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Shao Y, Mu D, Zhou Y, Liu X, Huang X, Wilson IW, Qi Y, Lu Y, Zhu L, Zhang Y, Qiu D, Tang Q. Genome-Wide Mining of CULLIN E3 Ubiquitin Ligase Genes from Uncaria rhynchophylla. Plants (Basel) 2024; 13:532. [PMID: 38498523 PMCID: PMC10891735 DOI: 10.3390/plants13040532] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2024] [Revised: 02/10/2024] [Accepted: 02/13/2024] [Indexed: 03/20/2024]
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CULLIN (CUL) protein is a subtype of E3 ubiquitin ligase that is involved in a variety of biological processes and responses to stress in plants. In Uncaria rhynchophylla, the CUL gene family has not been identified and its role in plant development, stress response and secondary metabolite synthesis has not been studied. In this study, 12 UrCUL gene members all contained the typical N-terminal domain and C-terminal domain identified from the U. rhynchophylla genome and were classified into four subfamilies based on the phylogenetic relationship with CULs in Arabidopsis thaliana. They were unevenly distributed on eight chromosomes but had a similar structural composition in the same subfamily, indicating that they were relatively conserved and potentially had similar gene functions. An interspecific and intraspecific collinearity analysis showed that fragment duplication played an important role in the evolution of the CUL gene family. The analysis of the cis-acting elements suggests that the UrCULs may play an important role in various biological processes, including the abscisic acid (ABA) response. To investigate this hypothesis, we treated the roots of U. rhynchophylla tissue-cultured seedlings with ABA. The expression pattern analysis showed that all the UrCUL genes were widely expressed in roots with various expression patterns. The co-expression association analysis of the UrCULs and key enzyme genes in the terpenoid indole alkaloid (TIA) synthesis pathway revealed the complex expression patterns of 12 UrCUL genes and some key TIA enzyme genes, especially UrCUL1, UrCUL1-likeA, UrCUL2-likeA and UrCUL2-likeB, which might be involved in the biosynthesis of TIAs. The results showed that the UrCULs were involved in the response to ABA hormones, providing important information for elucidating the function of UrCULs in U. rhynchophylla. The mining of UrCULs in the whole genome of U. rhynchophylla provided new information for understanding the CUL gene and its function in plant secondary metabolites, growth and development.
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- Yingying Shao
- College of Horticulture, National Research Center of Engineering Technology for Utilization of Botanical Functional Ingredients, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China; (Y.S.); (D.M.); (Y.Z.); (X.L.); (Y.L.); (L.Z.); (Y.Z.)
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- College of Horticulture, National Research Center of Engineering Technology for Utilization of Botanical Functional Ingredients, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China; (Y.S.); (D.M.); (Y.Z.); (X.L.); (Y.L.); (L.Z.); (Y.Z.)
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- College of Horticulture, National Research Center of Engineering Technology for Utilization of Botanical Functional Ingredients, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China; (Y.S.); (D.M.); (Y.Z.); (X.L.); (Y.L.); (L.Z.); (Y.Z.)
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- College of Horticulture, National Research Center of Engineering Technology for Utilization of Botanical Functional Ingredients, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China; (Y.S.); (D.M.); (Y.Z.); (X.L.); (Y.L.); (L.Z.); (Y.Z.)
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory for Synthetic Biology of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hunan University of Medicine, Huaihua 410208, China;
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- CSIRO Agriculture and Food, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory for Synthetic Biology of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hunan University of Medicine, Huaihua 410208, China;
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- College of Horticulture, National Research Center of Engineering Technology for Utilization of Botanical Functional Ingredients, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China; (Y.S.); (D.M.); (Y.Z.); (X.L.); (Y.L.); (L.Z.); (Y.Z.)
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- College of Horticulture, National Research Center of Engineering Technology for Utilization of Botanical Functional Ingredients, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China; (Y.S.); (D.M.); (Y.Z.); (X.L.); (Y.L.); (L.Z.); (Y.Z.)
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- College of Horticulture, National Research Center of Engineering Technology for Utilization of Botanical Functional Ingredients, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China; (Y.S.); (D.M.); (Y.Z.); (X.L.); (Y.L.); (L.Z.); (Y.Z.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Research Institute of Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China;
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- College of Horticulture, National Research Center of Engineering Technology for Utilization of Botanical Functional Ingredients, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China; (Y.S.); (D.M.); (Y.Z.); (X.L.); (Y.L.); (L.Z.); (Y.Z.)
