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Glomb K, Piotrowski P, Romanowska IA. It is not real until it feels real: Testing a new method for simulation of eyewitness experience with virtual reality technology and equipment. Behav Res Methods 2023:10.3758/s13428-023-02186-2. [PMID: 37507651 DOI: 10.3758/s13428-023-02186-2] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/28/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2023]
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Laboratory research in the psychology of witness testimony is often criticized for its lack of ecological validity, including the use of unrealistic artificial stimuli to test memory performance. The purpose of our study is to present a method that can provide an intermediary between laboratory research and field studies or naturalistic experiments that are difficult to control and administer. It uses Video-360° technology and virtual reality (VR) equipment, which cuts subjects off from external stimuli and gives them control over the visual field. This can potentially increase the realism of the eyewitness's experience. To test the method, we conducted an experiment comparing the immersion effect, emotional response, and memory performance between subjects who watched a video presenting a mock crime on a head-mounted display (VR goggles; n = 57) and a screen (n = 50). The results suggest that, compared to those who watched the video on a screen, the VR group had a deeper sense of immersion, that is, of being part of the scene presented. At the same time, they were not distracted or cognitively overloaded by the more complex virtual environment, and remembered just as much detail about the crime as those viewing it on the screen. Additionally, we noted significant differences between subjects in ratings of emotions felt during the video. This may suggest that the two formats evoke different types of discrete emotions. Overall, the results confirm the usefulness of the proposed method in witness research.
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- Kaja Glomb
- Faculty of Management and Social Communication, Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Kraków, Poland.
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- Faculty of Management and Social Communication, Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Kraków, Poland
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Sekulak M, Głomb K, Tucholska K, Gulla B, Wysocka-Pleczyk M, Piotrowski P, Florek S. Spatial metaphors of psychological time: The study of imprisoned men. New Ideas in Psychology 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.newideapsych.2022.100963] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Olszewska K, Piotrowski P, Wojciechowski BW. Attitudes Towards Rape and Their Determinants Among Men, Women and Non-Binary People in Poland. Sex Cult 2022; 27:863-877. [PMID: 36440434 PMCID: PMC9676860 DOI: 10.1007/s12119-022-10042-2] [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] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2022] [Accepted: 11/05/2022] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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The aim of this paper is to present the results of research on attitudes towards rape conducted in a group of 850 adult Poles, including 505 women, 310 men and 35 non-binary people, and to analyze their selected correlates: rape myth acceptance, right-wing authoritarianism and rape empathy. Non-binary people have only recently been included in research as a distinct group and little information can be found in the literature on the characteristics of their attitudes towards social problems. Therefore particular attention was paid to comparing the attitudes towards rape of non-binary people with those of women and men. In analyzing the results, the authors took into account the current socio-political situation in Poland. The results indicate that attitudes toward sexual aggression are related to the type of gender identification. The most positive attitudes towards rape victims among the groups participating in the research are held by non-binary people. Furthermore, attitudes towards rape are determined by rape myths, right-wing authoritarianism and empathy for victims of rape.
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- Klaudia Olszewska
- Faculty of Management and Social Communication, Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Krakow, Poland
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Engelgardt P, Krzyżanowski M, Piotrowski P, Borkowska-Sztachańska M, Wasilewska A. Analytically confirmed presence of psychoactive substances, especially new psychoactive substances in a group of patients hospitalized with mental and behavioural disorders due to the use of psychoactive substances diagnosis. Int J Occup Med Environ Health 2022; 35:485-495. [PMID: 35543545 PMCID: PMC10464757 DOI: 10.13075/ijomeh.1896.01863] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2021] [Accepted: 02/02/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES The study assessed the presence of new psychoactive substances (NPS) in comparison to "classic" drugs in the group of newly admitted patients with mental and behavioral disorders due to the use of psychoactive substances diagnosis (section F11-19 according to ICD-10). MATERIAL AND METHODS Data from anamnesis and the blood and urine samples were collected from 116 patients diagnosed with mental and behavioral disorders due to psychoactive substance use. All of them expressed written informed consent. Analytical confirmation was obtained by highperformance liquid chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS). Liquid-liquid extraction was used for sample preparation. RESULTS In the sample, 108 (93%) of 116 were positive for psychoactive substances (including 96 cases where >1 substance was found), 69% of individuals were tested positive for opioids and 67% for benzodiazepines. Eleven (9%) of 116 patient samples were positive for NPS. We detected 7 different substances. Six of them were synthetic cannabinoids: PB-22, MDMB-CHMICA, MMB-CHMICA, AB-CHMINACA, MMB-FUBINACA, THJ-2201 and one synthetic cathinone 3-CMC. CONCLUSIONS The prevalence and NPS profile (the predominance of synthetic cannabinoids) are similar in the group of people with addiction to psychoactive substances as in populations of people taking recreational drugs and the overdose patients admitted to the hospital. Int J Occup Med Environ Health. 2022;35(4):485-95.
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- Piotr Engelgardt
- University of Warmia and Mazury, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pathomorphology and Forensic Medicine, Olsztyn, Poland
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- University of Warmia and Mazury, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pathomorphology and Forensic Medicine, Olsztyn, Poland
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- University of Warmia and Mazury, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pathomorphology and Forensic Medicine, Olsztyn, Poland
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- University of Warmia and Mazury, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Olsztyn, Poland
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Olesiński T, Lutkowska A, Balcerek A, Sowińska A, Piotrowski P, Trzeciak T, Maj T, Hevelke P, Jagodziński PP. Long noncoding RNA CCAT1 rs67085638 SNP contribution to the progression of gastric cancer in a Polish population. Sci Rep 2021; 11:15369. [PMID: 34321511 PMCID: PMC8319342 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-94576-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2020] [Accepted: 07/07/2021] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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The role of the long noncoding RNA CCAT1 NC_000008.10:g.128220661C > T (rs67085638) in the development of colon cancer has been reported. Therefore, we assessed the prevalence of rs67085638 in patients with gastric cancer (GC). We also evaluated the effect of rs67085638 on B-cell-specific Moloney leukaemia virus insertion site 1 (BMI1) transcripts in primary GC and counterpart histopathologically confirmed disease-free margin tissue. Using high-resolution melting analysis, we evaluated rs67085638 frequency in patients with the GC genotype (n = 214) and controls (n = 502) in a Polish Caucasian population. qRT-PCR was used to determine BMI1 transcripts. We observed the trend of rs67085638 association in all patients with GC (ptrend = 0.028), a strong risk of the GC genotype in male (ptrend = 0.035) but not female (ptrend = 0.747) patients, and the association with non-cardia GC (ptrend = 0.041), tumour stages T3 (ptrend = 0.014) and T4 (ptrend = 0.032), differentiation grading G3 (ptrend = 0.009), lymph node metastasis stage N3 (ptrend = 0.0005) and metastasis stage M0 (ptrend = 0.027). We found that significantly increased BMI1 transcripts were associated with the primary GC genotype classified as grade G3 (p = 0.011) and as lymph node metastasis N3 (p = 0.010) and counterpart marginal tissues (p = 0.026, p = 0.040, respectively) from carriers of the T/T versus C/C genotypes. rs67085638 may contribute to increased BMI1 transcripts and the progression and rapid growth of GC.
