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Versen-Höynck F, Narasimhan P, Selamet Tierney ES, Martinez N, Conrad KP, Baker VL, Winn VD. Aberrant corpus luteum number is associated with altered maternal vascular health in early pregnancy – a contributor to increased preeclampsia risk after assisted reproduction? Geburtshilfe Frauenheilkd 2018. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1671288] [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: 10/28/2022] Open
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- F Versen-Höynck
- Stanford University Medical Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Sunnyvale, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika
- Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Frauenklinik, Hannover, Deutschland
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- Stanford University Medical Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Reproductive, Stem Cell and Perinatal Biology, Stanford, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika
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- Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Stanford, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika
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- Stanford University Medical Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Reproductive, Stem Cell and Perinatal Biology, Stanford, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika
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- Departments of Physiology and Functional Genomics and Obstetrics and Gynecology, D. H. Barron Reproductive and Perinatal Biology Research Program, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika
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- Stanford University Medical Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Sunnyvale, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika
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- Stanford University Medical Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Reproductive, Stem Cell and Perinatal Biology, Stanford, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika
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Srivastava H, Narasimhan P. Physiological Studies During the Growth and Development of Different Varieties of Guavas(Psidium GuajavaL.). ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015. [DOI: 10.1080/00221589.1967.11514197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Yang L, Morland TB, Schmits K, Rawson E, Narasimhan P, Motelow JE, Purcaro MJ, Peng K, Raouf S, DeSalvo MN, Oh T, Wilkerson J, Bod J, Srinivasan A, Kurashvili P, Anaya J, Manza P, Danielson N, Ransom CB, Huh L, Elrich S, Padin-Rosado J, Naidu Y, Detyniecki K, Hamid H, Fattahi P, Astur R, Xiao B, Duckrow RB, Blumenfeld H. A prospective study of loss of consciousness in epilepsy using virtual reality driving simulation and other video games. Epilepsy Behav 2010; 18:238-46. [PMID: 20537593 PMCID: PMC2914099 DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2010.04.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2010] [Revised: 04/07/2010] [Accepted: 04/12/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Patients with epilepsy are at risk of traffic accidents when they have seizures while driving. However, driving is an essential part of normal daily life in many communities, and depriving patients of driving privileges can have profound consequences for their economic and social well-being. In the current study, we collected ictal performance data from a driving simulator and two other video games in patients undergoing continuous video/EEG monitoring. We captured 22 seizures in 13 patients and found that driving impairment during seizures differed in terms of both magnitude and character, depending on the seizure type. Our study documents the feasibility of a prospective study of driving and other behaviors during seizures through the use of computer-based tasks. This methodology may be applied to further describe differential driving impairment in specific types of seizures and to gain data on anatomical networks disrupted in seizures that impair consciousness and driving safety.
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- Li Yang
- Department of Neurology, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
- Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, 87 Xiang Ya Road, Changsha, Hunan, 410008, China
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- Department of Neurology, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
- Olin Neuropsychiatry Research Center, Institute of Living, 200 Retreat Avenue, Whitehall Building, Hartford, CT 06106
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- Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, 87 Xiang Ya Road, Changsha, Hunan, 410008, China
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- Department of Neurology, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
- Department of Neurobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