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Hardiansyah D, Riana A, Kletting P, Zaid NRR, Eiber M, Pawiro SA, Beer AJ, Glatting G. A population-based method to determine the time-integrated activity in molecular radiotherapy. EJNMMI Phys 2021; 8:82. [PMID: 34905131 PMCID: PMC8671591 DOI: 10.1186/s40658-021-00427-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2021] [Accepted: 11/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The calculation of time-integrated activities (TIAs) for tumours and organs is required for dosimetry in molecular radiotherapy. The accuracy of the calculated TIAs is highly dependent on the chosen fit function. Selection of an adequate function is therefore of high importance. However, model (i.e. function) selection works more accurately when more biokinetic data are available than are usually obtained in a single patient. In this retrospective analysis, we therefore developed a method for population-based model selection that can be used for the determination of individual time-integrated activities (TIAs). The method is demonstrated at an example of [177Lu]Lu-PSMA-I&T kidneys biokinetics. It is based on population fitting and is specifically advantageous for cases with a low number of available biokinetic data per patient. METHODS Renal biokinetics of [177Lu]Lu-PSMA-I&T from thirteen patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer acquired by planar imaging were used. Twenty exponential functions were derived from various parameterizations of mono- and bi-exponential functions. The parameters of the functions were fitted (with different combinations of shared and individual parameters) to the biokinetic data of all patients. The goodness of fits were assumed as acceptable based on visual inspection of the fitted curves and coefficients of variation CVs < 50%. The Akaike weight (based on the corrected Akaike Information Criterion) was used to select the fit function most supported by the data from the set of functions with acceptable goodness of fit. RESULTS The function [Formula: see text] with shared parameter [Formula: see text] was selected as the function most supported by the data with an Akaike weight of 97%. Parameters [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] were fitted individually for every patient while parameter [Formula: see text] was fitted as a shared parameter in the population yielding a value of 0.9632 ± 0.0037. CONCLUSIONS The presented population-based model selection allows for a higher number of parameters of investigated fit functions which leads to better fits. It also reduces the uncertainty of the obtained Akaike weights and the selected best fit function based on them. The use of the population-determined shared parameter for future patients allows the fitting of more appropriate functions also for patients for whom only a low number of individual data are available.
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- Deni Hardiansyah
- Medical Physics and Biophysics Division, Physics Department, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Indonesia, 16424, Depok, Indonesia
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- Medical Physics and Biophysics Division, Physics Department, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Indonesia, 16424, Depok, Indonesia
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- Medical Radiation Physics, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ulm University, Albert-Einstein-Allee 23, 89081, Ulm, Germany.,Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ulm University, 89081, Ulm, Germany
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- Medical Radiation Physics, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ulm University, Albert-Einstein-Allee 23, 89081, Ulm, Germany
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, 81675, Munich, Germany
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- Medical Physics and Biophysics Division, Physics Department, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Indonesia, 16424, Depok, Indonesia
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ulm University, 89081, Ulm, Germany
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- Medical Radiation Physics, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ulm University, Albert-Einstein-Allee 23, 89081, Ulm, Germany. .,Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ulm University, 89081, Ulm, Germany.
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Verma P, Khan SA, Parasharami V, Mathur AK. ZCTs knockdown using antisense LNA GapmeR in specialized photomixotrophic cell suspensions of Catharanthus roseus: Rerouting the flux towards mono and dimeric indole alkaloids. Physiol Mol Biol Plants 2021; 27:1437-1453. [PMID: 34366588 PMCID: PMC8295446 DOI: 10.1007/s12298-021-01017-y] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2020] [Revised: 05/26/2021] [Accepted: 05/30/2021] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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UNLABELLED The present study was carried out to silence the transcription factor genes ZCT1, ZCT2 and ZCT3 via lipofectamine based antisense LNA GapmeRs transfection into the protoplasts of established photomixotrophic cell suspensions. The photomixotrophic cell suspensions with a threshold of 0.5% sucrose were raised and established using two-tiered CO2 providing flasks kept under high light intensity. The photomixotrophic cell suspensions showed morphologically different thick-walled cells under scanning electron microscopic analysis in comparison to the simple thin-walled parenchymatous control cell suspensions. The LC-MS analysis registered the vindoline production (0.0004 ± 0.0001 mg/g dry wt.) in photomixotrophic cell suspensions which was found to be absent in control cell suspensions. The protoplasts were isolated from the photomixotrophic cell suspensions and subjected to antisense LNA GapmeRs silencing. Three lines, viz. Z1A, Z2C and Z3G were obtained where complete silencing of ZCT1, ZCT2 and ZCT3 genes, respectively, was observed. The Z3G line was found to show maximum production of vindoline (0.038 ± 0.001 mg/g dry wt.), catharanthine (0.165 ± 0.008 mg/g dry wt.) and vinblastine (0.0036 ± 0.0003 mg/g dry wt.). This was supported by the multifold increment in the gene expression of TDC, SLS, STR, SGD, d4h, dat, CrT16H and Crprx. The present work indicates the master regulation of ZCT3 knockdown among all three ZCTs transcription factors in C. roseus to enhance the terpenoid indole alkaloids production. The successful silencing of transcription repressor genes has been achieved in C. roseus plant system by using photomixotrophic cell cultures through GapmeR based silencing. The present study is a step towards metabolic engineering of the TIAs pathway using protoplast transformation in C. roseus. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12298-021-01017-y.