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- Tomasz Olesiński
- Department of Oncological Gastroenterology, Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Poznań University of Medical Sciences, 6 Święcickiego St., 60-781, Poznan, Poland
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Poznań University of Medical Sciences, 6 Święcickiego St., 60-781, Poznan, Poland
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- Department of Computer Science and Statistics, Poznań University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
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- Molecular Biology Department, National Institute of Geriatrics, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
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- Department of Oncological Gastroenterology, Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Oncological Gastroenterology, Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Poznań University of Medical Sciences, 6 Święcickiego St., 60-781, Poznan, Poland.
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Piotrowski P, Pasowicz M. Psychological resources in male prisoners: an application of the growth resources model. Arch Psych Psych 2021. [DOI: 10.12740/app/127670] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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Kwiek M, Piotrowski P. Do Criminals Live Faster Than Soldiers and Firefighters? : A Comparison of Biodemographic and Psychosocial Dimensions of Life History Theory. Hum Nat 2020; 31:272-295. [PMID: 32827273 PMCID: PMC7518981 DOI: 10.1007/s12110-020-09374-5] [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] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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A high risk of morbidity-mortality caused by a harsh and unpredictable environment is considered to be associated with a fast life history (LH) strategy, commonly linked with criminal behavior. However, offenders are not the only group with a high exposure to extrinsic morbidity-mortality. In the present study, we investigated the LH strategies employed by two groups of Polish men: incarcerated offenders (N = 84) as well as soldiers and firefighters (N = 117), whose professions involve an elevated risk of injury and premature death. The subjects were asked to complete the Mini-K (used as a psychosocial LH indicator) and a questionnaire which included a number of biodemographic LH variables. Although biodemographic and psychosocial LH indicators should be closely linked with each other, the actual connection between them is unclear. Thus, this study was driven by two aims: comparing LH strategies in two groups of men with a high risk of premature morbidity-mortality and investigating the relationship between the biodemographic and psychosocial LH dimensions. The study showed that incarcerated men employed faster LH strategies than soldiers and firefighters, but only in relation to biodemographic variables (e.g., number of siblings, age of sexual initiation, life expectancy). No intergroup differences emerged regarding psychosocial LH indicators. Moreover, the correlation analysis showed a weak association between biodemographic and psychosocial LH indicators. The results strengthen the legitimacy of incorporating biodemographic LH traits into research models and indicate the need for further research on the accuracy of the Mini-K. The possible explanations for the intergroup differences in LH strategies are discussed.
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- Monika Kwiek
- Institute of Applied Psychology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland.
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- Department of Forensic Psychology and Criminology Institute of Applied Psychology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
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Piotrowski P, Florek S, Gulla B. War trauma and self-help. Arch Psych Psych 2020. [DOI: 10.12740/app/116653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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Engelgardt P, Krzyżanowski M, Piotrowski P, Borkowska-Sztachańska M, Wasilewska A, Kowalkowski T. Characteristics of psychiatric inpatients diagnosed with mental and behavioral disorders caused by psychoactive substances (F11-19 block), with a focus on NPS and psychiatric co-morbidities. Int J Occup Med Environ Health 2020; 33:125-136. [PMID: 31942874 DOI: 10.13075/ijomeh.1896.01495] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES This study analyzed the prevalence of new psychoactive substance (NPS) use in the analyzed group and compared demographic features and psychoactive substance profiles between the 2 subgroups (NPS users, non-NPS users). The secondary measure was used to determine the prevalence of psychiatric comorbidities in study group and to compare demographic features and psychoactive substance profiles between 2 subgroups (the F11-19 only diagnosed group and the F11-19 group with psychiatric comorbidities according to ICD-10). MATERIAL AND METHODS A 12-month retrospective cross-sectional analysis of medical records compiled for adult psychiatric patients who had been admitted to the Regional Psychiatric Hospital in Olsztyn, Poland, in October 1, 2016 - September 30, 2017 was conducted. After analyzing the available medical records, 157 cases were included and analyzed. Data for the study were collected in a specially designed monitoring card from discharge reports, including data from psychiatric examinations, especially anamnesis. RESULTS The most commonly declared psychoactive substances were amphetamine (AMF) - 54% and cannabinoids - 46%. The prevalence of NPS use in the study group was 34%. Inpatients taking NPS, as compared with non-NPS users, were younger and more often admitted to hospital through the Emergency Department. It was also found that NPS users more often took AMF or cannabinoids, and less frequently benzodiazepines (BDZ) or opioids. However, the taking of AMF, cannabinoids and BDZ was also age-dependent. CONCLUSIONS The prevalence of psychiatric comorbidities in the study group was 9%. Inpatients with psychiatric comorbidities were older and took BDZ significantly more often than AMF. In addition, NPS use affects different groups, including a specific group as the analyzed sample, which shows a similar NPS use profile as different groups described in the literature. Int J Occup Med Environ Health. 2020;33(2):125-36.
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- Piotr Engelgardt
- University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn, Poland (Faculty of Medicine, Department of Forensic Medicine)
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- University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn, Poland (Faculty of Medicine, Department of Forensic Medicine)
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- University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn, Poland (Faculty of Medicine, Department of Forensic Medicine)
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- University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn, Poland (Faculty of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry)
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- Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland (Faculty of Chemistry, Chair of Environmental Chemistry and Bioanalytics)
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Tasker TL, Burgos WD, Piotrowski P, Castillo-Meza L, Blewett TA, Ganow KB, Stallworth A, Delompré PLM, Goss GG, Fowler LB, Vanden Heuvel JP, Dorman F, Warner NR. Environmental and Human Health Impacts of Spreading Oil and Gas Wastewater on Roads. Environ Sci Technol 2018; 52:7081-7091. [PMID: 29845864 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.8b00716] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Thirteen states in the United States allow the spreading of O&G wastewaters on roads for deicing or dust suppression. In this study, the potential environmental and human health impacts of this practice are evaluated. Analyses of O&G wastewaters spread on roads in the northeastern, U.S. show that these wastewaters have salt, radioactivity, and organic contaminant concentrations often many times above drinking water standards. Bioassays also indicated that these wastewaters contain organic micropollutants that affected signaling pathways consistent with xenobiotic metabolism and caused toxicity to aquatic organisms like Daphnia magna. The potential toxicity of these wastewaters is a concern as lab experiments demonstrated that nearly all of the metals from these wastewaters leach from roads after rain events, likely reaching ground and surface water. Release of a known carcinogen (e.g., radium) from roads treated with O&G wastewaters has been largely ignored. In Pennsylvania from 2008 to 2014, spreading O&G wastewater on roads released over 4 times more radium to the environment (320 millicuries) than O&G wastewater treatment facilities and 200 times more radium than spill events. Currently, state-by-state regulations do not require radium analyses prior to treating roads with O&G wastewaters. Methods for reducing the potential impacts of spreading O&G wastewaters on roads are discussed.
