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Raji A, Mahtar M, Atlassi B, Essaadi M, Detsouli M, Kadiri F, Chekkoury IA, Benchekroun Y. [Unusual benign tumors of the larynx: report of 17 cases]. Rev Laryngol Otol Rhinol (Bord) 2002; 122:245-8. [PMID: 11938525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/24/2023]
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Rare benign tumours of the larynx (RBTL) form a heterogeneous group. The clinical picture is non-specific. Based on a series of 17 cases of RBTL treated in our department, we wish to draw attention to the diagnosis, treatment and clinical course of these tumours. The mean age of the patients was 37 years, with the male sex predominating. The presenting symptom was most commonly progressive dysphonia, while 5 patients were admitted in respiratory distress. Examination and special investigations revealed 8 cases of laryngocoele, 6 cases of angioma, 2 cases of schwannoma, and one of chondroma. Treatment was surgical, by an external approach in 10 cases and endoscopically in 7. The postoperative course was satisfactory. No long-term recurrences were encountered. Conservative surgery by an external or endoscopic approach has revolutionised the functional outcome in these benign tumours.
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- A Raji
- Hôpital 20 Aopût, CHU Ibn Rochd, Service ORL, Casablanca, Maroc, 20 rue 19 Douam, Casablanca 04, Maroc
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Van Eerdewegh P, Little RD, Dupuis J, Del Mastro RG, Falls K, Simon J, Torrey D, Pandit S, McKenny J, Braunschweiger K, Walsh A, Liu Z, Hayward B, Folz C, Manning SP, Bawa A, Saracino L, Thackston M, Benchekroun Y, Capparell N, Wang M, Adair R, Feng Y, Dubois J, FitzGerald MG, Huang H, Gibson R, Allen KM, Pedan A, Danzig MR, Umland SP, Egan RW, Cuss FM, Rorke S, Clough JB, Holloway JW, Holgate ST, Keith TP. Association of the ADAM33 gene with asthma and bronchial hyperresponsiveness. Nature 2002; 418:426-30. [PMID: 12110844 DOI: 10.1038/nature00878] [Citation(s) in RCA: 810] [Impact Index Per Article: 36.8] [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: 12/31/2022]
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Asthma is a common respiratory disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of coughing, wheezing and breathlessness. Although environmental factors such as allergen exposure are risk factors in the development of asthma, both twin and family studies point to a strong genetic component. To date, linkage studies have identified more than a dozen genomic regions linked to asthma. In this study, we performed a genome-wide scan on 460 Caucasian families and identified a locus on chromosome 20p13 that was linked to asthma (log(10) of the likelihood ratio (LOD), 2.94) and bronchial hyperresponsiveness (LOD, 3.93). A survey of 135 polymorphisms in 23 genes identified the ADAM33 gene as being significantly associated with asthma using case-control, transmission disequilibrium and haplotype analyses (P = 0.04 0.000003). ADAM proteins are membrane-anchored metalloproteases with diverse functions, which include the shedding of cell-surface proteins such as cytokines and cytokine receptors. The identification and characterization of ADAM33, a putative asthma susceptibility gene identified by positional cloning in an outbred population, should provide insights into the pathogenesis and natural history of this common disease.
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- Paul Van Eerdewegh
- Genome Therapeutics Corporation, 100 Beaver St, Waltham, Massachusetts 02453, USA
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Little RD, Carulli JP, Del Mastro RG, Dupuis J, Osborne M, Folz C, Manning SP, Swain PM, Zhao SC, Eustace B, Lappe MM, Spitzer L, Zweier S, Braunschweiger K, Benchekroun Y, Hu X, Adair R, Chee L, FitzGerald MG, Tulig C, Caruso A, Tzellas N, Bawa A, Franklin B, McGuire S, Nogues X, Gong G, Allen KM, Anisowicz A, Morales AJ, Lomedico PT, Recker SM, Van Eerdewegh P, Recker RR, Johnson ML. A mutation in the LDL receptor-related protein 5 gene results in the autosomal dominant high-bone-mass trait. Am J Hum Genet 2002; 70:11-9. [PMID: 11741193 PMCID: PMC419982 DOI: 10.1086/338450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 896] [Impact Index Per Article: 40.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2001] [Accepted: 11/01/2001] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Osteoporosis is a complex disease that affects >10 million people in the United States and results in 1.5 million fractures annually. In addition, the high prevalence of osteopenia (low bone mass) in the general population places a large number of people at risk for developing the disease. In an effort to identify genetic factors influencing bone density, we characterized a family that includes individuals who possess exceptionally dense bones but are otherwise phenotypically normal. This high-bone-mass trait (HBM) was originally localized by linkage analysis to chromosome 11q12-13. We refined the interval by extending the pedigree and genotyping additional markers. A systematic search for mutations that segregated with the HBM phenotype uncovered an amino acid change, in a predicted beta-propeller module of the low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 5 (LRP5), that results in the HBM phenotype. During analysis of >1,000 individuals, this mutation was observed only in affected individuals from the HBM kindred. By use of in situ hybridization to rat tibia, expression of LRP5 was detected in areas of bone involved in remodeling. Our findings suggest that the HBM mutation confers a unique osteogenic activity in bone remodeling, and this understanding may facilitate the development of novel therapies for the treatment of osteoporosis.
