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Gandhi SE, Zerenner T, Nodehi A, Lawton MA, Marshall V, Al-Hajraf F, Grosset KA, Morris HR, Hu MT, Ben-Shlomo Y, Grosset DG. Motor Complications in Parkinson's Disease: Results from 3343 Patients Followed for up to 12 Years. Mov Disord Clin Pract 2024. [PMID: 38587023 DOI: 10.1002/mdc3.14044] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2023] [Revised: 02/26/2024] [Accepted: 03/19/2024] [Indexed: 04/09/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Motor complications are well recognized in Parkinson's disease (PD), but their reported prevalence varies and functional impact has not been well studied. OBJECTIVES To quantify the presence, severity, impact and associated factors for motor complications in PD. METHODS Analysis of three large prospective cohort studies of recent-onset PD patients followed for up to 12 years. The MDS-UPDRS part 4 assessed motor complications and multivariable logistic regression tested for associations. Genetic risk score (GRS) for Parkinson's was calculated from 79 single nucleotide polymorphisms. RESULTS 3343 cases were included (64.7% male). Off periods affected 35.0% (95% CI 33.0, 37.0) at 4-6 years and 59.0% (55.6, 62.3) at 8-10 years. Dyskinesia affected 18.5% (95% CI 16.9, 20.2) at 4-6 years and 42.1% (38.7, 45.5) at 8-10 years. Dystonia affected 13.4% (12.1, 14.9) at 4-6 years and 22.8% (20.1, 25.9) at 8-10 years. Off periods consistently caused greater functional impact than dyskinesia. Motor complications were more common among those with higher drug doses, younger age at diagnosis, female gender, and greater dopaminergic responsiveness (in challenge tests), with associations emerging 2-4 years post-diagnosis. Higher Parkinson's GRS was associated with early dyskinesia (0.026 ≤ P ≤ 0.050 from 2 to 6 years). CONCLUSIONS Off periods are more common and cause greater functional impairment than dyskinesia. We confirm previously reported associations between motor complications with several demographic and medication factors. Greater dopaminergic responsiveness and a higher genetic risk score are two novel and significant independent risk factors for the development of motor complications.
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- Sacha E Gandhi
- School of Neuroscience and Psychology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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- Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Neurological Sciences, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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- Oxford Parkinson's Disease Centre, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Kuwait City, Kuwait
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- School of Neuroscience and Psychology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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- Department of Clinical and Movement Neurosciences, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Oxford Parkinson's Disease Centre, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- School of Neuroscience and Psychology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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Gilmour W, Mackenzie G, Feile M, Tayler-Grint L, Suveges S, Macfarlane JA, Macleod AD, Marshall V, Grunwald IQ, Steele JD, Gilbertson T. Impaired value-based decision-making in Parkinson's disease apathy. Brain 2024; 147:1362-1376. [PMID: 38305691 PMCID: PMC10994558 DOI: 10.1093/brain/awae025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2023] [Revised: 12/07/2023] [Accepted: 01/13/2024] [Indexed: 02/03/2024] Open
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Apathy is a common and disabling complication of Parkinson's disease characterized by reduced goal-directed behaviour. Several studies have reported dysfunction within prefrontal cortical regions and projections from brainstem nuclei whose neuromodulators include dopamine, serotonin and noradrenaline. Work in animal and human neuroscience have confirmed contributions of these neuromodulators on aspects of motivated decision-making. Specifically, these neuromodulators have overlapping contributions to encoding the value of decisions, and influence whether to explore alternative courses of action or persist in an existing strategy to achieve a rewarding goal. Building upon this work, we hypothesized that apathy in Parkinson's disease should be associated with an impairment in value-based learning. Using a four-armed restless bandit reinforcement learning task, we studied decision-making in 75 volunteers; 53 patients with Parkinson's disease, with and without clinical apathy, and 22 age-matched healthy control subjects. Patients with apathy exhibited impaired ability to choose the highest value bandit. Task performance predicted an individual patient's apathy severity measured using the Lille Apathy Rating Scale (R = -0.46, P < 0.001). Computational modelling of the patient's choices confirmed the apathy group made decisions that were indifferent to the learnt value of the options, consistent with previous reports of reward insensitivity. Further analysis demonstrated a shift away from exploiting the highest value option and a reduction in perseveration, which also correlated with apathy scores (R = -0.5, P < 0.001). We went on to acquire functional MRI in 59 volunteers; a group of 19 patients with and 20 without apathy and 20 age-matched controls performing the Restless Bandit Task. Analysis of the functional MRI signal at the point of reward feedback confirmed diminished signal within ventromedial prefrontal cortex in Parkinson's disease, which was more marked in apathy, but not predictive of their individual apathy severity. Using a model-based categorization of choice type, decisions to explore lower value bandits in the apathy group activated prefrontal cortex to a similar degree to the age-matched controls. In contrast, Parkinson's patients without apathy demonstrated significantly increased activation across a distributed thalamo-cortical network. Enhanced activity in the thalamus predicted individual apathy severity across both patient groups and exhibited functional connectivity with dorsal anterior cingulate cortex and anterior insula. Given that task performance in patients without apathy was no different to the age-matched control subjects, we interpret the recruitment of this network as a possible compensatory mechanism, which compensates against symptomatic manifestation of apathy in Parkinson's disease.