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- T L Tasker
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering , The Pennsylvania State University , 212 Sackett Building , University Park , Pennsylvania 16802 , United States
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering , The Pennsylvania State University , 212 Sackett Building , University Park , Pennsylvania 16802 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , The Pennsylvania State University , 104 Chemistry Building , University Park , Pennsylvania 16802 , United States
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering , The Pennsylvania State University , 212 Sackett Building , University Park , Pennsylvania 16802 , United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences , University of Alberta , 11455 Saskatchewan Drive , Edmonton , Alberta T6G 2E0 , Canada
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- Penn State Law , The Pennsylvania State University , Lewis Katz Building , University Park , Pennsylvania 16802 , United States
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering , The Pennsylvania State University , 212 Sackett Building , University Park , Pennsylvania 16802 , United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences , University of Alberta , 11455 Saskatchewan Drive , Edmonton , Alberta T6G 2E0 , Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences , University of Alberta , 11455 Saskatchewan Drive , Edmonton , Alberta T6G 2E0 , Canada
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- Penn State Law , The Pennsylvania State University , Lewis Katz Building , University Park , Pennsylvania 16802 , United States
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- Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences , The Pennsylvania State University , 115 Henning Building , University Park , Pennsylvania 16802 , United States
- INDIGO Biosciences, Inc., 1981 Pine Hall Road , State College , Pennsylvania 16801 , United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology , The Pennsylvania State University , 107 Althouse Lab , University Park , Pennsylvania 16802 , United States
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering , The Pennsylvania State University , 212 Sackett Building , University Park , Pennsylvania 16802 , United States
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Paradowska-Gorycka A, Sowinska A, Stypinska B, Grobelna MK, Walczyk M, Olesinska M, Piotrowski P, Jagodzinski PP. Genetic Variants in IL-12B and IL-27 in the Polish Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. Scand J Immunol 2017; 84:49-60. [PMID: 27059274 DOI: 10.1111/sji.12439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2016] [Accepted: 04/04/2016] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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To investigate the potential association between IL-12B and IL-27 gene polymorphisms and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), we performed a case-control study based on the Polish population. Patients with SLE and healthy individuals were examined for -6415 CTCTAA/GC (rs17860508) and +1188A/C (rs3212227) in IL-12B and -924A/G (rs153109) and 4730T/C (rs181206) in IL-27 gene polymorphisms using the high-resolution melting method, PCR-RFLP method and TaqMan SNP genotyping assay, respectively. An increased frequency of GC/GC genotype as well as GC allele of the IL-12B rs17860508 was found in patients with SLE, as compared with healthy subjects (P < 0.001). We did not find differences in genotype and allele frequencies of the IL-12B rs3212227 and IL-27 rs153109 and rs181206 variants between patients with SLE and controls. IL-27 haplotype rs181206C/rs153109G indicated higher risk for SLE (P = 0.002), whereas haplotype rs181206T/rs153109G indicated reduced risk for SLE (P = 0.005). The IL-12B rs3212227 A/C polymorphism was associated with the mean value of the platelets (PLT), urea and complement C3 level. Furthermore, IL-12B rs17860508 genetic variant showed correlation with PLT, prothrombin time, international normalized ratio and alkaline phosphatase. Our results revealed that IL-12B rs17860508 and IL-27 haplotype CG are genetic risk factors for SLE and that both IL-12B rs17860508 and rs3212227 predict disease phenotype.
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- A Paradowska-Gorycka
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, National Institute of Geriatrics, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Computer Science and Statistics, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, National Institute of Geriatrics, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
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- Department of Connective Tissue Diseases, National Institute of Geriatrics, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Connective Tissue Diseases, National Institute of Geriatrics, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland.,Mossakowski Medical Research Centre, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
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Bromet EJ, Atwoli L, Kawakami N, Navarro-Mateu F, Piotrowski P, King AJ, Aguilar-Gaxiola S, Alonso J, Bunting B, Demyttenaere K, Florescu S, de Girolamo G, Gluzman S, Haro JM, de Jonge P, Karam EG, Lee S, Kovess-Masfety V, Medina-Mora ME, Mneimneh Z, Pennell BE, Posada-Villa J, Salmerón D, Takeshima T, Kessler RC. Post-traumatic stress disorder associated with natural and human-made disasters in the World Mental Health Surveys. Psychol Med 2017; 47:227-241. [PMID: 27573281 PMCID: PMC5432967 DOI: 10.1017/s0033291716002026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND Research on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) following natural and human-made disasters has been undertaken for more than three decades. Although PTSD prevalence estimates vary widely, most are in the 20-40% range in disaster-focused studies but considerably lower (3-5%) in the few general population epidemiological surveys that evaluated disaster-related PTSD as part of a broader clinical assessment. The World Mental Health (WMH) Surveys provide an opportunity to examine disaster-related PTSD in representative general population surveys across a much wider range of sites than in previous studies. METHOD Although disaster-related PTSD was evaluated in 18 WMH surveys, only six in high-income countries had enough respondents for a risk factor analysis. Predictors considered were socio-demographics, disaster characteristics, and pre-disaster vulnerability factors (childhood family adversities, prior traumatic experiences, and prior mental disorders). RESULTS Disaster-related PTSD prevalence was 0.0-3.8% among adult (ages 18+) WMH respondents and was significantly related to high education, serious injury or death of someone close, forced displacement from home, and pre-existing vulnerabilities (prior childhood family adversities, other traumas, and mental disorders). Of PTSD cases 44.5% were among the 5% of respondents classified by the model as having highest PTSD risk. CONCLUSION Disaster-related PTSD is uncommon in high-income WMH countries. Risk factors are consistent with prior research: severity of exposure, history of prior stress exposure, and pre-existing mental disorders. The high concentration of PTSD among respondents with high predicted risk in our model supports the focus of screening assessments that identify disaster survivors most in need of preventive interventions.
