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Lind C. Inviting others to life in reciprocal space. Struct Dyn 2021; 8:020403. [PMID: 33728363 PMCID: PMC7952138 DOI: 10.1063/4.0000088] [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] [Received: 01/29/2021] [Accepted: 02/22/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Crystallography is an important science that impacts many areas of research. The number of users of crystallographic techniques has increased significantly over the past few decades, as diffractometers have become readily available and many commercial programs with user-friendly interfaces have been developed. The growth in computing power has led to the development of advanced methods that were unthinkable in the past. Yet at the same time, formal crystallography teaching has declined, with many programs no longer offering formal crystallography classes. This combination has resulted in many avoidable errors in data collection, processing, and interpretation of results. Making crystallographic teaching, both of theoretical concepts and hands-on training in data processing and analysis, available to the next generation of crystallographers is a crucial mandate. This paper gives a glimpse at several possible avenues to invite newcomers to a successful life in reciprocal space.
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- C. Lind
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Kijas JW, Gutierrez AP, Houston RD, McWilliam S, Bean TP, Soyano K, Symonds JE, King N, Lind C, Kube P. Assessment of genetic diversity and population structure in cultured Australian Pacific oysters. Anim Genet 2019; 50:686-694. [PMID: 31518019 DOI: 10.1111/age.12845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/16/2019] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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The recent development of Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) SNP genotyping arrays has allowed detailed characterisation of genetic diversity and population structure within and between oyster populations. It also raises the potential of harnessing genomic selection for genetic improvement in oyster breeding programmes. The aim of this study was to characterise a breeding population of Australian oysters through genotyping and analysis of 18 027 SNPs, followed by comparison with genotypes of oyster sampled from Europe and Asia. This revealed that the Australian populations had similar population diversity (HE ) to oysters from New Zealand, the British Isles, France and Japan. Population divergence was assessed using PCA of genetic distance and revealed that Australian oysters were distinct from all other populations tested. Australian Pacific oysters originate from planned introductions sourced from three Japanese populations. Approximately 95% of these introductions were from geographically, and potentially genetically, distinct populations from the Nagasaki oysters assessed in this study. Finally, in preparation for the application of genomic selection in oyster breeding programmes, the strength of LD was evaluated and subsets of loci were tested for their ability to accurately infer relationships. Weak LD was observed on average; however, SNP subsets were shown to accurately reconstitute a genomic relationship matrix constructed using all loci. This suggests that low-density SNP panels may have utility in the Australian population tested, and the findings represent an important first step towards the design and implementation of genomic approaches for applied breeding in Pacific oysters.
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- J W Kijas
- CSIRO Agriculture and Food, Queensland Bioscience Precinct, Brisbane, Qld, 4067, Australia
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- The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Midlothian, EH25 9RG, UK
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- The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Midlothian, EH25 9RG, UK
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- CSIRO Agriculture and Food, Queensland Bioscience Precinct, Brisbane, Qld, 4067, Australia
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- The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Midlothian, EH25 9RG, UK
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- Institute for East China Sea Research, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, 852-8521, Japan
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- Cawthron Institute, Nelson, New Zealand
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- CSIRO Agriculture and Food, Hobart, Tasmania, 7004, Australia
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- CSIRO Agriculture and Food, Hobart, Tasmania, 7004, Australia
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Lindblad S, Ernestam S, Van Citters AD, Lind C, Morgan TS, Nelson EC. Creating a culture of health: evolving healthcare systems and patient engagement. QJM 2017; 110:125-129. [PMID: 27803364 DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcw188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2015] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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- S Lindblad
- From the Department of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics, Karolinska Institutet, Medical Management Centre, Stockholm, Sweden
- QRC Stockholm Quality Register Centre, Stockholm, Sweden
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- From the Department of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics, Karolinska Institutet, Medical Management Centre, Stockholm, Sweden
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- The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Hanover, NH, USA
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- QRC Stockholm Quality Register Centre, Stockholm, Sweden
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- The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Hanover, NH, USA
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- The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Hanover, NH, USA
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Kollegger H, Oder W, Zeiler K, Baumgartner C, Lind C, Oder E, Sagmeister C, Deecke L. Viscoelasticity of whole blood as a function of age, gender, cigarette smoking and intake of oral contraceptives. Clin Hemorheol Microcirc 2016. [DOI: 10.3233/ch-1990-10506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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- H. Kollegger
- Neurological Clinic, University of Vienna, Lazarettgasse 14, A-1090 Wien, Austria
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- Neurological Clinic, University of Vienna, Lazarettgasse 14, A-1090 Wien, Austria
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- Neurological Clinic, University of Vienna, Lazarettgasse 14, A-1090 Wien, Austria
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- Neurological Clinic, University of Vienna, Lazarettgasse 14, A-1090 Wien, Austria
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- Neurological Clinic, University of Vienna, Lazarettgasse 14, A-1090 Wien, Austria
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- Neurological Clinic, University of Vienna, Lazarettgasse 14, A-1090 Wien, Austria
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- Neurological Clinic, University of Vienna, Lazarettgasse 14, A-1090 Wien, Austria
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- Neurological Clinic, University of Vienna, Lazarettgasse 14, A-1090 Wien, Austria
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Rinde LB, Lind C, Småbrekke B, Njølstad I, Mathiesen EB, Wilsgaard T, Løchen ML, Hald EM, Vik A, Braekkan SK, Hansen JB. Impact of incident myocardial infarction on the risk of venous thromboembolism: the Tromsø Study. J Thromb Haemost 2016; 14:1183-91. [PMID: 27061154 DOI: 10.1111/jth.13329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2016] [Accepted: 04/02/2016] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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UNLABELLED Essentials Registry-based studies indicate a link between arterial- and venous thromboembolism (VTE). We studied this association in a cohort with confounder information and validated outcomes. Myocardial infarction (MI) was associated with a 4.8-fold increased short-term risk of VTE. MI was associated with a transient increased risk of VTE, and pulmonary embolism in particular. SUMMARY Background Recent studies have demonstrated an association between venous thromboembolism (VTE) and arterial thrombotic diseases. Objectives To study the association between incident myocardial infarction (MI) and VTE in a prospective population-based cohort. Methods Study participants (n = 29 506) were recruited from three surveys of the Tromsø Study (conducted in 1994-1995, 2001-2002, and 2007-2008) and followed up to 2010. All incident MI and VTE events during follow-up were recorded. Cox regression models with age as the time scale and MI as a time-dependent variable were used to calculate hazard ratios (HRs) of VTE adjusted for sex, body mass index, blood pressure, diabetes mellitus, HDL cholesterol, smoking, physical activity, and education level. Results During a median follow-up of 15.7 years, 1853 participants experienced an MI and 699 experienced a VTE. MI was associated with a 51% increased risk of VTE (HR 1.51; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.08-2.10) and a 72% increased risk of pulmonary embolism (PE) (HR 1.72; 95% CI 1.07-2.75), but not significantly associated with the risk of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) (HR 1.36; 95% CI 0.86-2.15). The highest risk estimates for PE were observed during the first 6 months after the MI (HR 8.49; 95% CI 4.00-18.77). MI explained 6.2% of the PEs in the population (population attributable risk) and 78.5% of the PE risk in MI patients (attributable risk). Conclusions Our findings indicate that MI is associated with a transient increased VTE risk, independently of traditional atherosclerotic risk factors. The risk estimates were particularly high for PE.
