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Celis K, Zaman A, Adams LD, Gardner O, Farid R, Starks TD, Lacroix FC, Hamilton-Nelson K, Mena P, Tejada S, Laux R, Song YE, Caban-Holt A, Feliciano-Astacio B, Vance JM, Haines JL, Byrd GS, Beecham GW, Pericak-Vance MA, Cuccaro ML. Neuropsychiatric features in a multi-ethnic population with Alzheimer disease and mild cognitive impairment. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 2023; 38:e5992. [PMID: 37655494 PMCID: PMC10518518 DOI: 10.1002/gps.5992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2023] [Accepted: 08/12/2023] [Indexed: 09/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND Alzheimer disease (AD) is more prevalent in African American (AA) and Hispanic White (HIW) compared to Non-Hispanic White (NHW) individuals. Similarly, neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) vary by population in AD. This is likely the result of both sociocultural and genetic ancestral differences. However, the impact of these NPS on AD in different groups is not well understood. METHODS Self-declared AA, HIW, and NHW individuals were ascertained as part of ongoing AD genetics studies. Participants who scored higher than 0.5 on the Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR) Scale (CDR) were included. Group similarities and differences on Neuropsychiatric Inventory Questionnaire (NPI-Q) outcomes (NPI-Q total score, NPI-Q items) were evaluated using univariate ANOVAs and post hoc comparisons after controlling for sex and CDR stage. RESULTS Our sample consisted of 498 participants (26% AA; 30% HIW; 44% NHW). Overall, NPI-Q total scores differed significantly between our groups, with HIW having the highest NPI-Q total scores, and by AD stage as measured by CDR. We found no significant difference in NPI-Q total score by sex. There were six NPI-Q items with comparable prevalence in all groups and six items that significantly differed between the groups (Anxiety, Apathy, Depression, Disinhibition, Elation, and Irritability). Further, within the HIW group, differences were found between Puerto Rican and Cuban American Hispanics across several NPI-Q items. Finally, Six NPI-Q items were more prevalent in the later stages of AD including Agitation, Appetite, Hallucinations, Irritability, Motor Disturbance, and Nighttime Behavior. CONCLUSIONS We identified differences in NPS among HIW, AA, and NHW individuals. Most striking was the high burden of NPS in HIW, particularly for mood and anxiety symptoms. We suggest that NPS differences may represent the impact of sociocultural influences on symptom presentation as well as potential genetic factors rooted in ancestral background. Given the complex relationship between AD and NPS it is crucial to discern the presence of NPS to ensure appropriate interventions.
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- Katrina Celis
- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA
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- Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA
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- Department of Population & Quantitative Health Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Population & Quantitative Health Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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- Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA
- Dr. John T Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA
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- Department of Population & Quantitative Health Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
- Cleveland Institute for Computational Biology, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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- Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA
- Dr. John T Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA
- Dr. John T Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA
- Dr. John T Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA
