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Doğan AG, Uzeli U, Eser B, Dogan M. The relationship between serum pro-B type natriuretic peptide level and bone mineral density in peritoneal dialysis patients. Medicine (Baltimore) 2023; 102:e34666. [PMID: 37746986 PMCID: PMC10519546 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000034666] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2023] [Revised: 07/13/2023] [Accepted: 07/19/2023] [Indexed: 09/26/2023] Open
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We aimed to evaluate the relationship between serum N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-pro-BNP) and lumbar bone mineral density (BMD) in peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients. Fasting blood samples were obtained from 46 PD patients. BMD was measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry of the lumbar vertebrae (L1-L4). Circulating serum NT-pro-BNP levels were measured using commercial kits compatible with the Roche Cobas e 601 immunoassay device. Forty-six patients were included in our study. Increased age, low body mass index (BMI), and high-serum NT-pro-BNP are significantly associated with decreased BMD. The results show a statistically positive correlation between lumbar T-score values and BMI (r = 0.456; P = .001), while lumbar T-score values and PTH (rho = -0.336; P = .022) and log-NT-pro-BNP. There is a statistically negative correlation between BNP (rho = -0.355; P = .015). The lumbar T-score value decreases by 0.800 units when log-NT-pro-BNP increases by 1 unit and increases by 0.323 units when BMI increases by 1 unit. The established model is statistically significant (F = 6.190; P < .001). Our study in PD patients showed that serum NT-pro-BNP level was negatively correlated and BMI was positively correlated with lumbar BMD.
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- Ayse Gulsen Doğan
- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Department, Hitit University Erol Olcok Training and Research Hospital, Corum, Turkey
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Osmancik State Hospital, Corum, Turkey
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- Department of Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, Hitit University, Corum, Turkey
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Hitit University, Corum, Turkey
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Lang C, Scheibe M, Voigt K, Hübsch G, Mocke L, Schmitt J, Bergmann A, Holthoff-Detto V. [Reasons for non-acceptance and non-use of a home telemonitoring application by multimorbid patients aged 65 years and over]. Z Evid Fortbild Qual Gesundhwes 2019; 141-142:76-88. [PMID: 30910624 DOI: 10.1016/j.zefq.2019.02.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2018] [Revised: 02/18/2019] [Accepted: 02/18/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND User acceptance is a key indicator and driver for the use and implementation of telemonitoring applications (TMA) in healthcare. Despite various positive effects that previous studies have revealed for users of TMA, there are always patients who discontinue their participation in a telemedicine study or even decline participation. There is little evidence for the reasons for non-acceptance and non-use of TMA, especially in multimorbid patients at the age of 65 and over in their home environment. To close this research gap, this sub-study focuses on patient-reported reasons for non-acceptance and non-use of TMA in the home environment. METHODS This study follows a mixed-method approach and focuses on patients' perspective. Quantitative data collection took place via computer-assisted telephone interviews among all drop-outs and non-participants. Qualitative data were collected via semi-structured interviews with drop-out patients and non-users. Eligible patients were recruited consecutively by general practitioners, informed and included in the study according to the inclusion criteria. Amongst others, patients measured their vital signs (blood pressure, heart frequency, oxygen saturation, weight) via telemedical measures and sent them via tablet to a Care Coordination Center to ascertain the need for intervention. Collected data on non-acceptance and non-use of TMA were analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively. RESULTS Nine general practices in two German cities included a total of 177 patients according to the inclusion criteria. During the study, 61 study participants (34.5 %) dropped out, 80 patients (31.1 %) declined participation in the study. Drop-outs and non-participants were significantly older than active participants (p=.004 and p=.001, respectively). Predominant reasons for drop-out were the lack of the perceived added value and the content-related variety of the program on the patient's tablet, the missing interest/need for telemedical monitoring as well as the time spent participating in the study. Patients living alone, single and widowed patients reported significantly more difficulties in handling the hardware (tablet) (p=.040) and the program (Motiva) (p=.013) than married and cohabiting patients. These reasons were also reported mainly by female patients, patients aged 75 years and over, and those with a low level of education. CONCLUSION In order to increase the acceptance and the added value of TMA for patients, the individual needs of the future target group should be analyzed at the beginning of the development. To ensure maximum user centricity, individual development steps should be continuously evaluated by the target group. TMA should be adapted to the functional abilities of elderly, multimorbid patients through, e. g., an appropriate design of the content, which is tailored to patients' individual needs. TMA should be used to an appropriate degree to avoid overburdening and should fit unobtrusively into patients' usual daily routine. For patient-specific acceptance of TMA, easy handling of the telemedical measuring and input devices is as important as the variety of offers on the platform and personal contact for technical queries. Special attention should be paid to patients who live alone, women, elderly patients over 75 years of age, and poorly educated patients in order to ensure full and easy access to technology-based telemonitoring for their own healthcare.
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- Caroline Lang
- Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus an der Technischen Universität Dresden, Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Dresden, Deutschland; Medizinische Fakultät und Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus an der Technischen Universität Dresden, Medizinische Klinik III, Bereich Allgemeinmedizin, Dresden, Deutschland.
