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Lew R, Cheng S, Chun I, Ishikawa K, Ahn HJ, Wai C. Gastric adenocarcinoma location and postoperative complication rates in Asian patients: A 2014-2019 NSQIP analysis. Am J Surg 2024; 227:208-212. [PMID: 38587050 DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2023.10.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2023] [Revised: 10/01/2023] [Accepted: 10/04/2023] [Indexed: 04/09/2024]
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BACKGROUND Asian gastric cancer patients have higher long-term survival rates post-gastrectomy. This study compares 30-day post-gastrectomy outcomes between Asians and non-Asians. METHODS Gastric cancer patients undergoing elective gastrectomies were identified in 2014-2019 NSQIP datasets (n = 1,438). Demographics, comorbidities, and postoperative outcomes were analyzed. RESULTS Asians had lower odds of total gastrectomy (AOR = 0.52, p = 0.003), age ≥65 (AOR = 0.60, p = 0.006), smoking history (AOR = 0.35, p < 0.001), dyspnea (AOR = 0.25, p = 0.01), and hypoalbuminemia (AOR = 0.62, p = 0.025); they also had lower BMI (p < 0.001). Postoperative outcomes were not significantly different aside from a shorter median length of hospital stay in days (LOS) (Asians: 7 (6, 11); non-Asians: 8 (6, 11); p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS Asian gastric cancer patients have significantly lower odds of having select preoperative comorbidities and have shorter hospital LOS.
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- Rachel Lew
- University of Hawaii at Manoa John A. Burns School of Medicine, 651 Ilalo St, Honolulu, HI, 96813, United States.
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- University of Hawaii at Manoa John A. Burns School of Medicine, 651 Ilalo St, Honolulu, HI, 96813, United States
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- University of Hawaii at Manoa John A. Burns School of Medicine, 651 Ilalo St, Honolulu, HI, 96813, United States
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- Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine, 651 Ilalo Street, Medical Education Building Suite 411, Honolulu, HI, 96813, United States
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- Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine, 651 Ilalo Street, Medical Education Building Suite 411, Honolulu, HI, 96813, United States
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- Department of Surgery, University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine, 1356 Lusitana Street, Queen's University Tower, Honolulu, HI, 96813, United States
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Fellmann C, Tan IL, Perez A, Lew R, Zhu K, Berger M, Doudna J. CBIO-19. GENOME SHREDDING ENABLES CRISPR-MEDIATED GLIOBLASTOMA ONCOLYSIS. Neuro Oncol 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/noab196.119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common and lethal primary brain tumor in adults 1. Despite multimodal treatment regimens including surgical resection, radio- and chemotherapy, the growth of residual tumor often results in therapy resistance and ultimately death. GBMs are highly diffuse and exhibit extensive intratumoral heterogeneity 2,3, confounding diagnostic efforts and presenting opportunities for therapy evasion. Therefore, innovative treatment paradigms that can efficiently eliminate GBM cells irrespective of their mutational and epigenetic profile are urgently needed. CRISPR technologies have revolutionized medicine by enabling targeted genome editing through RNA-guided introduction of DNA double-strand breaks 4,5. Here, we show that CRISPR-Cas9 mediated genome fragmentation through targeting of highly repetitive loci, termed “genome shredding”, enables rapid and robust elimination of GBM cells. We characterized genome shredding across mammalian and vertebrate cells, and identified optimal repetitive pan-vertebrate and species-specific loci. Genome shredding is equally effective in temozolomide (TMZ)-sensitive and -resistant GBM cells, and multi-cycle treatment regimens are feasible. Importantly, when deployed in intracerebral GBM xenografts through local delivery, CRISPR-Cas9 genome shredding efficiently eliminated all targeted cells. Together, genome shredding enables the rapid and efficient fragmentation of a target cell’s genome and subsequent DNA damage-induced cell death. This provides an innovative treatment paradigm that is independent of a tumor’s mutational and epigenetic profile and leverages CRISPR-Cas9 as a breakthrough therapeutic modality for GBM.
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- Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, USA
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- University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, USA
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- Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, USA
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- University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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Yamashita S, Higashihara T, Teehera K, Morden F, Goo C, Pang M, Moo Kim K, Lew R, Luu K, Sutton C, Mitchell C, Carrazana E, Viereck J, Liow K, Ghaffari-Rafi A. Race and sex differences in COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy amongst patients with neurological disorders in Hawaii. J Neurol Sci 2021. [PMCID: PMC8498381 DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2021.119819] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Shams A, Higgins SA, Fellmann C, Laughlin TG, Oakes BL, Lew R, Kim S, Lukarska M, Arnold M, Staahl BT, Doudna JA, Savage DF. Comprehensive deletion landscape of CRISPR-Cas9 identifies minimal RNA-guided DNA-binding modules. Nat Commun 2021; 12:5664. [PMID: 34580310 PMCID: PMC8476515 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-25992-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2020] [Accepted: 09/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Proteins evolve through the modular rearrangement of elements known as domains. Extant, multidomain proteins are hypothesized to be the result of domain accretion, but there has been limited experimental validation of this idea. Here, we introduce a technique for genetic minimization by iterative size-exclusion and recombination (MISER) for comprehensively making all possible deletions of a protein. Using MISER, we generate a deletion landscape for the CRISPR protein Cas9. We find that the catalytically-dead Streptococcus pyogenes Cas9 can tolerate large single deletions in the REC2, REC3, HNH, and RuvC domains, while still functioning in vitro and in vivo, and that these deletions can be stacked together to engineer minimal, DNA-binding effector proteins. In total, our results demonstrate that extant proteins retain significant modularity from the accretion process and, as genetic size is a major limitation for viral delivery systems, establish a general technique to improve genome editing and gene therapy-based therapeutics.
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- Arik Shams
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
- Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
- Scribe Therapeutics, Alameda, CA, 94501, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
- Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA, 94158, USA
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 94158, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
- Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, 92093, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
- Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
- Scribe Therapeutics, Alameda, CA, 94501, USA
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- Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA, 94158, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
- Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
- Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
- Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
- Scribe Therapeutics, Alameda, CA, 94501, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
- Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
- Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA, 94158, USA
- Graduate Group in Biophysics, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA.
- Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA.