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- L B Rinde
- K. G. Jebsen Thrombosis Research and Expertise Center (TREC), Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Tromsø-The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- K. G. Jebsen Thrombosis Research and Expertise Center (TREC), Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Tromsø-The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- K. G. Jebsen Thrombosis Research and Expertise Center (TREC), Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Tromsø-The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- K. G. Jebsen Thrombosis Research and Expertise Center (TREC), Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Tromsø-The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
- Epidemiology of Chronic Diseases Research Group, Department of Community Medicine, University of Tromsø-The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- K. G. Jebsen Thrombosis Research and Expertise Center (TREC), Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Tromsø-The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
- Brain and Circulation Research Group, Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Tromsø-The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- Epidemiology of Chronic Diseases Research Group, Department of Community Medicine, University of Tromsø-The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- Epidemiology of Chronic Diseases Research Group, Department of Community Medicine, University of Tromsø-The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- K. G. Jebsen Thrombosis Research and Expertise Center (TREC), Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Tromsø-The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
- Division of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- K. G. Jebsen Thrombosis Research and Expertise Center (TREC), Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Tromsø-The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
- Division of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- K. G. Jebsen Thrombosis Research and Expertise Center (TREC), Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Tromsø-The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
- Division of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- K. G. Jebsen Thrombosis Research and Expertise Center (TREC), Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Tromsø-The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
- Division of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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Tampin B, Lind C, Slater H. The Role of Sensory Parameters in Predicting Clinical Outcome after Lumbar Discectomy. physioscience 2016. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1567074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Duke JL, Lind C, Mackiewicz K, Ferriola D, Papazoglou A, Gasiewski A, Heron S, Huynh A, McLaughlin L, Rogers M, Slavich L, Walker R, Monos DS. Determining performance characteristics of an NGS-based HLA typing method for clinical applications. HLA 2016; 87:141-52. [PMID: 26880737 DOI: 10.1111/tan.12736] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2015] [Revised: 12/03/2015] [Accepted: 01/04/2016] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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This study presents performance specifications of an in-house developed human leukocyte antigen (HLA) typing assay using next-generation sequencing (NGS) on the Illumina MiSeq platform. A total of 253 samples, previously characterized for HLA-A, -B, -C, -DRB1 and -DQB1 were included in this study, which were typed at high-resolution using a combination of Sanger sequencing, sequence-specific primer (SSP) and sequence-specific oligonucleotide probe (SSOP) technologies and recorded at the two-field level. Samples were selected with alleles that cover a high percentage of HLA specificities in each of five different race/ethnic groups: European, African-American, Asian Pacific Islander, Hispanic and Native American. Sequencing data were analyzed by two software programs, Omixon's target and GenDx's NGSengine. A number of metrics including allele balance, sensitivity, specificity, precision, accuracy and remaining ambiguity were assessed. Data analyzed by the two software systems are shown independently. The majority of alleles were identical in the exonic sequences (third field) with both programs for HLA-A, -B, -C and -DQB1 in 97.7% of allele determinations. Among the remaining discrepant genotype calls at least one of the analysis programs agreed with the reference typing. Upon additional manual analysis 100% of the 2530 alleles were concordant with the reference HLA genotypes; the remaining ambiguities did not exceed 0.8%. The results demonstrate the feasibility and significant benefit of HLA typing by NGS as this technology is highly accurate, eliminates virtually all ambiguities, provides complete sequencing information for the length of the HLA gene and forms the basis for utilizing a single methodology for HLA typing in the immunogenetics labs.
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- J L Duke
- Immunogenetics Laboratory, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Immunogenetics Laboratory, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Immunogenetics Laboratory, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Immunogenetics Laboratory, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Immunogenetics Laboratory, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Immunogenetics Laboratory, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Immunogenetics Laboratory, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Immunogenetics Laboratory, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Immunogenetics Laboratory, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Immunogenetics Laboratory, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Immunogenetics Laboratory, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Immunogenetics Laboratory, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Immunogenetics Laboratory, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.,Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Duke JL, Lind C, Mackiewicz K, Ferriola D, Papazoglou A, Derbeneva O, Wallace D, Monos DS. Towards allele-level human leucocyte antigens genotyping - assessing two next-generation sequencing platforms: Ion Torrent Personal Genome Machine and Illumina MiSeq. Int J Immunogenet 2015; 42:346-58. [PMID: 26119888 DOI: 10.1111/iji.12213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2015] [Revised: 04/29/2015] [Accepted: 05/25/2015] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Human leucocyte antigens (HLA) typing has been a challenge due to extreme polymorphism of the HLA genes and limitations of the current technologies and protocols used for their characterization. Recently, next-generation sequencing techniques have been shown to be a well-suited technology for the complete characterization of the HLA genes. However, a comprehensive assessment of the different platforms for HLA typing, describing the limitations and advantages of each of them, has not been presented. We have compared the Ion Torrent Personal Genome Machine (PGM) and Illumina MiSeq, currently the two most frequently used platforms for diagnostic applications, for a number of metrics including total output, quality score per position across the reads and error rates after alignment which can all affect the accuracy of HLA genotyping. For this purpose, we have used one homozygous and three heterozygous well-characterized samples, at HLA-A, HLA-B, HLA-C, HLA-DRB1 and HLA-DQB1. The total output of bases produced by the MiSeq was higher, and they have higher quality scores and a lower overall error rate than the PGM. The MiSeq also has a higher fidelity when sequencing through homopolymer regions up to 9 bp in length. The need to set phase between distant polymorphic sites was more readily achieved with MiSeq using paired-end sequencing of fragments that are longer than those obtained with PGM. Additionally, we have assessed the workflows of the different platforms for complexity of sample preparation, sequencer operation and turnaround time. The effects of data quality and quantity can impact the genotyping results; having an adequate amount of good quality data to analyse will be imperative for confident HLA genotyping. The overall turnaround time can be very comparable between the two platforms; however, the complexity of sample preparation is higher with PGM, while the actual sequencing time is longer with MiSeq.