- Department of Neurosurgery, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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Narasimhan P, Peter R, Manoharan A, Wood J, MacIntyre R, Mathai D, John K. A retrospective study to assess treatment outcomes among TB patients taking DOTS treatment in South India. Int J Infect Dis 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2010.02.2164] [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] Open
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Solomon SS, Hawcroft CS, Narasimhan P, Subbaraman R, Srikrishnan AK, Cecelia AJ, Suresh Kumar M, Solomon S, Gallant JE, Celentano DD. Comorbidities among HIV-infected injection drug users in Chennai, India. Indian J Med Res 2008; 127:447-452. [PMID: 18653907 PMCID: PMC5638642] [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] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVE HIV-infected injection drugs users (IDUs) are known to have high rates of co-infections. A few reports exist on comorbidities among HIV-infected IDUs in India. We carried out a retrospective study to analyse data on comorbidities in India and treatment challenges faced when treating HIV-infected IDUs in India. METHODS A retrospective chart review of 118 HIV-infected IDUs who accessed care at the YRG Centre for Substance Abuse-Related Research, Chennai, between August 2005 and February 2006 was done. Demographic, laboratory and clinical information was extracted from medical records. Descriptive demographic and clinical characteristics and distributions of comorbidities across CD4 cell count strata were analysed. RESULTS All IDUs were male with a median age of 35.5 yr. The majority were married with average monthly income less than INR 3000 per month. The prevalence of hepatitis B and C infections were 11.9 and 94.1 per cent, respectively. Other common co-morbidities included oral candidiasis (43.2%), tuberculosis (33.9%), anaemia (22.9%), lower respiratory tract infections (16.1%), cellulitis (6.8%), herpes zoster (9.3%) and herpes simplex (9.3%). Among participants with CD4+ < 200 cells/microl, the prevalence of TB was 60 per cent. INTERPRETATION & CONCLUSION IDUs in Chennai were commonly co-infected with HBV, HCV and tuberculosis, complicating use of antiretroviral and anti-tuberculous therapy. The current regimens available for the management of HIV and TB in India may need to be re-assessed for IDUs given the potential for increased rates of hepatotoxicity.
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- S S Solomon
- YR Gaitonde Centre for AIDS Research & Education, VHS Campus Adyar, Chennai, India.
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Effective stroke therapies require recanalization of occluded cerebral blood vessels; however, early reperfusion can cause BBB (blood–brain barrier) injury, leading to cerebral oedema and/or devastating brain haemorrhage. These complications of early reperfusion, which result from excess production of ROS (reactive oxygen species), significantly limit the benefits of stroke therapies. Here, we summarize some of the findings that lead to the development of a novel animal model that facilitates identification of specific free radical-associated components of the reperfusion injury process and allows therapeutic interventions to be assessed. In this model, KO (knockout) mice containing 50% activity of the mitochondrial antioxidant manganese-SOD (superoxide dismutase) (SOD2-KO) undergo transient focal ischaemia followed by reperfusion. These animals have delayed (>24 h) BBB breakdown associated with activation of matrix metalloproteinase-9, inflammation and a high brain haemorrhage rate. These adverse consequences are absent from wild-type littermates, SOD2 overexpressors and minocycline-treated SOD2-KO animals. In addition, using microvessel isolations following in vivo ischaemia/reperfusion, we were able to show that the tight junction membrane protein, occludin, is an early and specific target in ROS-mediated microvascular injury. This new model is ideal for studying ischaemia/reperfusion-induced vascular injury and secondary brain damage and offers a unique opportunity to evaluate free radical-based neurovascular protective strategies.
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- C M Maier
- Department of Neurosurgery, Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, and Program in Neurosciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford University, 1201 Welch Road, MSLS #P357, Stanford, CA 94305-5487, USA.
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Narasimhan P, Arora A, Hitti I, Glasberg S, Kanzer B. Rapidly progressive fatal cutaneous T cell lymphoma with a trauma-related presentation. Cutis 2000; 66:195-8. [PMID: 11006854] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/17/2023]
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A case of rapidly progressive cutaneous T cell lymphoma with a trauma-related presentation in a 73-year-old man is reported. Clinically, the patient presented with an ulcerated cutaneous mass at the site of trauma-related hematoma of the leg. The histopathology was that of tumor phase cutaneous T cell lymphoma with involvement of the skin and subcutis. The diagnostic challenge of this clinical presentation and the rapidly progressive course are highlighted.