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- Priyanka Verma
- Division of Biochemical Sciences, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (NCL), Homi Bhabha Road Pashan, Pune, 411008 India
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- Division of Biochemical Sciences, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (NCL), Homi Bhabha Road Pashan, Pune, 411008 India
- Applied Biotechnology Department, University of Technology and Applied Sciences, 411 Sur, Oman
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- Division of Biochemical Sciences, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (NCL), Homi Bhabha Road Pashan, Pune, 411008 India
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology, CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP), PO-CIMAP, Lucknow, 226015 India
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Ong E, Eker O, Chamard L, Cho TH, Derex L, Buisson M, Mechtouff L, Berthezene Y, Nighoghossian N. MRI Profile and Collateral Status in Patients with a Transient Ischemic Attack and an Intracranial Artery Occlusion. J Neuroimaging 2018; 29:187-189. [PMID: 30209849 DOI: 10.1111/jon.12560] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2018] [Revised: 08/24/2018] [Accepted: 09/02/2018] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Transient ischemic attack may rarely reveal an intracranial artery occlusion. We analyzed acute magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) patterns and early outcome after reperfusion therapy in these cases. METHOD Clinical and imaging data were taken retrospectively from our comprehensive stroke center registry. Two MRI patterns were determined. Pattern A: full mismatch with negative diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) and perfusion defect. Pattern B: large mismatch with positive DWI and perfusion defect. MRI-derived collateral flow maps were automatically generated from the raw of dynamic susceptibility contrast MRI. Patients were treated either by recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rtPA) alone or in combination with mechanical thrombectomy. RESULTS From October 1, 2010 to May 15, 2016, 1,019 patients were admitted and treated by t-PA within 4.5 hours of stroke onset of them; 14 had a transient ischemic attack (TIA) within the 6 hours preceding MRI. Perfusion imaging was performed in 11 patients. An arterial occlusion was found in all of them, 11 patients had a distal anterior circulation occlusion, whereas 3 patients (21%) had a proximal occlusion. According to MRI, 6 patients showed pattern A, whereas 5 patients had pattern B. Good collaterals were observed in 10 patients (6 patients with grade 3 and 4 patients with grade 4), whereas 1 patient had poor collaterals (grade 2). The day 1 National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale median was 0. Modified Rankin Scale median at 3 months was 0. CONCLUSION TIAs may reveal acute intracranial artery occlusion. Acute MRI may able to assist in therapeutic decision.
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- Elodie Ong
- Stroke Department, Neurological Hospital, Pierre Wertheimer, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Bron Cedex, France
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- Neuroradiology Department, Neurological Hospital, Pierre Wertheimer Hospices Bron Cedex, France.,CREATIS, CNRS UMR 5220, University Lyon 1, Lyon, France
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- Neuroradiology Department, Neurological Hospital, Pierre Wertheimer Hospices Bron Cedex, France
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- Stroke Department, Neurological Hospital, Pierre Wertheimer, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Bron Cedex, France.,CREATIS, CNRS UMR 5220, University Lyon 1, Lyon, France
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- Stroke Department, Neurological Hospital, Pierre Wertheimer, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Bron Cedex, France
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- Stroke Department, Neurological Hospital, Pierre Wertheimer, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Bron Cedex, France
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- Neuroradiology Department, Neurological Hospital, Pierre Wertheimer Hospices Bron Cedex, France.,CREATIS, CNRS UMR 5220, University Lyon 1, Lyon, France
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- Stroke Department, Neurological Hospital, Pierre Wertheimer, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Bron Cedex, France.,CREATIS, CNRS UMR 5220, University Lyon 1, Lyon, France