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Bidkhori H, Bahrami A, Farshchian M, Naderi-Meshkin H, Heirani A, Mirahmadi M, Dastpak M, Hasanzade H, Farid R, Ahmadiankia N, Bakhtiari H, Matin M. Genetically Modified Human Adipose-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells Overexpressing CXCR4R334X, a Hyper Functional Mutant Receptor, Display Enhanced Migration. Cytotherapy 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcyt.2016.03.053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Abbas F, Farid R, Nada I, El-Sharnouby M. Evaluation of ethanolamine oleate sclerotherapy on the submandibular glands of canines as a potential therapy for sialorrhea. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 2013; 77:351-5. [PMID: 23246419 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2012.11.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2012] [Revised: 11/15/2012] [Accepted: 11/18/2012] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND Sialorrhea can have major negative effects on the physical and social well-being. Sclerotherapy may be useful in patients with sialorrhea by decreasing the amount of saliva production. The aim of this study was to test the effect of ethanolamine oleate (EO) in an experimental model as a preliminary step for its application in humans. METHODS Histopathological and morphometric analysis of submandibular glands from thirteen dogs was preformed. A total of 25 glands were injected with 1ml of 2.5% EO (n=5), 1ml of 5% EO (n=5), 5ml of 2.5% EO (n=5) and 5ml of 5% EO (n=5). Five glands were used as control. RESULTS EO significantly induced a dose dependent scaring of the gland ending in lobular transformation (salivary gland cirrhosis). Morphometric measurements showed that 1ml of 2.5% or 5% EO significantly induced fibrosis compared to normal glands (p=0.014 and 0.021, respectively). Fibrosis significantly increased and was more apparent when a dose of 5ml of 2.5% EO or 5% EO were injected [by semi-quantitative evaluation (p=0.016 and 0.002, respectively) and morphometric measurements (p=0.016 and 0.008, respectively)]. This scarring effect was significantly associated with reduction of area of acinar cells when a dose of 1ml-5%, 5ml-2.5% or 5ml-5% EO were applied (p=0.03. 0.012 and 0.004, respectively). Moreover, ductal injury was only significant when a dose of 5ml of 5% EO was used (p=0.034). This dose and concentration (i.e. 5ml-5% EO) had a significant synergetic effect [p=0.0119]. CONCLUSION In this model, treatment with EO proved to permanently reduce the acinar area through induction of progressive, irreversible and dose dependant scarring (medical sialoadenectomy).
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- ENT Department, Faculty of Medicine, Misr University for Science and Technology, 6th of October city, Giza, Egypt
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Praveen P, Shah D, Farid R, Parmar S. O.455 Postoperative use of intremaxillary flxation devices. J Craniomaxillofac Surg 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/s1010-5182(08)71579-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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Tagliamonte M, Naderi H, Tornesello M, Farid R, Buonaguro F, Buonaguro L. HIV type 1 subtype A epidemic in injecting drug user (IDU) communities in Iran. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 2007; 23:1569-74. [PMID: 18160015 DOI: 10.1089/aid.2007.0169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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HIV-1 C2-V3 subgenomic regions of the env gene from Iranian seropositive injecting drug users (IDUs) living in Mashhad have been analyzed to evaluate molecular and phylogenetic relationships with IDUs living in Tehran and identify possible common founder virus isolates. The results show that the viral sequences of the Iranian IDUs are strongly related and form a single cluster within the A subtype related to African Ugandan/Kenyan sub-Saharan isolates. Pairwise nucleotide alignment shows higher average divergence values within the Mashhad group than the Tehran group. Furthermore, the Mashhad sequences show much less conserved amino acid residues in the V3 loop than the Tehran sequences. These data represent the first macro-analysis of the HIV-1 molecular evolution in the Iran and Middle East epidemics and may be extremely relevant to guide the development and implementation of diagnostic as well as preventive/therapeutic approaches in this region.
