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Abstract
Desmoid tumors (DT) are rare, locally aggressive, fibroblastic soft-tissue tumors that are characterized by infiltrative growth and can affect organs and adjacent structures, resulting in substantial clinical burden impacting patients' health-related quality of life. Searches of PubMed, Embase, Cochrane, and key conferences were conducted in November 2021 and updated periodically through March 2023 to identify articles describing the burden of DT. Of 651 publications identified, 96 relevant ones were retained. Diagnosis of DT is challenging because of its morphologic heterogeneity and variable clinical presentation. Patients visit multiple healthcare providers, often facing delays in correct diagnosis. The low incidence of DT (estimated 3-5 cases per million person-years) limits disease awareness. Patients with DT experience a high symptom burden: up to 63% of patients experience chronic pain, which leads to sleep disturbance (73% of cases), irritability (46% of cases), and anxiety/depression (15% of cases). Frequently mentioned symptoms are pain, limited function and mobility, fatigue, muscle weakness, and swelling around the tumor. Overall, quality of life in patients with DT is lower than in healthy controls. There is no treatment approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for DT; however, treatment guidelines reference available options, such as active surveillance, surgery, systemic therapy, and locoregional therapy. Choice of active treatment may depend on tumor location, symptoms, and risk of morbidity. The substantial burden of illness of DT is related to difficulties in timely and accurate diagnosis, high symptom burden (pain and functional limitations), and decreased quality of life. There is a high unmet need for treatments that specifically target DT and improve quality of life.
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- Meryem Bektas
- RTI Health Solutions, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
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- SpringWorks Therapeutics, Inc., Stamford, CT, USA.
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- RTI Health Solutions, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
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- SpringWorks Therapeutics, Inc., Stamford, CT, USA
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Furr M, Okoto P, Baucom D, Kumar V, Moradi M, Heyes C, Henry RL, Kumar TKS. Structural Propensity in the C‐terminal Domain of the Albino3 Translocase in Thylakoids. FASEB J 2020. [DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.2020.34.s1.07072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- M. Furr
- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, 72701
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Winiger P, Barrett TE, Sheesley RJ, Huang L, Sharma S, Barrie LA, Yttri KE, Evangeliou N, Eckhardt S, Stohl A, Klimont Z, Heyes C, Semiletov IP, Dudarev OV, Charkin A, Shakhova N, Holmstrand H, Andersson A, Gustafsson Ö. Source apportionment of circum-Arctic atmospheric black carbon from isotopes and modeling. Sci Adv 2019; 5:eaau8052. [PMID: 30788434 PMCID: PMC6374108 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aau8052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2018] [Accepted: 01/04/2019] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Black carbon (BC) contributes to Arctic climate warming, yet source attributions are inaccurate due to lacking observational constraints and uncertainties in emission inventories. Year-round, isotope-constrained observations reveal strong seasonal variations in BC sources with a consistent and synchronous pattern at all Arctic sites. These sources were dominated by emissions from fossil fuel combustion in the winter and by biomass burning in the summer. The annual mean source of BC to the circum-Arctic was 39 ± 10% from biomass burning. Comparison of transport-model predictions with the observations showed good agreement for BC concentrations, with larger discrepancies for (fossil/biomass burning) sources. The accuracy of simulated BC concentration, but not of origin, points to misallocations of emissions in the emission inventories. The consistency in seasonal source contributions of BC throughout the Arctic provides strong justification for targeted emission reductions to limit the impact of BC on climate warming in the Arctic and beyond.
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- P. Winiger
- ACES—Department of Applied Environmental Science and the Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm University, Svante Arrhenius Väg 8, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- The Institute of Ecological, Earth, and Environmental Sciences, Baylor University, Waco, TX, USA
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- Department of Environmental Science, Baylor University, Waco, TX, USA
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- Climate Research Division, Atmospheric Science and Technology Directorate, Environment and Climate Change Canada, 4905 Dufferin Street, Toronto, ON M3H 5T4, Canada
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- Climate Research Division, Atmospheric Science and Technology Directorate, Environment and Climate Change Canada, 4905 Dufferin Street, Toronto, ON M3H 5T4, Canada
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- Department of Geosciences and the Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm University, Svante Arrhenius Väg 8, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- NILU—Norwegian Institute for Air Research, Instituttveien 18, 2027 Kjeller, Norway
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- NILU—Norwegian Institute for Air Research, Instituttveien 18, 2027 Kjeller, Norway
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- NILU—Norwegian Institute for Air Research, Instituttveien 18, 2027 Kjeller, Norway
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- NILU—Norwegian Institute for Air Research, Instituttveien 18, 2027 Kjeller, Norway
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- IIASA—International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Schlossplatz 1, 2361 Laxenburg, Austria
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- IIASA—International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Schlossplatz 1, 2361 Laxenburg, Austria
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- Pacific Oceanological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 43 Baltiyskaya Street, 690041 Vladivostok, Russia
- International Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 930 Koyukuk Drive, Fairbanks, AK, USA
- Tomsk National Research Polytechnic University, 43 A Lenina Ave., 634034 Tomsk, Russia
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- Pacific Oceanological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 43 Baltiyskaya Street, 690041 Vladivostok, Russia
- Tomsk National Research Polytechnic University, 43 A Lenina Ave., 634034 Tomsk, Russia
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- Pacific Oceanological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 43 Baltiyskaya Street, 690041 Vladivostok, Russia
- Tomsk National Research Polytechnic University, 43 A Lenina Ave., 634034 Tomsk, Russia
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- International Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 930 Koyukuk Drive, Fairbanks, AK, USA