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- P Narasimhan
- Department of Medicine, Pathology and Radiology, North Shore University Hospital at Forest Hills, New York 11375, USA
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Fujimura M, Morita-Fujimura Y, Narasimhan P, Copin JC, Kawase M, Chan PH. Copper-zinc superoxide dismutase prevents the early decrease of apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease and subsequent DNA fragmentation after transient focal cerebral ischemia in mice. Stroke 1999; 30:2408-15. [PMID: 10548678 DOI: 10.1161/01.str.30.11.2408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [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: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE DNA damage and its repair mechanism are thought to be involved in ischemia/reperfusion injury in the brain. We have previously shown that apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease (APE/Ref-1), a multifunctional protein in the DNA base excision repair pathway, rapidly decreased after transient focal cerebral ischemia (FCI) before the peak of DNA fragmentation. To further investigate the role of reactive oxygen species in APE/Ref-1 expression in vivo, we examined the expression of APE/Ref-1 and DNA damage after FCI in wild-type and transgenic mice overexpressing copper-zinc superoxide dismutase. METHODS Transgenic mice overexpressing copper-zinc superoxide dismutase and wild-type littermates were subjected to 60 minutes of transient FCI by intraluminal blockade of the middle cerebral artery. APE/Ref-1 protein expression was analyzed by immunohistochemistry and Western blot analysis. DNA damage was evaluated by gel electrophoresis and terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated uridine 5'-triphosphate-biotin nick end-labeling (TUNEL). RESULTS A similar level of APE/Ref-1 was detected in the control brains from both groups. APE/Ref-1 was significantly reduced 1 hour after transient FCI in both groups, whereas the transgenic mice had less reduction than that seen in wild-type mice 1 and 4 hours after FCI. DNA laddering was detected 24 hours after FCI and was decreased in transgenic mice. Double staining with APE/Ref-1 and TUNEL showed that the neurons that lost APE/Ref-1 immunoreactivity became TUNEL positive. CONCLUSIONS These results suggest that reactive oxygen species contribute to the early decrease of APE/Ref-1 and thereby exacerbate DNA fragmentation after transient FCI in mice.
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- M Fujimura
- Departments of Neurosurgery, Neurology and Neurological Sciences, and Program in Neurosciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA
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Xie D, Narasimhan P, Zheng YW, Dewey MJ, Felder MR. Ten kilobases of 5'-flanking region confers proper regulation of the mouse alcohol dehydrogenase-1 (Adh-1) gene in kidney and adrenal of transgenic mice. Gene 1996; 181:173-8. [PMID: 8973327 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-1119(96)00498-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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The expression profile of the mouse Adh-1 gene, which encodes class I alcohol dehydrogenase enzyme (ADH), is complex and includes tissue specificity and differential hormone responsiveness. Whereas kidney Adh-1 transcription rate is stimulated six- to sevenfold by testosterone treatment, adrenal gland ADH-1 mRNA is reduced to less than 5% of control level within 18 h following hormone administration. Androgen receptor is required for both responses since neither occurs in Tfm mutant mice lacking receptor. Hormonal and tissue-specific aspects of Adh-1 regulation were studied in transgenic mice harboring either of two constructs containing either -2.5 kb or -10 kb of 5'-flanking sequence attached to an Adh-1 minigene. The minigene transcript was expressed in kidney and adrenal tissues, but not liver, in five independent lines harboring a transgene with -2.5 kb of 5'-flanking sequence. Androgen treatment repressed the level of the minigene transcript in adrenal gland, but did not cause induction in kidney. In four lines of transgenic mice carrying the construct with -10 kb of 5'-flanking sequence, the minigene transcript was both repressed in adrenal and induced in kidney by testosterone. These lines have no detectable transgene expression in liver tissue. The -10 kb region in the mouse Adh-1 gene contains necessary controlling regions for proper tissue expression and hormonal regulation in kidney and adrenal; however, this region does not contain all essential elements necessary for expression in liver.