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Cole J, Lew R, Quinn S, Htun N, Freilich M, Layland J. 806 COlchicine to Prevent PeriprocEdural Myocardial Injury in Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (COPE-PCI Trial). Heart Lung Circ 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2020.09.813] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Amen A, Lew R, Ren S, McKinney A, Mancini A, Doudna J, Fellmann C, Costello J. GENE-43. TARGETING GABPb1L INHIBITS IN VIVO GROWTH OF TERT PROMOTER MUTANT GLIOBLASTOMA. Neuro Oncol 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/noz175.445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Understanding cancer cell immortality in primary glioblastoma (GBM) is essential for the development of more informed treatments. Multiple cancer types, including >80% of GBMs, undergo immortalization by reactivating Telomerase Reverse Transcriptase (TERT) through acquired mutations in the TERT promoter. TERT, the catalytically active and rate-limiting subunit of telomerase, functions to maintain telomeres, which cap and protect the ends of chromosomes. Our past work has demonstrated that the transcription factor GABP - and specifically its tetramer-forming isoform GABPb1L - binds and activates the mutant TERT promoter. The generation of CRISPR-induced indels in GABPb1L results in a gradual loss of cell viability in TERT promoter mutant but not TERT promoter wild type tumor cells in vitro, but the extent to which GABPb1L function is compromised in this setting is unclear. Thus, the potential for use of GABPb1L as an effective therapeutic target for TERT promoter mutant GBM requires further investigation. Here, we use CRISPR-based strategies to demonstrate that full knockout of GABPb1L is rapidly lethal in TERT promoter mutant cells in vitro, in association with a decrease in both TERT mRNA and telomerase activity. Heterozygous deletion of GABPb1L in the context of TERT promoter mutations leads to slowed growth of orthotopic xenograft tumors in mice, and prolonged survival. Additionally, inducible RNAi-mediated inhibition of GABPb1L in growing tumors is also capable of decreasing tumor burden and increasing survival, further strongly suggesting that targeting GABPb1L in patient tumors could be a viable treatment strategy. Finally, reduced GABPb1L synergizes with temozolomide (TMZ) therapy such that TMZ treatment in the context of low GABPb1L and low TERT leads to a complete ablation of orthotopic GBM xenografts. These results highlight the potential to improve disease outcomes by targeting TERT through inhibition of GABPb1L, particularly in conjunction with TMZ treatment.
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- Alexandra Amen
- University of California, Berkeley; University of California, San Francisco; Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- University of California, San Francisco; Genentech, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- University of California, Berkeley; Gladstone Institutes, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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Pomerantz H, Chren MM, Lew R, Weinstock MA. Validation and comparison of quality-of-life measures for topical 5-fluorouracil treatment: results from a randomized controlled trial. Clin Exp Dermatol 2017. [DOI: 10.1111/ced.13089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- H. Pomerantz
- Center for Dermatoepidemiology; VA Medical Center; Providence RI USA
- Departments of Dermatology and Epidemiology; Brown University; Providence RI USA
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- Dermatology Service; San Francisco VA Medical Center; San Francisco CA USA
- Department of Dermatology; University of California; San Francisco CA USA
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- VA Cooperative Studies Coordinating Center; Boston MA USA
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- Center for Dermatoepidemiology; VA Medical Center; Providence RI USA
- Departments of Dermatology and Epidemiology; Brown University; Providence RI USA
- Department of Dermatology; Rhode Island Hospital; Providence RI USA
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- K.C. Lee
- Dermatoepidemiology Unit; VA Medical Center; Providence RI U.S.A
- Department of Dermatology; Brown University; Providence RI U.S.A
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- Department of Veterans Affairs; VA Medical Center; Boston MA U.S.A
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- Dermatoepidemiology Unit; VA Medical Center; Providence RI U.S.A
- Department of Dermatology; Brown University; Providence RI U.S.A
- Department of Epidemiology; Brown University; Providence RI U.S.A
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O’Dell JR, Mikuls TR, Taylor T, Ahluwalia V, Brophy M, Warren S, Lew R, Phibbs C, Anis AH, Cannella AC, Kunkel GA, Keystone E. THU0224 Randomized Double-Blind Comparative Effectiveness in RA Patients with Active Disease Despite Methotrexate (MTX): A Comparison of Conventional Disease-Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drugs with a Biological. Ann Rheum Dis 2013. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2013-eular.752] [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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Brooks M, Ajani A, Andrianopoulos N, Duffy S, Clark D, Black A, Lew R, New G, Brennan A, Reid C, Lancefield T, Carroll E, Lefkovits J. Prevalence and Trends in Obesity in a Large Australian PCI Cohort. Heart Lung Circ 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2013.05.358] [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: 10/26/2022]
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Yudi M, Andrianopoulos N, Sharma R, Turaga V, Duffy S, Brennan A, Clark D, Yip T, Lew R, Reid C, Ajani A. Clinical Outcomes of Patients with ACS Treated with Prasugrel. Heart Lung Circ 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2013.05.310] [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: 11/29/2022]
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Stanton N, Lew R, Boyle N, Hope RJ, Dyre BP, Bustamante EA. An Implementation of a Graded Deceleration Display in Brake Light Warning Systems. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011. [DOI: 10.1177/1071181311551328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [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: 11/17/2022]
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Dyre BP, Lew R. Environmental modulations of visually-induced steering errors resulting from non-rigid transparent optical flow. J Vis 2010. [DOI: 10.1167/8.6.1159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Yan B, Ajani A, Andrianopoulos N, Duffy S, Clark D, Brennan A, Loane P, Sebastian M, New G, Lew R, Reid C. Recent Trends in Percutaenous Coronary Intervention Practise in Victorian Public Hospitals: Insights from the Melbourne Interventional Group Registry. Heart Lung Circ 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2010.06.746] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Gurvitch R, Yan B, Ajani A, Yip T, Lew R, Andrianopoulos N, Curran L, Loane P, Shaw J, Duffy S. Impact of Drug-Eluting Versus Bare-Metal Stents in Patients with Chronic Renal Impairment. Heart Lung Circ 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2007.06.355] [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: 10/23/2022]
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Yan B, Duffy S, Clark D, Lefkovits J, Warren R, Gurvitch R, Lew R, Sebastian M, Brennan A, Andrianopoulos N, Reid C, Ajani A. “Real-World” Rates of Stent Thrombosis from a Large Australian Multi-Centre Registry: Drug-Eluting Stents are No Worse than Bare Metal Stents. Heart Lung Circ 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2007.06.403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Clark D, Al-Fiadh A, Charter K, Duffy S, Lew R, Farouque O, Yan B, New G, Horrigan M, Lim H, Black A, Brennan A, Reid C, Ajani A. Outcomes After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) in Contemporary Australian Practice: Insights FROM a large Multi-Centre Registry. Heart Lung Circ 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2007.06.341] [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: 10/23/2022]
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Ajani AE, Szto G, Duffy SJ, Eccleston D, Clark DJ, Lefkovits J, Chew DP, Warren R, Black A, New G, Walton A, Lew R, Shaw J, Horrigan M, Sebastian M, Yan BP, Brennan A, Meehan A, Reid C, Krum H. The Foundation and Launch of the Melbourne Interventional Group: A Collaborative Interventional Cardiology Project. Heart Lung Circ 2006; 15:44-7. [PMID: 16473790 DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2005.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2005] [Revised: 06/22/2005] [Accepted: 08/09/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The Melbourne Interventional Group (MIG) is a voluntary collaborative venture of interventional cardiologists practicing at 12 major public and private hospitals in Victoria, designed to record data pertaining to percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) and perform long-term follow-up. The potential advantages of collaboration involve large-scale analysis of current interventional strategies (e.g. drug-eluting stents, evaluation of new technologies and cost-effective analysis), provide a basis for multi-centred clinical trials and allow comparison of clinical outcomes with cardiac surgery. The established registry documents demographic, clinical and procedural characteristics of consecutive patients undergoing PCI and permits analysis of those characteristics at 30 days and 12 months. The registry is co-ordinated by the Centre of Clinical Research Excellence (CCRE), a research body within the Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine (Monash University, Melbourne). The eventual goal of MIG is to provide a contemporary appraisal of Australian interventional cardiology practice, with opportunities to improve in-hospital and long-term outcomes of patients with coronary artery disease.