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- E. J. Bromet
- Department of Psychiatry, Stony Brook University School of Medicine, Stony Brook, NY, USA
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- Department of Mental Health, Moi University School of Medicine, Eldoret, Kenya
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- Department of Mental Health, School of Public Health, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Subdirección General de Salud Mental, Servicio Murciano de Salud, IMIB-Arrixaca, CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Murcia, Spain
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- Department of Psychiatry, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- IMIM-Hospital del Mar Research Institute, Parc de Salut Mar, Barcelona, Spain
- Pompeu Fabra University (UPF), Barcelona, Spain
- CIBER en Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Barcelona, Spain
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- School of Psychology, University of Ulster, Londonderry, UK
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- Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- National School of Public Health, Management and Professional Development, Bucharest, Romania
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- IRCCS St. John of God Clinical Research Centre, Brescia, Italy
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- Ukrainian Psychiatric Association, Kiev, Ukraine
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- Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu, CIBERSAM, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Psychiatry, Interdisciplinary Center, Psychopathology and Emotion Regulation (ICPE), University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, Faculty of Medicine, Balamand University, Beirut, Lebanon
- Department of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, St George Hospital University Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon
- Institute for Development Research Advocacy and Applied Care (IDRAAC), Beirut, Lebanon
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- Department of Psychiatry, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Tai Po, Hong Kong
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- Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Santé Publique (EHESP), EA 4057 Paris Descartes University, Paris, France
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- Ramon de la Fuente Muñiz National Institute of Psychiatry, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Department of Health and Social Sciences, Murcia Regional Health Council, IMIB-Arrixaca, CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, Spain
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- Department of Health and Welfare for the Disabled, Health and Welfare Bureau, Kawasaki City, Japan
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- Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Paradowska-Gorycka A, Sowinska A, Stypinska B, Grobelna M, Walczyk M, Olesinska M, Piotrowski P, Jagodzinski P. AB0001 Genetic Variants in IL-12B and IL-27 in The Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. Ann Rheum Dis 2016. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2016-eular.3840] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Paradowska-Gorycka A, Sowinska A, Stypinska B, Grobelna M, Walczyk M, Olesinska M, Piotrowski P, Jagodzinski P. AB0002 Genetic Variants in IL-17F, IL-23 and IL-23R in The Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. Ann Rheum Dis 2016. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2016-eular.3852] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Kiejna A, Piotrowski P, Gondek T. Overview of psychiatry in Poland, 2000–2015. Eur Psychiatry 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2016.01.451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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At the beginning of the 21st century, psychiatry in Poland was functioning in the model based mostly on the network of large institutions localised outside of the main city centres. Due to Poland's accession to the European Union, it was necessary to change the mental health care system. This need was legally sanctioned when the Law on Protection of Mental Health was passed in 1994. The solutions were included in the National Programme on Mental Health Care (NPOZP). NPOZP comprised the guidelines on the mental health care system shift to community-based health services, including a roadmap for its implementation in 2011–2015. According to the evaluation of the NPOZP, including the information gathered by the Ministry of Health, the programme was implemented to a small extent. The number of large psychiatric institutions and the number of in-patient beds were reduced, the numbers of day wards as well as psychiatric wards in the multidisciplinary hospitals were increased. The training of the staff for the new system beginned. A serious challenge for the continuation of the reforms being carried out is the provision of the sufficient number of mental health professionals, particularly in the face of economic migration. A short duration of the proposed NPOZP implementation period did not allow for a full application of the new mental health care solutions, however the awareness that its implementation may be at risk led to a public and media discourse which definitely will have an impact on the improvement of the execution of the programme.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.
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Piotrowski P, Pawłowska J, Bilewicz R, Kaim A. Selective and reversible self-assembly of C 60fullerene on a 9,10-bis(S-acetylthiomethyl)anthracene modified gold surface. RSC Adv 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ra04806d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Synthesized di-S-acetyl anthracene derivative deposited on gold surface allows for selective multi-cycle capture of C60fullerene by reversible forming well-ordered monolayers of C60fullerene–anthracene adduct according to Diels–Alder reaction.
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- P. Piotrowski
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Warsaw
- 02-093 Warsaw
- Poland
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Warsaw
- 02-093 Warsaw
- Poland
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Warsaw
- 02-093 Warsaw
- Poland
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Warsaw
- 02-093 Warsaw
- Poland
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Nawrocki M, Strugała A, Piotrowski P, Wudarski M, Olesińska M, Jagodziński P. JHDM1D and HDAC1–3 mRNA expression levels in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. Z Rheumatol 2015; 74:902-10. [DOI: 10.1007/s00393-015-1619-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Piotrowski P, Bocian S, Śliwka K, Buszewski B. Simultaneous analysis of zolpidem and its metabolite in whole blood and oral fluid samples by SPE-LC/MS for clinical and forensic purposes. Adv Med Sci 2015; 60:167-72. [PMID: 25767915 DOI: 10.1016/j.advms.2015.01.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2014] [Revised: 01/12/2015] [Accepted: 01/29/2015] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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PURPOSE The new analytical method of qualitative and quantitative determination of zolpidem and qualitative analysis of its main metabolite in blood and oral fluid samples was developed. MATERIALS AND METHODS Sample preparation was carried out using a polymeric ion-exchange sorbent in solid phase extraction (SPE). Analysis was realized using liquid chromatography with mass spectrometry detection (LC/MS). The method was validated in terms of few parameters. LOD, LOQ, linearity, precision, selectivity, ion suppression and stability were estimated. RESULTS Obtained method showed good linearity with determination coefficient (R(2)) of 0.9989 and 0.9998 for blood and oral fluid samples, respectively. LOD and LOQ of zolpidem were 0.2ng/mL and 1.0ng/mL, respectively, for both blood and oral fluid samples. SPE method recovery varies from 79.9±12.6 to 104.1±1.77 for blood sample and 80.2±0.48 to 103.8±1.51 for oral fluid sample. Samples collected from patients taking zolpidem with a prescription were analyzed. Detection of zolpidem was possible after 15h from ingestion of 10mg zolpidem tartrate in both types of samples. CONCLUSION The developed method allows quantitation of zolpidem in therapeutic and subtherapeutic range as well as qualitative analysis of its main metabolite in blood and oral fluid samples. This method meets criteria required for bioanalytical applications and can be used for clinical and forensic purposes.
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Piotrowski P, Pawłowska J, Pawłowski J, Czerwonka AM, Bilewicz R, Kaim A. Self-assembly of thioether functionalized fullerenes on gold and their activity in electropolymerization of styrene. RSC Adv 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c5ra14318g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Fulleropyrrolidine alkylaromatic sulphides were found to form uniform coating on the gold surface through the thioether sulphur anchoring group and can initiate the anionic polymerization of styrene under electrochemical conditions.
