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Elitzur S, Vora A, Burkhardt B, Inaba H, Attarbaschi A, Baruchel A, Escherich G, Gibson B, Liu H, Loh M, Moorman A, Moricke A, Pieters R, Uyttebroeck A, Baird S, Bartram J, Ben-Harosh M, Bertrand Y, Buitenkamp T, Caldwell K, Drut R, Geerlinks A, Grainger J, Haouy S, Heaney N, Huang M, Ingham D, Krenova Z, Kuhlen M, Lehrnbecher T, Manabe A, Niggli F, Paris C, Revel-Vilk S, Rohrlich P, Sandeep B, Sinno M, Szczepanski T, Tamesberger M, Warrier R, Wolfl M, Nirel R, Izraeli S, Borkhardt A, Schmiegelow K. EBV-DRIVEN LYMPHOID NEOPLASMS ASSOCIATED WITH ALL MAINTENANCE THERAPY: AN INTERNATIONAL OBSERVATINAL STUDY. Leuk Res 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/s0145-2126(22)00201-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Natsios C, Kantrow E, Majidian M, Warrier R. Immunization status of sickle cell patients in New Orleans. Pediatric Hematology Oncology Journal 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.phoj.2022.03.105] [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] Open
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Rastogi S, Chanchani P, Sankaran M, Warrier R. Grasslands half‐full: investigating drivers of spatial heterogeneity in ungulate occurrence in Indian Terai. J Zool (1987) 2021. [DOI: 10.1111/jzo.12939] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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- S. Rastogi
- Post‐Graduate Program in Wildlife Biology and Conservation National Centre for Biological Sciences Bangalore Karnataka India
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- World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) New Delhi India
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- Ecology and Evolution National Centre for Biological Sciences Bangalore Karnataka India
- School of Biology University of Leeds Leeds UK
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- School of Global Environmental Sustainability Colorado State University Fort Collins Colorado USA
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Schneiter S, Warrier R, Lefkovits L, Laurie C, O’Brien P, Taylor A. Effects of Weight Loss on Left Ventricle and Pericardial Fat Assessed with Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Morbid Obesity. Heart Lung Circ 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2010.06.434] [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: 11/30/2022]
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Dave M, Warrier R, Velez M, Levia L, Sorensen R, Steele R. 292 ACUTE LEUKEMIA AFTER GENE THERAPY FOR SEVERE COMBINED IMMUNODEFICIENCY. J Investig Med 2005. [DOI: 10.2310/6650.2005.00006.291] [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: 11/18/2022]
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Moore C, Ehlayel M, Inostroza J, Leiva LE, Kuvibidila S, Yu L, Gardner R, Ode DL, Warrier R, Sorensen RU. Increased circulating levels of soluble HLA class I heterodimers in patients with sickle cell disease. J Natl Med Assoc 1998; 90:157-63. [PMID: 9549979 PMCID: PMC2608328] [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: 02/07/2023]
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This study examined the presence of a persistent state of low-grade inflammation in sickle cell anemia patients by measuring circulating sHLA-I heterodimers and C-reactive protein during the steady state and after recent crises. Thirty-nine pediatric sickle hemoglobinopathy patients were studied during the steady state and 11 patients were evaluated within 1 month of a painful crisis. A disease severity score was generated for each patient, and soluble HLA-I (sHLA-I) and C-reactive protein levels were determined. Soluble HLA-I was significantly elevated in 55% of the steady-state group and in 36% of the recent-crisis group. The percentage of patients with elevated sHLA-I differed in the various disease subgroups in the steady state: 46% of Hb SS patients, 70% of Hb SC patients, 75% of Hb S beta-thal patients, and 20% of Hb SSF patients. Steady-state and recent-crisis sHLA-I levels were not significantly different. C-reactive protein levels were elevated in 11% of steady-state patients and in 9% of recent-crisis patients. Soluble HLA-I levels did not correlate with C-reactive protein levels or disease severity score, age, hemoglobin, reticulocyte count, platelet count, or white cell count. These results show that the majority of sickle hemoglobinopathy patients have elevated sHLA-I levels during the steady state and after recent crisis, suggesting the presence of chronic inflammation during the steady state.