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- William Gilmour
- Division of Imaging Science and Technology, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 9SY, UK
- Department of Neurology, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee DD1 9SY, UK
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- Division of Imaging Science and Technology, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 9SY, UK
- Department of Neurology, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee DD1 9SY, UK
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- Rehabilitation Psychiatry, Murray Royal Hospital, Perth PH2 7BH, UK
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- Division of Imaging Science and Technology, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 9SY, UK
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- Division of Imaging Science and Technology, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 9SY, UK
- Medical Physics, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee DD1 9SY, UK
- SINAPSE, University of Glasgow, Imaging Centre of Excellence, Level 2, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow G51 4TF, Scotland, UK
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- Institute of Applied Health Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill, Aberdeen AB24 2ZD, UK
- Department of Neurology, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Foresterhill, Aberdeen AB24 2ZD, UK
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- Institute of Neurological Sciences, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow G51 4TF, UK
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- Division of Imaging Science and Technology, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 9SY, UK
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- Division of Imaging Science and Technology, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 9SY, UK
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- Division of Imaging Science and Technology, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 9SY, UK
- Department of Neurology, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee DD1 9SY, UK
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Ramsay N, Marshall V, Stone J. Functional tics, the pandemic and social media. ACNR 2022. [DOI: 10.47795/vhrl6262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Functional tics form a part, albeit a small proportion, of the wider spectrum of functional neurological disorders (FND). In this review, we focus on the recent increase in presentations of functional tics since the COVID-19 pandemic. A functional tic disorder is often characterised by rapid onset of complex motor and vocal tics predominantly in adolescent females, distinct from Tourette’s syndrome which typically begins in younger boys. Rapid onset of severe tics merging into other types of functional neurological disorders, marked coprolalia, self-injury from tics and school absenteeism, are additional features of functional tics, however, the disorders can co-exist. There has been a lot of focus on social media as an explanation for the rise in cases, although the data suggest that this is just one of many potential factors, with the pandemic itself and its effect on teenage lives being the most likely culprit.
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Roberts JN, Graham BS, Karron RA, Munoz FM, Falsey AR, Anderson LJ, Marshall V, Kim S, Beeler JA. Challenges and opportunities in RSV vaccine development: Meeting report from FDA/NIH workshop. Vaccine 2016; 34:4843-4849. [PMID: 27566900 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2016.07.057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2016] [Accepted: 07/29/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the most common cause of serious acute lower respiratory illness in infants and young children and a significant cause of disease burden in the elderly and immunocompromised. There are no licensed RSV vaccines to address this significant public health need. While advances in vaccine technologies have led to a recent resurgence in RSV vaccine development, the immune correlates of protection against RSV and the immunology of vaccine-associated enhanced respiratory disease (ERD) remain poorly understood. FDA's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) and NIH's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) organized and co-sponsored an RSV Vaccines Workshop in Bethesda, Maryland on June 1 and 2, 2015. The goal of the conference was to convene scientists, regulators, and industry stakeholders to discuss approaches to RSV vaccine development within the context of three target populations - infants and children, pregnant women, and individuals >60years of age. The agenda included topics related to RSV vaccine development in general, as well as considerations specific to each target population, such as clinical and serological endpoints. The meeting focused on vaccine development for high income countries (HIC), because issues relevant to vaccine development for low and middle income countries (LMIC) have been discussed in other forums. This manuscript summarizes the discussion of clinical, scientific, and regulatory perspectives, research gaps, and lessons learned.
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- Jeffrey N Roberts
- Office of Vaccines Research and Review (OVRR), Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER), FDA, Silver Spring, MD, USA.
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- Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Center for Immunization Research, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics and Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Rochester General Hospital, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Emory University and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Office of Vaccines Research and Review (OVRR), Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER), FDA, Silver Spring, MD, USA
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- Division of Microbiology and Infectious Disease, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Office of Vaccines Research and Review (OVRR), Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER), FDA, Silver Spring, MD, USA
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Bobridge A, Bond MJ, Marshall V, Paterson J. An investigation of the support needs of men and partners throughout the prostate cancer journey. Psychooncology 2014; 24:341-7. [PMID: 25116753 DOI: 10.1002/pon.3655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2014] [Revised: 07/23/2014] [Accepted: 07/26/2014] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Prostate cancer is one of the mostly commonly diagnosed cancers in men. Unfortunately, the treatment for this cancer can have a number of negative side effects, both for the man himself and his partner. This study investigated the support needs of both men and partners throughout the prostate cancer journey and how this journey may be optimally managed. METHODS Thirty-one men who had undergone prostate cancer treatment within the last 6 years and 31 partners answered a questionnaire, which explored support care issues as identified in the literature and from focus groups. RESULTS Men and partners were moderately satisfied with information given regarding diagnosis, treatment and side effects, but partners were more satisfied with information relating to the particular chosen treatment. Men's understanding of their chosen treatment's potential side effects was significantly different from their understanding of diagnosis, cancer outcome, treatment options and selected treatment. Timing of information delivery was preferred by men at diagnosis, whereas partners preferred after the diagnosis. Men wanted more time to think about the diagnosis and treatment, whereas partners wanted an opportunity to discuss the diagnosis. The management of common side effects such as emotional changes, incontinence and erectile dysfunction was rated as 'somewhat' satisfactory. CONCLUSION Men and partners may have different educational and supportive needs throughout the prostate cancer journey that require attention and tailored management.
