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He M, Kis-Jakab G, Komáromy H, Perlaki G, Orsi G, Bosnyák E, Rozgonyi R, John F, Trauninger A, Eklics K, Pfund Z. Volumetric alteration of brainstem in female migraineurs with and without aura. Clin Neurol Neurosurg 2024; 236:108089. [PMID: 38141551 DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2023.108089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2023] [Revised: 12/13/2023] [Accepted: 12/15/2023] [Indexed: 12/25/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIM Brainstem descending modulatory circuits have been postulated to be involved in migraine. Differences in brainstem volume between migraineurs and healthy controls have been demonstrated in previous research, nevertheless, the effect of migraine aura on brainstem volume is still uncertain. The aim of this study was to investigate the brainstem volume in migraineurs and examine the effect of migraine aura on brainstem volume. METHODS Our study included 90 female migraine patients without white matter lesions. (29 migraine patients with aura (MwA) and 61 migraine patients without aura (MwoA) and 32 age-matched female healthy controls (HC). Using the FreeSurfer image analysis suite, the volumes of the entire brainstem and its subfields (medulla, pons, and midbrain) were measured and compared between migraine subgroups (MwA vs. MwoA) and the healthy control group. The possible effects of migraine characteristics (i.e., disease duration and migraine attack frequency) on brainstem volume were also investigated. RESULTS Migraineurs had greater medulla volume (MwoA 3552 ± 459 mm3, MwA 3424 ± 448 mm3) than healthy controls (3236 ± 411 mm3). Statistically, MwA vs. HC p = 0.040, MwoA vs. HC p = 0.002, MwA vs. MwoA p = 0.555. A significant positive correlation was found between disease duration and the volume of medulla in the whole migraine group (r = 0.334, p = 0.001). Neither the whole brainstem nor its subfields were significantly different in volume between migraine subgroups. CONCLUSION Brainstem volume changes in migraine are mainly localized to the medulla and not specific to the presence of aura.
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- HUN-REN-PTE Clinical Neuroscience MR Research Group, Pécs, Hungary; Department of Neurosurgery, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary; Department of Neurology, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
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- Pécs Diagnostic Center, Pécs, Hungary; HUN-REN-PTE Clinical Neuroscience MR Research Group, Pécs, Hungary; Department of Neurosurgery, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary; Department of Neurology, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
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- Pécs Diagnostic Center, Pécs, Hungary; HUN-REN-PTE Clinical Neuroscience MR Research Group, Pécs, Hungary; Department of Neurosurgery, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary; Department of Neurology, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
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- Department of Neurology, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
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- Department of Neurology, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
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- Department of Neurology, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
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- Department of Neurology, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
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- Department of Languages for Biomedical Purposes and Communication, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
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- Department of Neurology, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary.
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He M, Kis-Jakab G, Komáromy H, Perlaki G, Orsi G, Bosnyák E, Rozgonyi R, John F, Trauninger A, Eklics K, Pfund Z. The volume of the thalamus and hippocampus in a right-handed female episodic migraine group. Front Neurol 2023; 14:1254628. [PMID: 37928149 PMCID: PMC10622660 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2023.1254628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2023] [Accepted: 09/25/2023] [Indexed: 11/07/2023] Open
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Background/aim Migraine is a disabling headache with clinical and radiological complications. The aim of this study was to investigate the volume of the thalamus and hippocampus in migraineurs, the role of white matter lesions (WMLs), and the migraine characteristics in volume changes. Methods Brain MRIs of 161 right-handed female episodic migraine patients and 40 right-handed, age-related, healthy women were performed. Left and right thalamus segmentation was performed on the 3D MPRAGE images using the Freesurfer 5.3 image analysis suite. Hippocampal subfield segmentation was based on a novel statistical atlas built primarily upon ultra-high-resolution ex vivo MRI data. Results The left hippocampus had a smaller and the left thalamus had a larger total volume than the right one in both the control (p < 0.001) and migraine groups (p <0.001). Patients with white matter lesions (L+) showed smaller right thalamus and right hippocampal tail volumes than patients without lesions (L-) (p = 0.002 and p = 0.015, respectively) and controls (p = 0.039 and p = 0.025, respectively). For the right hippocampal body, we found significantly smaller volume in L+ patients when compared to L- patients (p = 0.018) and a similar trend when compared to the control group (p = 0.064). Patients without aura (A-) showed a larger right hippocampus (p = 0.029), right hippocampal body (p = 0.012), and tail volumes (p = 0.011) than patients with aura (A+). Inverse correlations were found between attack frequency and the volumes of the left and right hippocampal tails (p = 0.018 and p = 0.008, respectively). Conclusion These findings indicate that WMLs may influence the volume of the right thalamus and hippocampus, while migraine aura and attack frequency may lead to volume changes in different parts of the hippocampi in migraine patients. These data support the necessity of effective migraine management to limit subcortical volume loss in migraineurs.
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- The Hungarian Research Network-Pécsi Tudományegyetem, Clinical Neuroscience Magnetic Resonance Research Group, Pécs, Hungary
- Department of Neurosurgery, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
- Department of Neurology, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
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- Pécs Diagnostic Center, Pécs, Hungary
- The Hungarian Research Network-Pécsi Tudományegyetem, Clinical Neuroscience Magnetic Resonance Research Group, Pécs, Hungary
- Department of Neurosurgery, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
- Department of Neurology, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
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- Pécs Diagnostic Center, Pécs, Hungary
- The Hungarian Research Network-Pécsi Tudományegyetem, Clinical Neuroscience Magnetic Resonance Research Group, Pécs, Hungary
- Department of Neurosurgery, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
- Department of Neurology, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
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- Department of Neurology, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
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- Department of Neurology, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
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- Department of Neurology, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
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- Department of Neurology, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
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- Department of Languages for Biomedical Purposes and Communication, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
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- Department of Neurology, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
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McCabe EE, Scott EAS, Giddings AT, Hyatt NC, Greaves C, Vagourdi EM, Johnsson M, John F, Cascos VA. Aurivillius oxyfluorides: nuclear and magnetic order and the role of the anion sublattice. Acta Crystallogr A Found Adv 2021. [DOI: 10.1107/s0108767321094095] [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: 11/10/2022] Open
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John F, Michelhaugh SK, Barger GR, Mittal S, Juhász C. Depression and tryptophan metabolism in patients with primary brain tumors: Clinical and molecular imaging correlates. Brain Imaging Behav 2021; 15:974-985. [PMID: 32767048 DOI: 10.1007/s11682-020-00305-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Patients with brain tumors have an increased risk for depression, whose underlying pathomechanism may involve dysregulated tryptophan/kynurenine metabolism. In this study, we analyzed the relation of depressive symptoms to clinical and tumor characteristics as well as cerebral and systemic tryptophan metabolism in patients with primary brain tumors. Sixty patients with newly-diagnosed or recurrent primary brain tumor underwent testing with the Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II), and 34 patients also had positron emission tomography (PET) imaging with alpha-[11C]methyl-L-tryptophan (AMT). BDI-II scores were correlated with clinical and tumor-related variables, cerebral regional AMT metabolism measured in the non-tumoral hemisphere, and plasma tryptophan metabolite levels. Sixteen patients (27%) had BDI-II scores indicating depression, including 6 with moderate/severe depression. High BDI-II scores were independent of clinical and tumor-related variables except lower Karnofsky Performance Status scores. In patients with recurrent malignant gliomas, depression was associated with shorter survival (hazard ratio: 3.7; p = 0.048). High BDI-II total and somatic subscale scores were associated with higher frontal cortical and thalamic AMT metabolic values measured on PET. In contrast, plasma tryptophan and kynurenine metabolite levels did not correlate with the BDI-II scores. In conclusion, our results confirm previous data that depression affects more than ¼ of patients with primary brain tumors, it is largely independent of tumor characteristics and is associated with shorter survival in patients with recurrent malignant gliomas. On PET imaging, higher tryptophan metabolism in the frontal cortex and thalamus was found in those with brain tumor-associated depression and supports the role of dysregulated tryptophan/kynurenine metabolism in this condition.