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- J L Duke
- Immunogenetics Laboratory, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Immunogenetics Laboratory, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Immunogenetics Laboratory, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Immunogenetics Laboratory, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Immunogenetics Laboratory, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Center for Mitochondrial and Epigenomic Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Center for Mitochondrial and Epigenomic Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.,Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Immunogenetics Laboratory, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.,Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Papazoglou A, Gasiewski A, Huynh A, Duke J, Ferriola D, Rogers M, Lind C, Monos DS. Identification and characterization of a novel HLA-B hybrid allele, B*08:132 with Next Generation Sequencing. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014; 84:513-4. [PMID: 25287978 DOI: 10.1111/tan.12439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The new allele is a hybrid between B*08:01:01 and B*42:01:01.
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- A Papazoglou
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Maierhofer T, Diekmann M, Offenborn JN, Lind C, Bauer H, Hashimoto K, S. Al-Rasheid KA, Luan S, Kudla J, Geiger D, Hedrich R. Site- and kinase-specific phosphorylation-mediated activation of SLAC1, a guard cell anion channel stimulated by abscisic acid. Sci Signal 2014; 7:ra86. [DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.2005703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 144] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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De Santis D, Dinauer D, Duke J, Erlich HA, Holcomb CL, Lind C, Mackiewicz K, Monos D, Moudgil A, Norman P, Parham P, Sasson A, Allcock RJN. 16(th) IHIW : review of HLA typing by NGS. Int J Immunogenet 2013; 40:72-6. [PMID: 23302098 DOI: 10.1111/iji.12024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2012] [Revised: 10/23/2012] [Accepted: 11/01/2012] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Human leucocyte antigen (HLA) genes play an important role in the success of organ transplantation and are associated with autoimmune and infectious diseases. Current DNA-based genotyping methods, including Sanger sequence-based typing (SSBT), have identified a high degree of polymorphism. This level of polymorphism makes high-resolution HLA genotyping challenging, resulting in ambiguous typing results due to an inability to resolve phase and/or defining polymorphisms lying outside the region amplified. Next-generation sequencing (NGS) may resolve the issue through the combination of clonal amplification, which provides phase information, and the ability to sequence larger regions of genes, including introns, without the additional effort or cost associated with current methods. The NGS HLA sequencing project of the 16IHIW aimed to discuss the different approaches to (i) template preparation including short- and long-range PCR amplicons, exome capture and whole genome; (ii) sequencing platforms, including GS 454 FLX, Ion Torrent PGM, Illumina MiSeq/HiSeq and Pacific Biosciences SMRT; (iii) data analysis, specifically allele-calling software. The pilot studies presented at the workshop demonstrated that although individual sequencers have very different performance characteristics, all produced sequence data suitable for the resolution of HLA genotyping ambiguities. The developments presented at this workshop clearly highlight the potential benefits of NGS in the HLA laboratory.
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- D De Santis
- Department of Clinical Immunology, PathWest, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, WA, Australia.
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Heron S, Ferriola D, Lind C, Monos DS. Identification of a novelHLA-DQB1*02variant allele, DQB1*02:01:06. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013; 82:72. [DOI: 10.1111/tan.12125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2013] [Accepted: 03/25/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- S. Heron
- Immunogenetics Laboratory; The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; Philadelphia; PA,; USA
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- Immunogenetics Laboratory; The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; Philadelphia; PA,; USA
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- Immunogenetics Laboratory; The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; Philadelphia; PA,; USA
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- Pathology and Laboratory Medicine; The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia; PA,; USA
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Lind C, Ferriola D, Mackiewicz K, Papazoglou A, Sasson A, Monos D. Filling the gaps – The generation of full genomic sequences for 15 common and well-documented HLA class I alleles using next-generation sequencing technology. Hum Immunol 2013; 74:325-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2012.12.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2012] [Revised: 11/30/2012] [Accepted: 12/04/2012] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Zhou X, Roehl JL, Lind C, Khare SV. Study of B1 (NaCl-type) to B2 (CsCl-type) pressure-induced structural phase transition in BaS, BaSe and BaTe using ab initio computations. J Phys Condens Matter 2013; 25:075401. [PMID: 23341436 DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/25/7/075401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [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: 06/01/2023]
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We have studied the pressure-induced phase transitions from NaCl-type (B1) to CsCl-type (B2) structure in BaS, BaSe and BaTe by using ab initio density functional theory computations in the local density approximation. The Buerger and WTM mechanisms were explored by mapping the enthalpy contours in two- and four-dimensional configuration space for the two mechanisms, respectively. Transition pressures for BaS, BaSe and BaTe were determined to be 5.5 GPa, 4.9 GPa and 3.4 GPa, respectively. From these configuration space landscapes, a low enthalpy barrier path was constructed for the transitions to proceed at three different pressures. We obtained barriers of 0.18, 0.16 and 0.15 eV/pair (17.4, 15.4 and 14.5 kJ mol(-1)) for the Buerger mechanism and 0.13, 0.13 and 0.12 eV/pair (12.5, 12.5 and 11.6 kJ mol(-1)) for the WTM mechanism at the transition pressures for BaS, BaSe and BaTe, respectively, indicating that the WTM mechanism is slightly more favorable in these compounds. We describe the difference between the two mechanisms by differences in their symmetry and atomic coordination.