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- A Bobridge
- School of Nursing and Midwifery, Flinders University & Repatriation General Hospital, South Australia, Australia
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Li X, Baker-Andresen D, Zhao Q, Marshall V, Bredy TW. Methyl CpG Binding Domain Ultra-Sequencing: a novel method for identifying inter-individual and cell-type-specific variation in DNA methylation. Genes, Brain and Behavior 2014; 13:721-31. [DOI: 10.1111/gbb.12150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2014] [Revised: 05/06/2014] [Accepted: 06/11/2014] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- X. Li
- Psychiatric Epigenomics Laboratory, Queensland Brain Institute; The University of Queensland; Brisbane
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- Psychiatric Epigenomics Laboratory, Queensland Brain Institute; The University of Queensland; Brisbane
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- Psychiatric Epigenomics Laboratory, Queensland Brain Institute; The University of Queensland; Brisbane
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- Psychiatric Epigenomics Laboratory, Queensland Brain Institute; The University of Queensland; Brisbane
- Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI); Royal Children's Hospital; Melbourne Australia
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- Psychiatric Epigenomics Laboratory, Queensland Brain Institute; The University of Queensland; Brisbane
- Center for Neurobiology of Learning & Memory; University of California Irvine; Irvine CA USA
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Whitby D, Miley W, Bagni R, Marshall V, HanJ SJ, Hu J, Skalsky RL, Kim CH, Ruscetti F, Little R, Yarchoan R, Renne R. Profiling viral and host microRNA expression in cells infected with KSHV and EBV. Infect Agent Cancer 2009. [PMCID: PMC4261734 DOI: 10.1186/1750-9378-4-s2-o23] [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: 12/05/2022] Open
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Cadenasso ML, Pickett STA, Groffman PM, Band LE, Brush GS, Galvin MF, Grove JM, Hagar G, Marshall V, McGrath BP, O'Neil-Dunne JPM, Stack WP, Troy AR. Exchanges across land-water-scape boundaries in urban systems: strategies for reducing nitrate pollution. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2008; 1134:213-32. [PMID: 18566096 DOI: 10.1196/annals.1439.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [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]
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Conservation in urban areas typically focuses on biodiversity and large green spaces. However, opportunities exist throughout urban areas to enhance ecological functions. An important function of urban landscapes is retaining nitrogen thereby reducing nitrate pollution to streams and coastal waters. Control of nonpoint nitrate pollution in urban areas was originally based on the documented importance of riparian zones in agricultural and forested ecosystems. The watershed and boundary frameworks have been used to guide stream research and a riparian conservation strategy to reduce nitrate pollution in urban streams. But is stream restoration and riparian-zone conservation enough? Data from the Baltimore Ecosystem Study and other urban stream research indicate that urban riparian zones do not necessarily prevent nitrate from entering, nor remove nitrate from, streams. Based on this insight, policy makers in Baltimore extended the conservation strategy throughout larger watersheds, attempting to restore functions that no longer took place in riparian boundaries. Two urban revitalization projects are presented as examples aimed at reducing nitrate pollution to stormwater, streams, and the Chesapeake Bay. An adaptive cycle of ecological urban design synthesizes the insights from the watershed and boundary frameworks, from new data, and from the conservation concerns of agencies and local communities. This urban example of conservation based on ameliorating nitrate water pollution extends the initial watershed-boundary approach along three dimensions: 1) from riparian to urban land-water-scapes; 2) from discrete engineering solutions to ecological design approaches; and 3) from structural solutions to inclusion of individual, household, and institutional behavior.
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- M L Cadenasso
- Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA 95816, USA.
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Foote S, Marshall V, Munroe DJ, Segre JA. Constructing contigs from large-insert clones. Curr Protoc Hum Genet 2008; Chapter 5:Unit 5.10. [PMID: 18428284 DOI: 10.1002/0471142905.hg0510s15] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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This unit describes three approaches that are widely used to define alignments between overlapping clones bearing large-insert genomic DNA and to generate extensive contiguous overlapping sets of clones (contigs). The three approaches are sequence-tagged site (STS) content mapping, repetitive-element hybridization fingerprinting, and Alu-PCR fingerprinting. Methods for isolating the necessary BAC DNA suitable for automated fluorescent sequencing and generating new STS markers are discussed in support protocols. An alternate protocol presents repetitive-element hybridization fingerprinting to detect overlaps and build contigs with full-genomic YAC libraries.
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- S Foote
- Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Victoria, Australia
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Buggy Y, Wilton L, Marshall V, Shakir S. Safety Profile of Tacrolimus Used in General Practice in England: A Prescription Event Monitoring Study. Drug Saf 2007. [DOI: 10.2165/00002018-200730100-00014] [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: 11/02/2022]
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Layton D, Marshall V, Shakir SAW. Gastrointestinal and Thromboembolic Events with Etoricoxib: Case Series from a Prescription-Event Monitoring (PEM) Study in England. Drug Saf 2007. [DOI: 10.2165/00002018-200730100-00012] [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: 11/02/2022]
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Layton D, Marshall V, Shakir SAW. Gastrointestinal and Thromboembolic Events with Valdecoxib: Case Series from a Prescription-Event Monitoring (PEM) Study in England. Drug Saf 2007. [DOI: 10.2165/00002018-200730100-00064] [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: 11/02/2022]
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Marshall V, Wilton L, Shakir S. Safety profile of repaglinide as used in general practice in England: results of a prescription-event monitoring study. Acta Diabetol 2006; 43:6-13. [PMID: 16710643 DOI: 10.1007/s00592-006-0203-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2005] [Accepted: 11/29/2005] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Repaglinide is a prandial glucose regulator indicated for management of type 2 diabetes. This post-marketing study used the observational cohort technique of prescription-event monitoring (PEM) to monitor safety of repaglinide prescribed in primary care in England. Patients were identified from dispensed prescriptions issued by general practitioners (GPs) between December 1998 and January 2001. Demographic and clinical event data were collected from questionnaires posted to GPs at least six months after the date of first prescription for each patient. The cohort consisted of 5731 patients [median age 60 (IQR 51-68), 49.9% male]. Event incidence densities (IDs) [no. 1st reports/1000 patient-months of exposure] were calculated for all events reported. The most frequently recorded clinical events in the first month were diarrhoea (ID(1) 10.3), malaise/lassitude (ID(1) 8.1) and nausea/vomiting (ID(1) 7.9). The most frequently reported reason for stopping was 'not effective' (647), with the most common clinical reasons being diarrhoea (60), malaise/lassitude (55) and intolerance (54). One hundred and thirteen adverse drug reactions (ADRs) were reported, with the most frequently specified being diarrhoea (10), abdominal pain (10) and nausea/vomiting (9). We concluded that repaglinide is generally well tolerated when used in general practice in England and did not identify any serious unrecognised adverse events.
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- V Marshall
- Drug Safety Research Unit, Blundell Lane, Southampton, UK.