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- P. Piotrowski
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Warsaw
- 02-093 Warsaw
- Poland
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Warsaw
- 02-093 Warsaw
- Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry
- Biological and Chemical Research Centre
- University of Warsaw
- 02-089 Warsaw
- Poland
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Warsaw
- 02-093 Warsaw
- Poland
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Warsaw
- 02-093 Warsaw
- Poland
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Warsaw
- 02-093 Warsaw
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Wiśniewski A, Frydecka D, Nowak I, Majorczyk E, Senitzer D, Piotrowski P, Beszlej A, Kiejna A, Kuśnierczyk P. Are KIR and HLA class I genes associated with schizophrenia? ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014; 84:503-4. [PMID: 25209239 DOI: 10.1111/tan.12423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2014] [Accepted: 07/17/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- A Wiśniewski
- Laboratory of Immunogenetics and Tissue Immunology, Department of Clinical Immunology, Ludwik Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wrocław, Poland
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Misiak B, Frydecka D, Piotrowski P, Kiejna A. EPA-0281 – Life time diagnosis of cannabis abuse affects psychopathology of first-episode schizophrenia. Eur Psychiatry 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/s0924-9338(14)77728-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Frydecka D, Beszlej A, Karabon L, Pawlak-Adamska E, Tomkiewicz A, Partyka A, Misiak B, Piotrowski P, Zagdanska M, Kiejna A. 2144 – IL-2, IL-6, IFN-gamma and TGF-beta genetic polymorphism with respect to susceptibility to schizophrenia. Eur Psychiatry 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/s0924-9338(13)77028-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Piotrowski P, Lianeri M, Wudarski M, Olesińska M, Jagodziński PP. Single nucleotide polymorphism of CD40 region and the risk of systemic lupus erythematosus. Lupus 2012; 22:233-7. [DOI: 10.1177/0961203312470184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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There is one study on the association of the CD40 G > T (rs4810485) single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) as a risk factor of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Therefore, we studied the prevalence of the CD40 G > T SNP in patients with SLE ( n = 261) and controls ( n = 545) in a Polish population. We did not find significant differences between the CD40 G > T genotype and allele frequency in patients with SLE and healthy individuals. However, the frequency of the CD40 TT and GT genotypes was statistically different between patients with arthritis and neurologic manifestations and patients without these symptoms (OR = 0.2009 (95% CI = 0.07547–0.5348, p = 0.0004, pcorr = 0.0068) and OR = 0.2876 (95% CI = 0.1371–0.6031, p = 0.0005, pcorr = 0.0085) respectively). Our observations indicate that the CD40 T variant might be negatively associated with some clinical disease manifestations in patients with SLE.
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- P Piotrowski
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Poznań University of Medical Sciences, Poland
- Mossakowski Medical Research Centre Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Poznań University of Medical Sciences, Poland
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- Institute of Rheumatology, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Poznań University of Medical Sciences, Poland
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Cialkowska-Kuzminska M, Piotrowski P, Kiejna A. P-1178 - What can we offer the outpatients? mental health care outpatient services in Wroclaw, Poland. Eur Psychiatry 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/s0924-9338(12)75345-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022] Open
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Piotrowski P, Ciałkowska M, Adamowski T, Rymaszewska J, Kiejna A. Quality of care in longer term mental health institutions in Poland. Eur Psychiatry 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/s0924-9338(11)73850-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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ObjectiveDevelopment of Quality Indicator for Rehabilitative Care (QuIRC), experiences of Polish partner in implementation of the toolkit and preliminary assessment of care standards in longer term mental health institutions. Research constitutes a part of international project funded by European Commission.MethodsPolish version of QuIRC has been tested in 20 psychiatric units across 3 regions in Poland. Selected facilities differed in terms of employment profile, living standards as well as location and service users turnover. Managers of participating units were interviewed using the refined tool with 145 items regarding domains indentified during previous phases of the DEMoB.inc project. Each participant was questioned by a single researcher during face-to-face meeting. Lacking answers were completed on basis of service users’ medical files and account departments’ documents when necessary.ResultsManager of only 1 out of 21 units refused to participate in interview. The most common difficulties in data collection were in relation to the number of staff and staff training. These difficulties may be due to differences in the work patterns and training of staff in Polish units compared to other countries. In comparison to international results important differences in preliminary assessments of long term mental health care were found in several areas probably due to the early stage of deinstitutionalisation process in Eastern Europe. Development of the web based version of the toolkit will facilitate its implementation in research as well as internal assessments for units’ restructuring purposes.
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Piotrowski P, Lianeri M, Wudarski M, Łacki JK, Jagodziński PP. CD24 Ala57Val gene polymorphism and the risk of systemic lupus erythematosus. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010; 75:696-700. [PMID: 20230526 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2010.01447.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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It was recently shown that the CD24 Ala57Val (rs 52812045) polymorphism plays a significant role in susceptibility to systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in a Spanish population, which has not been confirmed in other ethnic groups. We investigated the distribution of the CD24 Ala57Val polymorphism in patients with SLE (n = 250) and controls (n = 350) in Poland. The odds ratio (OR) for patients with SLE with the Ala/Val genotype compared with Ala/Ala genotype was 1.490 [95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.052-2.111, P = 0.0275], and OR for the Val/Val genotype compared with Ala/Ala genotypes was 2.001 (95% CI = 1.154-3.467, P = 0.0154). Moreover, we observed a significant association between the CD24 Val allele and the presence of anti-Scl-70 antibody (Ab) OR = 2.155 (1.438-3.229, P = 0.0002). There was also an association of Val allele with the presence of anti-snRNP Ab OR = 1.984 (1.266-3.110, P = 0.0034) in patients with SLE. We also found that the CD24 Val/Val and Ala/Val genotypes contribute to immunologic manifestations OR = 2.244 (1.323-3.806, P = 0.0037). Our observations indicate that the CD24 Ala57Val polymorphism may predispose to SLE incidence and can be linked to immunologic manifestations and production of autoantibodies in this disease.
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- P Piotrowski
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Poznań University of Medical Sciences, Poznań, Poland
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Kiejna A, Ciałkowska M, Piotrowski P, Adamowski T, Rymaszewska J. P03-175 - The Delphi exercise in Poland (as an exemple of all the within country Delphi exercises). Eur Psychiatry 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/s0924-9338(10)71229-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Warchoł T, Piotrowski P, Lianeri M, Cieślak D, Wudarski M, Hrycaj P, Lacki JK, Jagodziński PP. The CD3Z 844 T>A polymorphism within the 3'-UTR of CD3Z confers increased risk of incidence of systemic lupus erythematosus. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009; 74:68-72. [PMID: 19422667 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2009.01264.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Recently, a family-based association analysis showed that the haplotype carrying a low expression of the variant CD3Z 844 T>A (rs1052231) polymorphism located in the 3'-untranslated region of CD3Z predisposes to systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) incidence. We analyzed the prevalence of the CD3Z 844 T>A polymorphism in SLE patients (n = 152) and controls (n = 304) in Poland. We observed that women with the CD3Z AA and CD3Z AT genotypes exhibited a 1.845-fold increased risk of SLE [95% confidence intervals (95% CI) = 1.222-2.787, P = 0.0038]. However, we did not find an increased risk for the homozygous CD3Z AA genotype (odds ratio = 1.204, 95% CI = 0.2838-5.108, P = 1.0000). This observation confers that genetic factors causing a decreased level of CD3-zeta in T cells may predispose to SLE incidence.