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- X Zhou
- Department of Chemistry, The University of Toledo, 2801 West Bancroft Street, Toledo, OH 43606, USA
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Ferriola D, Heron S, Lind C, Monos DS. Characterization of a new HLA-C*04 allele, C*04:112. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012; 81:124-5. [PMID: 23231474 DOI: 10.1111/tan.12043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2012] [Revised: 10/26/2012] [Accepted: 11/12/2012] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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HLA-C*04:112 differs from HLA-C*04:01:01:01 by one nucleotide at position 270 resulting in an amino acid change, Lysine to Asparagine, at codon 66 of exon 2.
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- D Ferriola
- Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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O'Connor M, Lind C, Monos D, Weber J, Shaddy R. 597 Persistence of Human Leukocyte Antibodies in Congenital Heart Disease Late Following Surgery Utilizing Allograft and Whole Blood. J Heart Lung Transplant 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2012.01.610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Holcomb CL, Höglund B, Anderson MW, Blake LA, Böhme I, Egholm M, Ferriola D, Gabriel C, Gelber SE, Goodridge D, Hawbecker S, Klein R, Ladner M, Lind C, Monos D, Pando MJ, Pröll J, Sayer DC, Schmitz-Agheguian G, Simen BB, Thiele B, Trachtenberg EA, Tyan DB, Wassmuth R, White S, Erlich HA. A multi-site study using high-resolution HLA genotyping by next generation sequencing. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011; 77:206-17. [PMID: 21299525 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2010.01606.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The high degree of polymorphism at human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I and class II loci makes high-resolution HLA typing challenging. Current typing methods, including Sanger sequencing, yield ambiguous typing results because of incomplete genomic coverage and inability to set phase for HLA allele determination. The 454 Life Sciences Genome Sequencer (GS FLX) next generation sequencing system coupled with conexio atf software can provide very high-resolution HLA genotyping. High-throughput genotyping can be achieved by use of primers with multiplex identifier (MID) tags to allow pooling of the amplicons generated from different individuals prior to sequencing. We have conducted a double-blind study in which eight laboratory sites performed amplicon sequencing using GS FLX standard chemistry and genotyped the same 20 samples for HLA-A, -B, -C, DPB1, DQA1, DQB1, DRB1, DRB3, DRB4, and DRB5 (DRB3/4/5) in a single sequencing run. The average sequence read length was 250 base pairs and the average number of sequence reads per amplicon was 672, providing confidence in the allele assignments. Of the 1280 genotypes considered, assignment was possible in 95% of the cases. Failure to assign genotypes was the result of researcher procedural error or the presence of a novel allele rather than a failure of sequencing technology. Concordance with known genotypes, in cases where assignment was possible, ranged from 95.3% to 99.4% for the eight sites, with overall concordance of 97.2%. We conclude that clonal pyrosequencing using the GS FLX platform and CONEXIO ATF software allows reliable identification of HLA genotypes at high resolution.
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- C L Holcomb
- Roche Molecular Systems Inc. (RMS), Pleasanton, CA 94588, USA
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HLA-B*35:151 differs from HLA-B*35:68:02 by one nucleotide at codon 116 (TCC>TTC) resulting in an amino acid substitution, serine to phenylalanine.
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- C Lind
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia PA, USA.
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Lind C, Ferriola D, Mackiewicz K, Heron S, Rogers M, Slavich L, Walker R, Hsiao T, McLaughlin L, D'Arcy M, Gai X, Goodridge D, Sayer D, Monos D. Next-generation sequencing: the solution for high-resolution, unambiguous human leukocyte antigen typing. Hum Immunol 2010; 71:1033-42. [DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2010.06.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2010] [Revised: 06/15/2010] [Accepted: 06/22/2010] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Lind C, Ferriola D, Mackiewicz K, D'Arcy M, Gai X, Goodridge D, Sayer D, Dapprich J, Monos D. 14-W: Sequencing for the genomic characterization of HLA-A, B, C, DRB1 and DQB1 loci. Hum Immunol 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2009.09.024] [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: 11/16/2022]
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Halldén C, Svensson M, Bryngelsson T, Lind C. Tandemly repeated DNA sequences in Brassicaceae: a characterization of the sequences in Cochlearia officinalis and Isatis tinctoria. Hereditas 2008; 113:291-5. [PMID: 2093705 DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-5223.1990.tb00095.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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- C Halldén
- Department of Genetics, Lund University, Sweden
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Lim M, Lind C, Bok A, Budgett D, Nielsen P. An instrumented wireless compliant brain retractor. J Biomech 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9290(06)83761-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Lind C. Recent Progress in the Study of the Structure of the Nucleus. Chem Rev 2002. [DOI: 10.1021/cr60020a002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Hart MK, Lind C, Bakken R, Robertson M, Tammariello R, Ludwig GV. Onset and duration of protective immunity to IA/IB and IE strains of Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus in vaccinated mice. Vaccine 2001; 20:616-22. [PMID: 11672929 DOI: 10.1016/s0264-410x(01)00337-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Three vaccines developed for protection against IA/IB subtypes of Venezuelan equine encephalitis (VEE) virus were evaluated in mice for the ability to protect against systemic and mucosal challenges with a virulent virus of the IE subtype. The vaccines were the formaldehyde-inactivated C-84 and live attenuated TC-83 vaccines currently administered to people under investigational new drug (IND) status, and a new live attenuated vaccine candidate, V3526. V3526 was superior for inducing protection to VEE IA/IB within a week of vaccination, and protection persisted for at least a year. All three vaccines induced long-term clinical protection against peripheral or mucosal challenge with IE virus, with the mucosal immunity induced by attenuated vaccines lasting longer than that induced by the inactivated vaccine. These data show that the molecularly cloned V3526 vaccine induces equivalent or improved immunity to homologous and heterologous VEE viruses than the existing vaccines.
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- M K Hart
- Virology Division and Toxinology Division, United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, Frederick, MD 21702, USA.