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- C Moore
- Department of Pediatrics, Louisiana State University Medical Center, New Orleans 70112-2822, USA
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Poland's syndrome, a rare congenital disorder with pectoralis muscular girdle defect, have been reported in association with lymphoreticular malignancies in the past. Childhood solid tumors in association with this congenital anomaly have not been reported so far. We describe this rare association of Poland's syndrome and Wilms tumor. Due to the possibility of increased risk of leukemogenesis in patients with Poland's syndrome, chemo-radiation therapy of Wilms tumor in our patient may increase the risk of secondary leukemia. Therapeutic modification of primary cancer in these patients may be necessary with careful long-term follow-up for early detection and treatment of secondary cancer.
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- U H Athale
- Department of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Louisiana State University School of Medicine and Children's Hospital, New Orleans 70118, USA
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Magram J, Sfarra J, Connaughton S, Faherty D, Warrier R, Carvajal D, Wu CY, Stewart C, Sarmiento U, Gately MK. IL-12-deficient mice are defective but not devoid of type 1 cytokine responses. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1996; 795:60-70. [PMID: 8958917 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1996.tb52655.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [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: 02/03/2023]
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Interleukin-12 (IL-12) has been described as a pivotal molecule in the immune response based in part on its ability to influence the differentiation of T helper (Th) cells into a type 1 (Th1) phenotype. This event is crucial in that appropriate differentiation of naive T cells can determine susceptibility or resistance to given pathogens by influencing the balance between cellular and humoral immunity. In order to further delineate the role of IL-12 in the immune response, we generated mice deficient for this cytokine. IL-12 knockout mice were viable, fully fertile, and displayed no obvious developmental abnormalities. Upon immunological analysis, these mice demonstrated an impaired ability to effect a Th1 response as well as an impaired ability to produce interferon-gamma in response to endotoxin in vivo. These data establish an essential role for IL-12 in the generation of optimal Th1 responses in vivo, but weak responses can occur independently of IL-12.
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- J Magram
- Department of Biotechnology, Hoffmann-La Roche, Nutley, New Jersey 07110, USA
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Steele RW, Warrier R, Unkel PJ, Foch BJ, Howes RF, Shah S, Williams K, Moore S, Jue SJ. Colonization with antibiotic-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in children with sickle cell disease. J Pediatr 1996; 128:531-5. [PMID: 8618188 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-3476(96)70365-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [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: 01/31/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Because of susceptibility to severe pneumococcal infection, children with sickle cell disease (SCD) routinely receive penicillin prophylaxis. Increasing rates of penicillin resistance have been reported throughout the world. Our objective was to assess the prevalence of nasopharyngeal colonization with Streptococcus pneumoniae and to assess the antimicrobial susceptibility of the organisms in children with SCD. STUDY DESIGN Nasopharyngeal cultures for S. pneumoniae were obtained from all children with SCD attending clinics in a statewide university-based network. Background colonization rates were determined in children attending day care centers in some of the same locations. All recovered S. pneumoniae organisms were tested for susceptibility to penicillin, and all resistant strains were examined for susceptibility to other antibiotics. RESULTS Overall nasopharyngeal pneumococcal colonization rates among children with SCD were 12%. Colonization was associated with age less than 2 years (p <0.001) and day care attendance for more than 20 hr/wk (p = 0.00005). More than half of these strains (62%) were resistant to penicillin, 33% having intermediate resistance (minimal inhibitory concentration 0.06 to 1 microgram/ml) and 29%, high level resistance (minimal inhibitory concentration > or = 2.0 microgram/ml). Penicillin resistance was associated with penicillin prophylaxis (p <0.01). Many of these organisms were also resistant to other classes of antibiotics. CONCLUSIONS Although penicillin prophylaxis and pneumococcal vaccine for patients with SCD have reduced overall nasopharyngeal colonization and disease caused by S. pneumoniae (p <0.001), a higher percentage of colonizing strains are now resistant both to penicillin and to other antimicrobial agents (p <0.01). Newer strategies for preventing disease and early management of suspected pneumococcal infection in these children must be developed.