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- T Warchoł
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznań, Poland
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Piotrowski P, Lianeri M, Wudarski M, Lacki JK, Jagodziński PP. Contribution of the R620W polymorphism of protein tyrosine phosphatase non-receptor 22 to systemic lupus erythematosus in Poland. Clin Exp Rheumatol 2008; 26:1099-1102. [PMID: 19210878] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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The protein tyrosine phosphatase non-receptor 22 (PTPN22) 1858 C>T poly-morphic variant gene (rs2476601) displays an association with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and other autoimmune diseases. However, its contribution to SLE has been found to be disputable. We therefore examined the association of PTPN22 1858 C>T polymorphism with susceptibility to SLE in the Polish population, among patients with SLE (n=150) and controls (n=300). We found a contribution of the PTPN22 1858 C>T polymorphism to the incidence of SLE. Women with the PTPN22 TT and PTPN22 CT genotypes displayed a 2.016-fold increased risk of SLE (95% CI=1.324 - 3.070, P=0.0014). However, we did not observe an increased risk for the homozygous PTPN22 TT genotype OR= 2.552 (95% CI=0.6748-9.64, p=0.1675). Our results confirm an association of the 1858 C>T polymorphism of the PTPN22 gene with SLE, which was previously observed in other populations.
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- P Piotrowski
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznań, Poland
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Pufal E, Sykutera M, Piotrowski P. [Development of a method for determining antidepressant drugs in nails and its usefulness in forensic toxicology]. Arch Med Sadowej Kryminol 2008; 58:167-170. [PMID: 19441686] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023] Open
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The report presents the possibility of using alternative material in determinations of antidepressants taking as exemplified by flupentixol. At the first stage of the study, the method of flupentixol isolation from nails and its identification were elaborated. Determinations were performed in fingernail/toenail samples originating from individuals who had been administered flupentixol in therapeutic doses for at least 12 months before sample collection. The nails were obtained 4, 6, 7, 8 and 10 months after discontinuing the drug administration. The determinations were made by liquid chromatography coupled with electrospray-ionization mass spectrophotometry (LC-ESI-MS). The study showed that 4 months after discontinuing the drug, the nail flupentixol concentration was within the range of 0.086-0.109 ng/mg, after 6 months, the drug level was 0.036-0.042 ng/mg, after 7 months, it was 0.018-0.021 ng/mg and after 8 months - 0.020-0.022 ng/mg. Ten months after discontinuation of therapy, flupentixol was no longer found in nails.
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- Ewa Pufal
- Katedry Medycyny Sadowej UMK w Toruniu, Collegium Medicum im. Ludwika Rydygiera w Bydgoszczy
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Piotrowski P, Lianeri M, Mostowska M, Wudarski M, Chwalińska-Sadowska H, Jagodziński PP. Contribution of polymorphism in codon 72 of p53 gene to systemic lupus erythematosus in Poland. Lupus 2008; 17:148-51. [DOI: 10.1177/0961203307084722] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The contribution of the p53 Arg72Pro polymorphism in the development of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) remains controversial. We investigated the frequency of the p53 Arg72Pro genotype in patients with SLE ( n = 155) and in controls ( n = 150) in Poland. We found a weak contribution of the Arg/Arg genotype to the morbidity of SLE. Odds ratio (OR) for patients with SLE and p53 Arg/Arg genotype was 1.875 [95% CI = 1.180—2.979], P = 0.0075 and OR of the Arg/Arg and Arg/Pro genotypes was 1.549 [95% CI = 0.752—3.195], P = 0.2328. Since the p53Arg variant supports apoptosis better than the p53Pro variant, our findings can be linked to an increase in the number of apoptotic leucocytes in SLE patients. The distinction between various populations may be because of differences in racial composition and/or exposure to distinct environmental factors that have a different impact on SLE incidence along with the changed Argp53Pro genotype. Lupus (2008) 17, 148—151.
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- P. Piotrowski
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland,
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Koźniewska E, Michalik R, Rafałowska J, Gadamski R, Walski M, Frontczak-Baniewicz M, Piotrowski P, Czernicki Z. Mechanisms of vascular dysfunction after subarachnoid hemorrhage. J Physiol Pharmacol 2006; 57 Suppl 11:145-60. [PMID: 17244946] [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] [Received: 11/21/2006] [Accepted: 11/24/2006] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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The main consequence of subarachnoid hemorrhage, for those who survive bleeding, is delayed, persistent vasospasm of intracranial conduit arteries which occurs between the third and seventh day after the insult and results in symptomatic brain ischemia in about 40% of cases. This vasospasm is considered to be a major cause of disability of post-SAH patients. Despite extensive experimental and clinical research, mechanisms of vasospasm are not fully understood. Dysfunction of the endothelium resulting in enhanced production of vasoconstrictors, phenotypic changes of the receptors in endothelium and smooth muscle cells, increased sensitivity of vascular smooth muscle cells to vasoconstrictors, release of spasmogens from lysed blood clot and inflammatory response of the vascular wall have been demonstrated and discussed as pathological mechanisms participating in the development of spasm. In recent years more attention is paid to the functional and structural changes in microcirculation and a concept of microvascular spasm is evolving. Our experimental studies in rat model of SAH strongly suggest that microcirculatory dysfunction and delayed vasospasm are related to the severity of acute, transient ischemia caused by critical decrease of perfusion pressure and active vasoconstriction immediately after the bleeding.
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- E Koźniewska
- Department of Neurosurgery, M. Mossakowski Medical Research Centre, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland.
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Pufal E, Piotrowski P. [Determination of haloperidol in fingernail/toenails by LC-ESI-Ms]. Arch Med Sadowej Kryminol 2006; 56:187-90. [PMID: 17131764] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023] Open
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The report presents the possibility of using fingernails/ toenails to determine haloperidol levels. The described determinations were performed using the method of liquid chromatography coupled with electrospray-ionization mass spectrophotometry (LC-ESI-MS). In the course of the investigation, the authors developed a method for isolating haloperidol from nails and its identification. Determinations were performed in fingernail/toenail samples originating from individuals who had been administered haloperidol at least 6 months prior to sample collection. The materials demonstrated the presence of haloperidol in the following amount: fingernails - 67.3 +/- 6.49 pg/mg, toenails- 98.9 +/- 9.14 pg/mg.