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- Flóra John
- Department of Pediatrics, Wayne State University and PET Center and Translational Imaging Laboratory, Children's Hospital of Michigan, 3901 Beaubien St, MI, Detroit, 48201, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Wayne State University, 4201 St. Antoine St., Detroit, MI, 48201, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Wayne State University, 4201 St. Antoine St, Detroit, MI, 48201, USA
- Karmanos Cancer Institute, 4100 John R. St, Detroit, MI, 48201, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Wayne State University, 4201 St. Antoine St., Detroit, MI, 48201, USA
- Karmanos Cancer Institute, 4100 John R. St, Detroit, MI, 48201, USA
- Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, Roanoke, VA, 24014, USA
- Virginia Tech School of Neuroscience, Blacksburg, VA, 24061, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Wayne State University and PET Center and Translational Imaging Laboratory, Children's Hospital of Michigan, 3901 Beaubien St, MI, Detroit, 48201, USA.
- Department of Neurosurgery, Wayne State University, 4201 St. Antoine St., Detroit, MI, 48201, USA.
- Department of Neurology, Wayne State University, 4201 St. Antoine St, Detroit, MI, 48201, USA.
- Karmanos Cancer Institute, 4100 John R. St, Detroit, MI, 48201, USA.
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John F, Robinette NL, Amit-Yousif AJ, Bosnyák E, Barger GR, Shah KD, Mittal S, Juhász C. Multimodal Imaging of Nonenhancing Glioblastoma Regions. Mol Imaging 2020; 18:1536012119885222. [PMID: 31736437 PMCID: PMC6862774 DOI: 10.1177/1536012119885222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Clinical glioblastoma treatment mostly focuses on the contrast-enhancing tumor mass. Amino acid positron emission tomography (PET) can detect additional, nonenhancing glioblastoma-infiltrated brain regions that are difficult to distinguish on conventional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). We combined MRI with perfusion imaging and amino acid PET to evaluate such nonenhancing glioblastoma regions. METHODS Structural MRI, relative cerebral blood volume (rCBV) maps from perfusion MRI, and α-[11C]-methyl-l-tryptophan (AMT)-PET images were analyzed in 20 patients with glioblastoma. The AMT uptake and rCBV (expressed as tumor to normal [T/N] ratios) were compared in nonenhancing tumor portions showing increased signal on T2/fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (T2/FLAIR) images. RESULTS Thirteen (65%) tumors showed robust heterogeneity in nonenhancing T2/FLAIR hyperintense areas on AMT-PET, whereas the nonenhancing regions in the remaining 7 cases had homogeneous AMT uptake (low in 6, high in 1). AMT and rCBV T/N ratios showed only a moderate correlation in the nonenhancing regions (r = 0.41, P = .017), but regions with very low rCBV (<0.79 T/N ratio) had invariably low AMT uptake. CONCLUSIONS The findings demonstrate the metabolic and perfusion heterogeneity of nonenhancing T2/FLAIR hyperintense glioblastoma regions. Amino acid PET imaging of such regions can detect glioma-infiltrated brain for treatment targeting; however, very low rCBV values outside the contrast-enhancing tumor mass make increased AMT uptake in nonenhancing glioblastoma regions unlikely.
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- Flóra John
- Department of Pediatrics, Wayne State University and PET Center and Translational Imaging Laboratory, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA.,Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, MI, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA.,Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, MI, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Wayne State University and PET Center and Translational Imaging Laboratory, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA.,Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, MI, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA.,Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, MI, USA.,Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, Roanoke, VA, USA.,Virginia Tech School of Neuroscience, Blacksburg, VA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Wayne State University and PET Center and Translational Imaging Laboratory, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI, USA.,Department of Neurology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA.,Department of Neurosurgery, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA.,Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, MI, USA
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John F, Bosnyák E, Robinette NL, Amit-Yousif AJ, Barger GR, Shah KD, Michelhaugh SK, Klinger NV, Mittal S, Juhász C. Multimodal imaging-defined subregions in newly diagnosed glioblastoma: impact on overall survival. Neuro Oncol 2020; 21:264-273. [PMID: 30346623 DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/noy169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Although glioblastomas are heterogeneous brain-infiltrating tumors, their treatment is mostly focused on the contrast-enhancing tumor mass. In this study, we combined conventional MRI, diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI), and amino acid PET to explore imaging-defined glioblastoma subregions and evaluate their potential prognostic value. METHODS Contrast-enhanced T1, T2/fluid attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) MR images, apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) maps from DWI, and alpha-[11C]-methyl-L-tryptophan (AMT)-PET images were analyzed in 30 patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma. Five tumor subregions were identified based on a combination of MRI contrast enhancement, T2/FLAIR signal abnormalities, and AMT uptake on PET. ADC and AMT uptake tumor/contralateral normal cortex (T/N) ratios in these tumor subregions were correlated, and their prognostic value was determined. RESULTS A total of 115 MRI/PET-defined subregions were analyzed. Most tumors showed not only a high-AMT uptake (T/N ratio > 1.65, N = 27) but also a low-uptake subregion (N = 21) within the contrast-enhancing tumor mass. High AMT uptake extending beyond contrast enhancement was also common (N = 25) and was associated with low ADC (r = -0.40, P = 0.05). Higher AMT uptake in the contrast-enhancing tumor subregions was strongly prognostic for overall survival (hazard ratio: 7.83; 95% CI: 1.98-31.02, P = 0.003), independent of clinical and molecular genetic prognostic variables. Nonresected high-AMT uptake subregions predicted the sites of tumor progression on posttreatment PET performed in 10 patients. CONCLUSIONS Glioblastomas show heterogeneous amino acid uptake with high-uptake regions often extending into non-enhancing brain with high cellularity; nonresection of these predict the site of posttreatment progression. High tryptophan uptake values in MRI contrast-enhancing tumor subregions are a strong, independent imaging marker for longer overall survival.
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- Flóra John
- Department of Pediatrics, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan.,PET Center and Translational Imaging Laboratory, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit Medical Center, Detroit, Michigan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan.,PET Center and Translational Imaging Laboratory, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit Medical Center, Detroit, Michigan
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- Department of Oncology, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan.,Department of Radiology, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan.,Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, Michigan
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- Department of Oncology, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan.,Department of Radiology, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan.,Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, Michigan
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- Department of Neurology, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan.,Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, Michigan
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- Department of Neurology, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan.,Department of Oncology, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan.,Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, Michigan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan.,Department of Neurology, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan.,Department of Neurosurgery, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan.,PET Center and Translational Imaging Laboratory, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit Medical Center, Detroit, Michigan.,Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, Michigan
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Jeong JW, Lee MH, John F, Robinette NL, Amit-Yousif AJ, Barger GR, Mittal S, Juhász C. Feasibility of Multimodal MRI-Based Deep Learning Prediction of High Amino Acid Uptake Regions and Survival in Patients With Glioblastoma. Front Neurol 2020; 10:1305. [PMID: 31920928 PMCID: PMC6928045 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2019.01305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2019] [Accepted: 11/26/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Purpose: Amino acid PET has shown high accuracy for the diagnosis and prognostication of malignant gliomas, however, this imaging modality is not widely available in clinical practice. This study explores a novel end-to-end deep learning framework ("U-Net") for its feasibility to detect high amino acid uptake glioblastoma regions (i.e., metabolic tumor volume) using clinical multimodal MRI sequences. Methods: T2, fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR), apparent diffusion coefficient map, contrast-enhanced T1, and alpha-[11C]-methyl-L-tryptophan (AMT)-PET images were analyzed in 21 patients with newly-diagnosed glioblastoma. U-Net system with data augmentation was implemented to deeply learn non-linear voxel-wise relationships between intensities of multimodal MRI as the input and metabolic tumor volume from AMT-PET as the output. The accuracy of the MRI- and PET-based volume measures to predict progression-free survival was tested. Results: In the augmented dataset using all four MRI modalities to investigate the upper limit of U-Net accuracy in the full study cohort, U-Net achieved high accuracy (sensitivity/specificity/positive predictive value [PPV]/negative predictive value [NPV]: 0.85/1.00/0.81/1.00, respectively) to predict PET-defined tumor volumes. Exclusion of FLAIR from the MRI input set had a strong negative effect on sensitivity (0.60). In repeated hold out validation in randomly selected subjects, specificity and NPV remained high (1.00), but mean sensitivity (0.62), and PPV (0.68) were moderate. AMT-PET-learned MRI tumor volume from this U-net model within the contrast-enhancing volume predicted 6-month progression-free survival with 0.86/0.63 sensitivity/specificity. Conclusions: These data indicate the feasibility of PET-based deep learning for enhanced pretreatment glioblastoma delineation and prognostication by clinical multimodal MRI.