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- Randall D Little
- Department of Human Genetics, Genome Therapeutics Corporation, Waltham, MA 02453, USA.
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Sahraoui S, Zamiati S, Essaidi M, Jalali K, Acharki A, Ouhtatou F, Benchekroun N, Tahri A, Benider A, Sqalli S, Benchekroun Y, Kahlain A. [Papillary carcinoma from the thyroglossal duct cyst: review of the literature and report of a case]. Rev Laryngol Otol Rhinol (Bord) 2000; 121:161-3. [PMID: 11109881] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/15/2023]
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Cancer of a thyroglossal duct cyst is very rare. Clinical presentation is identical that of a benign cyst, and the diagnosis is histopathological. We report the case of 36 year-old woman treated for papillary carcinoma of a thyroglossal duct cyst. The treatment was surgical excision according Sistrunk method. There was no distant spread. After 22 months follow up, the patient is alive, with no signs of recurrence.
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- S Sahraoui
- Centre d'Oncologie, CHU Ibn Rochd, Casablanca, Maroc.
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Essaadi M, Raji A, Janah A, Detsouli M, Kadiri F, Laraqui NZ, Touhami M, Moukrim B, Benghalem H, Chekkoury IA, Benchekroun Y. [Parotid tumors: a report of 120 cases]. Rev Laryngol Otol Rhinol (Bord) 1998; 119:177-82. [PMID: 9770064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/11/2023]
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The treatment of the parotid tumors was clarified for a majority of the tumors, in spite of her histology diversity. The authors report in a retrospective study 120 cases of a parotid gland tumors during ten years over. They insist on the difficult of therapeutics, the histological diversity and the complications and sequelles of the surgery. The diagnosis was especially clinical and completed by scan and or a sialography. The superficial or total parotidectomy with preservation of facial nerve was realized in eighty-nine percent. The functional courage and the radiotherapy were associated respectively in eleven and seventeen patients. The histology was dominated by the benign tumors. The complications and sequelles were a facial paralysis definitive and a Frey's syndrome respectively in three percent cases. The ninety-seven percent patients were controlled with a mean follow up of three years. After results we must know every histologic type for to adapt his treatment. And the same complications and the sequelles were noted in all surgery type.
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- M Essaadi
- Hôpital 20 Août 1953, CHU IBN Rochd, Chef de Service d'O.R.L. et de Chirurgie Maxillo-Faciale, Casablanca, Maroc
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The aim of this work was to study the influence of labelling on caffeine metabolism according to the incubation mode. It has been observed that labelling induces an isotopic effect on metabolisation speed: apparent half-lives are systematically increased. Moreover, isotopic effects are in agreement with those previously observed for retention times. Qualitatively, caffeine labelling systematically induces metabolic variations to the detriment of the metabolic pathway that induces the loss of the trideuteromethyl group. Caffeine accumulation and the release of the main metabolites have been studied with respect to isotopic effects on crossing the cell membrane. It has been demonstrated that, in most of the cases, accumulation decreased and that either metabolite release was increased or no isotopic effect was observed.