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- R W Steele
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, USA
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Schneider A, Westwood B, Yim C, Prchal J, Berkow R, Labotka R, Warrier R, Beutler E. Triosephosphate isomerase deficiency: repetitive occurrence of point mutation in amino acid 104 in multiple apparently unrelated families. Am J Hematol 1995; 50:263-8. [PMID: 7485100 DOI: 10.1002/ajh.2830500407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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The molecular basis of triosephosphate isomerase (TPI) deficiency was studied in 3 patients from three separate families. In all 3 patients, genomic DNA directly sequenced after amplification by the polymerase chain reaction exhibited the point mutation TPI315C amino acid 104 Glu-->Asp. Although other mutations known to cause TPI deficiency have been restricted to single families, the amino acid 104 defect has now been described in nine apparently unrelated families throughout the world and is clearly the most frequently occurring form of the disorder. The basis of the repetitive occurrence of this mutation remains unexplained.
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- A Schneider
- Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, USA
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Yu LC, Shaneyfelt T, Warrier R, Ode D. The efficacy of ticarcillin-clavulanate and gentamicin as empiric treatment for febrile neutropenic pediatric patients with cancer. Pediatr Hematol Oncol 1994; 11:181-7. [PMID: 8204443 DOI: 10.3109/08880019409141654] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [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] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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The therapeutic efficacy of ticarcillin-clavulanate and gentamicin was assessed in 56 pediatric cancer patients with 95 febrile neutropenic episodes. The mean temperature of these children on admission was 102 degrees F (range 101 degrees to 106 degrees F), with a median absolute neutrophil count of 60. The median hospital stay was 7 days. All of the patients had one of two types of permanent central lines (Port-A-Cath, N = 75; Hickman, N = 20). Of 20 episodes of bacteremia, 17 had microbial isolates that were gram-positive bacteria and 8 of these episodes required the addition of vancomycin. Clinical cure was achieved in 84 of the 95 febrile episodes (88%) with the use of ticarcillin-clavulanate and gentamicin. There were no fatalities, nor were there any major toxicities. We conclude that the combination of ticarcillin-clavulanate and gentamicin is an effective initial empirical therapy for febrile neutropenic children with cancer. Gram-positive pathogens are the usual cause of breakthrough bacteremia in this clinical setting of central line usage, and associated morbidity and mortality from these organisms are low.
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- L C Yu
- Department of Pediatrics, Louisiana State University Medical Center, New Orleans 70112-2822
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Fuchs GJ, Farris RP, DeWier M, Hutchinson SW, Warrier R, Doucet H, Suskind RM. Iron status and intake of older infants fed formula vs cow milk with cereal. Am J Clin Nutr 1993; 58:343-8. [PMID: 8237844 DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/58.3.343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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One hundred four infants were randomly assigned to receive whole cow milk plus iron-fortified cereal (WCM + C) in accord with the previous recommendations of the Committee of Nutrition/American Academy of Pediatrics (CON/AAP); one of two iron-fortified, follow-up formulas; or an iron-fortified infant formula. Mean iron intakes and vitamin C exceeded the recommended dietary allowance in all groups. By 12 mo of age, mean ferritin and mean corpuscular volume were lower in the WCM + C group and significantly more infants had serum ferritin concentrations < 12 micrograms/L. We conclude that infants 6-12 mo of age fed whole cow milk and iron-containing table food are at risk of developing depleted iron stores but not anemia. The iron insufficiency in these infants is not due to inadequate intake of iron or vitamin C, but probably to relatively poor bioavailability of iron in infant cereal.