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- Jeong-Won Jeong
- Department of Pediatrics, Wayne State University School of Medicine and PET Center and Translational Imaging Laboratory, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI, United States.,Department of Neurology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, United States.,Translational Neuroscience Program, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, Wayne State University School of Medicine and PET Center and Translational Imaging Laboratory, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, Wayne State University School of Medicine and PET Center and Translational Imaging Laboratory, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI, United States
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- Department of Oncology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, United States.,Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, MI, United States
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- Department of Oncology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, United States.,Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, MI, United States
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- Department of Neurology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, United States.,Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, MI, United States
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- Department of Oncology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, United States.,Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, MI, United States.,Department of Neurosurgery, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, United States.,Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and Carilion Clinic, Roanoke, VA, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, Wayne State University School of Medicine and PET Center and Translational Imaging Laboratory, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI, United States.,Department of Neurology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, United States.,Translational Neuroscience Program, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, United States.,Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, MI, United States.,Department of Neurosurgery, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, United States
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Mittal S, John F, Naveh A, Bomzon Z, Barger GR, Juhasz C. P14.69 Evaluation of electric field intensity delivered by Tumor-Treating Fields therapy to PET-defined metabolic volumes in recurrent glioblastomas. Neuro Oncol 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/noz126.304] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Abstract
BACKGROUND
Tumor-Treating Fields (TTFields) therapy is a clinical treatment option for patients with newly-diagnosed and recurrent glioblastomas. Electric field intensities (EFIs) delivered to the tumor mass may affect treatment responses. In this study, we used the patients’ neuroimaging data to create realistic head models and evaluate: (i) the magnitude of EFIs delivered to the tumor mass; (ii) factors affecting the EFI values; and (iii) factors affecting treatment responses as assessed by amino acid PET.
MATERIAL AND METHODS
Fourteen recurrent glioblastomas in 9 patients were evaluated with α-[11C]-methyl-L-tryptophan (AMT)-PET before and up to 3 months after TTFields therapy (mean follow-up: 2.3 months). Individual MRI and CT scans were used to create patient-specific realistic head models and simulate TTFields delivery to the tumors. For each direction of treatment (antero-posterior, left-right), two 9-disk transducer arrays were simulated using disks placed according to the patients’ NovoTAL System™ based treatment plan. To generate TTFields, an alternating voltage difference (200V peak-to-peak, 200 kHz) was imposed on the outer surfaces of the disks. The simulations were performed using the Sim4Life V3.0 (ZMT-Zurich) quasi-electrostatic solver. The field intensities were normalized to simulate 2A peak-to-peak current supplied by the device. 3D EFI maps were created and fused with the pre- and post-TTFields PET images to measure EFIs delivered to the PET-defined metabolic tumor volume. Interval changes of static AMT uptake and kinetic PET variables were also evaluated.
RESULTS
The mean EFI delivered to the tumors varied between 1.34–2.43 V/cm (mean: 1.86 V/cm). Fronto-parietal tumors received higher mean EFI than temporal lobe tumors (p=0.05). Most tumors showed decreasing (n=9) or stable (n=4) AMT uptake on follow-up PET imaging after TTFields therapy. Higher EFIs delivered to the tumors (r=-0.56, p=0.04) and concomitant bevacizumab treatment (n=7, p=0.01) were associated with a greater PET response. On tracer kinetic analysis, the AMT uptake responses correlated with transport rate changes (p=0.04).
CONCLUSION
TTFields treatment of recurrent glioblastomas delivers variable EFIs to the metabolic tumor volume. Treatment responses on PET are driven by decreased amino acid transport rates, whose magnitude is associated with higher EFIs delivered to the tumor mass and also with concomitant antiangiogenic treatment in those with combined therapy. (The cost of the PET scans was supported by a grant from NovoCure Ltd., Haifa, Israel)
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- S Mittal
- Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, United States
- Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, Roanoke, VA, United States
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- Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, United States
- University of Pecs, Pecs, Hungary
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- Novocure Ltd., Haifa, Israel
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- Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, United States
- Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, MI, United States
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- Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, United States
- PET Center, Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI, United States
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Juhasz C, John F, Michelhaugh SK, Muzik O, Barger GR, Mittal S. P14.57 Association of tryptophan metabolism and depression in patients with primary brain tumors. Neuro Oncol 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/noz126.292] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Abstract
BACKGROUND
Patients with brain tumor have an increased risk for depressive disorder, whose underlying pathomechanism may involve dysregulated tryptophan/kynurenine metabolism. In this study, we analyzed the relation of depression to cerebral and systemic tryptophan metabolism in patients with primary brain tumors.
MATERIAL AND METHODS
Thirty-four patients with newly-diagnosed (n=19) or recurrent (n=15) primary brain tumors (25 gliomas, 8 meningiomas, 1 dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor) underwent pre-treatment alpha-[11C]methyl-L-tryptophan (AMT)-PET and completed the Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II) questionnaire. MRI and AMT-PET images were co-registered, and AMT K values (estimate of unidirectional tryptophan uptake, related to tryptophan metabolism) were measured in contralateral non-tumoral cortical and subcortical regions and correlated with BDI-II total and subscale (cognitive, affective, and somatic) scores. In a subset of 28 patients, plasma tryptophan metabolite levels were also measured and correlated with BDI-II scores.
RESULTS
In the whole group (n=34), 35% of the patients (n=12) had BDI-II scores indicating depression, while only a minority of them (n=5) were treated with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI). No difference was observed in AMT K values between gliomas vs. non-gliomas or between newly-diagnosed vs. recurrent tumors. Frontal cortical and thalamic AMT K values positively correlated with BDI-II total and somatic subscale scores (r=0.49, p=0.004 and r=0.53, p=0.001, respectively), and these correlations became stronger when patients with SSRI treatment were excluded. Levels of plasma tryptophan and its metabolites were not different between gliomas vs. non-gliomas, newly-diagnosed vs. recurrent tumor nor depressed vs. non-depressed patients. SSRI treatment showed no effect on plasma tryptophan metabolite levels. No correlation was found between depression and plasma tryptophan and its metabolite levels.
CONCLUSION
While plasma levels of tryptophan metabolites are not associated with depressive symptoms, higher tryptophan metabolism in the frontal cortex and thalamus, measured by PET, may serve as an imaging biomarker of brain tumor-associated depression and supports the role of dysregulated tryptophan/kynurenine metabolism in this condition.