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- Y Benchekroun
- Laboratoire d'Etudes Analytiques et Cinétiques du Médicament, Institut des Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques de Lyon, France
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Benchekroun Y, Dautraix S, Désage M, Brazier JL. Isotopic effects on retention times of caffeine and its metabolites 1,3,7-trimethyluric acid, theophylline, theobromine and paraxanthine. J Chromatogr B Biomed Sci Appl 1997; 688:245-54. [PMID: 9061462 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-4347(96)00323-4] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Physicochemical parameters that influence gas chromatographic separation are numerous. Consequently, isotope labelling, because it modifies physicochemical properties, can induce isotopic effects on retention time. Caffeine has been chosen to study this influence because as itself and its metabolites, it allows the preparation of different methylxanthine isotopomers and thus is one of the best models to study isotopic effects induced by stable isotope labelling. Using a caffeine molecule labelled with deuterium at different positions and rat hepatocytes to obtain metabolites, it was possible to study the influence of labelling on retention time [(14% cyanopropylphenyl)methylpolysiloxane] and to point out the role of each labelled site. It appears that isotopic effects induced by the labelling depend not only on the number of labelling atoms but also on whether this labelling is at position 1, 3 or 7 and, consequently, on the role of the labelled site on the function of the molecule.
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- Y Benchekroun
- Laboratoire d'Etudes Analytiques et Cinétiques du Médicament, Institut des Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques de Lyon, France
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Ma NS, Zheng C, Benchekroun Y, Deaven LL, Longmire JL, Moir DT, Mao J. Characterization of a flow-sorted human chromosome 10 cosmid library by FISH. Cytogenet Cell Genet 1996; 74:266-71. [PMID: 8976382 DOI: 10.1159/000134432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Fluoresence in situ hybridization (FISH) was used to localize cosmids to regions of human chromosome 10. A total of 301 cosmids were selected randomly from a flow-sorted human chromosome 10 cosmid library constructed from human x hamster cell line 762-8A and arrayed in microtiter storage dishes. Over 70% (211/301) of the cosmids mapped to unique regions of chromosome 10. About 7% (22/301) produced multiple hybridization signals indicative of chimeric clones or sequences repeated at low copy number. Three cosmids (3/301, or 1%) hybridized to the centromeric regions of chromosome 10 and one or more other human chromosomes. About 19% (59/301) consisted mostly or entirely of hamster DNA inserts, and about 2% (6/301) appeared to be nonrecombinants.
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- N S Ma
- Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Genome Therapeutics Corporation, Waltham, USA
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Benchekroun Y, Desage M, Ribon B, Brazier JL. Gas chromatographic-mass spectrometric quantitation of tri-, di- and monomethylxanthines and uric acids from hepatocyte incubation media. J Chromatogr 1990; 532:261-75. [PMID: 2084124 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-4347(00)83777-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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A gas chromatographic-mass spectrometric method is described for the measurement of the concentration of fourteen methylxanthines and methyluric acid metabolites of methylxanthines, especially caffeine, from cell incubation media. The method shows linearity, accuracy and recovery suitable for metabolic studies. The reproducibility of relative retention times is satisfactory (less than 0.07%) and allows rapid and conclusive identification of chromatographic peaks corresponding to metabolites. Moreover, this method enables the simultaneous determination of 3.7-methylxanthine and its 1.7-isomer, which are not chromatographically resolved. This method can be successfully applied when molecules labelled with stable isotopes are used as tracers for metabolic studies.
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- Y Benchekroun
- Laboratoire d'Etudes Analytiques et Cinétiques du Médicament, Faculty of Pharmacy, Lyon, France
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Cherrah Y, Aadil N, Bennis A, Benchekroun Y, Gay J, Soulaymani R, Hassar M, Brazier J, Ollagnier M. Influence of the time off administration on the pharmakinetics of an SR preparation off theophylline during ramadan. Eur J Pharmacol 1990. [DOI: 10.1016/0014-2999(90)93640-c] [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: 11/17/2022]
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Bechalany A, El Tayar N, Carrupt PA, Testa B, Falconnet JB, Cherrah Y, Benchekroun Y, Brazier JL. Isotope Effects on the Lipophilicity of Deuterated Caffeines. Helv Chim Acta 1989. [DOI: 10.1002/hlca.19890720308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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The present study shows the absence of in vivo pharmacokinetic isotope effect on phenobarbitone (PB) C5-ethyl deuteration (PBd5) following oral administration to man of equimolar PB/PBd5 mixtures (0.40 mmol each). Plasma PB and PBd5 (17 days) and urine PB, PBd5 and parahydroxy-metabolites (PBOH, PBHOd5) levels were determined by GC-MS. Isotope effect research includes comparison of pharmacokinetic parameters, study of time-dependence of isotope ratios (IRs) in plasma and urine (linearity test), comparison of IRs between samples and administered mixtures (Mann Whitney's test) and comparison of PBOH/PBOHd5 ratios before and after urine enzymatic hydrolysis (Student's two tailed t-test). No significant isotope effect was observed on pharmacokinetic parameters, PB hydroxylation or PBOH conjugation (x less than or equal to 5%); which the absence of pentadeuteration-induced alteration in PB's HSA binding parameters (binding mode, Ka, N) corroborates (x less than or equal to 5%). These results establish bioequivalence of PB and PBd5; the latter can be used with benefit in stable-isotope clinical pharmacology (steady state pharmacokinetics, drug interactions...) investigations as well as bioavailability studies of PB preparations.