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- A E Ajani
- Department of Cardiology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.
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A combined segregation, linkage, and association analysis using the program COMBIN was performed on the simulated pedigree data prepared for the Second Genetic Analysis Workshop. The model used in COMBIN is described and the presented results illustrate its effectiveness in the analysis of such data. Linkage analysis was performed and maps for each linkage group are presented.
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- N E Morton
- Population Genetics Laboratory, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI
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Freeman JE, Panasyuk S, Rogers AE, Yang S, Lew R. Advantages of intraoperative medical hyperspectral imaging (MHSI) for the evaluation of the breast cancer resection bed for residual tumor. J Clin Oncol 2005. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2005.23.16_suppl.709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [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] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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- J. E. Freeman
- HyperMed, INC., Weston, MA; Boston Univ Medcl Ctr, Boston, MA; HyperMed, Watertown, MA
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- HyperMed, INC., Weston, MA; Boston Univ Medcl Ctr, Boston, MA; HyperMed, Watertown, MA
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- HyperMed, INC., Weston, MA; Boston Univ Medcl Ctr, Boston, MA; HyperMed, Watertown, MA
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- HyperMed, INC., Weston, MA; Boston Univ Medcl Ctr, Boston, MA; HyperMed, Watertown, MA
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- HyperMed, INC., Weston, MA; Boston Univ Medcl Ctr, Boston, MA; HyperMed, Watertown, MA
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Lew R, Satler L, Pichard A, Suddath W, Laird J, Kent K, Sharretts J, Waksman R. Management of severely calcified right coronary artery. Cardiovasc Radiat Med 2003; 4:116-7. [PMID: 14650411 DOI: 10.1016/s1522-1865(03)00146-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/27/2023]
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- R Lew
- Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC, USA
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Lew R, Satler L, Pichard A, Slack M, Kent K, Laird J, Suddath W, Sharretts J, Waksman R. Persistent right to left shunt post PFO closure for recurrent CVAs. Cardiovasc Radiat Med 2003; 4:51. [PMID: 12966941 DOI: 10.1016/s1522-1865(03)00140-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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- R Lew
- Washington Hospital Center, DC 20010, USA
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Evans SM, Lew R, Kochman ML, Wileyto EP, Baum E, Safford KM, Koch CJ. Human esophageal cancer is distinguished from adjacent esophageal tissue by tissue cysteine concentrations. Dig Dis Sci 2002; 47:2743-50. [PMID: 12498295 DOI: 10.1023/a:1021009322843] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/09/2022]
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Recent studies have suggested that cysteine, in addition to glutathione, may play a role in the genesis, pathobiology, and treatment response of rodent and human cancers. We examined the relative concentrations of cysteine and glutathione in human esophageal cancer and adjacent, minimally involved esophageal tissue. Small biopsies from tumors and adjacent esophageal tissues were placed into cold acid to allow extraction of low-molecular-mass compounds and simultaneous precipitation of macromolecules. Supernatants were analyzed by high-performance liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection for thiol content. While there was no statistically significant difference between the glutathione content of tumor versus adjacent tissue (2.2 mM vs 2.1 mM, respectively), tumor tissue had significantly higher levels of cysteine than adjacent tissue (0.21 mM vs 0.13 mM, respectively). In conclusion, cysteine content distinguishes tumor from adjacent more normal tissue.
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- S M Evans
- University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine, Department of Radiation Oncology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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Muggli ME, Pollay RW, Lew R, Joseph AM. Targeting of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders by the tobacco industry: results from the Minnesota Tobacco Document Depository. Tob Control 2002; 11:201-9. [PMID: 12198269 PMCID: PMC1759011 DOI: 10.1136/tc.11.3.201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The study objective was to review internal tobacco industry documents written between 1985 and 1995 regarding the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) population in the USA. These documents detail opportunities and barriers to promotion of tobacco products, as viewed by the tobacco industry and its market research firms. DATA SOURCES /methods: Researchers reviewed tobacco industry documents from the document depository in Minneapolis, Minnesota and the tobacco industry's website, The Tobacco Archive, in a systematic fashion. A combined technique was employed using title keywords, dates, and names to search the 4(b) index. FINDINGS A review of internal tobacco company documents reveal that during the late 1980s, the industry and its market research firms recognised the importance of the AAPI community as a potential business market. Documents describe the population growth in this community, the high prevalence of smoking in countries of origin, high purchasing power of AAPI immigrants, cultural predisposition to smoking, opportunities afforded by the high proportion of retail businesses under AAPI ownership, barriers to developing the AAPI market, comprehensive campaigns, and political and lobbying efforts. Comprehensive campaigns were designed to integrate promotion efforts in AAPI consumer, retail, and business communities. CONCLUSIONS The documents show that the tobacco industry developed specific promotion strategies to target the AAPI population. Tobacco control initiatives in the AAPI group have been slower to develop than in other targeted ethnic groups, and may benefit by increased awareness of industry methods to promote tobacco use.