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Marshall V, Layton D, Wilton L, Shakir S. Safety profile of Etoricoxib as used in General Practice in England: Results of a Prescription-Event Monitoring (PEM) study. Drug Saf 2006. [DOI: 10.2165/00002018-200629100-00157] [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: 11/02/2022]
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Layton D, Marshall V, Boshier A, Friedmann P, Shakir S. Serious Skin Reactions and COX-2 Inhibitors: a Case Series from Prescription-Event Monitoring (PEM) Studies in England. Drug Saf 2006. [DOI: 10.2165/00002018-200629100-00164] [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: 11/02/2022]
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Marshall V, Behr E, Carter N, Jeffrey S, Shakir S, Camm A. Methodology of the Ongoing Drug-Induced Arrhythmia Risk Evaluation (DARE) Study. Drug Saf 2006. [DOI: 10.2165/00002018-200629100-00109] [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: 11/02/2022]
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Marshall V, Grosset D. Reply: The meaning of negative DAT and F-Dopa PET scans in a patient with clinical Parkinson's disease. Mov Disord 2004. [DOI: 10.1002/mds.20313] [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: 11/09/2022] Open
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de Sanjosé S, Goedert JJ, Marshall V, Bellas C, Benavente Y, Bosch R, Domingo A, Fernandez de Sevilla A, Servitje O, Whitby D. Risk of malignant lymphoma associated with human herpesvirus-8: a case-control study in Spain. Br J Cancer 2004; 90:2145-8. [PMID: 15150582 PMCID: PMC2409501 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6601858] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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No overall increased risk of lymphoma associated with antibodies to human herpesvirus-8 was found in 526 lymphomas and 599 controls (odds ratio (OR)=1.04, 95% confidence interval (CI)=0.62–1.75); significant increases were noted for 19 lymphoplasmacytic lymphomas (OR=4.47, 95% CI=1.34–14.85) and nine low-grade lymphoma/lymphoma B-cell NOS (OR=5.82, 95% CI=1.07–31.73).
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- S de Sanjosé
- Servei d'Epidemiologia i Registre del Cancer, Institut Catala d'Oncologia, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Avda. Gran Via s/n km. 2.7, Barcelona 08907, Spain.
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Functional imaging of the dopamine transporter (DAT) defines integrity of the dopaminergic system and has its main clinical application in patients with mild, incomplete, or uncertain parkinsonism. Imaging with specific single positron emission computerised tomography ligands for DAT (FP-CIT, beta-CIT, IPT, TRODAT) provides a marker for presynaptic neuronal degeneration. Striatal uptake correlates with disease severity, in particular bradykinesia and rigidity, and monitoring of progression assists in clinical trials of potential neuroprotective drugs. DAT imaging is abnormal in idiopathic Parkinson's disease, multiple system atrophy and progressive supranuclear palsy and does not distinguish between these disorders. Dopamine loss is seen even in the earliest clinical presentations of true parkinsonism; a normal scan suggests an alternative diagnosis such as essential tremor, vascular parkinsonism (unless there is focal basal ganglia infarction), drug-induced parkinsonism, or psychogenic parkinsonism. Congruence between working clinical diagnosis and DAT imaging increases over time in favour of baseline DAT imaging results. Additional applications are characterising dementia with parkinsonian features (abnormal results in dementia with Lewy bodies, normal in Alzheimer's disease); and differentiating juvenile-onset Parkinson's disease (abnormal DAT) from dopa-responsive dystonia (normal DAT).
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- Vicky Marshall
- Institute of Neurological Sciences, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
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Dopamine transporter (DAT) imaging detects presynaptic dopamine neuronal dysfunction and thereby assists differentiation of conditions with and without dopamine deficit. In atypical tremor disorders, DAT imaging can differentiate between Parkinson's disease (PD), where dopamine deficit is demonstrated on DAT imaging, and essential tremor, where no dopamine deficit is found. DAT imaging may be particularly informative in monosymptomatic rest tremors, benign tremulous Parkinson's syndrome, and in the elderly in whom essential tremor may be accompanied by pseudoparkinsonism.
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- Vicky Marshall
- Institute of Neurological Sciences, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
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Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) are characterised by their conversion of a large proportion of their carbon feed, fermentable sugars, to lactic acid. However, in addition to lactic acid production, the LAB are able to divert a small proportion of fermentable sugars towards the biosynthesis of exopolysaccharides (EPSs) that are independent of the cell surface and cell wall material. These microbial EPSs when suspended or dissolved in aqueous solution provide thickening and gelling properties, and, as such, there is great interest in using EPSs from food grade microorganisms (such as the LAB that are traditionally used for food fermentations) for use as thickening agents. The current review includes a brief summary of the recent literature describing features of the biosynthetic pathways leading to EPS production. Many aspects of EPS biosynthesis in LAB are still not fully understood and a number of inferences are made regarding the similarity of the pathway to those involved in the synthesis of other cell polysaccharides, e.g., cell wall components. The main body of the review will cover practical aspects concerned with the isolation and characterisation of EPS structures. In the last couple of years, a substantial number of structures have been published and a summary of the common elements of these structures is included as is a suggestion for a system for representing structures. A brief highlight of the attempts that are being made to design 'tailor'-made polysaccharides using genetic modification and control of metabolic flux is presented.
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- A Laws
- School of Applied Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Queensgate, UK.
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Wheelahan J, Scott NA, Cartmill R, Marshall V, Morton RP, Nacey J, Maddern GJ. Minimally invasive non-laser thermal techniques for prostatectomy: a systematic review. The ASERNIP-S review group. BJU Int 2000; 86:977-88. [PMID: 11119089 DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410x.2000.00976.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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- J Wheelahan
- Baringa Specialist Centre, Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia
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Wheelahan J, Scott NA, Cartmill R, Marshall V, Morton RP, Nacey J, Maddern GJ. Minimally invasive laser techniques for prostatectomy: a systematic review. The ASERNIP-S review group. Australian Safety and Efficacy Register of New Interventional Procedures--Surgical. BJU Int 2000; 86:805-15. [PMID: 11069405 DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410x.2000.00920.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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- J Wheelahan
- Baringa Specialist Centre, Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia. Australia
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Little RF, Wyvill KM, Pluda JM, Welles L, Marshall V, Figg WD, Newcomb FM, Tosato G, Feigal E, Steinberg SM, Whitby D, Goedert JJ, Yarchoan R. Activity of thalidomide in AIDS-related Kaposi's sarcoma. J Clin Oncol 2000; 18:2593-602. [PMID: 10893291 DOI: 10.1200/jco.2000.18.13.2593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 221] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [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] Open
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PURPOSE To assess the toxicity and activity of oral thalidomide in Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) in a phase II dose-escalation study. PATIENTS AND METHODS Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-seropositive patients with biopsy-confirmed KS that progressed over the 2 months before enrollment received an initial dose of 200 mg/d of oral thalidomide in a phase II study. The dose was increased to a maximum of 1,000 mg/d for up to 1 year. Anti-HIV therapy was maintained during the study period. Toxicity, tumor response, immunologic and angiogenic factors, and virologic parameters were assessed. RESULTS Twenty patients aged 29 to 49 years with a median CD4 count of 246 cells/mm(3) (range, 14 to 646 cells/mm(3)) were enrolled. All patients were assessable for toxicity, and 17 for response. Drowsiness in nine and depression in seven patients were the most frequent toxicities observed. Eight (47%; 95% confidence interval [CI], 23% to 72%) of the 17 assessable patients achieved a partial response, and an additional two patients had stable disease. Based on all 20 patients treated, the response rate was 40% (95% CI, 19% to 64%). The median thalidomide dose at the time of response was 500 mg/d (range, 400 to 1,000 mg/d). The median duration of drug treatment was 6.3 months, and the median time to progression was 7.3 months. CONCLUSION Oral thalidomide was tolerated in this population at doses up to 1,000 mg/d for as long as 12 months and was found to induce clinically meaningful anti-KS responses in a sizable subset of the patients. Additional studies of this agent in KS are warranted.