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Lind C. Using performance measurement data in behavioral health. Jt Comm Perspect 2001; 21:9-10. [PMID: 11337998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/20/2023]
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- C Lind
- Hazelden Center City and Fairview Lakes Regional Healthcare, USA
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Lind C, Gerdes R, Schuppe-Koistinen I, Cotgreave IA. Studies on the mechanism of oxidative modification of human glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase by glutathione: catalysis by glutaredoxin. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1998; 247:481-6. [PMID: 9642155 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1998.8695] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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In this report the protein human glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) has been examined to clarify the roles of (a) direct oxidation and (b) thiol-disulphide exchange (with glutathione disulphide) on the modification of its catalytic activity. An in vitro system using purified human GAPDH and [35S]-GSSG (glutathione disulphide), has permitted clarification of these possibilities by showing that S-glutathionylation of GAPDH does not result in an inactivation of the enzyme. Rather, the direct oxidation of GAPDH with hydrogen peroxide is responsible for inhibition of the catalytic activity of the protein. Furthermore, pre-treatment of the enzyme with hydrogen peroxide enhances the formation of glutathione-GAPDH mixed disulphides in the presence of glutathione disulphide. This may serve as a molecular "switch" directing the protein to other reported functions in the cell. It is also shown that the efficiency of S-glutathionylation of either native or oxidised GAPDH is enhanced by the presence of recombinant glutaredoxin (thiol transferase) of either bacterial or human origin. Under the conditions of analysis the glutaredoxin itself is also shown to readily undergo S-glutathionylation external to its active site. Taken together, the data indicate the complexity of mechanisms likely to be involved in regulating cellular proteins during oxidative stress and implicate controlled enzyme-catalysed S-glutathionylation as a potential selectivity factor in the redox modification of protein function by glutathione.
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- C Lind
- Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, 77, Sweden
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Lind C, Chen J, Byrjalsen I. Enzyme immunoassay for measuring 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 in serum. Clin Chem 1997; 43:943-9. [PMID: 9191544] [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: 02/04/2023]
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We developed a rapid, competitive enzyme immunoassay (EIA) for measuring 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 [25(OH)D3] in serum. The EIA was based upon 25(OH)D3-3-hemisuccinate covalently coupled to secondary amino groups grafted onto the polystyrene surface of microtiter wells. Optimal coupling conditions were established, and we found that inclusion of 40 mumol/L chloramine T, an agent not previously described for use in coupling to these plates, resulted in both more reproducible coupling as well as more than a twofold increase in the coupling efficiency. Before EIA, 25(OH)D3 was extracted from the serum samples by acetonitrile, and the redissolved extract was incubated with polyclonal rabbit antibody raised against 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3-3-hemisuccinate conjugated to bovine serum albumin. Peroxidase-labeled antibody raised in goat against rabbit immunoglobulins was used for detection. The detection limit of the EIA was 4.4 micrograms/L; recovery 102%; on-plate CV 11%; within-run CV including extraction 12%, and between-run CV 15%. There was no clinically important cross-reactivity with other vitamin D metabolites, and results obtained by the EIA were compared with results obtained by a previously described RIA.
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- C Lind
- Center for Clinical & Basic Research, Ballerup, Denmark
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Patients (N = 1,180), nurses (N = 918), and administrators (N = 332) in 22 acute care hospitals across the country were surveyed regarding their first impression of the professional image communicated by nurses' uniforms. The Nurse Image Scale, with pictures of the same nurse in nine different uniforms, was used as the data gathering tool. A comparison of the mean score of each uniform as rated by all respondents (N = 2,430) showed the white pant uniform with stethoscope was rated significantly higher than other uniforms. The white pant uniform with cap, dress with cap, pants suit, and dress with stethoscope scored closely in a second place grouping. The white dress uniform and street clothes with laboratory coat tied for third place. Colored designer scrubs and white pants with colored top scored lowest. Ratings of patients, nurses, and administrators were similar, although patients tended to rank some uniforms significantly differently than nurses and administrators. The nurse in the pant uniform with stethoscope was most preferred for care. Least preferred was the nurse in colored scrubs and street clothes with lab coat. These findings point to the need for nurses to be differentiated from auxiliary health care personnel and to project a professional image in a competitive health care environment.
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- S Mangum
- College of Nursing, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA
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Beskow J, Jansson A, Dahlöf P, From K, Lind C, Lindell C, Ström-Lossing A, Winter M. [Interns' presence during consultations in ambulatory psychiatric care. An ethical dilemma]. Lakartidningen 1997; 94:1504-5. [PMID: 9173194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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- J Beskow
- Området för psykiatri, Sahlgrenska sjukhuset, Göteborg
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Peura DA, Pambianco DJ, Dye KR, Lind C, Frierson HF, Hoffman SR, Combs MJ, Guilfoyle E, Marshall BJ. Microdose 14C-urea breath test offers diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori in 10 minutes. Am J Gastroenterol 1996; 91:233-8. [PMID: 8607486] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The urea breath test diagnoses Helicobacter pylori infection of the stomach by identifying the urease enzyme activity of the bacterium. In this "microdose" version of the test, 1 microCi 14C-urea is given orally in a capsule. Our objectives were: 1) to evaluate a microdose 14C-urea breath test capsule in a gastroenterology outpatient setting, 2) to determine the diagnostic ranges of the 14C-urea breath test for HP-positive and HP-negative patients, 3) to define the sensitivity and specificity of the test, and 4) to see whether breath sample results changed when they were mailed to a remote site for analysis. METHODS In a prospective blinded study, we breath-tested 200 fasted patients before elective outpatient endoscopy. At endoscopy, two gastric biopsy samples were taken and were examined for curved organisms; a third biopsy specimen was evaluated with a rapid urease test (CLOtest). Breath samples were mailed in aluminized balloons to a testing laboratory. RESULTS Using a single breath sample collected at 10 min, with > or = 200 dpm as positive, the breath test correctly classified 63 of 65 HP-positive patients (sensitivity 97%, CI 89-99%), and 128 of 135 HP-negative patients (specificity 95%, CI 90-98%). Radiation exposure from the test equated to natural background received in 1 day. No adverse events were caused by the breath test. CONCLUSIONS The 14C-urea capsule breath test (PYtest) is a convenient noninvasive test for the detection of gastric H. pylori infection. Accuracy is equivalent to invasive methods such as histology. Results can be obtained within 15 min if a counting instrument is nearby, or breath samples can be mailed to a testing laboratory for analysis.