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- Ewa Pufal
- Katedry i Zakładu Medycyny Sadowej CM UMK w Bydgoszczy
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Piotrowski P, Szwaczkowski T. Impact of data transformation on the heritability estimates of reproductive traits in laying hens. J Anim Feed Sci 2002. [DOI: 10.22358/jafs/68104/2002] [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: 11/27/2022]
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Piotrowski P, Wierzbicka K, Smiałek M. Neuronal death in the rat hippocampus in experimental diabetes and cerebral ischaemia treated with antioxidants. Folia Neuropathol 2002; 39:147-54. [PMID: 11770125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/23/2023] Open
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Male Wistar rats were subjected to intraperitoneal (i.p.) streptozotocin (STZ) administration (85 mg/kg) to evoke diabetes. Cerebral ischaemia was produced by injection of 0.03 ml of air into the left carotid followed by bilateral common carotid ligation. We studied the effect of application of two antioxidants--coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10, 10 mg/kg b.w., i.p. for seven days) and lipoic acid (LA, 100 mg/kg b.w., i.p. for seven days) on neurones and on the apoptosis-related enzyme--caspase-3 activity in the hippocampus and dentate gyrus. Ischaemia and diabetes lead to a decrease of nuclear and perikaryon diameters as well as neuronal density in the CA1, CA2, CA3 and dentate gyrus. Application of CoQ10 or LA for seven days improved the mean nucleus area and perikaryon area in almost all investigated structures. Both antioxidants diminished neuronal loss in the diabetes complicated with ischaemia but not in the animals with diabetes only. Activity of one of the key enzymes in apoptotic cell death, caspase-3 (CPP32), increased in hippocampus in the diabetic rats, in the animals with cerebral ischaemia and in the rats with both diabetes and ischaemia by about 80%, 33% and 53%, respectively. Either the CoQ10 or the LA treatment led to a significant decrease of the CPP32 activity in all experimental groups. Our results confirm the presence of neuronal damage and death in the hippocampus and dentate gyrus in the experimental STZ-diabetes and its aggravation by the additional cerebral ischaemia. The effects of the antioxidative treatment support the hypothesis of an important role of oxidative stress and free radicals in neuronal pathology in diabetes and ischaemia. The above results of CPP32 activity suggest an important role of apoptosis as a mechanism of cell death and demonstrate the positive effect of the CoQ10 and the LA treatment.
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- P Piotrowski
- Department of Neuropathology, Medical Research Centre, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warszawa.
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Piotrowski P. Morphology of experimental diabetes and cerebral ischemia in the rat brain. Folia Neuropathol 2000; 37:252-5. [PMID: 10705647] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/15/2023] Open
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Male Wistar rats were subjected to streptozotocin administration (85 mg/kg i.p.) and to cerebral air embolia with common carotids ligation. Light microscopy studies showed foci of neuronal loss and dark neurons especially in hippocampus, dentate gyrus, amygdaloid, thalamus and hypothalamus in the diabetic rats. Cerebral ischemia aggravated above changes and additionally, small hemorrhagic foci in putamen close to globus pallidus were observed. Our results indicate on chronic, generalized pathologic process in diabetic-rat's brain, which may be related to an oxidative stress and leads to a death of neurons in necrotic or apoptotic way.
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- P Piotrowski
- Department of Neuropathology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw
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Piotrowski P, Gajkowska B, Olszewska H, Smiałek M. Electron microscopy studies on experimental diabetes and cerebral ischemia in the rat brain. Folia Neuropathol 2000; 37:256-63. [PMID: 10705648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/15/2023] Open
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Male Wistar rats were subjected to streptozotocin administration (85 mg/kg i.p.) and to cerebral air embolia with common carotids ligation. Electron microscope studies showed dark neurons, degeneration of endothelial cells and changes in basement membrane of brain capillaries, and changed astroglia in diabetic rats. Our results seem to support our previous findings in light microscopy and correspond with some others authors' suggestions that diabetes leads to chronic, generalized pathologic process in diabetic-rat brain, not-only dependent on vascular pathology, but which may be related to an oxidative/metabolic stress leading to a death of neurons in necrotic or apoptotic way.
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- P Piotrowski
- Department of Neuropathology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warszawa
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Gajkowska B, Smialek M, Ostrowski RP, Piotrowski P, Frontczak-Baniewicz M. The experimental squalene encephaloneuropathy in the rat. Exp Toxicol Pathol 1999; 51:75-80. [PMID: 10048717 DOI: 10.1016/s0940-2993(99)80072-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Accumulation of squalene in the CNS is observed after administration of tellurium and squalene has been proposed to be a mediator of tellurium encephaloneuropathy. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of squalene on the central and peripheral nervous systems in rat at the ultrastructural level. Squalene was administered at a dose of 20 g/kg body weight, once daily for 4 days, and the animals were sacrificed 7 days and 30 days after the initiation of the experiment. After 7 days a mild swelling of mitochondria and dilation of the Golgi complex cisterns in few neurons in the cerebral cortex and hippocampus were observed. The swelling of astrocytes and their processes was also seen. Some myelin sheaths in the cerebral white matter were disintegrated. In the peripheral nervous system (the sciatic nerve), a damage of the Schwann cells, a destruction of the myelin sheaths, and lipid-like deposits between myelin lamellae causing a secondary compression of axons were present. Squalene administration caused a stimulation of fibroblast to synthesize collagen and an activation of macrophages in the perineurium. After 30 days, the lipid-like material was present in some neurons as well as in the myelin sheaths in the central nervous system. Endothelial cells were hypertrophic and a few demonstrated features of apoptosis. Endothelial cell hypertrophy caused a narrowing of vessel lumen associated with an aggregation of blood morphological elements. Disturbances in myelination and swelling of astrocytic processes persisted in the central nervous system. In the peripheral nervous system, lipid-like deposits were localized in some fibroblasts and extracellularly between the collagen fibers in the perineurium. In conclusion, our electron microscopic studies indicate that squalene produces characteristic pathological changes both in the central and peripheral nervous systems. However, these alterations differ in some aspects (changes in endothelia, accumulation of lipid-like material) from the known features of tellurium encephaloneuropathy.
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- B Gajkowska
- The Laboratory of the Ultrastructure of the Nervous System, Medical Research Center, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw
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Ostrowski RP, Piotrowski P, Pańkowska T, Smiałek M. Evaluation of morphological changes after treatment with coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) in endothelin-1 induced experimental ischemia in the rat. Folia Neuropathol 1998; 36:185-8. [PMID: 9833395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2023] Open
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The aim of the work was to evaluate the effect of CoQ10 (10 mg/kg body weight) on the morphological changes in the rat brain after the Et-1 induced cerebral ischemia. Selective necrotic foci and dark neurons were observed in the cerebral cortex, hippocampal CA1, CA2 sectors and dentate gyrus after the administration of Et-1. Around the necrotic foci, glycogen was deposited 24 hours after the ischemic hypoxia. It seems that histopathological changes evoked by Et-1 indicate the complicated mechanism connected with ischemia. After treatment with CoQ10 only sparse neuronal changes were observed. CoQ10, known oxygen-derived free radicals scavenger diminished neuronal damage in the cerebral cortex and in the hippocampus.