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- R F Little
- HIV and AIDS Malignancy Branch, Medicine Branch, and Biostatistics and Data Management Section, Division of Clinical Sciences, Frederick, MD, USA
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Biggar RJ, Whitby D, Marshall V, Linhares AC, Black F. Human herpesvirus 8 in Brazilian Amerindians: a hyperendemic population with a new subtype. J Infect Dis 2000; 181:1562-8. [PMID: 10823754 DOI: 10.1086/315456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 144] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/1999] [Revised: 01/19/2000] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) epidemiology in Brazilian Amerindians was studied. Use of an immunofluorescence (IFA) test for latent antibody demonstrated that the prevalence of HHV-8 in 781 Amerindians of diverse tribes (overall, 53% prevalence) was not related to language group or sex but rather increased gradually from 41% in children <10 years of age to 65% in adults >/=30 years of age. In IFA-positive subjects, HHV-8 DNA was detected in 3 (16%) of 19 mononuclear cell samples from peripheral blood and in 1 of 16 saliva samples. The sequences of conserved ORF22 and K6 genes were typical of HHV-8, but the variable K1 gene sequences were only 70%-75% identical to other known HHV-8 strains. Thus, a new HHV-8 subtype, E, is hyperendemic in Brazilian Amerindians, although Kaposi's sarcoma has not been reported. Transmission is probably oral rather than sexual. The limited genetic pool in isolated groups may permit more frequent transmission of a virus with a low prevalence in heterogeneous populations.
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- R J Biggar
- Viral Epidemiology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20852, USA. . nih.gov
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Marshall V, Poulson-Cook S, Moldenhauer J. Comparative mold and yeast recovery analysis (the effect of differing incubation temperature ranges and growth media). PDA J Pharm Sci Technol 1998; 52:165-9. [PMID: 9752711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Environmental monitoring methodology for recovering fungal organisms often dictates the use of a selective medium incubated at ambient temperatures (20-25 degrees C) for as many as seven days incubation to ensure reliable recovery. However, these methods (which must remain standardized for identification purposes) are not the only avenue environmental monitoring programs may follow. This study comparatively analyzed recovery rates of fungal organisms cultured on both a general purpose bacteriological nutrient medium (Tryptic Soy Agar supplemented with Lecithin and Polysorbate 80), and on a medium selective for the growth of yeasts and molds (Sabouraud Dextrose Agar). The bacteriologic medium was incubated at elevated temperatures (30-35 degrees C) for 70-72 hours then transferred to ambient temperatures for another 70-72 hours incubation. The control case selective medium was incubated solely at 20-25 degrees C for 110-130 hours. Additionally, in a separate test the selective medium was incubated at the same temperature and time specifications as the bacteriologic medium to analyze recovery capabilities. Equivalent or better recovery was obtained for all test panel organisms of yeasts and molds using Tryptic Soy Agar supplemented with Lecithin and Polysorbate 80 incubated at 30-35 degrees C. Equivalent or better recovery was obtained for eight of the nine test panel organisms of yeasts and molds incubated at elevated temperatures on Sabouraud Dextrose Agar versus recovery on Agar versus recovery on Sabouraud Dextrose Agar incubated solely at 20-25 degrees C. No inhibition of growth was observed at the elevated temperature range of 30-35 degrees C. Three days incubation at elevated temperatures was a sufficient incubation period to detect the test organisms cultured on Tryptic Soy Agar supplemented with Lecithin and Polysorbate 80.
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- V Marshall
- Fujisawa, USA Incorporated, Grand Island, New York, USA
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Zalcberg JR, Raghaven D, Marshall V, Thompson PJ. Bilateral orchidectomy and flutamide versus orchidectomy alone in newly diagnosed patients with metastatic carcinoma of the prostate--an Australian multicentre trial. Br J Urol 1996; 77:865-9. [PMID: 8705223 DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410x.1996.01517.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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OBJECTIVES To investigate the hypothesis that maximal androgen blockade improves the outcome of patients with metastatic prostate cancer. PATIENTS AND METHODS A total of 222 previously untreated patients with metastatic prostatic cancer were entered into a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of bilateral orchidectomy with or without androgen blockade (112 receiving flutamide and 110 a placebo) which commenced in 1985 in four Australian centres. The characteristics of the patients, e.g. age, performance status, the presence of bone pain, duration of disease and the use of prior radiation, were well balanced between the groups. Patients commenced the protocol therapy with flutamide or placebo within the 7 days preceding surgery and continued this medication for a minimum of 2 years, unless there was unequivocal evidence of tumour progression. RESULTS Apart from a difference in grade 3 or 4 gastrointestinal toxicities between the flutamide and placebo arms (13% and 3%, respectively), serious or life-threatening toxicities were uncommon and equally balanced. The assessment of response in six patients (three in each arm) was inevaluable. The objective response rates were 45% and 56% in the flutamide and placebo arms, respectively. There was no difference in survival between the treatments. CONCLUSIONS This study was not sufficiently powerful to detect small differences in outcome (although the trend in survival favoured the placebo arm) but nevertheless failed to show any benefit for maximal androgen blockade over orchidectomy in this group of patients.