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- D A Peura
- University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Martha Jefferson Hospital, Charlottesville, USA
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Luo JL, Hammarqvist F, Cotgreave IA, Lind C, Andersson K, Wernerman J. Determination of intracellular glutathione in human skeletal muscle by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography. J Chromatogr B Biomed Appl 1995; 670:29-36. [PMID: 7493081 DOI: 10.1016/0378-4347(95)00137-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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A chromatographic method for the specific determination of cellular low molecular mass thiols has been applied to human muscle tissue. The method is based on the derivatisation of thiols using monobromobimane, which is a specific reagent for the sulphydryl group. The glutathione and cysteine bimane adducts were separated by reversed-phase HPLC, whilst quantitation of the cysteine and glutathione adducts was achieved by fluorescence spectroscopy. The method was found to yield a quantitative recovery of glutathione (ca. 96%), to be sensitive (down to 20 pmol glutathione/per injection) and reveal a low intra-individual coefficient of variation (C.V. < 5%) of the glutathione concentrations in human skeletal muscle. The concentrations of reduced and total glutathione were 1320 +/- 37 mumol/kg wet weight (mean +/- S.E.M.) and 1525 +/- 66 mumol/kg wet weight, respectively. The method was also applied to tissues from nine healthy volunteers to determine if fluctuations in glutathione level occurred over a 24-h period. No diurnal variation of glutathione level in human skeletal muscle was observed.
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- J L Luo
- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Huddinge University Hospital, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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Bench J, Daly N, Doyle J, Lind C. Choosing talkers for the BKB/A Speechreading Test: a procedure with observations on talker age and gender. Br J Audiol 1995; 29:172-87. [PMID: 8574203 DOI: 10.3109/03005369509086594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [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: 01/31/2023]
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A procedure is described for choosing talkers for the BKB/A (BKB/Australian version) Speechreading Test. The main aims were: to select several talkers from a pool of potential talkers, to avoid adventitiously choosing a markedly atypical single talker; to assess speechreading as a general skill rather than as talker-specific; and to select talkers who were acceptable to speechreaders, relatively easy to speechread, and comparable in their speechreadability. Because of the number of variables involved and the demanding nature of the task for speechreaders, a three-stage selection procedure was adopted. In the resulting BKB/A 21-sentence list Speechreading Test, four of the 16 sentences in a list are each spoken by four talkers, chosen as follows. In Stage 1, 16 talkers (four of each age/gender set: older men, older women, younger men, younger women) were selected from an original pool of 40 (10 of each set), via rankings made by eight hearing-impaired judges with speechreading experience. In Stage 2, the final four talkers (one of each set) were selected from the 16 via the speechreading scores of further hearing-impaired subjects with speechreading experience. In Stage 3, the order of talker appearance within lists (in random order versus over blocks of four consecutive sentences) was determined. This three-stage approach to talker selection identified differences between talker candidates within sets, except for younger men, and suggested that, overall, younger women were the easiest to speechread. The discussion addresses the merits and disadvantages of this approach to talker selection, and suggests some reasons for the documented differences in speechreadability among talkers of different age and gender.
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- J Bench
- School of Communication Disorders, La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia
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OBJECTIVE Our purpose was to investigate the influence of premenopausal hysterectomy on bone mass. STUDY DESIGN A cross-sectional study was performed on 69 women who had premenopausal hysterectomy and 427 women with natural menopause 50 to 59 years old. Bone mineral density was measured in the distal forearm by single-energy x-ray absorptiometry. Body composition and bone mineral density in the anteroposterior spine, proximal femur, and total body was measured by dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry. Bone turnover was determined by plasma osteocalcin, serum alkaline phosphatase, and fasting urinary calcium corrected for creatinine excretion. RESULTS Women who had undergone premenopausal hysterectomy had similar bone mineral densities compared with women with an intact uterus in all compartments, apart from a 6% to 11% higher bone mineral density (p < 0.05 to 0.001) in the proximal femur. The women who had undergone premenopausal hysterectomy had 2% to 11% more fat (significant for arm fat, p < 0.05), 9% to 13% lower serum follicle-stimulating hormone levels (p < 0.01), 10% to 13% higher serum estradiol levels (not significant), and 8% to 9% lower osteocalcin levels (p < 0.05 to 0.07). This bone mineral density difference could thus be explained by extragonadal sex hormone production. CONCLUSION Premenopausal hysterectomy did not reduce ovarian function and increase bone turnover and bone loss.
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- P Ravn
- Center for Clinical and Basic Research, Ballerup, Denmark
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The content of free amino acids and total protein was determined in endoscopic biopsy specimens from the rectum, descending colon, transverse colon, and ascending colon in 10 patients. The amino acids were quantified by ion-exchange chromatography and were detected by fluorescence. The amino acid pattern and the rank order of the individual amino acids in the colon were different compared to those in plasma. Glutamate, taurine, aspartate, glutamine, glycine, alanine, serine, lysine, valine, and ornithine were the 10 most abundant amino acids in the colon. The rank order was the same in all of the different segments of the colon. The concentrations of the amino acids decreased the more aborally the biopsies were taken. The protein content in the rectum was significantly lower than that in the transverse colon, but there were no difference between the different segments otherwise. The study demonstrated the possibility of determining free amino acids from endoscopic biopsies of human colonic mucosa. Biopsy specimens from the descending colon and/or rectum/sigmoid colon may be considered representative of the entire large intestine. The technique may be used for repeated sampling in studies of the amino acid metabolism of the intestinal mucosa.
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- B Ahlman
- Department of Surgery, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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Lind C, Wimmer A, Magometschnigg H, Ehrmann L, Havelec L, Reichenauer M, Zeiler K. [Effects of carotid endarterectomy on various neuropsychologic parameters. A neuropsychologic longitudinal study]. Langenbecks Arch Chir 1993; 378:345-52. [PMID: 8283946 DOI: 10.1007/bf01876438] [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: 01/29/2023]
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Carotid endarterectomy was performed in 25 patients with symptomatic cerebrovascular disease. All patients underwent detailed neuropsychological investigations immediately before surgery, immediately after surgery, and again after a follow-up period of 14 months. Immediately after surgery the flicker fusion frequency was temporarily reduced, indicating an impairment of global cognitive functioning. Postoperatively, verbal attention was found to be improved, particularly in younger patients, in patients with TIA, and in patients with left-sided operation. Finally, visual retention (Benton) was improved at the end of the observation period, especially in older patients and in patients with left-sided operation. Considering the complexity of pathologic brain perfusion, the effects of carotid endarterectomy can only be explained if a multidimensional approach is adopted.