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- M E Muggli
- Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA Faculty of Commerce, University of British Columbia, Vancouver BC, Canada
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Lew R, Satler L, Laird J, Pichard A, Suddath W, Waksman R. Perfusion of the left arm via a LIMA graft. Cardiovasc Radiat Med 2002; 3:263. [PMID: 12974380 DOI: 10.1016/s1522-1865(03)00109-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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- R Lew
- Washington Hospital Center, 110 Irving Street, NW, Washington, DC 20010, USA
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Lew R. Critical research and data issues for AAPI tobacco control. Asian Am Pac Isl J Health 2002; 9:1-4. [PMID: 11720408] [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: 04/17/2023]
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Lew R, Moskowitz JM, Wismer BA, Min K, Kang SH, Chen AM, Tager IB. Correlates of cigarette smoking among Korean American adults in Alameda County, California. Asian Am Pac Isl J Health 2002; 9:49-60. [PMID: 11720414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/22/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To estimate the prevalence of cigarette smoking and to determine the sociodemographic correlates of smoking among Korean American adults in Alameda County, California, 1994-1995. METHOD Korean surname-based telephone survey; contingency table and multinomial logistic regression analyses. FINDINGS Almost 39% of Korean American men and 6% of Korean American women were current smokers. Among Korean American men those who attended religious activities less than monthly had nearly three times the odds of being current smokers, and those who did not speak English well had 2 1/2 times the odds of being current smokers as compared to never smokers. Those 18 to 24 years of age had more than 8 1/2 times the odds, and those who attended religious activities less than monthly had more than 3 1/2 times the odds of being current smokers as compared to former smokers. Among Korean American women those who were not married had more than 3 times the odds of being current smokers, and those who attended religious activities less than monthly had 22 times the odds of being current smokers as compared to never smokers. Those who attended religious activities less than monthly had almost 8 times the odds of being current smokers as compared to former smokers. CONCLUSIONS This study increases our understanding about the prevalence and correlates of cigarette smoking among Korean Americans and can contribute to the development of effective smoking cessation and prevention strategies in this understudied population.
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- R Lew
- Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations, Oakland, CA, USA
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Lew R, Tanjasiri SP, Kagawa-Singer M, Yu JH. Using a stages of readiness model to address community capacity on tobacco control in the Asian American and Pacific Islander community. Asian Am Pac Isl J Health 2002; 9:66-73. [PMID: 11720416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/22/2023]
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OBJECTIVES This paper describes the Asian Pacific Partners for Empowerment and Leadership (APPEAL) Stages of Community Readiness Model, a framework for assessing and evaluating tobacco control in the diverse Asian American and PaCific Islander (AAPI) communities. METHODS This model extends the work of existing community capacity models by applying a "stage of readiness" continuum of the five stages of pre-contemplation, contemplation, preparation, action and maintenance in terms of developing, launching and sustaining AAPI tobacco control efforts. FINDINGS The APPEAL Model allows communities to diagnose, then address their unique needs through appropriate technical assistance, training and resources. The APPEAL Model benefits both communities and funders through its ability to better understand their readiness to conduct tobacco control and have realistic expectations on the outcomes of those efforts. CONCLUSIONS This paper describes the elements of the Readiness model for AAPIS, particularly those addressing research and data issues, current applications of the model in specific AAPI ethnic communities, and the lessons learned thus far regarding the model's applicability to, and support of, the development of AAPI tobacco control efforts nationally.
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- R Lew
- Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations (AAPCHO), 439-23rd Street, Oakland, CA 94612, USA.
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Heller A, Bubula N, Lew R, Heller B, Won L. Gender-dependent enhanced adult neurotoxic response to methamphetamine following fetal exposure to the drug. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2001; 298:769-79. [PMID: 11454941] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/20/2023] Open
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Methamphetamine use by females of child-bearing age has become a major public health concern in terms of the long-term risk to the exposed fetus. We examined the possibility of enhanced adult neurotoxic potential of the drug in offspring that had been exposed to methamphetamine in utero during gestational days 7 to 18. While basal levels of monoamines were not affected by prenatal exposure to methamphetamine, we observed an enhanced neurotoxicity in adult male offspring following drug challenge with effects localized primarily to the dopaminergic nigrostriatal projection. This was evidenced by greater methamphetamine-induced reductions of dopaminergic markers in the striatum [dopamine (DA), dihydroxyphenylacetic acid, homovanillic acid (HVA), and 3-methoxytyramine (3-MT)] and ventral brainstem (DA) of prenatal methamphetamine-treated males compared with saline-treated animals. Some effects of prenatal methamphetamine exposure were observed in female offspring, but these were limited to striatal levels of 3-MT and HVA. Differential gender sensitivity to the neurotoxic effect of methamphetamine was shown to be correlated with hyperthermic response. Hyperthermic effects, however, do not account for the increased susceptibility of prenatal methamphetamine-treated males to drug-induced striatal DA neurotoxicity since methamphetamine challenge did not evoke a significantly greater hyperthermic response in these animals compared with prenatal saline-treated males. The findings raise the concern that male methamphetamine abusers may be at risk for an enhanced neurotoxic risk if they were exposed to the drug in utero.
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- A Heller
- Department of Neurobiology, Pharmacology, and Physiology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA.
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- L S Seiden
- Department of Neurobiology, Pharmacology & Physiology, University of Chicago, 947 E58th St., Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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Johnson BF, Hamilton G, Fink J, Lucey G, Bennet N, Lew R. A design for testing interventions to improve adherence within a hypertension clinical trial. Control Clin Trials 2000; 21:62-72. [PMID: 10660004 DOI: 10.1016/s0197-2456(99)00049-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The Potassium Adherence Clinical Trial (PACT) incorporates one randomized clinical trial within another. A randomized trial of interventions to increase adherence to medication is nested within a second randomized clinical trial testing hypotensive effect of supplemental oral potassium. The trial aims principally to compare the effects of three intervention strategies: two sessions of individual patient counseling, two telephone contacts, or standard care. The trial aims secondarily to evaluate the effect of 60 mEq supplemental oral potassium daily on sitting systolic and diastolic blood pressure in hypertensive patients on established drug therapy. Therefore, it organizes the patients given potassium into three study groups for adherence interventions, and the patients assigned to placebo into a further three. We evaluate adherence primarily by means of the Medication Event Monitoring System (MEMS), an electronic system that records the date and time that the container of study medication is opened. Additional measurements, such as assessments of change in levels of urinary potassium, pill counts, appointment records, self-reporting by patients, and estimates by physician of adherence, are used and correlated with MEMS data. At a single center, the trial enrolled 107 participants between the ages of 26 and 80. This paper describes the background to this trial within a trial, details its design, documents the baseline characteristics of participants enrolled, and describes issues experienced during implementation of the trial.
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- B F Johnson
- Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, USA
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Solomon DH, Shmerling RH, Schur PH, Lew R, Fiskio J, Bates DW. A computer based intervention to reduce unnecessary serologic testing. J Rheumatol 1999; 26:2578-84. [PMID: 10606365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/14/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Laboratory testing is important in the evaluation of patients with possible systemic rheumatic disease, but uncritical use of any test may result in misleading information and unnecessary costs. We attempted to reduce the number of unnecessary antinuclear antibody, rheumatoid factor, and complement level tests ordered by house officers at a large teaching hospital, where inpatient orders are written through a computer based order entry system. METHODS We conducted a prospective cohort study of an interactive test ordering program. The intervention consisted of displaying post-test probability estimates during the usual physician order entry session. These estimates were based on pretest probabilities entered by the ordering physician and sensitivities and specificities derived from a literature review. Another group of test orders did not prompt the intervention and were considered controls. The outcome of interest was the percentage of tests canceled in the intervention group versus the control group. RESULTS Eleven percent (11/99) of intervention orders were canceled, versus only one order among 236 controls (p = 0.001). However, there was no association between the physicians' pretest probability estimates and whether test orders were canceled (p = 0.59). Additionally, 43 of the 335 orders (13%) yielded positive tests, but only 4 patients (1%) were given new diagnoses of rheumatic disease. CONCLUSION The computer based intervention significantly reduced orders for antinuclear antibody and rheumatoid factor levels by 10%. Further reductions without clinical harm are probably possible, since the yield of testing for new rheumatic diseases was low.