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- C Juhasz
- Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, United States
- PET Center, Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI, United States
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- Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, United States
- University of Pecs, Pecs, Hungary
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- Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, United States
- PET Center, Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI, United States
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- Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, United States
- Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, MI, United States
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- Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, United States
- Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, Roanoke, VA, United States
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John F, Barger GR, Mittal S, Juhasz C. P14.37 Depression in patients with primary brain tumors: Relation to clinical variables and tumor characteristics. Neuro Oncol 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/noz126.272] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Abstract
BACKGROUND
Patients with brain tumor have an increased risk for depressive disorder, however, the association between depression and clinical or tumor-related variables remains mostly unclear. In this study, we analyzed the relation of depression to several clinical and tumor-related characteristics in patients with primary brain tumors.
MATERIAL AND METHODS
Sixty patients with newly-diagnosed (n=34) or recurrent (n=26) primary brain tumors (50 gliomas, 10 meningiomas) underwent testing with the Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II). Relation of BDI-II scores to clinical and tumor-related characteristics, including age, Karnofsky Performance Status (KPS) scores, presence of antiepileptic, antidepressant, or steroid treatment, as well as tumor grade, lateralization, and lobar localization, were analyzed. In a subset of recurrent malignant glioma patients, the prognostic value of BDI-II scores on overall survival was also analyzed.
RESULTS
The mean total BDI-II score was 10±8 (range: 0–37); while 27% of patients (n=16) had BDI-II scores indicating at least mild depressive disorder (≥13), only a portion of them (17%) was on antidepressant treatment. No BDI-II difference was found between gliomas vs. meningiomas or newly-diagnosed vs. recurrent tumors; also, no association was found with any tumor-related characteristics. Antiepileptic or steroid therapy had no association with BDI-II scores, while higher BDI-II scores were observed in patients with ongoing antidepressant therapy (15±10 vs. 8±7, p=0.017). Higher BDI-II total and somatic subscale scores correlated with lower KPS scores (r=-0.32, p=0.014 and r=-0.31, p=0.017, respectively). In recurrent malignant glioma patients (n=18), higher depression scores were associated with shorter survival (hazard ratio: 3.7; 95% confidence interval: 1.0–13.6; p=0.048).
CONCLUSION
Depression affected more than ¼ of patients with primary brain tumors in this single-center cohort and was independent from most clinical and tumor-related characteristics, except KPS scores. Although most of these patients have mild depression that is often overlooked without targeted screening, higher BDI-II scores may predict shorter overall survival in recurrent malignant glioma patients. These data reinforce the importance of early recognition and treatment of depressive symptoms in patients with primary brain tumors.
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- F John
- Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, United States
- University of Pecs, Pecs, Hungary
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- Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, United States
- Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, MI, United States
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- Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, United States
- Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, Roanoke, VA, United States
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- Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, United States
- PET Center, Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI, United States
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Muzik O, John F, Mittal S, Juhasz C. P11.35 Fluorine-18-labeled PET radiotracers for imaging tryptophan uptake and metabolism in brain tumors. Neuro Oncol 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/noz126.181] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Abstract
BACKGROUND
Abnormal metabolism of tryptophan via the serotonin and kynurenine pathways plays a key role in multiple disease processes including cancer. Upregulation of key enzymes of the kynurenine pathway (such as indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase [IDO] and tryptophan 2,3-dioxygenase [TDO]) plays an important role in immune resistance in human brain tumors. IDO inhibitors have recently entered in human clinical trials, and their use can benefit from molecular imaging evaluating IDO activity. Imaging tryptophan uptake and metabolism in vivo can be achieved with tryptophan derivative PET radiotracers. Human studies with such tracers showed promise but have been confined to carbon-11-labeled compounds (such as alpha-[11C]methyl-L-tryptophan). Preclinical development of fluorine-18-labeled tryptophan-based radiotracers has surged only in recent years. We performed a systematic review of studies reporting on such tracers and summarized their biological characteristics and their potential for imaging key enzymes of the kynurenine pathway.
MATERIAL AND METHODS
A PubMed search using the key words “tryptophan” and “PET”/”positron emission tomography” was performed. English language original articles including data on the preparation and/or radiochemical or biological characteristics of fluorine-18-labeled tryptophan derivative radiotracers have been reviewed.
RESULTS
Nineteen original papers identified by the search included data on 15 unique fluorine-18-labeled tryptophan-derived radiotracers. Automated synthesis was reported for 1-(2-[18F]fluoroethyl)-L-tryptophan, the most extensively evaluated tracer among the 15. Biodistribution studies showed high uptake in the pancreas, and the L-type amino acid transporter was the dominant transport mechanism for most of the reported radiotracers. Multiple tracers showed accumulation in various tumor cell lines, including glioma cell lines, in vitro and in xenografts in vivo, with favorable tumor-to-background uptake ratios in comparison to clinically used fluorine-18-labeled radiotracers (such as glucose and non-tryptophan amino acid analogs). Five of the 15 tracers showed promise for imaging IDO activity, including a fluorine-18-labeled analog of alpha-[11C]methyl-L-tryptophan. Two of the 15 radiotracers were metabolized by TDO but showed rapid defluorination in vivo.
CONCLUSION
Most fluorine-18-labeled tryptophan derivative PET tracers share common transport mechanisms and biodistribution characteristics. Several of these radiotracers show promise for imaging IDO activity in vivo, and, therefore, could be leading candidates for testing and validation toward human tumor PET imaging applications.
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- O Muzik
- PET Center, Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI, United States
- Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, United States
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- Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, United States
- University of Pecs, Pecs, Hungary
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- Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, United States
- Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, Roanoke, VA, United States
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- Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, United States
- PET Center, Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI, United States
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Juhász C, John F. Utility of MRI, PET, and ictal SPECT in presurgical evaluation of non-lesional pediatric epilepsy. Seizure 2019; 77:15-28. [PMID: 31122814 DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2019.05.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2018] [Revised: 02/12/2019] [Accepted: 05/10/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Children with epilepsy and normal structural MRI pose a particular challenge in localization of epileptic foci for surgical resection. Many of these patients have subtle structural lesions such as mild cortical dysplasia that can be missed by conventional MRI but may become detectable by optimized and advanced MRI acquisitions and post-processing. Specificity of objective analytic techniques such as voxel-based morphometry remains an issue. Combination of MRI with functional imaging approaches can improve the accuracy of detecting epileptogenic brain regions. Analysis of glucose positron emission tomography (PET) combined with high-resolution MRI can optimize detection of hypometabolic cortex associated with subtle cortical malformations and can also enhance presurgical evaluation in children with epileptic spasms. Additional PET tracers may detect subtle epileptogenic lesions and cortex with enhanced specificity in carefully selected subgroups with various etiologies; e.g., increased tryptophan uptake can identify epileptogenic cortical dysplasia in the interictal state. Subtraction ictal SPECT can be also useful to delineate ictal foci in those with non-localizing PET or after failed surgical resection. Presurgical delineation of language and motor cortex and the corresponding white matter tracts is increasingly reliable by functional MRI and DTI techniques; with careful preparation, these can be useful even in young and sedated children. While evidence-based pediatric guidelines are still lacking, the data accumulated in the last decade strongly indicate that multimodal imaging with combined analysis of MRI, PET, and/or ictal SPECT data can optimize the detection of subtle epileptogenic lesions and facilitate seizure-free outcome while minimizing the postsurgical functional deficit in children with normal conventional MRI.
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- Csaba Juhász
- Department of Pediatrics, Wayne State University, PET Center and Translational Imaging Laboratory, Children's Hospital of Michigan, 3901 Beaubien St., Detroit, Michigan, 48201, USA; Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Wayne State University, 4201 St. Antoine St., Detroit, Michigan, 48201, USA.
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- Department of Pediatrics, Wayne State University, PET Center and Translational Imaging Laboratory, Children's Hospital of Michigan, 3901 Beaubien St., Detroit, Michigan, 48201, USA; Department of Neurology, University of Pécs, H-7623, Rét u. 2., Pécs, Hungary.