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- D Xie
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia 29208, USA
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Narasimhan P, Sklar R, Murrell M, Swanson RA, Sharp FR. Methylmalonyl-CoA mutase induction by cerebral ischemia and neurotoxicity of the mitochondrial toxin methylmalonic acid. J Neurosci 1996; 16:7336-46. [PMID: 8929440 PMCID: PMC6578931] [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] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Differential screening of gerbil brain hippocampal cDNA libraries was used to search for genes expressed in ischemic, but not normal, brain. The methylmalonyl-CoA mutase (MCM) cDNA was highly expressed after ischemia and showed a 95% similarity to mouse and 91% similarity to the human MCM cDNAs. Transient global ischemia induced a fourfold increase in MCM mRNA on Northern blots from both hippocampus and whole forebrain. MCM protein exhibited a similar induction on Western blots of gerbil cerebral cortex 8 and 24 hr after ischemia. Treatment of primary brain astrocytes with either the branched-chain amino acid (BCAA) isoleucine or the BCAA metabolite, propionate, induced MCM mRNA fourfold. Increased concentrations of BCAAs and odd-chain fatty acids, both of which are metabolized to propionate, may contribute to inducing the MCM gene during ischemia. Methylmalonic acid, which is formed from the MCM substrate methylmalonyl-CoA and which inhibits succinate dehydrogenase (SDH), produced dose-related cell death when injected into the basal ganglia of adult rat brain. This neurotoxicity is similar to that of structurally related mitochondrial SDH inhibitors, malonate and 3-nitropropionic acid. Methylmalonic acid may contribute to neuronal injury in human conditions in which it accumulates, including MCM mutations and B12 deficiency. This study shows that methylmalonyl-CoA mutase is induced by several stresses, including ischemia, and would serve to decrease the accumulation of an endogenous cellular mitochondrial inhibitor and neurotoxin, methylmalonic acid.
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- P Narasimhan
- Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco 94143, USA
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Although severe acidosis is an important mediator of brain infarction, recent evidence suggests that mild acidosis may protect ischemic cells. The HSP70 heat shock protein is induced by acidosis in cultured cells and in ischemic brain and protects cells against many types of injury. Therefore, this study determined whether induction of heat shock proteins protects cultured astrocytes against acidosis. Brief exposure of cultured cortical astrocytes to acid (pH 5.2 for 40 min) or heat shock (45 degrees C for 40 min) markedly induced hsp70 mRNA and HSP70 protein. HSP70 protein was detected with the C92 monoclonal antibody (Welch and Suhan: J Cell Biol 103:2035, 1986), which has been shown to recognize the protein product of the full-length rat hsp70 cDNA (Longo et al: J Neurosci Res 36:325, 1993). Heat shock of the cultured cortical astrocytes completely protected the astrocytes from an otherwise lethal heat exposure 24 h later (45 degrees C for 4 h). In contrast, heat pretreatment sensitized the astrocytes to injury from acidosis 24 h later. Acid pretreatment, which markedly induced the HSP70 protein without producing astrocytic cell death, similarly sensitized the cells to injury from acidosis 24 h later (60% survival following pH 5.2 for 3 h versus 90% survival in controls; P < 0.0001). Surprisingly, heat shock pretreatment protected astrocytes against exposure to acid 48 h later (P < 0.05, 1.5-3 h), whereas acid pretreatment had no effect on astrocyte survival 48 h later. Since heat shock did not protect against acidosis at 24 h when HSP70 induction was maximal but did protect at 48 h when HSP70 was markedly diminished, the protective effect of heat shock at 48 h may be related to stress proteins present at 48 h. It is concluded that induction of HSP70 and other heat shock proteins by heat shock protects astrocytes against subsequent lethal heat shock. However, heat shock and acid treatment increase the vulnerability of astrocytes to acidosis 24 h later in spite of the induction of HSP70 heat shock proteins. The finding that heat shock protected astrocytes against acidosis 2 days later may suggest that delayed induction of stress proteins partially protects the astrocytes against damage produced by high concentrations of hydrogen ions.