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- D H Solomon
- Robert B. Brigham Multipurpose Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases Center, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
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Fraser PA, Lu LY, DeCeulaer K, Schur PH, Fici D, Awdeh Z, Ding WZ, Levitan E, Lew R, Uko G, Gonzalez C. CD4 TCRBV CDR3 analysis in prevalent SLE cases from two ethnic groups. Lupus 1999; 8:311-9. [PMID: 10413211 DOI: 10.1191/096120399678847902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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We examined CD4+ T cell TCRBV-CDR3 transcripts from 19 lupus patients and 16 controls to test the hypothesis that CD4+ TCRBV-CDR3 expression in SLE differs from normals. Within the disease group we also performed exploratory analyses to determine the association between risk of oligoclonality and HLA-DRB specificities and the duration of the CDR3 patterns. Oligoclonal patterns consistent with CDR3 restriction were three times more likely in SLE than in controls (OR = 3.7). TCRBV1, BV4, BV5.1, BV7, BV9, BV18 and BV22 gene segment CDR3 patterns of oligoclonality were seen exclusively among lupus patients. HLA-DRB3 increased the risk of oligoclonal expression in SLE. In four patients studied over time, the pattern of TCRBV-CDR3 expression was stable in a second sample obtained 6-14 months later. The increased frequency of CD4+ T cell TCRBV-CDR3 oligoclonal expression in SLE when compared to controls and the persistence of these patterns are consistent with an expanded pool of autoreactive CD4 T cells in SLE which recognize peptides derived from autoantigens. The association of HLA-DRB3 genes with increased risk of CDR3 oligoclonality among the SLE subjects is compatible with the hypothesis that molecules encoded by HLA-DRB3 may facilitate autoantigen recognition by CD4 T cells.
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- P A Fraser
- Center for Blood Research, Harvard Medical School, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Mukherjee J, Yang ZY, Brown T, Lew R, Wernick M, Ouyang X, Yasillo N, Chen CT, Mintzer R, Cooper M. Preliminary assessment of extrastriatal dopamine D-2 receptor binding in the rodent and nonhuman primate brains using the high affinity radioligand, 18F-fallypride. Nucl Med Biol 1999; 26:519-27. [PMID: 10473190 DOI: 10.1016/s0969-8051(99)00012-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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We have identified the value of 18F-fallypride [(S)-N-[(1-allyl-2-pyrrolidinyl)methyl]-5-(3-[18F]fluoropropyl)-2, 3-dimethoxybenzamide], as a dopamine D-2 receptor radiotracer for the study of striatal and extrastriatal receptors. Fallypride exhibits high affinities for D-2 and D-3 subtypes and low affinity for D-4 (3H-spiperone IC50s: D-2 = 0.05 nM [rat striata], D-3 = 0.30 nM [SF9 cell lines, rat recombinant], and D-4 = 240 nM [CHO cell lines, human recombinant]). Biodistribution in the rat brain showed localization of 18F-fallypride in striata and extrastriatal regions such as the frontal cortex, parietal cortex, amygdala, hippocampus, thalamus, and hypothalamus. In vitro autoradiographic studies in sagittal slices of the rat brain showed localization of 18F-fallypride in striatal and several extrastriatal regions, including the medulla. Positron emission tomography (PET) experiments with 18F-fallypride in male rhesus monkeys were carried out in a PET VI scanner. In several PET experiments, apart from the specific binding seen in the striatum, specific binding of 18F-fallypride was also identified in extracellular regions (in a lower brain slice, possibly the thalamus). Specific binding in the extrastriata was, however, significantly lower compared with that observed in the striata of the monkeys (extrastriata/cerebellum = 2, striata/cerebellum = 10). Postmortem analysis of the monkey brain revealed significant 18F-fallypride binding in the striata, whereas binding was also observed in extrastriatal regions such as the thalamus, cortical areas, and brain stem.
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- J Mukherjee
- Department of Radiology, Franklin McLean Institute, University of Chicago, Illinois, USA.
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Green S, Vaughn DW, Kalayanarooj S, Nimmannitya S, Suntayakorn S, Nisalak A, Lew R, Innis BL, Kurane I, Rothman AL, Ennis FA. Early immune activation in acute dengue illness is related to development of plasma leakage and disease severity. J Infect Dis 1999; 179:755-62. [PMID: 10068569 DOI: 10.1086/314680] [Citation(s) in RCA: 266] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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T lymphocyte activation and increased cytokine levels have been described in retrospective studies of children presenting with dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF). Serial plasma samples obtained in a prospective study of Thai children presenting with <72 h of fever were studied. Plasma levels of 80-kDa soluble tumor necrosis factor receptors (sTNFRs) were higher in children who developed DHF than in those with dengue fever (DF) or other nondengue febrile illnesses (OFIs) and were correlated with the degree of subsequent plasma leakage. Soluble CD8 and soluble interleukin-2 receptor levels were also elevated in children with DHF compared with those with DF. Interferon-gamma and sTNFR 60-kDa levels were higher in children with dengue than in those with OFIs. TNF-alpha was detectable more often in DHF than in DF or OFIs (P<.05). These results support the hypothesis that immune activation contributes to the pathogenesis of DHF. Further studies evaluating the predictive value of sTNFR80 for DHF are warranted.
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- S Green
- Center for Infectious Disease and Vaccine Research, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, USA. Sharone.
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Mukherjee J, Yang ZY, Lew R. N-(6-18F-fluorohexyl)-N-methylpropargylamine: a fluorine-18-labeled monoamine oxidase B inhibitor for potential use in PET studies. Nucl Med Biol 1999; 26:111-6. [PMID: 10096510 DOI: 10.1016/s0969-8051(98)00061-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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We have synthesized N-(6-18F-fluorohexyl)-N-methylpropargylamine (18F-FHMP) as a positron emission tomography (PET) radiotracer for monoamine oxidase B (MAO-B). The radiosynthesis was carried out by a fluorine-for-bromine substitution in 30-40% radiochemical yield in specific activities of 1-2 Ci/micromol. Selectivity for MAO-B was demonstrated by the high affinity of (R)-deprenyl (IC50 = 6.8 nM) and lower affinity of clorgyline (IC50 = 1.2 microM) for the inhibition of 18F-FHMP binding in vitro in rat brain homogenates. In vitro autoradiographic studies in rat brain slices showed localization of 18F-FHMP in regions such as the ependyma of the lateral ventricle, dorsal raphe, area postrema, and other regions such as the cerebellum. The specific binding observed in the autoradiograms was displaced by preincubation with (R)-deprenyl. In in vivo experiments, the uptake of 18F-FHMP in the rat brains was high (0.10-0.20% injected dose/g). The binding of 18F-FHMP in the rat brain correlated with the general distribution of MAO-B and was displaced completely by preadministration of 10 microM (R)-deprenyl. These results suggest that 18F-FHMP is a potential PET radiotracer for MAO-B for use in in vitro and in vivo experiments.