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Komáromy H, He M, Perlaki G, Orsi G, Nagy SA, Bosnyák E, Kamson Olayinka D, John F, Trauninger A, Pfund Z. Influence of hemispheric white matter lesions and migraine characteristics on cortical thickness and volume. J Headache Pain 2019; 20:4. [PMID: 30630410 PMCID: PMC6734368 DOI: 10.1186/s10194-019-0959-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2018] [Accepted: 01/02/2019] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Background/Aim Migraine-related intracerebral white matter lesions (WMLs) are likely to be microvascular in nature and can be found in all hemispheric lobes. The aim of this study was to investigate migraine patients with or without WMLs to see the effects of these tissue damages on cortical thickness and volume. The role of migraine characteristics (duration of headache, attack frequency, estimated lifetime attack number, aura) was also tested. Methods As study participants, 161 female migraine patients (63 with aura; 52 with WMLs) and 40 age-matched healthy female subjects were enrolled in the study. None of the included migraine patients’ headache or aura (where present) was unilaterally side-locked. Patients and controls were all right handed. Except for migraine, patients were free of any medical comorbidity. Cortical reconstruction and segmentation were performed on the 3D T1-weighted images using Freesurfer 5.3 image analysis suite. The automatic cortical parcellation was based on Freesurfer’s Desikan–Killiany–Tourville atlas, which has 31 cortical regions per hemisphere. The segmented regions were divided into five lobes (frontal, parietal, temporal, occipital, insula). Since the left and right differences in lobar and insular volumes/thicknesses were not different among our groups, volume and cortical thickness were calculated for corresponding bilateral lobes. Results There was no significant difference in age between the whole migraine and the control groups. Migraineurs with WMLs (L+ patients) were significantly older than lesion-free (L-) patients (P = 0.0003) and controls (P = 0.018). Disease duration (P = 0.003), the total number of migraine attacks (P = 0.022) and the rate of aura (P = 0.0003) were significantly higher in L+ patients than in L- patients. Cortical thickness and volume measurements of lobes were not statistically different between the three groups (L+, L-, control). Age showed a significant negative association with both thickness and volume in each examined lobe (P < 0.001). Intracranial volume (ICV) showed a significant positive association with all regional volumes (P < 0.001). There were no significant group*age, group*ICV, or age*ICV interactions. None of the migraine characteristics were selected by stepwise linear regression as significant predictors of cortical thickness or volume. Only age (for both thickness and volume) and ICV (for volume) were identified as significant predictors (P < 0.001). When the L + group was divided into two subgroups by median split of total and lobar lesion number and volume, the cortical measures did not show any significant difference between the groups with low vs. high lesion number/volume by stepwise linear regression. Conclusions In a female migraine group, we found that the WMLs and clinical migraine characteristics have no effect on cortical thickness and volume of bilateral lobes. Lobar cortical thicknesses were equivalent within the range of ±0.1 mm. Only age and ICV proved to be significant predictors; the former for both cortical thickness and volume, while the latter for cortical volume.
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
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- Pécs Diagnostic Center, Pécs, Hungary.,Department of Neurosurgery, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary.,MTA-PTE Clinical Neuroscience MR Research Group, Pécs, Hungary
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- Pécs Diagnostic Center, Pécs, Hungary.,Department of Neurosurgery, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary.,MTA-PTE Clinical Neuroscience MR Research Group, Pécs, Hungary
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- Pécs Diagnostic Center, Pécs, Hungary.,Department of Neurosurgery, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary.,MTA-PTE Clinical Neuroscience MR Research Group, Pécs, Hungary.,Neurobiology of Stress Research Group, Szentágothai Research Center, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
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- Department of Neurology, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
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- Department of Neurology, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
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- Department of Neurology, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
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- Department of Neurology, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary.
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Darnai G, Nagy SA, Horváth R, Ács P, Perlaki G, Orsi G, Kovács N, Altbäcker A, Plózer E, Tényi D, Weintraut R, Schwarcz A, John F, Varga E, Bereczkei T, Clemens Z, Komoly S, Janszky J. Iron Concentration in Deep Gray Matter Structures is Associated with Worse Visual Memory Performance in Healthy Young Adults. J Alzheimers Dis 2018; 59:675-681. [PMID: 28671115 PMCID: PMC5523837 DOI: 10.3233/jad-170118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Abnormally high deposition of iron can contribute to neurodegenerative disorders with cognitive impairment. Since previous studies investigating cognition-brain iron accumulation relationships focused on elderly people, our aim was to explore the association between iron concentration in subcortical nuclei and two types of memory performances in a healthy young population. Gender difference was found only in the globus pallidus. Our results showed that iron load characterized by R2* value on the MRI in the caudate and putamen was related to visual memory, while verbal memory was unrelated to iron concentration.
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- Gergely Darnai
- Department of Neurology, University of Pécs, Medical School, Pécs, Hungary.,Institute of Psychology, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary.,Centre for Neuroscience, University of Pécs, Hungary.,MTA-PTE Clinical Neuroscience MR Research Group, Pécs, Hungary
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- Pécs Diagnostic Centre, Pécs, Hungary.,MTA-PTE Clinical Neuroscience MR Research Group, Pécs, Hungary
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- Department of Neurology, University of Pécs, Medical School, Pécs, Hungary
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- Department of Neurology, University of Pécs, Medical School, Pécs, Hungary
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- Pécs Diagnostic Centre, Pécs, Hungary.,MTA-PTE Clinical Neuroscience MR Research Group, Pécs, Hungary.,Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pécs, Medical School, Pécs, Hungary
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- Pécs Diagnostic Centre, Pécs, Hungary.,MTA-PTE Clinical Neuroscience MR Research Group, Pécs, Hungary.,Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pécs, Medical School, Pécs, Hungary
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- Department of Neurology, University of Pécs, Medical School, Pécs, Hungary.,MTA-PTE Clinical Neuroscience MR Research Group, Pécs, Hungary
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- Department of Neurology, University of Pécs, Medical School, Pécs, Hungary.,Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Neurology, University of Pécs, Medical School, Pécs, Hungary
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- Department of Neurology, University of Pécs, Medical School, Pécs, Hungary
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- Department of Neurology, University of Pécs, Medical School, Pécs, Hungary
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- MTA-PTE Clinical Neuroscience MR Research Group, Pécs, Hungary.,Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pécs, Medical School, Pécs, Hungary
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- Department of Neurology, University of Pécs, Medical School, Pécs, Hungary
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- Department of Neurology, University of Pécs, Medical School, Pécs, Hungary
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- Department of Neurology, University of Pécs, Medical School, Pécs, Hungary
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- Department of Neurology, University of Pécs, Medical School, Pécs, Hungary
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- Department of Neurology, University of Pécs, Medical School, Pécs, Hungary.,Centre for Neuroscience, University of Pécs, Hungary.,MTA-PTE Clinical Neuroscience MR Research Group, Pécs, Hungary
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John F, Maqbool M, Jeong JW, Agarwal R, Behen ME, Juhász C. Deep cerebral vein expansion with metabolic and neurocognitive recovery in Sturge-Weber syndrome. Ann Clin Transl Neurol 2018; 5:502-506. [PMID: 29687028 PMCID: PMC5899918 DOI: 10.1002/acn3.546] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2018] [Revised: 01/23/2018] [Accepted: 02/05/2018] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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We present longitudinal imaging data of a child with Sturge–Weber syndrome (SWS). At age 8 months, 3 weeks after initial seizures and prolonged motor deficit, MRI showed extensive right hemispheric SWS involvement with severe glucose hypometabolism on PET. She was treated with levetiracetam and aspirin. Follow‐up imaging at age 29 months showed a robust interval expansion of enlarged deep medullary veins throughout the affected hemisphere along with a dramatic recovery of hemispheric metabolism and normalized neurocognitive functioning. These findings demonstrate a robust, multilobar hemispheric remodeling of deep venous collaterals that likely contributed to reversal of initial metabolic and neurocognitive deficits.
