediator of the injury may by oxygen-derived free radicals generated upon the reestablishment of blood flow. The heart's primary defense against peroxide, glutathione peroxidase, is depleted during ischemia. Thus, the ischemic myocardium might derive significant protection from increased levels of the enzyme, catalase, which can remove hydrogen peroxide in a redox-independent manner. To test these assertions, we studied the ability of adenoviral gene transfer to increase intracellular antioxidant activity via catalase expression. What we observed was that increasing catalase activity in the heart was sufficient to prevent the stunning associated with 15 min of ischemia followed by reperfusion.
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- H L Zhu
- Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, USA
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The new millennium beckons for novel advances in the diagnosis and treatment of pediatric neurosurgical conditions. Almost every aspect of pediatric neurosurgery has changed over the last decade. Undoubtedly with the application of knowledge in molecular biology to human disease many aspects of neurosurgery, especially neuro-oncology and the field of neuro-developmental anomalies, will change appreciably over the next decade. Overall, the trend in surgery in general and neurosurgery in particular is toward less invasive procedures and possibly non-surgical interventions. This review will briefly cover many of the important areas of pediatric neurosurgery. We will describe the state-of-the-art of our subspecialty and discuss possible future directions.
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- T G Mainprize
- Division of Neurosurgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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