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- J Mukherjee
- Franklin McLean Institute, Department of Radiology, University of Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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Moeller I, Chai SY, Smith I, Lew R, Mendelsohn FA. Haemorphin peptides may be endogenous ligands for brain angiotensin AT4 receptors. Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol Suppl 1998; 25:S68-71. [PMID: 9809196 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.1998.tb02304.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [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: 11/27/2022]
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1. Angiotensin IV (AngIV), the (3-8) fragment of AngII, was previously believed to be an inactive metabolite. However, specific binding sites, termed AT4 receptors, have been identified in the brain and peripheral organs and the peptide has been reported to enhance memory recall in passive avoidance studies and to dilate pial and renal cortical vessels. 2. AT4 receptors are distinct from AngII AT1 and AT2 receptors with respect to function, ligand specificity and distribution. 3. In the brain, AT4 receptors are abundant in cerebral and cerebellar cortex, hippocampal formation and cholinergic systems, as well as sensory and motor systems. However, the peptide AngIV is low or undetectable in the central nervous system. This led us to search for an alternative peptide ligand of the AT4 receptor. 4. The decapeptide LVVYPWTQRF was isolated from cerebral cortex and binds with high affinity to brain AT4 receptors. This peptide sequence corresponds to an internal sequence of beta-globin and has previously been named LVV-haemorphin 7. 5. Haemorphin may represent a new class of endogenous neuropeptides, some of which interact potently with the brain AT4 receptor to elicit a range of actions.
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- I Moeller
- Howard Florey Institute of Experimental Physiology and Medicine, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
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Mukherjee J, Das MK, Yang ZY, Lew R. Evaluation of the binding of the radiolabeled antidepressant drug, 18F-fluoxetine in the rodent brain: an in vitro and in vivo study. Nucl Med Biol 1998; 25:605-10. [PMID: 9804041 DOI: 10.1016/s0969-8051(98)00043-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [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: 11/16/2022]
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We have developed 18F-fluoxetine as a radiotracer analog of the antidepressant drug fluoxetine (Prozac). In vitro saturation experiments of 18F-fluoxetine were carried out on rat midbrain tissue and citalopram was used for measuring nonspecific binding. A saturation curve for the binding of 18F-fluoxetine was not obtained. Even when fluoxetine (10 microM) was used for measurements of nonspecific binding, a saturation curve was difficult to obtain. Other compounds, such as deprenyl, clorgyline, amphetamine, and reserpine were also not able to reduce the binding of 18F-fluoxetine. Ex vivo autoradiographic experiments with 18F-fluoxetine did not reveal any specific uptake in various brain regions. In vivo administration of 18F-fluoxetine in rats showed similar uptake in all the brain regions with little regional selectivity. A subcellular analysis of rat brain tissue after intravenous (IV) administration of 18F-fluoxetine indicated significant amounts of binding in mitochondria and synaptosomes. In summary, in vitro experiments with 18F-fluoxetine indicate little specific binding. Binding to the serotonin transporter was not identifiable. High nonspecific binding of the tracer resulting from its subcellular nature in the brain masks the ability to detect binding to the serotonin uptake sites in vivo. These findings indicate that a large portion of the binding of 18F-fluoxetine in rat brains is subcellular and clears slowly out of the cells. Other sites, such as monoamine oxidase, may also play a significant role in the action of fluoxetine.
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- J Mukherjee
- Department of Radiology, Franklin McLean Institute, University of Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
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Kang UJ, Bencsics C, Wachtel S, Lew R. The effect of GTP cyclohydrolase-1 on tyrosine hydroxylase expression: implications in DOPA-responsive dystonia. Adv Neurol 1998; 78:319-24. [PMID: 9750928] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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- U J Kang
- Department of Neurology, University of Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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Morison WL, Baughman RD, Day RM, Forbes PD, Hoenigsmann H, Krueger GG, Lebwohl M, Lew R, Naldi L, Parrish JA, Piepkorn M, Stern RS, Weinstein GD, Whitmore SE. Consensus workshop on the toxic effects of long-term PUVA therapy. Arch Dermatol 1998; 134:595-8. [PMID: 9606329 DOI: 10.1001/archderm.134.5.595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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The possibility that there is an increased risk of melanoma in patients with psoriasis treated with psoralen-UV-A (PUVA) therapy has raised concern on the part of physicians and patients about the long-term safety of this treatment. In response to this concern, the National Psoriasis Foundation sponsored a workshop at which invited participants with expertise in PUVA therapy, psoriasis treatment, melanoma and nonmelanoma skin cancer, and epidemiological and clinical trials were asked to develop a consensus on the following 3 issues: the risk of long-term adverse effects of PUVA therapy with emphasis on nonmelanoma and melanoma skin cancer; the guidelines for physicians and patients for selection and use of PUVA therapy with consideration of the risk-benefit ratio of this treatment compared with the risk-benefit ratios of alternative treatments; and the directions for further evaluation of the long-term effects Of PUVA therapy.
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- W L Morison
- Department of Dermatology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Wismer BA, Moskowitz JM, Chen AM, Kang SH, Novotny TE, Min K, Lew R, Tager IB. Rates and independent correlates of Pap smear testing among Korean-American women. Am J Public Health 1998; 88:656-60. [PMID: 9551013 PMCID: PMC1508456 DOI: 10.2105/ajph.88.4.656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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OBJECTIVES This study reports population estimates of Pap smear testing among Korean-American women and evaluates correlates of testing. METHODS Korean Americans in 2 California counties were surveyed by telephone. Frequencies were age-adjusted to the 1990 census to produce population estimates of testing. Logistic regression models were used to evaluate independent correlates of testing RESULTS Only 50% of the Korean-American women surveyed had a Pap test in the previous 2 years. The strongest independent correlate was having had a regular check-up in the previous 2 years (odds ratio 7.2, 95% confidence interval 4.2, 12.1). CONCLUSIONS Rates of Pap testing among Korean-American women are well below national objectives. Collaboration and community-sensitive research are essential to collect data and design programs to improve the health of ethnic minority communities.