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- Flóra John
- Departments of Pediatrics and Neurology Wayne State University School of Medicine Children's Hospital of Michigan Detroit Medical Center Detroit Michigan
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Neurology Wayne State University School of Medicine Children's Hospital of Michigan Detroit Medical Center Detroit Michigan
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Neurology Wayne State University School of Medicine Children's Hospital of Michigan Detroit Medical Center Detroit Michigan
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Neurology Wayne State University School of Medicine Children's Hospital of Michigan Detroit Medical Center Detroit Michigan
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Neurology Wayne State University School of Medicine Children's Hospital of Michigan Detroit Medical Center Detroit Michigan
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Nagy SA, Horváth R, Perlaki G, Orsi G, Barsi P, John F, Horváth A, Kovács N, Bogner P, Ábrahám H, Bóné B, Gyimesi C, Dóczi T, Janszky J. Age at onset and seizure frequency affect white matter diffusion coefficient in patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy. Epilepsy Behav 2016; 61:14-20. [PMID: 27232377 DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2016.04.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2016] [Revised: 04/05/2016] [Accepted: 04/06/2016] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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In mesial temporal lobe epilepsy with hippocampal sclerosis (MTLE-HS), structural abnormalities are present not only in the hippocampus but also in the white matter with ipsilateral predominance. Although the timing of epilepsy onset is commonly associated with clinical and semiological dissimilarities, limited data exist regarding white matter diffusion changes with respect to age at epilepsy onset. The aim of this study was to investigate diffusion changes in the white matter of patients with unilateral MTLE-HS with respect to clinical parameters and to compare them with an age- and sex-matched healthy control group. Apparent diffusion coefficients (ADCs) were derived using monoexponential approaches from 22 (11 early and 11 late age at onset) patients with unilateral MTLE-HS and 22 age- and sex-matched control subjects after acquiring diffusion-weighted images on a 3T MRI system. Data were analyzed using two-tailed t-tests and multiple linear regression models. In the group with early onset MTLE-HS, ADC was significantly elevated in the ipsilateral hemispheric (p=0.04) and temporal lobe white matter (p=0.01) compared with that in controls. These differences were not detectable in late onset MTLE-HS patients. Apparent diffusion coefficient of the group with early onset MTLE-HS was negatively related to age at epilepsy onset in the ipsilateral hemispheric white matter (p=0.03) and the uncinate fasciculus (p=0.03), while in patients with late onset MTLE-HS, ADC was no longer dependent on age at epilepsy onset itself but rather on the seizure frequency in the ipsilateral uncinate fasciculus (p=0.03). Such diffusivity pattern has been associated with chronic white matter degeneration, reflecting myelin loss and higher extracellular volume which are more pronounced in the frontotemporal regions and also depend on clinical features. In the group with early onset MTLE-HS, the timing of epilepsy seems to be the major cause of white matter abnormalities while in late onset disease, it has a secondary role in provoking diffusion changes.
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- Szilvia A Nagy
- Pécs Diagnostics Center, H-7623 Pécs, Rét Street 2., Hungary; MTA-PTE, Neurobiology of Stress Research Group, H-7624 Pécs, Ifjúság Street 20., Hungary.
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- Department of Neurology, University of Pécs, H-7623 Pécs, Rét Street 2., Hungary.
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- Pécs Diagnostics Center, H-7623 Pécs, Rét Street 2., Hungary; MTA-PTE, Clinical Neuroscience MR Research Group, H-7623 Pécs, Rét Street 2., Hungary.
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- Pécs Diagnostics Center, H-7623 Pécs, Rét Street 2., Hungary; MTA-PTE, Clinical Neuroscience MR Research Group, H-7623 Pécs, Rét Street 2., Hungary.
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- MR Research Centre, Semmelweis University, H-1083 Budapest, Balassa Street 6., Hungary.
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- Department of Neurology, University of Pécs, H-7623 Pécs, Rét Street 2., Hungary.
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- Pécs Diagnostics Center, H-7623 Pécs, Rét Street 2., Hungary; Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pécs, H-7623 Pécs, Rét Street 2., Hungary.
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- Department of Neurology, University of Pécs, H-7623 Pécs, Rét Street 2., Hungary; MTA-PTE, Clinical Neuroscience MR Research Group, H-7623 Pécs, Rét Street 2., Hungary.
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- Department of Radiology, University of Pécs, H-7624 Pécs, Ifjúság Street 13., Hungary.
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- Department of Medical Biology, University of Pécs, H-7624 Pécs, Szigeti Street 12., Hungary; Central Electron Microscopic Laboratory, University of Pécs, H-7624 Pécs, Honvéd Street 1., Hungary.
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- Department of Neurology, University of Pécs, H-7623 Pécs, Rét Street 2., Hungary.
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- Department of Neurology, University of Pécs, H-7623 Pécs, Rét Street 2., Hungary.
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- Pécs Diagnostics Center, H-7623 Pécs, Rét Street 2., Hungary; MTA-PTE, Clinical Neuroscience MR Research Group, H-7623 Pécs, Rét Street 2., Hungary; Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pécs, H-7623 Pécs, Rét Street 2., Hungary.
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- Department of Neurology, University of Pécs, H-7623 Pécs, Rét Street 2., Hungary; MTA-PTE, Clinical Neuroscience MR Research Group, H-7623 Pécs, Rét Street 2., Hungary.
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John F, Sembrano R, Roy S, Gupta S, Nayak R, Plack D, Cogswell R. Pre-Operative Predictors for Admission to a Rehabilitation Facility after LVAD Implantation and Its Impact on Long Term Survival. J Heart Lung Transplant 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2016.01.460] [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: 11/28/2022] Open
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John F, Aschenbrenner T, Felgendreher R, Bramlage K, Brockmeier J, Cuneo A, Härtel D, Bramlage P, Tebbe U. [Treatment of coronary three-vessel disease in patients above 75 years]. Dtsch Med Wochenschr 2016; 141:e53-9. [PMID: 26983119 DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-108248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Chronic ischemic heart disease take the first place in cause of death in Germany. The proportion of patients aged 75 years or older amounts more than 80 %. Due to their growing part of population the medical care of older patients becomes increasingly important. In this investigation patients aged ≥ 75 years with coronary three-vessel disease were characterized and various treatment strategies were compared. PATIENTS AND METHODS This analysis was retrospective. The data of patients aged 75 years or older with three-vessel disease diagnosed by coronary angiography at the Klinikum Lippe Detmold between 2005 and 2007 were collected. Depending on the received therapy they were parted in three groups: optimal drug therapy (OMT), interventional - (PCI) and surgical revascularization (CABG). Patient characteristics as well as survival- and MACCE-rates during follow up were ascertained. Subgroup analyzes were performed for acute coronary syndrom (ACS) and stable coronary artery disease( CAD). RESULTS The data of 434 patients with an average age of 79 years were documented. 139 (32.0 %) were assigned to the OMT- 189 (43.6 %) to the PCI- and 106 (24.4 %) to the CABG-group. Overall there was no significant difference between the three groups regarding mortality. In the subgroup of patients wit ACS (n = 180) mortality significantly increased in the OMT-group compared to the two invasive therapies (PCI (p = 0.029), CABG (p = 0.045)). The subgroup of patients with stable CAD showed no significant differences in mortality between the three types of therapy. CONCLUSIONS Older patients benefit from an interventional or surgical revascularization in the context of ACS. In contrast, in elderly with stable CAD optimal medical therapy provides a reasonable alternative to invasive therapy without increase in mortality.