- Tomsk National Research Polytechnic University, 43 A Lenina Ave., 634034 Tomsk, Russia
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- ACES—Department of Applied Environmental Science and the Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm University, Svante Arrhenius Väg 8, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- ACES—Department of Applied Environmental Science and the Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm University, Svante Arrhenius Väg 8, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- ACES—Department of Applied Environmental Science and the Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm University, Svante Arrhenius Väg 8, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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Zhao ZQ, Bai ZH, Winiwarter W, Kiesewetter G, Heyes C, Ma L. Mitigating ammonia emission from agriculture reduces PM 2.5 pollution in the Hai River Basin in China. Sci Total Environ 2017; 609:1152-1160. [PMID: 28787789 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.07.240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2017] [Revised: 07/25/2017] [Accepted: 07/27/2017] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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The Hai River Basin (HRB), one of the most populated areas in China, is experiencing high NH3 emissions, mostly from agricultural sources, and suffering from strongly enhanced PM2.5 concentrations in all urban areas. Further population growth and urbanization projected until 2030 may exacerbate this situation. Here, the NUFER (NUtrient flows in Food chains, Environment and Resources use) and GAINS (Greenhouse gas - Air pollution Interactions and Synergies) models have been coupled for the first time to understand possible changes of agricultural NH3 emission between 2012 and 2030 and their impacts on ambient PM2.5 concentrations, and to explore options to improve this situation. Results show that agricultural ammonia emissions in the HRB were 1179kt NH3 in 2012, 45% of which was from the hotspots at or near conurbation areas, including Beijing-Tianjin, Tangshan-Qinhuangdao, Shijiazhuang-Baoding, Dezhou, Handan-Liaocheng, and Xinxiang. Without intervention, agricultural ammonia emissions will further increase by 33% by 2030. The impacts of several scenarios were tested with respect to air pollution. Compared to the business-as-usual scenario, a scenario of improved technology and management combined with human diet optimization could greatly reduce emission (by 60%), and lead to 22-43% and 9-24% decrease of the secondary inorganic aerosols and PM2.5 concentrations, respectively, in the hotspots of NH3 emissions. Our results further confirmed that ammonia control is needed for air pollution abatement strategies (SO2, NOx and primary PM reduction) to be effective in terms of PM2.5.
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- Z Q Zhao
- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Water Resources, Center for Agricultural Resources Research, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 286 Huaizhong Road, Shijiazhuang 050021, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Water Resources, Center for Agricultural Resources Research, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 286 Huaizhong Road, Shijiazhuang 050021, China
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- International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Schlossplatz 1, A-2361 Laxenburg, Austria
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- International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Schlossplatz 1, A-2361 Laxenburg, Austria
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- International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Schlossplatz 1, A-2361 Laxenburg, Austria
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Water Resources, Center for Agricultural Resources Research, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 286 Huaizhong Road, Shijiazhuang 050021, China.
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Vu M, Heyes C, Robertson SJ, Varigos GA, Ross G. Oral tofacitinib: a promising treatment in atopic dermatitis, alopecia areata and vitiligo. Clin Exp Dermatol 2017; 42:942-944. [DOI: 10.1111/ced.13290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/16/2017] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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- M. Vu
- Department of Dermatology; The Royal Melbourne Hospital; Melbourne Victoria Australia
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- Department of Dermatology; The Royal Melbourne Hospital; Melbourne Victoria Australia
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- Department of Dermatology; The Royal Melbourne Hospital; Melbourne Victoria Australia
- Department of Dermatology; The Royal Children's Hospital; Melbourne Australia
- Department of Dermatology; Monash Health; Melbourne Australia
- Murdoch Childrens Research Institute; Melbourne Australia
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- Department of Dermatology; The Royal Melbourne Hospital; Melbourne Victoria Australia
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- Department of Dermatology; The Royal Melbourne Hospital; Melbourne Victoria Australia
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Cook R, Heyes C, Johnston A. Recognition of self-produced and friends' facial motion. J Vis 2010. [DOI: 10.1167/10.7.794] [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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Ballen KK, Hesketh AM, Heyes C, Becker PS, Emmons RV, Fogarty K, LaPointe J, Liu Q, Hsieh CC, Hesketh PJ. Prospective evaluation of antiemetic outcome following high-dose chemotherapy with hematopoietic stem cell support. Bone Marrow Transplant 2001; 28:1061-6. [PMID: 11781617 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1703280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2001] [Accepted: 07/30/2001] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Abstract
Considerable progress has been made in improving the control of chemotherapy-induced emesis. The impact of available antiemetic options for patients receiving stem cell transplants is unclear, as few prospective data have been collected. We prospectively evaluated antiemetic outcome in patients receiving stem cell transplantation over a 7-day period following the initiation of chemotherapy. The primary endpoints were the number of emetic episodes and the extent of nausea measured on a four-point scale. Eighty-two patients were evaluated. Ninety-five percent of patients had nausea during the first week of treatment; 80% had at least one emetic episode. The percentage of patients with emesis was as follows: day 1: 13%, day 2: 21%, day 3: 30%, day 4: 38%, day 5: 44%, day 6: 39%, day 7: 18%. In multivariate analysis, gender, emesis with prior chemotherapy, history of morning or motion sickness, type of transplant (auto vs allo), use of total body irradiation, or use of dexamethasone did not effect emesis control. Most patients receiving high-dose chemotherapy experience incompletely controlled emesis. Control of nausea and emesis progressively worsened with each subsequent day following initiation of chemotherapy, reaching a nadir on day 5. New treatment approaches are needed to improve emesis control in this patient population.