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- B A Wismer
- Center for Family and Community Health, University of California, Berkeley, USA
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BACKGROUND Cardiac involvement is common in acute Lyme disease, and case reports suggest that cardiac abnormalities might also occur years after the primary infection. OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of cardiac abnormalities in persons with previously treated Lyme disease. DESIGN Population-based, retrospective cohort study with controls. SETTING Nantucket Island, Massachusetts. PARTICIPANTS From among 3703 adult respondents to a total-population (n = 6046) mail survey, 336 (176 case-patients and 160 controls) were randomly selected for clinical evaluation. MEASUREMENTS Current cardiac symptoms and major or minor abnormal electrocardiographic features, including heart rate; rhythm; axis; PR, QRS, and QT intervals; QRS structure; atrioventricular blocks; and ST-segment and T-wave changes. RESULTS Persons with Lyme disease (case-patients, n = 176) (mean duration from disease onset to study evaluation, 5.2 years) and persons without evidence of previous Lyme disease (controls, n = 160) did not differ significantly in their patterns of current cardiac symptoms and electrocardiographic findings, including heart rate (P > 0.2), PR interval (P = 0.15), QRS interval (P > 0.2), QT interval (P > 0.2), axis (P > 0.2), presence of arrhythmias (P > 0.2), first-degree heart block (P = 0.12), bundle-branch block (P > 0.2), and ST-segment abnormalities (P > 0.2). In multivariate analyses that adjusted for age, sex, and previous heart disease, a history of previously treated Lyme disease was not associated with either major (odds ratio, 0.78; P > 0.2) or minor (odds ratio, 1.09; P > 0.2) electrocardiographic abnormalities. CONCLUSION Persons with a history of previously treated Lyme disease do not have a higher prevalence of cardiac abnormalities than persons without a history of Lyme disease.
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- O Sangha
- Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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Wismer BA, Moskowitz JM, Chen AM, Kang SH, Novotny TE, Min K, Lew R, Tager IB. Mammography and clinical breast examination among Korean American women in two California counties. Prev Med 1998; 27:144-51. [PMID: 9465365 DOI: 10.1006/pmed.1997.0259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Mammography and clinical breast examination (CBE) are underutilized, especially by women from some racial/ethnic minorities. Few published studies of screening practices or correlates for these subgroups exist. METHODS A population-based telephone survey of 1,090 Korean Americans living in two California counties was conducted. To produce population estimates of mammography and CBE testing, we adjusted frequencies to account for different selection probabilities. Multivariable logistic regression was performed to determine independent correlates of testing. RESULTS Only 34% [95% confidence intervals (CI) 30%, 39%] of Korean American women age 50 and older were estimated to have had a mammogram in the past 2 years. Only 32% (95% CI 28%, 37%) had had a CBE in the past 2 years. The strongest independent correlate of testing was having a regular medical checkup [odds ratio (OR) for mammogram = 9.21, 95% CI 3.98, 21.35; OR for CBE = 11.58, 95% CI 4.71, 28.46]. CONCLUSIONS These estimates are lower than the Healthy People 2000 objectives as well as published estimates for other populations in the United States. Planning and implementing tailored programs to improve screening are best done using a community-sensitive approach, which, because racial/ethnic subgroups are growing, will assume increasing public health importance.
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- B A Wismer
- Center for Family and Community Health, University of California at Berkeley 94720, USA
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Chen AM, Wismer BA, Lew R, Kang SH, Min K, Moskowitz JM, Tager IB. "Health is strength": a research collaboration involving Korean Americans in Alameda County. Am J Prev Med 1997; 13:93-100. [PMID: 9455600] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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INTRODUCTION This is a preliminary report from a research collaboration between Asian Health Services (community health center); Koreans in Alameda County, California; and the University of California at Berkeley School of Public Health. This five-year Centers for Disease Control and Prevention project supports a collaborative community intervention to improve breast and cervical cancer screening behavior among Korean women. METHODS A Korean Community Advisory Board and Korean-American staff were recruited, and community sensitive research (CSR) and participatory action research (PAR) principles were applied: (1) building community infrastructure for sustainable action, (2) cultural appropriateness, (3) assuring responsiveness to community needs, and (4) a prevention focus that would assist health care providers. We conducted a population-based telephone survey on 676 Korean adults (272 men and 404 women). RESULTS The collaborative process yielded (1) a high response rate (79%), (2) baseline health information on Korean Americans, (3) broadening of the original research topic, (4) survey responses that will guide intervention design, (5) culturally competent strategies, and (6) expanded Korean-American Community capacity for local action. CONCLUSIONS Research collaboration between universities, community-based organizations, and ethnic communities can yield high-quality research. CSR and PAR approaches help break through cultural barriers in otherwise "hard to reach" API sub-populations. Determinants of success include sharing common goals; trust, honesty, and integrity; shared decision making; mutual respect of each partner's expertise; cultural sensitivity and cultural competence; flexibility, good communication, and mutual learning; and continuity of partners. Actively engaging members of the study population in the research process builds community capacity, thus laying the foundation for future projects that improve health status.
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- A M Chen
- Asian Health Services, Oakland, CA, USA
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Mukherjee J, Yang ZY, Lew R, Brown T, Kronmal S, Cooper MD, Seiden LS. Evaluation of d-amphetamine effects on the binding of dopamine D-2 receptor radioligand, 18F-fallypride in nonhuman primates using positron emission tomography. Synapse 1997; 27:1-13. [PMID: 9268060 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2396(199709)27:1<1::aid-syn1>3.0.co;2-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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We have investigated the ability of dopamine to compete with the binding of the high affinity dopamine D2 receptor positron emission tomography (PET) radioligand, 18F-fallypride. In vitro dissociation of 18F-fallypride with dopamine in rat striatal homogenates exhibited a dissociation rate, k(off), of 1.76 x 10(-2) min(-1) while the association rate constant, k(on), was found to be 5.30 x 10(8) M(-1) min(-1). This resulted in a dissociation constant, K(D) of 33 pM for 18F-fallypride. For in vivo studies, we investigated the effects of reserpine and d-amphetamine treatment on 18F-fallypride in an attempt to study competition of endogenous dopamine with the radioligand at the receptor sites in rats and monkeys. PET experiments with 18F-fallypride in two male rhesus monkeys were carried out in a PETT VI scanner. In control experiments, rapid specific uptake of 18F-fallypride in the striata was observed (0.05-0.06% injected dose (ID)/g) while nonspecifically bound tracer cleared from other parts of the brain. Striata/cerebellum ratios for 18F-fallypride were approximately 8 at 80 min postinjection, respectively. The monkeys received various doses (0.25 to 1.50 mg/kg) of d-amphetamine (AMPH) pre- and postinjection of the radioligand. There was a decrease of specifically bound 18F-fallypride as well as evidence of an enhanced clearance of specifically bound 18F-fallypride after administering AMPH in the two monkeys. The dissociation rates, k(off), of 18F-fallypride without AMPH was <10(-4) min(-1) but after 25 min preadministration of AMPH (1 mg/kg), it was 4.1 x 10(-3) min(-1) and after 17, 45 and 90 min postadministration of AMPH (1 mg/kg) it was 3.6 x 10(-3) to 4.0 x 10(-3) min(-1). Lower doses of AMPH (0.25 mg/kg) had a reduced effect on the binding of 18F-fallypride. No effect was seen until about 30 minutes after the injection of AMPH. Studies with various doses indicated that 18F-fallypride has a maximum response at doses of 0.75-1.50 mg/kg, with an approximately 16%/hour reduction in binding. These results indicate that AMPH stimulated release of endogenous dopamine reduces the specific binding of 18F-fallypride.