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- J R Zalcberg
- Department of Medical Oncology, Austin & Repatriation Medical Centre, Victoria, Australia
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Rosenfeldt FL, Conyers RA, Jablonski P, Langley L, Richards SM, Self G, Marshall V. Comparison of UW solution and St. Thomas' solution in the rat: importance of potassium concentration. Ann Thorac Surg 1996; 61:576-84. [PMID: 8572770 DOI: 10.1016/0003-4975(95)01085-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [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] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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BACKGROUND University of Wisconsin solution (UW) is in limited clinical use for heart transplantation, but there are doubts about its efficacy and concerns about the effect of its high K+ concentration on endothelium. St. Thomas' solution with or without aspartate is widely used and is of proven efficacy. METHODS Using a modified (starch-free) variant of UW (MUW) we studied: (1) recovery of function with UW compared with aspartate-containing St. Thomas' solution; (2) effect of elevation of K+ in St. Thomas' solution to the level in UW; and (3) effect of reduction of K+ in UW and addition of Ca2+ or aspartate. Isolated rat hearts underwent 7 hours of arrest at 1 degrees C using MUW with or without 20 mmol/L aspartate or using aspartate-containing St. Thomas' solution. RESULTS Functional recovery with MUW (51.8% +/- 2.5%) was superior to that with aspartate-containing St. Thomas' solution (37.1% +/- 4.3%; p < 0.01). Addition of aspartate to MUW had no effect. During 6 hours of arrest, lowering the K+ in MUW from 125 mmol/L to 20 mmol/L reduced functional recovery from 59.9% +/- 4.2% to 42.3% +/- 4.3% (p < 0.01). The addition of 1 mmol/L Ca2+ had no effect. Elevation of K+ in St. Thomas' solution produced more rapid arrest but no improvement in recovery. CONCLUSIONS The protective effect of starch-free UW is greater (+13%) than that of aspartate-enriched St. Thomas' solution. Reduction of K+ in UW to lessen possible deleterious effects would decrease its protective effect by about 30% to a level comparable with that of St. Thomas' solution.
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- F L Rosenfeldt
- Baker Medical Research Institute, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Felger I, Tavul L, Kabintik S, Marshall V, Genton B, Alpers M, Beck HP. Plasmodium falciparum: extensive polymorphism in merozoite surface antigen 2 alleles in an area with endemic malaria in Papua New Guinea. Exp Parasitol 1994; 79:106-16. [PMID: 7914494 DOI: 10.1006/expr.1994.1070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [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: 01/27/2023]
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Plasmodium falciparum: Extensive polymorphism in merozoite surface antigen 2 alleles in an area with endemic malaria in Papua New Guinea. Experimental Parasitology 79, 106-116. The prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum in 304 individuals from two villages in Papua New Guinea has been determined by PCR amplification of the gene encoding the merozoite surface antigen 2 (MSA2). Forty-seven percent of the blood samples were positive for P. falciparum. The MSA2 alleles of this parasite population were characterized by PCR-RFLP genotyping. In 144 P. falciparum infections 38 different MSA2 alleles were found. The most common allele (22%) was a variant of FC27. Further alleles, found in the study area, were IC1, KF1916, and MAD71. In addition to these previously described alleles, 33 novel variant forms of MSA2 were detected, most of which were represented at very low frequency in the study population. MSA2 genotyping of a local P. falciparum population revealed an unexpected amount of genetic heterogeneity. The diversity is mostly due to variation in the repeat region resulting in length polymorphism that can be easily detected by PCR-RFLP.
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- I Felger
- PNG Institute of Medical Research, Madang, Papua New Guinea
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OBJECTIVE This study measures psychologic distress in women attending a menopause clinic to determine if significant differences exist between peri-menopausal and menopausal women. METHOD Consecutive women attending a university hospital menopause clinic were administered the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) and a study questionnaire to determine menopausal symptoms, menstrual cycle status, and use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT). The BSI results were compared between menopausal and perimenopausal women, and to a normative sample of middle-aged women who were nonpatients. RESULTS Two hundred and fifty-nine menopause clinic women completed the questionnaire: 113 perimenopausal and 146 menopausal women. There was significantly greater psychologic distress on the BSI among perimenopausal as compared to menopausal women on the global severity index, and each of the anxiety, hostility, somatization, depression, paranoid, and psychoticism subscales. Perimenopausal women met BSI caseness severity criteria significantly more often than did menopausal women on the global severity index, and on the subscales for depression, anxiety, and psychoticism. On the BSI, menopausal women showed results similar to those of a normative sample of nonpatient middle-aged women. CONCLUSIONS Perimenopausal women attending menopause clinics have significantly higher levels of psychologic distress meeting case severity criteria on the BSI. Further research is warranted to define the subgroups of perimenopausal women who are at increased risk, in the hopes of developing effective interventions.