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- K K Ballen
- Department of Medicine, UMass Memorial Health Care, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
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Quesenberry PJ, Stewart FM, Becker P, D'Hondt L, Frimberger A, Lambert JF, Colvin GA, Miller C, Heyes C, Abedi M, Dooner M, Carlson J, Reilly J, McAuliffe C, Stencel K, Ballen K, Emmons R, Doyle P, Zhong S, Wang H, Habibian H. Stem cell engraftment strategies. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2001; 938:54-61; discussion 61-2. [PMID: 11458526 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2001.tb03574.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [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: 11/27/2022]
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The donor stem cell phenotype and host microenvironment determine the outcome of a stem cell transplant. In a series of transplant studies in syngeneic male to female or congenic Ly5.1/Ly5.2 models in which hosts have received no or minimal irradiation (100 cGy), evidence overwhelmingly supports the concept that syngeneic engraftment is determined by stem cell competition. These approaches can be extended to H-2 mismatched allogeneic mouse combination when antigen pre-exposure and CD40-CD40 ligand antibody blockage are employed. A human trial in patients with resistant neoplasia infusing pheresed blood with 10(8) CD3 cells/kg showed that tumor responses and complete chimerism occur with very low levels of CD34+ cells/kg and that the extent of previous treatment is a critical factor in determining chimerism. A major feature of transplants is the phenotype of the donor stem cell. This phenotype shows dramatic reversible plasticity involving differentiation, adhesion protein expression, and engraftment with cytokine-induced cell-cycle transit. Homing is probably also plastic. Marked fluctuations in engraftment capacity are also seen at different points in marrow circadian rhythm.
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- P J Quesenberry
- Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655, USA
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Recent behavioural and neuroscientific research concerning imitation has revealed evidence of experience-dependent imitation in chimpanzees and birds, wide ranging imitation deficits in autism, and unintentional imitation in adult humans. This review examines these findings and also evaluates evidence of neonatal imitation and intentional imitation in infancy, and evidence suggesting that the left inferior frontal gyrus is specialized for imitation. At the theoretical level, the empirical findings support the view that the perceptual-motor translation that is a unique and defining property of imitation depends primarily on direct links between sensory and motor representations established through correlated experience of observing movements and carrying them out.
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- C Heyes
- Department of Psychology, University College London, Gower Street, WC1E 6BT, London, UK
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Tropospheric ozone concentrations regarded as harmful for human health are frequently encountered in Central Europe in summertime. Although ozone formation generally results from precursors transported over long distances, in urban areas local effects, such as reactions due to nearby emission sources, play a major role in determining ozone concentrations. Europe-wide mapping and modeling of population exposure to high ozone concentrations is subject to many uncertainties, because small-scale phenomena in urban areas can significantly change ozone levels from those of the surroundings. Currently the integrated assessment modeling of European ozone control strategies is done utilizing the results of large-scale models intended for estimating the rural background ozone levels. This paper presents an initial study on how much local nitrogen oxide (NOx) concentrations can explain variations between large-scale ozone model results and urban ozone measurements, on one hand, and between urban and nearby rural measurements, on the other. The impact of urban NOx concentrations on ozone levels was derived from chemical equations describing the ozone balance. The study investigated the applicability of the method for improving the accuracy of modeled population exposure, which is needed for efficient control strategy development. The method was tested with NOx and ozone measurements from both urban and rural areas in Switzerland and with the ozone predictions of the large-scale photochemical model currently used in designing Europe-wide control strategies for ground-level ozone. The results suggest that urban NOx levels are a significant explanatory factor in differences between urban and nearby rural ozone concentrations and that the phenomenon could be satisfactorily represented with this kind of method. Further research efforts should comprise testing of the method in more locations and analyzing the performance of more widely applicable ways of deriving the initial parameters.
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- S Syri
- Finnish Environment Institute, PO Box 140, FIN-00251 Helsinki, Finland.
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