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- J Mukherjee
- Franklin McLean Institute, Department of Radiology, University of Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA.
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BACKGROUND Low back injuries are common and costly, accounting for 15 to 25 percent of injuries covered by workers' compensation and 30 to 40 percent of the payments made under that program. The high costs of injury, the lack of effective treatment. and the evidence that there are behavioral risk factors have led to widespread use of employee education programs that teach safe lifting and handling. The effectiveness of those programs, however, has received little rigorous evaluation. METHODS We evaluated an educational program designed to prevent low back injury in a randomized, controlled trial involving about 4000 postal workers. The program, similar to that in wide use in so-called back schools, was taught by experienced physical therapists. Work units of workers and supervisors were trained in a two-session back school (three hours of training), followed by three to four reinforcement sessions over the succeeding few years. Injured subjects (from both the intervention and the control groups) were randomized a second time to receive either training or no training after their return to work. RESULTS Physical therapists trained 2534 postal workers and 134 supervisors. Over 5.5 years of follow-up, 360 workers reported low back injuries, for a rate of 21.2 injuries per 1000 worker-years of risk. The median time off from work per injury was 14 days (range, 0 to 1717); the median cost was $204 (range, zero to $190,380). After their return to work, 75 workers were injured again. Our comparison of the intervention and control groups found that the education program did not reduce the rate of low back injury, the median cost per injury, the time off from work per injury, the rate of related musculoskeletal injuries, or the rate of repeated injury after return to work; only the subjects' knowledge of safe behavior was increased by the training. CONCLUSIONS A large-scale, randomized, controlled trial of an educational program to prevent work-associated low back injury found no long-term benefits associated with training.
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- L H Daltroy
- Robert Breck Brigham Multipurpose Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Administration of phentermine (Phen) together with (+/-) fenfluramine (Fen) enhances the weight reduction that is observed with either drug alone; consequently, these anorectic agents are commonly prescribed together for weight reduction. Repeated administration of Fen is known to cause long-term depletion of axonal serotonin (5-HT) and loss of 5-HT transporters, and is therefore considered neurotoxic. We now report that combined administration of Phen/Fen (5 mg/kg/3.125 mg/kg, and 20 mg/kg/3.125 mg/kg) can enhance the neurotoxic effect of Fen (3.125 mg/kg) and Phen (5 mg/kg and 20 mg/kg) on central 5-HT systems. Rats were repeatedly treated once each hour for a total of four injections with saline, Phen (5 mg/kg and 20 mg/kg), Fen (3.125 mg/kg and 12.5 mg/kg), or combined Phen/Fen (5 mg/kg/3.125 mg/kg and 20 mg/kg/3.125 mg/kg), and sacrificed either 7 or 28 days after cessation of treatment. Combined administration of Phen/Fen (5 mg/kg/3.125 mg/kg and 20 mg/kg/3.125 mg/kg) caused significantly greater reductions of 5-HT levels in the striatum, nucleus accumbens/olfactory tubercle, hypothalamus, amygdala, frontal parietal cortex, and hippocampus than either drug alone. Combined Phen/Fen at the higher drug-dose combination (20 mg/kg/3.125 mg/kg) was observed to reduce the density of 5-HT transporters in rat striatum at both 7 and 28 days after cessation of treatment. In addition, combined administration of Phen/Fen (5 mg/kg/3.125 mg/kg and 20 mg/kg/3.125 mg/kg) caused greater weight loss than that observed with either compound alone. Collectively, the present data demonstrate that combined Phen/Fen administration enhances the neurotoxicity of Phen or Fen on 5-HT neurons.
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- R Lew
- Department of Pharmacological and Physiological Sciences, University of Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Boston University School of Medicine, Department of Dermatology, MA 02118, USA
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Lew R, Sabol KE, Chou C, Vosmer GL, Richards J, Seiden LS. Methylenedioxymethamphetamine-induced serotonin deficits are followed by partial recovery over a 52-week period. Part II: Radioligand binding and autoradiography studies. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 1996; 276:855-65. [PMID: 8632359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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In our study, age-matched Holtzman Sprague-Dawley rats (275-300 g) received injections with either saline (0.9%) or 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA; 20 mg/kg free base, s.c) twice daily for 4 days and allowed to recover for 2, 8, 16, 32 and 52 wk after the final injection before death. Radioligand binding studies with 125I-RTI-55 to dopamine uptake sites in striatal homogenates showed no effect of MDMA on the density of dopamine uptake sites. In contrast, saturation binding studies with 125I-RTI-55 to 5-HT uptake sites in hippocampal and frontal-parietal homogenates showed a significant reduction in the number of uptake sites at 2 wk after MDMA treatment (34 and 25%, respectively of controls). By 16 wk, a partial recovery in the number of 5-HT uptake sites was observed in both tissues; however, only a full recovery of serotonin uptake sites was observed in hippocampus at the end of 52 wk. In more detailed studies using autoradiography with 125I-RTI-55, recovery of serotonin uptake sites varied from region to region. In particular, recovery of 5-HT uptake sites in cerebral cortex was observed to follow a rostral-caudal gradient. In addition, recovery of 5-HT uptake site in hippocampus also followed a rostral-caudal gradient. Different rates of recovery of 5-HT uptake sites were also observed for cingulate cortex, laterodorsal thalamus and ventromedial hypothalamus. No effect of MDMA was observed over lateral hypothalamus, substantia nigra and ventral tegmental area, or over serotonergic cell bodies such as dorsal raphe and median raphe. In conclusion, our study is consistent with previous studies describing the selective neurotoxicity of MDMA for serotonin neurons and presents evidence showing the rate of recovery of 5-HT uptake sites varies according to region and that recovery of 5-HT uptake sites in neocortex and hippocampus follows a rostral-caudal gradient.
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- R Lew
- University of Chicago, Department of Pharmacological and Physiological Sciences, IL 60637, USA
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