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Marshall V. Concerned about scrapie. J Am Vet Med Assoc 1991; 198:1850-3. [PMID: 1874660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Jung R, Free K, Marshall V, DiResta G, Edmondson R, Arbit E, Bedford R. MANNITOL VS. LIDOCAINE FOR ICP CONTROL FOLLOWING CRYOGENIC BRAIN INJURY IN RATS. Anesth Analg 1990. [DOI: 10.1213/00000539-199002001-00185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Gallus A, Murphy W, Nacey J, Morris M, Sutherland P, Marshall V, Magnani H. The influence of Org 10172, an antithrombotic heparinoid, on urinary blood loss after transurethral prostatectomy. Thromb Res 1989; 56:229-38. [PMID: 2482549 DOI: 10.1016/0049-3848(89)90165-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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We have measured the effects of Org 10172 (a mixture of naturally occurring glycosaminoglycans derived from hog intestinal mucosa) on blood loss after transurethral prostatectomy (TURP), using doses which are likely to prevent postoperative venous thrombosis (VT). 48 patients entered a double-blind randomised pilot study: 18 were given subcutaneous (sc) injections of a placebo and 30 received sc Org 10172 (750 anti-Xa units/day, 500 units twice daily (bid), or 750 units bid, starting just before TURP and continued until discharge; 10 patients per group). No Org 10172 regimen increased peroperative blood loss but all caused a similar trend towards increased urinary bleeding after surgery. Since there was no apparent dose effect gradient, it was decided to pool the data from all three dosing blocks: this analysis showed that Org 10172 increased geometric mean blood loss during the first 2 days after surgery from 10.4 gm hemoglobin (Hgb; range = 3.2-71) to 20.5 gm Hgb (range = 1.9-147) (p = .005), an effect which retained its significance after allowing for two other major determinants of postoperative bleeding, the weight of prostate resected and the length of surgery, and also when pooling was restricted to the twice daily Org 10172 injection groups and their corresponding controls. Bleeding was not severe, but our results indicate a need for caution when considering the use of Org 10172 in this setting.
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- A Gallus
- Department of Hematology, Flinders Medical Centre, Bedford Park, South Australia
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As part of a larger study focusing on different facets of the lives of 2,731 older Canadians who seasonally reside in Florida, we investigated primarily the extent of family and friendship contacts and the loneliness expressed by these older Canadians. The data were collected using a questionnaire that was distributed and returned by mail. The sample was taken from the subscription list of a newspaper in Florida that was a subsidiary of a large Canadian newspaper. The results show a population that was relatively young, married, in generally good health, and with rather extensive contacts with family and friends while residing in Florida. Nevertheless, more than a fifth indicated they were at least somewhat lonely. Results, using discriminate function analysis, showed that those more lonely were younger, female, less educated, not married, in poorer physical health, had fewer Florida friends, and had more children who lived near them in Canada, but fewer children who lived near them in the United States. Implications of the results are discussed.
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- L C Mullins
- Department of Gerontology, University of South Florida, Tampa
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Thomson NM, Scott DF, Cesnik B, Hooke D, Wood C, Marshall V, Atkins RC. Morbidity, mortality, and quality of life in long-term survivors of an integrated dialysis/renal transplant programme. Transplant Proc 1989; 21:2184-5. [PMID: 2652703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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- N M Thomson
- Department of Nephrology, Monash University, Prince Henry's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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Marshall V. The relationship of peripheral nervous system (PNS) pathology to multiple sclerosis (MS). J Neurol Sci 1988; 84:117-9. [PMID: 3367150 DOI: 10.1016/0022-510x(88)90180-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Linsell M, Jablonski P, Howden B, Scott D, Marshall V. The thigh flap: an osteomyocutaneous free-flap model in the rat. Plast Reconstr Surg 1988; 81:240-5. [PMID: 3336656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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A new experimental model for free-flap transfer has been developed in the rat. This "thigh flap" is an osteomyocutaneous free flap of bone (femur), muscle (thigh), and skin (groin) based on the femoral vessels. The flap is harvested from the left groin and thigh of an inbred female rat and is transferred to a subcutaneous pocket in the left groin of a male rat of the same inbred strain. The femoral vessels supplying the flap are anastomosed end-to-end with the femoral vessels of the recipient. Thirty flaps have been transferred, with 5 technical failures. Three of the remaining 25 flaps developed necrosis within 24 hours. The other 22 flaps remained viable until the rat was sacrificed at 7 days. The survival rate of the thigh flap was thus 88 percent. The model is suitable for use in metabolic, vascular, and immunologic studies of composite free flaps.
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- M Linsell
- Monash University Department of Surgery, Prince Henry's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a chronic central nervous system (CNS) infection similar to Lyme Disease or Neurosyphilis in its latency period, pathogenesis, symptoms, histopathology and chronic CNS involvement. It does not have as yet a fully identified spirochetal etiological agent. Much research and clinical support for this hypothesis was published before 1954 and is based on silver staining of neural lesions, animal isolation of the etiologic agent and the characteristic symptoms and pathogenesis of the disease. If this hypothesis is correct, the disease should be treatable with antibacterial agents that penetrate the CNS (such as high dose antibiotics), diagnosible by specific immunological tests, and preventable by early treatment or by the use of vaccines in high risk populations.
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- V Marshall
- Animal Vaccine Laboratory, Council Bluffs, Iowa 51501
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Using data from 1,805 interns, residents, and fellows in Ontario, Canada, the authors report the prevalence of symptoms measured by the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D). They found that the proportion of subjects scoring as depressed was somewhat higher than that found in community studies. Women had higher depression scores than men. The proportion of unmarried house staff with moderate or severe depression scores was higher than that of married house staff. Considerable differences were found by specialty, and depression was most prevalent in the first year of postgraduate training. These findings have implications for those who direct postgraduate medical training or who seek to alleviate unnecessary stress in the postgraduate education experience.
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- K Hsu
- Department of Behavioural Science, University of Toronto, Ont., Canada
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Scott D, Mijch A, Lucas CR, Marshall V, Thomson N, Atkins R. Hepatitis B and renal transplantation. Transplant Proc 1987; 19:2159-60. [PMID: 3274482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Renal transplantation in HBsAg+ chronic carriers has a relative low risk of progressive liver disease, with mortality associated with liver disease at 7%. In contrast, HBsAg+ recipients who acquired their disease in the early posttransplant period had a mortality of 60%. HBeAg-positive patients who remain persistently positive are a subgroup with a poor prognosis and should not be offered a renal transplant.