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- C Lind
- Neurologische Universitätsklinik Wien
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Lind C, Wimmer A, Magometschnigg H, Ehrmann L, Reichenauer M, Mayer M, Zeiler K. Hirnleistungsstörungen vor Karotis-Endarterektomie und deren Relevanz für die Kurzzeit- und Langzeitprognose. Eur Surg 1993. [DOI: 10.1007/bf02602122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Halldén C, Lind C, Møller IM. Variation in mitochondrial translation products in fertile and cytoplasmic male-sterile sugar beets. Theor Appl Genet 1992; 85:139-145. [PMID: 24197296 DOI: 10.1007/bf00222851] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/1992] [Accepted: 03/24/1992] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Intact and functional mitochondria were isolated from sugar beet plants (Beta vulgaris L.) containing normal fertile (F) or cytoplasmic male-sterile (S1-S4) cytoplasms. Incorporation of (35)S-methionine by mitochondria isolated from both roots and leaves showed approximately 20 major and ten minor translation products. Comparison of the polypeptide synthesis patterns produced by leaf mitochondria from fertile plants of three different species within the genus Beta revealed several taxonomically related differences. Contrary to this, the patterns of polypeptides synthesized by mitochondria from roots and leaves of sugar beet plants containing the F and S1-S4 cytoplasms were very similar; in the S1 and S2 cytoplasms no qualitative, and only a few quantitative, differences from the F cytoplasm were observed. Thus, in these cases, cytoplasmic male sterility in sugar beet is not correlated with the constitutive expression of variant polypeptides. In the S3 cytoplasm, however, an additional 6 kDa polypeptide was synthesized and in the S4 cytoplasm an additional 10 kDa polypeptide was observed when compared with the F cytoplasm. The expression of cytoplasmic male sterility in sugar beet may be associated with these variant polypeptides. The mitochondrial polypeptides synthesized were identical in plants with different nuclear backgrounds but with identical S1 cytoplasms. Mitochondria from plants with variants of the S4 cytoplasm in the same nuclear genotype also showed identical patterns of polypeptide synthesis, including the synthesis of the 10 kDa S4-specific polypeptide. Pulse-chase experiments did not affect the synthesis of this polypeptide.
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- C Halldén
- Department of Genetics, Lund University, Sölvegatan 29, S-223 62, Lund, Sweden
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Rats were treated with 3-methylcholanthrene (MC) and DT-diaphorase from liver was partially purified on an azodicoumarol-Sepharose 6B column and applied to an FPLC-chromatofocusing column in order to resolve isoforms. Six peaks showing significant DT-diaphorase activity were eluted from this column with a pH gradient between 7.30 to 4.80. The amino acid compositions of the two major peaks (II and VIb) were found to be nearly identical, suggesting existence of isoforms rather than isozymes of DT-diaphorase. The isoforms of DT-diaphorase showed broad substrate specificities towards four different quinones (menadione, vitamin K-1, benzo(a)pyrene 3,6-quinone and cyclized-dopamine ortho-quinone), although quantitative differences in the specific activities were also found. All isoforms are glycoproteins but contain different carbohydrates. Thus isoform II reacts with biotinylated lectins which are specific for N-acetylgalactosamine, mannose, fucose and galactosyl(beta-1,3)N-acetylgalactosamine, while isoform VIb reacts only with biotinylated lectins specific for mannose and N-acetylgalactosamine. Separation of DT-diaphorase isoforms from control rat liver cytosol using FPLC-chromatofocusing revealed that the induction of the isoforms is not uniform, since isform II was not found and the major isoform was composed of three peaks, whereas the major isoform of DT-diaphorase from liver cytosol of rats treated with 3-methylcholanthrene was composed of only two peaks.
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- J Segura-Aguilar
- Biochemical Toxicology, Wallenberg Laboratory, University of Stockholm, Sweden
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Wöber C, Dal-Bianco P, Hufgard J, Lind C, Deecke L. [Etiology of Alzheimer's disease]. Nervenarzt 1992; 63:74-81. [PMID: 1565172] [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: 12/27/2022]
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The major factor that causes problems in studies on the aetiology of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the clinical heterogeneity of the condition. Familial early-onset AD and familial late-onset AD are differentiated from sporadic AD. Aetiologically a genetic defect on chromosome 21 is the most important factor, at least in some cases of AD. In familial AD and autosomal dominant inheritance with complete penetrance in old age is thought to be possible. In sporadic AD the role of genetic and exogenous factors (infectious agents, aluminium) is unknown. The current status of knowledge about the aetiology of Alzheimer's disease is reviewed with reference to the literature.
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- C Wöber
- Neurologische Universitätsklinik Wien
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Baumgartner C, Doppelbauer A, Sutherling WW, Zeitlhofer J, Lindinger G, Lind C, Deecke L. Human somatosensory cortical finger representation as studied by combined neuromagnetic and neuroelectric measurements. Neurosci Lett 1991; 134:103-8. [PMID: 1815142 DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(91)90518-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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We studied somatotopy of human hand somatosensory cortex using evoked responses recorded on magnetoencephalogram (MEG) and scalp-electroencephalogram (EEG) in conjunction with dipole modeling. We found a somatotopic arrangement of cortical digit representations with a sensory sequence from lateral inferior to medial superior in the anatomical order thumb, index finger, middle finger, ring finger, and little finger. MEG alone was able to reproduce this sensory sequence more accurately than scalp-EEG alone. However, the combined information provided by both techniques improved localization accuracy even further. As MEG and scalp-EEG are complementary and confirmatory techniques, this combined approach was useful to get more complete information on the functional organization of human hand somatosensory cortex.
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Halld�n C, Karlsson G, Lind C, Moller I, Heneen W. Microsporogenesis and tapetal development in fertile and cytoplasmic male-sterile sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.). ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1991. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00190008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Patients (N = 100), nurses (N = 30), and administrators (N = 15) in a regional medical center were surveyed about the professional image inherent in different styles of nurses' uniforms. The Nurse Image Scale (NIS) was used as the data-gathering tool with pictures of the same nurse in a variety of uniforms. Results showed that patients rated some uniforms significantly differently for professional image than did nurses and administrators. There was general agreement among all respondents on the nurse they would most like to have care for them (dress with stethoscope) and the nurse they would least like to have care for them (white pants with colored top).