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Matemo D, Kinuthia J, John F, Chung M, Farquhar C, John-Stewart G, Kiarie J. Indeterminate rapid HIV-1 test results among antenatal and postnatal mothers. Int J STD AIDS 2010; 20:790-2. [PMID: 19875832 DOI: 10.1258/ijsa.2008.008427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The sensitivity and specificity of rapid HIV-1 tests may be altered during pregnancy and postpartum. We conducted a study to determine the prevalence and correlates of false-positive Abbott Determine and false-negative Uni-Gold rapid HIV-1 test results among antenatal and postnatal mothers attending a primary care clinic in Nairobi, Kenya. Mothers were tested for HIV-1 using Abbott Determine and non-reactive results were considered HIV-1 antibody negative. Reactive samples by Determine were re-tested by Uni-Gold. Vironostika HIV-1 and Uni-FORM II Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays were used to confirm samples that had positive Abbott Determine and negative Uni-Gold. Among 2311 women who accepted HIV-1 testing, 1238 (54%) were tested antenatally and 1073 (46%) were tested postnatally. Of tested women, 274 (12%) women were reactive by Abbott Determine and on retesting with Uni-Gold 30 (11%) had indeterminate results. The prevalence of indeterminate results was significantly higher in antenatal women than in postnatal women (2% versus 1%, P = 0.03). In conclusion, indeterminate rapid HIV-1 test results are more common in the antenatal period and appropriate safeguards to confirm HIV-1 infection status should be implemented in antenatal programmes.
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- D Matemo
- Department of Obstetric and Gynaecology, University of Nairobi, Kenya.
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John F. III. Variola, Vakzine, Alastrim, Melkerknoten, Varizellen, Zoster, Herpes, Masern, Scharlach, Noma, Sodoku, Zoonosen. Dermatology 2009. [DOI: 10.1159/000253519] [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: 11/19/2022] Open
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John F. III. Vakzine, Variola, Alastrim, Melkerknoten, Scharlach, Masern, Varizellen, Noma, Sodoku, Zoonosen. Dermatology 2009. [DOI: 10.1159/000253303] [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: 11/19/2022] Open
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Rao PV, Garrow TA, John F, Garland D, Millian NS, Zigler JS. Betaine-homocysteine methyltransferase is a developmentally regulated enzyme crystallin in rhesus monkey lens. J Biol Chem 1998; 273:30669-74. [PMID: 9804840 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.273.46.30669] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [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: 11/06/2022] Open
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We describe herein the characterization of a major 45-kDa protein from the soluble betaH-crystallin fraction of rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta) lens. Based on partial peptide sequence, immunoreactivity, and enzymatic activity, this protein has been identified as betaine-homocysteine S-methyltransferase (BHMT: EC 2.1.1.5), an enzyme that catalyzes the methylation of homocysteine using either betaine or thetins as methyl donors. This protein was found to be expressed abundantly in the nuclear region of the monkey lens, reaching approximately 10% of the total nuclear protein, but was barely detectable in the epithelium and cortex regions of the lens. Because the nucleus represents the early embryonic and fetal stages of lens development, we infer that BHMT expression in the lens of the eye is developmentally regulated. By virtue of its high abundance, BHMT can be considered an enzyme crystallin (psi-crystallin). This is the first enzyme crystallin to be found in primate lenses.
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- P V Rao
- Laboratory of Mechanisms of Ocular Diseases, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-2735, USA
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Prasad P, John F. Topical coal tar alone and in combination with oral methotrexate in management of psoriasis : a retrospective analysis. Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol 1997; 63:26-28. [PMID: 20944253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Thirty five patients admitted with psoriasis were analysed. 16 patients received 20% crude coal tar and 19 patients received 20% crude coal tar along with methotrexate in a weekly oral schedule (15mg/wk). After 4 weeks of therapy there was total clearence in 52.6% of the patients with combination therapy, whereas only 12.5% of the patients with conventional therapy achieved this.
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- P Prasad
- Divisions of Dermatology and Community Medicine, RMMCH, Annamalainagar - 608002, India
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Hanlon R, Cicerone K, John F. Resolution of ideomotor apraxia. Arch Clin Neuropsychol 1990. [DOI: 10.1093/arclin/5.2.173a] [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: 11/12/2022] Open
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John F, Ebling G. Point of view: the dilemma of cosmetic science. Int J Cosmet Sci 1989; 11:51-8. [PMID: 19456934 DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-2494.1989.tb00495.x] [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: 11/30/2022]
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- F John
- Sub-Department of Dermatology, Academic Division of Medicine, University of Sheffield, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield S10 2JF, UK
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John F. Existence for large times of finite amplitude elastic waves arising from small disturbances. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1988; 85:2027-8. [PMID: 16593916 PMCID: PMC279920 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.85.7.2027] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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This paper deals with strict solutions
u
i
(
t, x
1
,
x
2
,
x
3
) of a system of quasi-linear equations [Formula: see text] with u′ = ([unk]
x
i
u
k
), and
i, k, r, s
ranging over 1, 2, 3. For given initial conditions
u
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= ε
f
i
(
x
1
,
x
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x
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), [unk]
t
u
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g
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x
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x
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) for
t
= 0 the life-span
T
(ε) is the supremum of all
t
> 0 to which the
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x
. It is shown that lim inf
ε→0
ε log
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(ε) > 0 for
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ikrs
, f
i
, g
i
[unk]
C
0
∞
, and
C
ikrs
=
C
rsik
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C
ikrs
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- F John
- Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University, New York, NY 10012
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John F, Schwäger W. Epidural steioid local anaesthetic therapy. Pain 1987. [DOI: 10.1016/0304-3959(87)91257-7] [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: 11/26/2022]
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The paper deals with strict solutions u(x,t) = u(x(1),x(2),x(3),t) of an equation [Formula: see text] where Du is the set of four first derivatives of u. For given initial values u(x,0) = epsilonF(x), u(t)(x,0) = epsilonG(x), the life span T(epsilon) is defined as the supremum of all t to which the local solution can be extended for all x. Blowup in finite time corresponds to T(epsilon) < infinity. Examples show that this can occur for arbitrarily small epsilon. On the other hand, T(epsilon) must at least be very large for small epsilon. By assuming that a(ik),F,G [unk] C(infinity), that a(ik)(0) = 0, and that F,G have compact support, it is shown that [Formula: see text] for every N. This result had been established previously only for N < 4.
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- F John
- Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University, New York, New York 10012
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John F, Opl G. [Elimination of pain by percutaneous thermorhizolysis in patients with inoperable bronchial carcinoma (author's transl)]. Wien Med Wochenschr 1981; 131:427-30. [PMID: 6171106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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The percutaneous thermorhizolysis is a relatively simple technique for interrupting root function in the paravertebral space. Pain-conducting fibers can be selectively inactivated by a thermal probe heated to controlled temperatures. In a series of 25 cases with terminal cancer pain syndrome a good to very good relief of pain was obtained in 18 cases. In 4 cases the pain relief was partial. Only in 3 cases the treatment was completely ineffective. The procedure can be applied to patients who are debilitated due to carcinoma or old age and can be repeated if necessary.
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The symbol square denotes the operator partial differential(2)/ partial differential(2) - Delta in three space dimensions, and F denotes a function with F(0) = F'(0) = 0, inf F'' > 0. It is shown that u(x,t) identical with 0, if squareu = F(u(tt)) for xin R(3), t >/= 0, provided u,u(t),u(tt) for t = 0 have compact support. Similarly v(x,t) identical with 0 if squarev = F'(v(t))v(tt) for x in R(3), t >/=0, provided v,v(t) for t = 0 have compact support and satisfy integral[v(t) - F(v(t))]dx >/= 0. This shows that the global existence theorem proved by S. L. Klainerman [(1980) Commun. Pure Appl. Math. 33, in press] in more than five space dimensions is not valid for three dimensions. The theorems also imply instability at rest of certain hyperelastic materials.