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- M. Tagliamonte
- Viral Oncogenesis and Immunotherapy and AIDS Reference Center, Istituto Nazionale Tumori “Fond. G. Pascale,” 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Institute of Infectious Diseases, University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
- Department of Allergy and Immunology, University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
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- Viral Oncogenesis and Immunotherapy and AIDS Reference Center, Istituto Nazionale Tumori “Fond. G. Pascale,” 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Allergy and Immunology, University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
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- Viral Oncogenesis and Immunotherapy and AIDS Reference Center, Istituto Nazionale Tumori “Fond. G. Pascale,” 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Viral Oncogenesis and Immunotherapy and AIDS Reference Center, Istituto Nazionale Tumori “Fond. G. Pascale,” 80131 Naples, Italy
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Naderi HR, Tagliamonte M, Tornesello ML, Ciccozzi M, Rezza G, Farid R, Buonaguro FM, Buonaguro L. Molecular and phylogenetic analysis of HIV-1 variants circulating among injecting drug users in Mashhad-Iran. Infect Agent Cancer 2006; 1:4. [PMID: 17150133 PMCID: PMC1635003 DOI: 10.1186/1750-9378-1-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2006] [Accepted: 09/19/2006] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Genetic and phylogenetic information on the HIV-1 epidemic in Middle-East Countries, and in particular in Iran, are extremely limited. By March 2004, the Iranian Ministry of Health officially reported a cumulative number of 6'532 HIV positive individuals and 214 AIDS cases in the Iranian HIV-1 epidemic. The intra-venous drug users (IDUs) represent the group at highest risk for HIV-1 infection in Iran, accounting for almost 63% of all HIV-infected population. In this regards, a molecular phylogenetic study has been performed on a sentinel cohort of HIV-1 seropositive IDUs enrolled at the end of 2005 at the University of Mashhad, the largest city North East of Tehran. The study has been performed on both gag and env subgenomic regions amplified by Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) from peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) and characterized by direct DNA sequence analysis. The results reported here show that the HIV-1 subtype A is circulating in this IDUs sentinel cohort. Moreover, the single phylogenetic cluster as well as the intra-group low nucleotide divergence is indicative of a recent outbreak. Unexpectedly, the Iranian samples appear to be phylogenetically derived from African Sub-Saharan subtype A viruses, raising stirring speculations on HIV-1 introduction into the IDUs epidemic in Mashhad. This sentinel study could represent the starting point for a wider molecular survey of the HIV-1 epidemics in Iran to evaluate in detail the distribution of genetic subtypes and possible natural drug-resistant variants, which are extremely helpful information to design diagnostic and therapeutic strategies.
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- HR Naderi
- Inst. of Infectious Diseases, Univ. of Mashhad –, Iran
- Allergy and Immunology Dept, Univ. of Mashhad –, Iran
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- Viral Oncogenesis and Immunotherapy & AIDS Refer. Center, Ist. Naz. Tumori "Fond. G. Pascale", Naples –, Italy
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- Viral Oncogenesis and Immunotherapy & AIDS Refer. Center, Ist. Naz. Tumori "Fond. G. Pascale", Naples –, Italy
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- Epidemiology Unit, Dept. Infectious Diseases, ISS, Rome –, Italy
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- Epidemiology Unit, Dept. Infectious Diseases, ISS, Rome –, Italy
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- Allergy and Immunology Dept, Univ. of Mashhad –, Iran
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- Viral Oncogenesis and Immunotherapy & AIDS Refer. Center, Ist. Naz. Tumori "Fond. G. Pascale", Naples –, Italy
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- Viral Oncogenesis and Immunotherapy & AIDS Refer. Center, Ist. Naz. Tumori "Fond. G. Pascale", Naples –, Italy
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Farid R, Ghaffari J, Taghavi M, Rafatpanah H, Jabbari-azad F. Evaluation and association of anti-thyroid antibodies with Chronic Idiopathic Urticaria. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2005. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2004.12.718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Sabouri AH, Saito M, Matsumoto W, Kodama D, Farid R, Izumo S, Usuku K, Osame M. A C77G point mutation in CD45 exon 4, which is associated with the development of multiple sclerosis and increased susceptibility to HIV-1 infection, is undetectable in Japanese population. Eur J Neurol 2003; 10:737-9. [PMID: 14641523 DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-1331.2003.00679.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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HTLV-1 associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) is one outcome of Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) infection. It remains unknown why the majority of infected people remain healthy whereas only approximately 2-3% develop disease. Recently, heterozygous state of CD45 exon 4 mutation (C77C wild type and C77G mutant) was reported to be associated with development of multiple sclerosis in German patients and increased susceptibility to HIV-1 infection in the United Kingdom. To investigate whether this mutation is associated with the development of HAM/TSP, we studied a group of 164 HAM/TSP patients and 108 asymptomatic HTLV-1 carriers in Kagoshima (HTLV-1 endemic area in Southern Japan) by using PCR-RFLP and subsequent direct sequencing analysis. All 272 subjects showed homozygosity in the CD45 exon 4, suggesting that this mutation is absent or very rare in Japanese population.