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Chen Q, Lu X, Guo X, Guo Q, Li D. Metabolomics Characterization of Two Apocynaceae Plants, Catharanthus roseus and Vinca minor, Using GC-MS and LC-MS Methods in Combination. Molecules 2017; 22:E997. [PMID: 28629120 PMCID: PMC6152753 DOI: 10.3390/molecules22060997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2017] [Revised: 06/12/2017] [Accepted: 06/13/2017] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Catharanthus roseus (C. roseus) and Vinca minor (V. minor) are two common important medical plants belonging to the family Apocynaceae. In this study, we used non-targeted GC-MS and targeted LC-MS metabolomics to dissect the metabolic profile of two plants with comparable phenotypic and metabolic differences. A total of 58 significantly different metabolites were present in different quantities according to PCA and PLS-DA score plots of the GC-MS analysis. The 58 identified compounds comprised 16 sugars, eight amino acids, nine alcohols and 18 organic acids. We subjected these metabolites into KEGG pathway enrichment analysis and highlighted 27 metabolic pathways, concentrated on the TCA cycle, glycometabolism, oligosaccharides, and polyol and lipid transporter (RFOS). Among the primary metabolites, trehalose, raffinose, digalacturonic acid and gallic acid were revealed to be the most significant marker compounds between the two plants, presumably contributing to species-specific phenotypic and metabolic discrepancy. The profiling of nine typical alkaloids in both plants using LC-MS method highlighted higher levels of crucial terpenoid indole alkaloid (TIA) intermediates of loganin, serpentine, and tabersonine in V. minor than in C. roseus. The possible underlying process of the metabolic flux from primary metabolism pathways to TIA synthesis was discussed and proposed. Generally speaking, this work provides a full-scale comparison of primary and secondary metabolites between two medical plants and a metabolic explanation of their TIA accumulation and phenotype differences.
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- Qi Chen
- Center for Ecological Research, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China.
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- Center for Ecological Research, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Ecology, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China.
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- Center for Ecological Research, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Ecology, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China.
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El-Tallawy HN, Farghaly WMA, Shehata GA, Abdel-Hakeem NM, Rageh TA, Badry R, Kandil MR. Epidemiology of non-fatal cerebrovascular stroke and transient ischemic attacks in Al Quseir, Egypt. Clin Interv Aging 2013; 8:1547-51. [PMID: 24293992 PMCID: PMC3839683 DOI: 10.2147/cia.s48785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Background and purpose Stroke is a medical emergency that can cause permanent neurological damage, complications, and disability. We aim to determine the epidemiology of non-fatal cerebrovascular stroke (CVS) and transient ischemic attacks (TIAs) in Al Quseir City, Red Sea, Egypt. Methods The total population (n=33,285) was screened through a door to door study by three specialists of neurology and 15 female social workers (for demographic data collection). All suspected stroke patients were subjected to a full clinical examination, computerized tomography (CT) and/or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of their brain, blood sugar, lipogram, serum uric acid, complete blood cells, blood urea, and serum creatinine, as well as evaluated by Barthel Index and Scandinavian Stroke Scale. Carotid doppler, echocardiography, and thyroid functions were done for selected cases. Results CVS was recorded among 130 patients out of 19,848 subjects aged 20 years and more, yielding a total prevalence of 6.55/1,000 population. From June 1, 2010 to May 31, 2011, 36 patients were recorded to have stroke within 1-year, yielding an incidence rate of 1.81/1,000. Prevalence and incidence rates were higher among males than females, and both indices increased steadily with advancing age to reach the highest prevalence (37.02/1,000) and incidence rate (9.5/1,000) among aged persons 60 years and more. Conclusion The prevalence of non-fatal stroke in Al Quseir city (6.55/1,000) was at the lower range of that recorded in developing countries (5–10/1,000) and slightly higher than that recorded in industrialized countries (5/1,000 population). Ischemic stroke is the most common type of stroke. The prevalence of TIAs was 0.15/1,000.
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- Hamdy N El-Tallawy
- Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University Hospital, Assuit, Egypt
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Kalala F, Mamara A, Ioannou M, Speletas M. Transient ischemic attacks as the first presentation of JAK2-V617F positive chronic myeloproliferative neoplasm. Hematol Rep 2012; 4:e12. [PMID: 22826794 PMCID: PMC3401133 DOI: 10.4081/hr.2012.e12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2012] [Accepted: 04/14/2012] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Several studies have shown that thrombotic events may underlie a latent or subclinical myeloproliferative neoplasm (MPN) and precede its definite diagnosis by 1–2 years. An early diagnosis of patients with MPN, especially those with thrombotic events in the latent MPN phase, would be beneficial for their management, preventing further morbidity and improving their quality of life. For the majority of these cases, the location of thrombosis is mainly in the splanchnic major veins, while ischemic stroke and cerebral venous thrombosis are rarely observed. In this report, we present a female patient with transient ischemic attacks who suffered from a latent MPN, on the basis of a positive testing for the JAK2-V617F mutation.
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- Fani Kalala
- Department of Immunology and Histocompatibility and
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