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Baumgartner C, Zeiler K, Kollegger H, Lind C, Oder W, Deecke L. [Prognosis after transient ischemic attacks]. Versicherungsmedizin 1991; 43:75-9. [PMID: 1871947] [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: 12/29/2022]
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Transient ischemic attacks (TIAs) are reversible neurological deficits due to cerebral ischemia in a vascular territory lasting less than 24 hours, usually less than one hour. The natural course of TIAs is variable. One third of the patients suffer from a subsequent completed stroke with lasting disability, one third of the patients continues to experience TIAs and in one third no further symptoms are encountered. TIAs are a warning symptom of a generalized vascular process, myocardial infarction being the most common cause of mortality and ischemic brain infarction being the most common cause of morbidity. Clinical parameters--besides age--seem to be of minor prognostic relevance. Vascular risk factors should be evaluated in all TIA patients; especially, a cardiac work up including 2D-echocardiography and an exercise stress test should be performed. Duplex sonography of craniocervical vessels shows atherosclerotic lesions in a considerable proportion of patients with TIA; however, localization of these lesions does not always correspond to clinical symptomatology. Some angiographic features are of prognostic relevance. Computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) show ischemic lesions in a considerable proportion of patients, which connects TIAs directly to ischemic brain infarcts. The extent and localization of these lesions are of some prognostic relevance. Blow flow studies on single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and studies of brain metabolism on positron emission tomography (PET) are abnormal in many TIA patients for prolonged periods and also have some prognostic impact. TIA patients probably are a heterogeneous group with a common symptom. A detailed diagnostic work-up may have implications on a more specific and efficient therapy.
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Doppelbauer A, Zeitlhofer J, Obergottsberger S, Baumgartner C, Lind C, Mayr N, Deecke L. [The significance of laboratory findings in long-term antiepileptic therapy]. Dtsch Med Wochenschr 1991; 116:41-7. [PMID: 1985806 DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1063579] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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A retrospective study of 316 patients (173 men, 143 women; mean age 39 [17-87] years) who had taken antiepileptics (phenytoin, phenobarbital, carbamazepine, valproic acid) for at least six months, was carried out to assess the biochemical and haematological changes in relation to the drug used, the therapeutic programme and the drug serum levels. The most frequent change was isolated elevation of gamma-GT (9-89% of cases depending on the drug), followed by elevation of alkaline phosphatase (16-44%). Increases in the transaminases GOT (4-13%) and GPT (4-19%) were infrequent and minor. Changes in the blood picture were very infrequent and never more than minimal. Correlation between all these changes and serum drug levels was poor (r less than 0.15). Correlations between drug serum level and dose were found in the case of phenobarbital (r = 0.6) and valproic acid (r = 0.5). There was hence no evidence of any clear connection between the biochemical findings and the serum concentrations of antiepileptic drugs or their-dosage. The results indicate that undue importance has previously been attached to routine checks of biochemical parameters; abnormal biochemical findings by themselves are not usually enough to necessitate changes in treatment. Determination of biochemical and haematological parameters is necessary only if there are clinical grounds for it such as suspicion of side effects, the occurrence of epileptic attacks despite therapy, or change from one drug to another.
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Dal-Bianco P, Maly J, Wôber C, Lind C, Koch G, Hufgard J, Marschall I, Mraz M, Deecke L. Galanthamine treatment in Alzheimer's disease. J Neural Transm Suppl 1991; 33:59-63. [PMID: 1753253 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7091-9135-4_10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [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: 12/28/2022]
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18 patients who had fulfilled the NINCDS-ADRDA criteria for "possible AD" took part in a clinical study to evaluate the effect of the cholinesterase inhibitor Galanthamine, 30 mg/day. Neuropsychological und social parameters were rated. This open clinical pilot-study showed no statistic significant change in neuropsychological test-results. However after 1 year treatment 6 patients are still taking the drug. According to their care-persons there was a positive changes in competence of everyday-routine and/or in the emotional situation.
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Lind C, Mraz M, Wöber C, Marschall I, Deecke L, Dal-Bianco P. Early diagnosis of Alzheimer dementia? J Neural Transm Suppl 1991; 33:53-8. [PMID: 1753252 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7091-9135-4_9] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The main problems in early diagnosis of Alzheimer dementia (AD) are: 1. The differentiation between normal aging and AD i.e. difficulties in the assessment of cognitive disturbances in the healthy elderly and in early demented subjects. 2. Interference with other dementia syndromes. 3. Lack of information in the population and among physicians about the different causes and courses of dementia syndromes. The first two aspects are discussed in this paper.
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- C Lind
- Neurology University Clinic, Vienna, Austria
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Halldén C, Lind C, Säll T, Bosemark NO, Bengtsson BO. Cytoplasmic male sterility in beta is associated with structural rearrangements of the mitochondrial DNA and is not due to interspecific organelle transfer. J Mol Evol 1990; 31:365-72. [PMID: 1979822 DOI: 10.1007/bf02106051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Chloroplast (ct) and mitochondrial (mt) DNAs from four cytoplasmic male sterile (cms) and 22 normal fertile sugar beet lines and accessions of wild beets from the genus Beta have been compared with restriction analyses and Southern hybridizations. We have used restriction analyses of ctDNA as a phylogenetic marker to confirm the taxonomic relationships between the different cytoplasms. According to the ctDNA data, all four cms cytoplasms belong to the same taxonomic section, Beta. Restriction patterns of ct and mtDNA from fertile accessions produced analogous trees of similarity and showed a close correlation between the organellar DNA diversity and the accepted taxonomic classification of the species studied. However, the mt-DNA restriction profiles of the four cms types differed dramatically from each other and from those of all fertile accessions from the genus. No indication of cytoplasmic introgression was found in any of the four investigated cms types. Southern hybridization to mtDNA revealed variant genomic arrangements in the different fertile and cms cytoplasms, indicating that rearrangement of the mitochondrial genome is a common denominator to the different cms systems in Beta. It may, indeed, be a common property to spontaneously occurring cms in all or most species.
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- C Halldén
- Department of Genetics, Lund University, Sweden
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Wemerman J, Essén P, Lind C, Vinnars E. The effect of continuous infusion of glucose and leucine, alone or combined, on the concentrations of free amino acids in skeletal muscle. Clin Nutr 1990. [DOI: 10.1016/0261-5614(90)90252-n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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