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- A H Sabouri
- Third Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kagoshima University, Sakuragaoka, Kagoshima, Japan
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Asthma is characterized as a chronic inflammatory process. Pycnogenol((R)), a bioflavonoid mixture extracted from Pinus maritima, is known to scavenge free radicals while possessing antioxidant and antiinflammatory properties. The objective of this study was to evaluate the efficiency of this agent in a randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled, crossover study in patients with varying asthma severity. Twenty-six patients who fulfilled the American Thoracic Society criteria for asthma were enrolled in the study. Medical history, physical examination, blood sample analyses, and spirometric values were obtained at baseline, 4 weeks, and 8 weeks. The patients were randomly assigned to receive either 1 mg/lb/day (maximum 200 mg/day) Pycnogenol or placebo for the first period of 4 weeks and then crossed over to the alternate regimen for the next 4 weeks. No adverse effects were observed related to the study drug. Within the contingent of 22 patients who completed the study, almost all responded favorably to Pycnogenol in contrast to placebo. Pycnogenol treatment also significantly reduced serum leukotrienes compared with placebo. The results of this pilot study indicate that Pycnogenol may be a valuable nutraceutical in the management of chronic asthma. We recommend that further clinical trials be conducted in larger groups of asthmatics to establish its efficacy.
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- Saeed Hosseini
- College of Public Health and School of Medicine, The University of Arizona, 1501 N. Campbell Ave., Tucson, AZ 85724
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Safai B, Huang JL, Boeri E, Farid R, Raafat J, Schutzer P, Ahkami R, Franchini G. Prevalence of HTLV type I infection in Iran: a serological and genetic study. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 1996; 12:1185-90. [PMID: 8844023 DOI: 10.1089/aid.1996.12.1185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Several publications describe the presence of the human T cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) in Jewish individuals born in Mash-had, Iran. We report here the results of HTLV-I serological and genetic studies in the non-Jewish population of Mash-had as well as a neighboring area: Gonbad-Kavous. Seven hundred and seven serum samples from Mash-had (694 healthy individuals and 13 patients with lymphoma) and 90 from Gonbad-Kavous were tested for HTLV antibodies by gelatin particle agglutination assay (PA) and confirmatory Western blots (WBs). Seropositive rates of 3.0% (21 of 694) in Mash-had, 0% (0 of 90) in Gonbad-Kavous, and 100% (13 of 13) in lymphoma cases were observed. HTLV-I DNA sequence were amplified by polymerase chain reaction directly from the fresh PBMCs of seropositive individuals. Phylogenetic analysis of the viral DNA sequence indicated that the HTLV-I present in Mash-had belong to the HTLV-I cosmopolitan clade. Altogether, these data indicate that Mash-had, located in northeastern Iran, is a newly recognized endemic center for HTLV-I.
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- Department of Dermatology, New York Medical College, Valhalla 10595, USA
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Many oxidoreductases are constructed from (a) local sites of strongly coupled substrate-redox cofactor partners participating in exchange of electron pairs, (b) electron pair/single electron transducing redox centers, and (c) nonadiabatic, long-distance, single-electron tunneling between weakly coupled redox centers. The latter is the subject of an expanding experimental program that seeks to manipulate, test, and apply the parameters of theory. New results from the photosynthetic reaction center protein confirm that the electronic-tunneling medium appears relatively homogeneous, with any variances evident having no impact on function, and that control of intraprotein rates and directional specificity rests on a combination of distance, free energy, and reorganization energy. Interprotein electron transfer between cytochrome c and the reaction center and in lactate dehydrogenase, a typical oxidoreductase from yeast, are examined. Rates of interprotein electron transfer appear to follow intraprotein guidelines with the added essential provision of binding forces to bring the cofactors of the reacting proteins into proximity.