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- P Narasimhan
- Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco 94121, USA
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Narasimhan P, Hitti I. Radiotherapy for oral manifestations of Kaposi's sarcoma. Mayo Clin Proc 1996; 71:213. [PMID: 8577202 DOI: 10.4065/71.2.213-a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Narasimhan P, Kalra J. Ethical questions on the testicular seminoma study. J Clin Oncol 1996; 14:684. [PMID: 8636792] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Longo FM, Wang S, Narasimhan P, Zhang JS, Chen J, Massa SM, Sharp FR. cDNA cloning and expression of stress-inducible rat hsp70 in normal and injured rat brain. J Neurosci Res 1993; 36:325-35. [PMID: 8271311 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.490360310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [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: 01/29/2023]
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A reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) product obtained from ischemic rat brain RNA was used to screen a rat ischemic forebrain cDNA library for a cDNA clone containing the entire open reading frame for the inducible hsp70. The coding sequence for the rat hsp70 cDNA demonstrated significant similarities with the human hsp70 of Hunt and Morimoto (Proc Natl Acad Sci 82:6455-6459, 1985) and the mouse hsp70 of Hunt and Calderwood (Gene 87:199-204, 1990). The rat inducible hsp70 and constitutive hsc73 sequences are distinct. There was a low level of hsp70 mRNA expression in normal rat brain as in found in other tissues. hsp70 mRNA was markedly induced in rat brain 8 hours following global ischemia and kainic acid-induced seizures. Northern blots showed a approximately 2.9kb hsp70 mRNA band from control, kainic acid, and ischemic brains. RT-PCR confirmed the presence of hsp70 mRNA in normal rat brain. Since there are at least five human and six mouse inducible hsp70 genes known, many other rat hsp70 genes probably exist that could function in different cells or organelles or be induced under different circumstances.
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- F M Longo
- Department of Neurology (V127), University of California, San Francisco
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Patel JK, Patel M, Hitti I, Crofford M, Noh JM, Narasimhan P. Trauma-related presentation of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. N Y State J Med 1992; 92:322. [PMID: 1518592] [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: 12/27/2022]
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David WJ, Wadhera P, Narasimhan S, Narasimhan P. Reversible hypoxic cerebral edema in severe hemolytic crisis. N Y State J Med 1990; 90:518. [PMID: 2234625] [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: 12/30/2022]
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Carcinogenesis is a multi-step process, and initiation is the first step. The cell membrane may hold the key to the entry of carcinogens. According to our hypothesis, the cell membrane may have receptors for nutrients including the essential vitamins, in addition to hormones, immune modulators, prostaglandins and neurotransmitters. In addition, there may be cytoplasmic counter receptors to the above. Carcinogens after prolonged contact with cell membrane may displace nutritional receptors to gain an abnormal foothold on cell membrane before entering the cytoplasm and cell nucleus and activating the oncogenes. If this is proven to be correct, there is a possibility of cancer prevention at the cellular level. A possible experimental approach is also described.
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George S, Narasimhan P, Banerjee MK, Basha SA. Nail patella syndrome. J Assoc Physicians India 1985; 33:304-6. [PMID: 4030686] [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: 01/08/2023]
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Chacko KK, Narasimhan P. Structural, conformational and packing features in dipeptides involving prolyl residues. Acta Crystallogr A 1984. [DOI: 10.1107/s0108767384097014] [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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Narasimhan P, Pattabhi V. N-Glutaryl-L-phenylalanine p-nitroanilide. Acta Crystallogr Sect B 1982. [DOI: 10.1107/s0567740882008607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Amaral L, Taningco J, Choi YJ, Narasimhan P, Schreiber Z, Werthamer S. Responses of chronic lymphocytic leukemic lymphocytes to increasing concentrations of phytohemagglutinin during short-term culture. Int J Clin Pharmacol Ther Toxicol 1982; 20:265-7. [PMID: 7107074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Lymphocytes obtained from CLL patients containing high and low peripheral lymphocyte cell counts were cultured in the absence and presence of increasing concentrations of phytohemagglutinin for periods of up to 2 h. Lymphocytes from patients with low cell counts (less than 50,000/mm3) were stimulated to incorporate 3H-uridine during the 1st h of culture by concentrations of PHA ranging from 1 to 32 microgram/ml. Under identical conditions, lymphocytes from patients with high cell count (greater than 50,000/mm3) were barely affected. During the 2nd h of culture the above concentrations stimulated to a lesser degree the former group of lymphocytes, whereas it inhibited incorporation by the latter group. The results obtained suggest a qualitative difference in the response of CLL lymphocytes to PHA in accordance with the progression of the disease.