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- D Scott
- Fairfield Infectious Diseases Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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Lambert R, Carroll N, Henry M, Howden B, Jablonski P, Rae D, Tavanlis G, Marshall V, Tange J. Glomerular epithelial cell lesions in rat renal isografts. Pathology 1987; 19:31-7. [PMID: 3295711 DOI: 10.3109/00313028709065132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Visceral glomerular epithelial cell lesions--microvillus formation, loss of foot processes, osmiophilic inclusion droplets, balloon-like malformation of cell processes, degeneration, necrosis, and loss of cell processes from capillary basement membranes--are found in rat renal isografts 1 mth after transplantation. The lesions, which are most readily recognized in perfusion-fixed material, are essentially focal, affecting neither all glomeruli, nor all cells in any glomerulus, bear no relation to the degree of interstitial nephritis in the graft, and are associated with albuminuria and with focal capillary sclerosis in some glomeruli. They are not restricted to renal isografts but are found in aging rats, in different experimental models of glomerular disease and in clinical glomerular disorders, again in association with proteinuria and glomerulosclerosis. It is therefore proposed that glomerular epithelial cell damage increases capillary permeability and impairs maintenance of the integrity of the capillary wall, leading to proteinuria and focal glomerulosclerosis.
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Severe proteinuria occurs during isolated organ perfusion of kidneys removed from SD and DA rats and subjected to 24-hr cold preservation. In both strains increased glomerular permeability was associated with changes in glomerular visceral epithelial cells, particularly cytoplasmic edema and detachment of cells from capillary basement membranes. Foot processes were intact and staining for sialoglycoprotein was retained. The changes were compatible with survival of the isograft kidney after transplantation, but moderate proteinuria was found in some rats after one month. Protein loss in the urine during isolated organ perfusion is very much less in kidneys subjected to 4-hr cold preservation, and the glomerular epithelial cells are normal or show only minimal cytoplasmic edema on electron microscopy. The experiment shows that significant damage to glomeruli may occur during preservation prior to transplantation, and the model itself can be usefully exploited to determine the relation between increased glomerular permeability to albumin and the associated changes in the glomerular capillary wall.
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Jablonski P, Howden B, Rae D, Rigol G, Birrell C, Marshall V, Tange J. The influence of the contralateral kidney upon recovery from unilateral warm renal ischemia. Pathology 1985; 17:623-7. [PMID: 4094791 DOI: 10.3109/00313028509084764] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Unilateral warm renal ischemia of 90 min duration was induced in rats and the contralateral normal kidney was removed either immediately or after 1, 2, 4 or 14 d. Contralateral nephrectomy at 2, 4, 14 d increased survival and modified the functional and morphological events of the recovery period. Optimal recovery was obtained by 4 d delay. When contralateral nephrectomy was delayed by 14 d, scarring of the ischemic kidney was more severe suggesting that regeneration of damaged nephrons was impaired when renal homeostasis was sustained by the contralateral kidney. Such biphasic and inverse effects of normal kidney tissue are likely to be important determinants of the natural history of severe unilateral renal damage.
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Marshall V, Ross B, Smith M, Bartlett S, Freeman D. Organ and tissue preservation for transplantation: monitoring by 31P nuclear magnetic resonance. Transplant Proc 1985; 17:1693-6. [PMID: 3885507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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10 kidneys bearing adenocarcinoma (hypernephroma), 1 ureteric tumour, 2 Wilms' tumour from patients undergoing nephrectomy, and normal human and animal kidneys were preserved and later tested to see whether normothermic blood perfusion restored glomerular filtration, oxygen consumption, and energy metabolism, as monitored by 31P nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). NMR spectra of normal human kidney and of renal tumours were characteristic of kidney in other species (rat, rabbit, and dog), with six principal resonances assigned to adenosine monophosphate, inorganic phosphate (Pi), glycerophosphoryl choline, gamma, alpha, and beta adenosine triphosphate and an intrarenal pH 7.0-7.2. 7 out of 9 hypernephromas and 1 of the 2 Wilms' tumours produced an additional resonance at +4.2 ppm. This peak was absent from all normal kidney spectra and may represent Pi in a specific and highly acidic environment (pH 6.1-6.5) found in actively metabolising human tumours. Furthermore, in 1 tumour (out of 5 tested) the +4.2 ppm peak rose rapidly after the addition of chemotherapeutic agents to the perfusing blood. This observation may indicate drug sensitivity of this one tumour. The results suggest that 31P NMR imaging may be used to monitor therapeutic response during regional perfusion of malignant tumours in man.
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Diaphanography (lightscanning) is a noninvasive method of examining the breast by transillumination using visible or infrared light. It was compared to xeromammography in 1,000 patients, 91 of whom had biopsy. There were 34 malignant tumors, of which 29 were detected by xeromammography and 26 by lightscanning; 27 patients with positive lightscans were not biopsied. All patients with true-positive lightscans also had positive mammograms. Major criteria of malignancy on diaphanography included an area of light absorption and abnormal or hypervascularity. These criteria could be demonstrated on retrospect on 6 scans previously considered negative; one xeromammogram previously interpreted as negative was diagnosed as positive on retrospect. Diaphanography may be sensitive enough to warrant further investigation.
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Marshall V. Efficacy of Leptospira vaccine. J Am Vet Med Assoc 1983; 183:12, 34. [PMID: 6874516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Marshall V. Health care in Egypt: DIY aids for the disabled. Nurs Mirror 1983; 156:16-7. [PMID: 6218484] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Marshall V. Organ and tissue transplantation: past, present and future. Med J Aust 1982; 2:411-4. [PMID: 6757688] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Organ and tissue transplantation are now clinical treatment options for irreversible failure of many organs and systems. Living related donors or cadaver donors are used in kidney transplantation and it is a well-established procedure with defined results. Cardiac graft results match those obtained for recipients of unrelated kidney grafts from cadavers. Combined heart and lung grafts have been successfully used to treat cor pulmonale. Liver transplantation is technically demanding, and suffers from the absence of effective liver-support systems, but can achieve lifesaving short-term and long-term survival in selected patients. Pancreatic transplantation offers great potential, but long-term results both of isolated islet-cell transplantation and of organ grafts have been disappointing. Lung transplantation as an isolated procedure has had very little success. Bone-marrow transplantation is now the method of choice of treatment of aplastic anaemia, and is occasionally successful in management of malignancies. Transplantation of skin, bone, cartilage, endocrine, and vascular tissues has a variety of important clinical applications. Corneal transplantation has the longest successful history of all allografts.
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