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- G J Fuchs
- Department of Pediatrics, Louisiana State University Medical School, New Orleans 70112
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- D Gallagher
- Department of Orthopedics, Louisiana State University Medical Center, New Orleans
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Ewing's sarcoma, an uncommon malignant neoplasm of bone, represents about 10% of all the malignant primary bone tumors. The assumption that subclinical metastases are already present in patients with apparently localized tumor indicates the need for systemic therapy as an integral part of primary treatment. The usual sites of metastases are the lungs and skeletal system. Central nervous system (CNS) involvement is rare and is usually seen only in disseminated and fairly advanced disease. We report two patients in whom, after aggressive adjuvant chemotherapy, disease developed in the CNS without local recurrence. In one patient, meningeal involvement with malignant cells was identifiable in the cerebrospinal fluid; in the second patient, who presented with a space-occupying lesion, a diagnosis of arachnoid involvement was made histologically.
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- L Yu
- Department of Pediatrics, Louisiana State University Medical Center, New Orleans 70112
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Raju U, Kini R, Warrier R. An unusual embryonal tumor of the nasal cavity in a neonate--a nasal blastoma? A clinical, histologic, and ultrastructural study. Mod Pathol 1989; 2:681-6. [PMID: 2555819] [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: 01/01/2023]
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We report the clinicopathological and ultrastructural features of a primitive embryonal tumor which occurred as a polypoid mass in the nasal cavity of a newborn infant. Its primitive-appearing, glycogen-rich, small round cells exhibited epithelial characteristics histologically, immunohistochemically, and ultrastructurally. The tumor was initially diagnosed as embryonal carcinoma because of evidence for endodermal differentiation and lack of specific features of other types of small round cell tumors of childhood. However, it did not have the characteristic features of endodermal sinus tumor nor the anaplasia of the adult type of embryonal carcinoma. It had some resemblance to embryonic somatic tissues and the blastemal component of some of the primitive tumors of childhood. Because of its unique morphological appearance, which has never been reported, and its relatively indolent behavior after chemotherapy and radiotherapy, we believe that this is a distinctive primitive teratoid tumor which may be classified as nasal blastoma.
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- U Raju
- Department of Pathology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan
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Kuvibidila S, Warrier R, Suskind D, Sarpong D, Desselle B, Suskind RM, Andes W. Nutritional status of hemophiliacs with and without infection with the human immunoDeficiency virus (HIV). Nutr Res 1989. [DOI: 10.1016/s0271-5317(89)80142-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Warrier R, Jayaraman R. Transient suppression of F-plasmid incompatibility in a strain of Escherichia coli. Mol Gen Genet 1986; 204:463-8. [PMID: 3531776 DOI: 10.1007/bf00331025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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The incompatibility between F plasmids is transiently suppressed in Escherichia coli strain CSH54. As a result this strain is able to maintain two F' factors or an F' factor and a mini-F plasmid for considerably longer periods than normal strains. When selective pressure for two markers carried by two separate F's (or an F' and mini-F) is imposed on normal strains, the two plasmids tend to form a cointegrate structure which can be detected genetically by the joint transfer of both the markers upon mating. This does not happen in CSH54; instead, the two plasmids are maintained and transferred independently. Physical evidence for the maintenance of an F' and a mini-F plasmid is provided by agarose gel electrophoresis.
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A congenital sex cord-stromal tumor of the testis with morphologic features of juvenile granulosa cell tumor is reported. The tumor occurred in an abdominal testis of a newborn infant with an X/XY karyotype and ambiguous genitalia and presented as a partially cystic mass associated with ascites. Histologically the tumor was comprised of an admixture of solid, cellular, poorly differentiated lobules mimicking graafian follicles. Residual hypoplastic testicular tissue was present at the periphery. This is the 19th reported case of testicular juvenile granulosa cell tumor and the fourth with an underlying sex chromosome anomaly, further emphasizing the relationship of this uncommon neoplasm to abnormal sexual or gonadal development.
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