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- F John
- Courant Institute, New York University, New York, New York 10012
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Taugner G, Wunderlich I, John F. Distribution and metabolic fate of adenosine nucleotides in the membrane of storage vesicles from bovine adrenal medulla. Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol 1979; 309:29-43. [PMID: 42849 DOI: 10.1007/bf00498754] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The reactions of adenosine 14C-and gamma 32P-labelled ATP with isolated membranes from catecholamine storage vesicles of the bovine adrenal medulla were studied. In presence of Mg2+ about twice as much of 32P-radioactivity combined with the membrane as 14C-adenosine compounds at 31 degrees C and also at 0 degrees C, while in the absence of Mg2+ the amounts of 14C and 32P incorporated were similar for both substances. Autoradiography of the SDS-polyacrylamide gel after electrophoresis of the 32P-ATP-treated membrane protein showed two distinct zones corresponding to protein bands. Sonication released twice as much 32P-ATP as 14C-ATP from the space within the membrane particles indicating that at least half of the ATP present in space did not contain its original terminal phosphate group. About 40--45% of the 32P-radioactivity was incorporated in the membrane lipids, whereas only small amounts of 14C-radioactivity were extracted with lipids. About 1/3 of the incorporated 14C-radioactivity was not extractable with acids. The same amount remained in the 32P-ATP treated preparation acid-stably bound after extraction of the lipids and hus must be firmly bound ATP. When the reaction of the membrane preparation with labelled ATP was performed at 0 degrees C the fractions of the acid-stably bound 32P- and 14C-radioactivity increased. About 1 nmole/mg of protein (10--15%) of the bound 32P-radioactivity was exchangeable against unlabelled ATP, while only a very small fraction (less than 0.5 nmol/mg protein) of the 14C-radioactivity was exchanged against unlabelled ATP. Preincubation of the membrane particles with ATP-Mg2+ at 0 degrees C induced 30% inhibition of the ATPase activity and abolition of the net uptake of catecholamines. Different Km values obtained from initial velocity studies of ATPase activity and the overall-incorporation of 32P-radioactivity indicated that a direct correlation between these processes did not exist. Different strong inhibitory effects exerted by ADP on the ATPase activity and net uptake of catecholamine at the one hand and the overall 32P-and 14C-incorporation at the other hand supported that view. It is concluded that small fractions of the observed 32P-and 14C-incorporation can be involved in the ATP hydrolyzing reaction.
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An epidemic of acute hepatitis B followed the administration of human immunoglobulin to members of the staff of a mission hospital in India and their families. Jaundice developed in 123 (38%) of 325 persons inoculated. Hepatitis-B surface antigen was detected in three of the batches of immunoglobulin which were available for testing.
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Solutions u(x, t) of the inequality squareu >/= A|u|(p) for x epsilon R(3), t >/= 0 are considered, where square is the d'Alembertian, and A,p are constants with A > 0, 1 < p < 1 + radical2. It is shown that the support of u is compact and contained in the cone 0 </= t </= t(0) -|x - x(0)|, if the "initial data" u(x, 0), u(t)(x, 0) have their support in the ball|x - x(0)| </= t(0). In particular, "global" solutions of squareu = A|u|(p) with initial data of compact support vanish identically. On the other hand, for A > 0, p > 1 + radical2, global solutions of squareu = A|u|(p) exist, if the initial data are of compact support and "sufficiently" small.
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- Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University, New York, New York 10012
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THE PAPER DEALS WITH HYPERBOLIC HOMOGENEOUS SYSTEMS [FORMULA: see text] of partial differential equations with constant coefficients for an N-vector u(t,x(1),...,x(n)). Here, P is a matrix form of order N and degree m. In the scalar case (N = 1), every hyperbolic P is limit of strictly hyperbolic ones. This does not hold for systems as is shown here for the special case N = n = 3, m = 2. Assuming P(1,0,...,0) to be the unit matrix, we represent P by a point in R(81). The hyperbolic P form a closed set H in R(81), the strictly hyperbolic ones an open subset H(s) of H. An example is given for a P in H which is not in the closure of H(s). Moreover, it is shown that near that P the set H coincides with an algebraic manifold of codimension 4.
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- F John
- Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University, New York, New York 10012
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Forrest JW, John F, Mills LR, Buxton TB, Moore WL, Hudson JB, Ozawa T. Immune complex glomerulonephritis associated with Klebsiella pneumoniae infection. Clin Nephrol 1977; 7:76-80. [PMID: 321171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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The kidneys of three patients who died of pneumonia due to Klebsiella pneumoniae were studied at autopsy by light and immunofluoerescent microscopy. One had no clinical evidence of renal disease; two had only microscopic hematuria and mild proteinuria. Light microscopy revealed focal proliferative glomerulonephritis in all three cases. Also in all three, immunofluorescent microscopy revealed a granular deposition of capsular polysaccharide antigens of Klebsiella pneumoniae in association with immunoglobulins and complement components in the mesangium and along the glomerular basement membrane. Furthermore, the glomerular bound immunoglobulins were eluted and demonstrated to contain antibodies specific to a capsular polysaccharide antigen of Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from each patient. These findings may illustrate that the capsular polysaccharides of Klebsiella pneumoniae are antigenic, and that the immune complex deposition in the kidney during infection with this agent can be associated with renal morphological changes. Whether or not clinical evidence of nephritis occurs may depend on the characteristics of the infection and the host factors.
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Strict solutions u of genuinely nonlinear homogeneous hyperbolic equations in two independent variables with initial data f(x) of compact support become singular after a time interval of order parallelf parallel(-1). In higher dimensions solutions initially of compact support are likely to have life expectancies of orders parallelf parallel(-2+epsilon) at least. This is proved for the special case of solutions u(x(1),..., x(n), t) of a second order equation u(tt) = Sigma(i,j)a(ij)u(xixj), where n >/= 3 and where the coefficients a(ij) are C(infinity)-functions in the first derivatives of u, forming a symmetric positive definite matrix.
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- F John
- Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University, New York, N.Y. 10012
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Sunay T, John F, Montandon A. [Pendular and rotatory vestibular habituation]. ORL J Otorhinolaryngol Relat Spec 1976; 38 Suppl 1:66-70. [PMID: 1087396 DOI: 10.1159/000275314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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The present investigations demonstrate in animals (rabbits) the existence of a habituation to the vestibular pendular stimulation comparable to the rotatory habituation by constant angular acceleration. There is no mutual transfer, however, between the two habituations. This confirms that the two modes of stimulation are not equivalent. All the tests have been made by ENG recording in total darkness.
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Montandon A, Lehmann W, De Goumoens R, Rapp B, John F. [Comparative E.N.T. study of rotatory, and penduler. Combined pendular test and stereotaxic stimulation. Experimental study]. Acta Otorinolaryngol Iber Am 1973; 24:154-62. [PMID: 4620302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Montandon A, Lehmann W, John F, Rohr M. Comparative analysis of the rotatory, pendular and caloric vestibular nystagmus. Int J Equilib Res 1973; 3:66-9. [PMID: 4807561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Montandon A, Huguenin S, Lehmann W, John F. Comparative study of the rotatory vestibular nystagmus thresholds obtained by means of constant or sinusoidal angular acceleration. Preliminary report. Acta Otolaryngol 1971; 71:273-7. [PMID: 5577026 DOI: 10.3109/00016487109125363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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- Department of Mathematics, University of Kentucky
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John F. Mensch und Scholle. Von P. Krische. Kartenwerk zur Geschichte und Geographie des Kulturbodens. Bd. II (Bd. 4 der Gesamtreihe). 206 S., 361 Karten von 35 Ländern. 2°. Deutsche Verlagsges., Berlin 1939. Pr. kart. RM. 27,50. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 1941. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.19410540322] [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: 11/10/2022]
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John F. II. Pyodermien, Diphtherie, Milzbrand. Dermatology 1937. [DOI: 10.1159/000253518] [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: 11/19/2022] Open
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John F. II. Pyodermien, Diphtherie, Milzbrand. Dermatology 1936. [DOI: 10.1159/000253302] [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: 11/19/2022] Open
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