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- C C Moser
- Johnson Research Foundation, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104, USA
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Interethnic differences in drug responsiveness may in part be accounted for by differences in drug disposition. We investigated the reversible binding interaction by equilibrium dialysis between a representative acidic (warfarin) and basic (lignocaine) drug and drug binding proteins in 20 healthy age and sex matched Iranian and Irish (Caucasian) subjects. The unbound fraction of warfarin and its major binding protein albumin, were similar in the two groups. In contrast unbound lignocaine was higher in Iranian subjects (49.6 +/- 6.96 vs 37.7 +/- 51%, mean +/- SD, p < 0.05) and this was associated with lower plasma concentrations of alpha 1 acid glycoprotein (AAG, 48.8 +/- 10 vs. 60.5 +/- 8 mg/dl p < 0.01) Such alterations may result in differences in drug responsiveness in addition to predictable pharmacokinetic consequences. Protein binding should be included in comparative studies of drugs in subjects of different races.
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- S J Hosseine
- Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
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Vidal AU, Gessain A, Yoshida M, Tekaia F, Garin B, Guillemain B, Schulz T, Farid R, De Thé G. Phylogenetic classification of human T cell leukaemia/lymphoma virus type I genotypes in five major molecular and geographical subtypes. J Gen Virol 1994; 75 ( Pt 12):3655-66. [PMID: 7996161 DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-75-12-3655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [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: 01/28/2023] Open
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Proviral DNA was obtained from ex vivo peripheral blood mononuclear cells of 75 human T cell leukaemia/lymphoma virus type I (HTLV-I)-infected individuals who were either asymptomatic or had adult T cell leukaemia or tropical spastic paraparesis/HTLV-I-associated myelopathy. Amplified long terminal repeats (LTRs) were analysed for restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLPs). The results, together with previously published LTR data (a total of 180 specimens analysed), showed the presence of 12 different RFLP profiles with four major molecular subtypes. Furthermore, a fragment of 413 bp (nucleotides 22 to 434) of the U3/R region was sequenced for 12 new HTLV-I specimens originating from Central and West Africa (8 cases), Iran (1 case), Caribbean (2 cases) and Reunion Island (1 case). Phylogenetic analysis using three different techniques (maximum parsimony, neighbour-joining and UPGMA) comparing these 12 strains (including four new African HTLV-I variants) with the 30 published partial HTLV-I LTR sequences (nt 120 to 434) showed the existence of clusters of molecular variants in discrete geographical areas. The topology of the phylogenetic trees is thought to reflect HTLV-I evolution and the migrations of virally infected populations in the recent or distant past. Furthermore, there was a nearly perfect concordance between the clustering based on the LTR sequence homologies and the LTR RFLP subtypes suggesting that this rapid and simple technique is well suited to the investigation of HTLV-I molecular epidemiology. These results allow a new phylogenetic classification of HTLV-I genotypes into five major molecular subtypes: Cosmopolitan (C) subtype widespread all over the world, Japanese (J) subtype, West African (WA) subtype. Central African (CA) subtype and Melanesian (M) subtype.
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MESH Headings
- Africa/epidemiology
- Base Sequence
- Caribbean Region/epidemiology
- Carrier State
- DNA, Viral/blood
- DNA, Viral/genetics
- Genome, Viral
- Genotype
- HTLV-I Infections/epidemiology
- HTLV-I Infections/virology
- Human T-lymphotropic virus 1/classification
- Human T-lymphotropic virus 1/genetics
- Humans
- Iran/epidemiology
- Leukemia, T-Cell/epidemiology
- Leukemia, T-Cell/virology
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation/genetics
- Paraparesis, Tropical Spastic/epidemiology
- Paraparesis, Tropical Spastic/virology
- Phylogeny
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
- Proviruses/genetics
- Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid/genetics
- Reunion/epidemiology
- Sequence Alignment
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
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Farid R, Bahrami A, Ghorashi-al Hosseini J. Aeroallergens in northeastern Iran (Khorasan). Ann Allergy 1991; 66:235-6. [PMID: 2006772] [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: 12/29/2022]
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- R Farid
- Allergy and Immunology Department, Ghaem Medical School, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Iran
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