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Amaral L, Choi YJ, Schreiber Z, Narasimhan P. The effect of steroids on the synthesis of RNA by isolated T and B lymphocytes of normal donors and patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Am J Clin Pathol 1981; 75:382-7. [PMID: 6163351 DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/75.3.382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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T- and B-lymphocyte populations were isolated from peripheral blood of 11 patients who had chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and four normal healthy donors. The isolated T and B cells were cultured in the absence and presence of cortisol, dexamethasone, beta-estradiol, testosterone, and progesterone, and the effects of these steroids on the synthesis of RNA was investigated. T and B cells of the CLL group were significantly more inhibited in the synthesis of RNA than the respective cells of the normal control group. The individual responses of T and B cells to each of the steroids differed in both the CLL and control groups, as well as between the respective subpopulations of each of the groups. Analysis of th LDH isoenzyme patterns of T and B cells of each group suggested major differences in the distribution of their LDH isoenzymes.
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Spanos G, Narasimhan P, Rosner F. Hypocholesterolemia in myelofibrosis. JAMA 1981; 245:235. [PMID: 7452843] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Narasimhan P, Amaral L. Lymphopenic response of patients presenting with chronic lymphocytic leukemia associated with carcinoma of the prostate to diethylstilbestrol: correlation of response to the in vitro synthesis of RNA by patient lymphocytes and its relationship to transcortin. Am J Hematol 1980; 8:369-75. [PMID: 7416164 DOI: 10.1002/ajh.2830080405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Three patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and carcinoma of the prostate were treated for the latter condition with diethylstilbestrol (DES). All three patients responded with rapid reductions in their peripheral white counts. The previously observed lymphocytic infiltration of the bone marrow of one patient was not evident after three months of DES treatment. The response of this patient to DES correlates well with the enhanced level of plasma transcortin subsequent to treatment. Treatment of this patient with DES alters the ability of peripheral lymphocytes to incorporate radioactive uridine into RNA as well as the in vitro response to either cortisol or beta-estradiol.
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Narasimhan P, Ahn BH, Levy RN, Glasberg SS. Immunoblastic lymphadenopathy. High serum Toxoplasma titer. N Y State J Med 1979; 79:241-4. [PMID: 285355] [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: 12/14/2022]
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Narasimhan P, Jagathambal K, Elizalde AM, Rosner F. Chronic lymphocytic leukemia and lymphosarcoma associated with multiple myeloma: report of three cases. Arch Intern Med 1975; 135:729-32. [PMID: 1053274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Three patients had the rare occurrence of multiple myeloma coexisting with chronic lymphocytic leukemia or lymphosarcoma. It is not possible at present to resolve the question as to whether these two diseases represent part of the spectrum of a single B-cell disease or wether multiple myeloma and lymphoproliferative disorders are two separate entities, which may rarely occur by coincidence in the same patient.
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Narasimhan P, Sabetghadam R. Letter: Hemoglobinuria following closed cardiac massage. JAMA 1974; 228:1520. [PMID: 4406696] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Narasimhan P, Bharathan T, Watson-Williams WJ. Symmetrical gangrene due to cold hemagglutinin disease with pernicious anemia. N Y State J Med 1974; 74:1046-8. [PMID: 4525990] [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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Leone NT, Narasimhan P, Watson-Williams EJ. Hypothyroidism and atypical spherocytic hemolytic anemia with high-sodium, low-potassium red cells. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1971; 33:548-50. [PMID: 5571100 DOI: 10.1210/jcem-33-3-548] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Narasimhan P, Sahiar KH, Bagwe BA, Sharma SM, Ganatra RD. Intraperitoneal blood transfusion. (A study with Cr51 labelled red blood cells in animals). Preliminary communication. J Assoc Physicians India 1968; 16:594-8. [PMID: 5711920] [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: 01/16/2023]
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Narasimhan P. Nitrogen Mustard Therapy. West J Med 1960. [DOI: 10.1136/bmj.1.5186.1657-a] [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: 11/04/2022]
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