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- R P Ostrowski
- Department of Neuropathology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warszawa
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Smiałek M, Gajkowska B, Ostrowski RP, Piotrowski P. Experimental squalene encephaloneuropathy in the rat. Folia Neuropathol 1998; 35:262-4. [PMID: 9833408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2023] Open
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To investigate the influence of squalene on the nervous system, adult male Wistar rats were injected with squalene subcutaneously with 20 g/kg of the body weight for 4 consecutive days. After 7 or 30 days from the initiation of the experiment, brain and ischiadic nerves were harvested for electron microscopy. Squalene affected mostly PNS targeting Schwann cells and myelin sheaths. Accumulation of lipid-like droplets in the myelin sheaths in the PNS and in the neurons in the brain cortex, hypertrophy of endothelium, and sometimes endothelial apoptosis in blood vessels, and increased synthesis of collagen in the ischiadic nerve were characteristic for developed squalene encephaloneuropathy.
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- M Smiałek
- Department of Neuropathology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warszawa
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Piotrowski P, Ostrowski RP, Pańkowska T, Smiałek M. [The effect of coenzyme Q10 on lactate acidosis at the beginning of experimental cerebral ischemia in rats after the use of endothelin 1 (preliminary results)]. Neurol Neurochir Pol 1998; 32:1397-404. [PMID: 10358830] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/12/2023]
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The aim of the work was to evaluate effect of CoQ10 on the lactate level in the rat brain after administration of Et-1. Fifty-three male Wistar rats (approximately 220-250 g) were used in the experiment. The animals were divided into four groups. 1. control; 2-4 under chloride hydrate anaesthesia, the rats were subjected to stereotaxic injection into right cerebral lateral ventricle: 2. 1 microliter Ringer's solution (control) and i.p. 0.5 ml of soybean oil, 3. 10 pmoles Et-1 diluted in 1 microliter Ringer's solution and i.p. 0.5 ml soybean oil, 4. 10 pmoles Et-1 diluted in 1 microliter Ringer's solution and i.p. 10 mg/kg of the body weight CoQ1O (Sigma). Right and left hemispheres were taken after one hour, 4 and 24 hours and the lactate level was assayed by an enzymatic method. Et-1 evoked a significant increase of lactate level at all experimental time intervals. CoQ10 reduced lactate acidosis after 24 hours from the administration of Et-1. The above phenomenon can be explained among other by an improvement of the cellular respiratory activity. CoQ10 represents very important electron transporter from flavins to cytochromes in the respiratory chain. Therefore CoQ10 can be used for prevention and treatment of ischaemic insult in human cases.
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- P Piotrowski
- Pracowni Neurochemii Klinicznej i Zakładu Neuropatologii, Instytutu Centrum Medycyny Doświadczalnej i Klinicznej P.A.N. w Warszawie
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Ostrowski RP, Piotrowski P, Wierzbicka K, Smiałek M. [Effect of hypothermia on lactate acidosis in experimental ischemia of rat brain]. Neurol Neurochir Pol 1998; 32:1385-95. [PMID: 10358829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/12/2023]
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The aim of the work was to evaluate the effect of hypothermia on lactate level in the rat cerebral ischaemia. Adult male Wistar rats were subjected to injection of 0.05 ml of air into the ligation of left common carotid artery. Lactate level increased in cerebral hemispheres after 4 hours following air emboli. Mild hypothermia (28 degrees-31 degrees C) continued for 4 hours of cerebral ischaemia, and its beneficial effect was observed. A statistically significant decrease of lactate concentration was noted. The above phenomenon was confirmed by the increase of cerebral acidosis after 24 hours when mild hypothermia was interrupted from the 4th hour of the experiment on. It seems to be of a great importance to adjust proper time of initiation and a duration of hypothermia in cerebral ischaemia treatment.
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- R P Ostrowski
- Zakład Neuropatologii, Instytutu Centrum Medycyny Doświadczalnej i Klinicznej PAN w Warszawie
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Piotrowski P. [Selected psychological factors and methods of their evaluation in diagnosis and treatment of patients with asthma]. Pneumonol Alergol Pol 1997; 65 Suppl 1:89-92. [PMID: 9410309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Passage of maternal cells into conceptuses in utero is recognized but poorly defined in species with hemochorial placentation. Despite the potential importance for such a phenomenon in vertical disease transmission, only limited data address the frequency of material to fetal cell trafficking or the developmental stage of its initiation. A murine model system, involving transfer of LacZ-, scid/scid, or wild type (+/+) blastocysts to pseudo-pregnant, LacZ+ transgenic ROSA26 females provided both flow cytometric and in situ information. In 100% of the late-gestation pregnancies studied, nucleated LacZ+ maternal cells crossed to conceptuses. In 90% of scid/scid fetuses, nucleated maternal cells were present in at least one lymphoid organ and often in more than one organ. Thymus was the most frequent site for maternal cell detection while the highest proportions of maternal cells were found in liver. Maternal cells were also visualized in fetal lung, heart, and bone marrow. Maternal cell trafficking into scid/scid fetuses commenced about midgestation, coincident with maturation of a placental circulation. In late-gestation +/+ fetuses, maternal cells were found extensively throughout bone marrow but not in other organs. The presence of maternal cells within primary lymphoid organs of fetuses may influence the repertoire of the developing fetal immune system and may be an underappreciated mechanism for vertical disease transmission.
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- P Piotrowski
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Canada
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Gajkowska B, Smiałek M, Porada D, Piotrowski P. Neurotoxic effect of sodium tellurite in the rat temporal lobe. Acta Neurobiol Exp (Wars) 1995; 55:221. [PMID: 8553916 DOI: 10.55782/ane-1995-1079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2023]
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- B Gajkowska
- Laboratory of Ultrastructure of the Nervous System, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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Mann HD, Piotrowski P. Diet Modification for Hyperlipidemia: Individual approach to diet planning and education. Can Fam Physician 1992; 38:1483-1489. [PMID: 21221406 PMCID: PMC2146119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Hyperlipidemia is a major risk factor associated with cardiovascular disease. Dietary modification is effective in achieving and maintaining improved serum lipid levels. Nutritional care provided by a dietitian includes individual dietary and lifestyle assessment, formulating an appropriate dietary regimen, education, and follow-up assessments.
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Lazowski J, Piotrowski P, Włoch S. [Surgical-prosthetic management of various hypertrophic mucosal inflammatory processes of the edentulous maxilla and mandible]. Protet Stomatol 1983; 33:229-34. [PMID: 6371914] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Ludwiczak T, Piotrowski P. [Application of modified Krupp parallelogram for preparation of cast telescopic crowns]. Protet Stomatol 1979; 29:293-7. [PMID: 298363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Piotrowski P, Prylinski M. [A case of multiple unerupted teeth]. Protet Stomatol 1978; 28:123-6. [PMID: 293766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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