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- Y Benchekroun
- Laboratoire D'Etudes Analytiques Et Cinetiques Du Medicament, Faculte De Pharmacie, Lyon, France
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Brazier JL, Benchekroun Y, Gillet A, Andre C. Influence of hyperlipidic food on the kinetics of slow-release formulations of theophylline. Eur J Clin Pharmacol 1989; 37:85-90. [PMID: 2591470 DOI: 10.1007/bf00609431] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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A cross-over study of kinetics has been undertaken in 12 healthy adults volunteers using two sustained-release theophylline products that allow once a day dosing (Theo-Dur tablets and Dilatrane A.P. bead filled capsules) to compare the i.v. pharmacokinetic profiles when taken with an hyperlipidic meal and a balanced standard meal. Each subject took part in four phases in randomised order, corresponding to all possible combinations of the products and the types of meal. Each phase involved a single dose of 9 to 11 mg.kg-1 theophylline administered at 20.00 h, at the beginning of the meal, with 100 ml water. The two formulations were found to be bioequivalent with both types of meal. Taken with a balanced meal, the mean parameters were similar; for Theo-Dur and Dilatrane A.P. they were respectively: Cmax: 11.32 mg.l-1 which plateaued from 8 to 10 h after dosing and 10.9 mg.l-1, which plateaued after 6 to 10 h; AUC 230 mg.h.l-1 and 220 mg.h.l-1; and MRT 18.2 h and 17.7 h. After the hyperlipidic meal the values for Theo-Dur and Dilatrane A.P. respectively, were: Cmax 10.9 mg.l-1 at 12 h and 11.3 mg.l-1 at 10 h; AUC 237 mg.h.l-1 and 227 mg.h.l-1; and MRT 19.2 h and 18.9 h. In spite of a decrease in the absorption rate, which led to a shift to the right of about 2 h of the plasma concentration-time curve, the bioavailability of both formulations were not significantly modified by a hyperlipidic meal as compared to a balanced meal.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- J L Brazier
- Laboratoire d'Etudes Analytiques et Cinétiques du Médicament Faculté de Pharmacie, Lyon, France
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Benchekroun Y, Ribon B, Desage M, Brazier JL. Simultaneous quantitation of phenobarbitone and p-hydroxyphenobarbitone and their perdeuteroethyl analogues in biological fluids by combined gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. J Chromatogr 1987; 420:287-96. [PMID: 3693502 DOI: 10.1016/0378-4347(87)80185-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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In order to develop 5-pentadeuteroethyl-5-phenyl barbituric acid as an alternative tracer in pharmacokinetic and metabolic studies of phenobarbitone, and to search for possible isotope effects associated with such labelling, we propose a gas chromatographic-mass spectrometric assay for simultaneous measurement of phenobarbitone, p-hydroxyphenobarbitone and their perdeuteroethyl analogues, using [1,3-15N2,2-13C] phenobarbitone as internal standard. These compounds were extracted from plasma (50 microliter) or urine (500 microliter) and pentylated according to Greeley's method. Linear calibration curves were obtained in the concentration range from 0.5 to 3 micrograms/ml. The interday precision, mean accuracy and detection limit were 0.77-5.28%, 99.99-100.80% and 0.03-0.05 microgram/ml, respectively. Results for plasma and urine concentrations, and pharmacokinetic parameters in humans, are presented to illustrate this method.
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- Y Benchekroun
- Laboratoire d'Etudes Analytiques et Cinétiques du Medicament Faculté de Pharmacie, Lyon, France
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Brazier JL, Ribon B, Falconnet JB, Cherrah Y, Benchekroun Y. [Study and use of isotope effects in pharmacology]. Therapie 1987; 42:445-50. [PMID: 3441887] [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: 01/05/2023]
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