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- Medizinische Fakultät und Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus an der Technischen Universität Dresden, Zentrum für Evidenzbasierte Gesundheitsversorgung, Dresden, Deutschland
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- Medizinische Fakultät und Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus an der Technischen Universität Dresden, Medizinische Klinik III, Bereich Allgemeinmedizin, Dresden, Deutschland
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- Medizinische Fakultät und Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus an der Technischen Universität Dresden, Medizinische Klinik III, Bereich Allgemeinmedizin, Dresden, Deutschland
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- Medizinische Fakultät und Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus an der Technischen Universität Dresden, Zentrum für Evidenzbasierte Gesundheitsversorgung, Dresden, Deutschland
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- Medizinische Fakultät und Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus an der Technischen Universität Dresden, Zentrum für Evidenzbasierte Gesundheitsversorgung, Dresden, Deutschland
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- Medizinische Fakultät und Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus an der Technischen Universität Dresden, Medizinische Klinik III, Bereich Allgemeinmedizin, Dresden, Deutschland
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- Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus an der Technischen Universität Dresden, Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Dresden, Deutschland; St. Hedwig Kliniken Berlin, Alexianer Krankenhaus Hedwigshöhe, Klinik für Psychiatrie, Psychotherapie und Psychosomatik, Berlin, Deutschland
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O'Neill SM, Hannon G, Khashan AS, Hourihane JO, Kenny LC, Kiely M, Murray DM. Thin-for-gestational age infants are at increased risk of neurodevelopmental delay at 2 years. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 2017; 102:F197-F202. [PMID: 28424357 DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2016-310791] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [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: 03/10/2016] [Revised: 08/30/2016] [Accepted: 09/30/2016] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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BACKGROUND Infants born small-for-gestational age (SGA) are at increased risk of developmental difficulties. Identifying those most at risk is challenging. We examined the effect of neonatal body composition and customised birthweight centiles on neurocognitive and behavioural outcomes at age 2. STUDY DESIGN Prospective cohort study of term infants from the Cork BASELINE Birth Cohort Study classified into the following exposure groups: a birth weight <10th customised centile (SGA, n=51); body fat percentage at birth <10th centile (thin-for-gestational age (TGA, n=51)) or both SGA and TGA infants (small- and thin-for-gestational age (STGA), n=13). The SGA, TGA and STGA groups were compared with a reference (unexposed) group of appropriate-for-gestational age (AGA, n=189) infants. Outcome was assessed at 24 months using the Bayley Scales of Infant Development Version III and the Child Behaviour Checklist. RESULTS Outcomes in the SGA infants did not differ significantly from the AGA group. TGA infants had significantly lower scores across all three domains, with a 0.35, 0.38 and 0.41 SD reduction in language, cognitive and motor scale scores, respectively. STGA infants had poorer cognitive outcome with a median cognitive scale score of 90 (IQR 85-95) compared with 95 (IQR 90-100) in the AGA reference group, p=0.005. The adjusted OR of developmental delay at 2 years was 5.00 (95% CI 1.46 to 17.13, p=0.010) in the STGA group. CONCLUSION TGA infants, in particular those born STGA, are at increased risk of developmental delay at 2 years compared with the AGA infants.
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- Sinéad M O'Neill
- Irish Centre for Fetal and Neonatal Translational Research, Cork University Maternity Hospital, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- Paediatrics & Child Health, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- Irish Centre for Fetal and Neonatal Translational Research, Cork University Maternity Hospital, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.,Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Western Gateway Building, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- Paediatrics & Child Health, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- Irish Centre for Fetal and Neonatal Translational Research, Cork University Maternity Hospital, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.,Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Cork University Maternity Hospital, Cork, Ireland
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- Irish Centre for Fetal and Neonatal Translational Research, Cork University Maternity Hospital, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.,Cork Centre for Vitamin D and Nutrition Research, School of Food and Nutritional Sciences, University College, Cork, Ireland
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- Irish Centre for Fetal and Neonatal Translational Research, Cork University Maternity Hospital, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.,Paediatrics & Child Health, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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Keong BP, Siraj SS, Daud SK, Panandam JM, Rahman ANA. Identification of quantitative trait locus (QTL) linked to dorsal fin length from preliminary linkage map of molly fish, Poecilia sp. Gene 2013; 536:114-7. [PMID: 24333858 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2013.11.068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2013] [Revised: 10/24/2013] [Accepted: 11/30/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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A preliminary linkage map was constructed by applying backcross and testcross strategy using microsatellite (SSR) markers developed for Xiphophorus and Poecilia reticulata in ornamental fish, molly Poecilia sp. The linkage map having 18 SSR loci consisted of four linkage groups that spanned a map size of 516.1cM. Association between genotypes and phenotypes was tested in a random fashion and QTL for dorsal fin length was found to be linked to locus Msb069 on linkage group 2. Coincidentally, locus Msb069 was also reported as putative homologue primer pairs containing SSRs repeat motif which encoded hSMP-1, a sex determining locus. Dorsal fin length particularly in males of Poecilia latipinna is an important feature during courtship display. Therefore, we speculate that both dorsal fin length and putative hSMP-1 gene formed a close proximity to male sexual characteristics.
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- Bun Poh Keong
- Department of Aquaculture, Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang Selangor, Malaysia.
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- Department of Aquaculture, Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang Selangor, Malaysia
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang Selangor, Malaysia
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- Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang Selangor, Malaysia
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- Department of Aquaculture, Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang Selangor, Malaysia
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Alary M, Delcroix N, Leroux E, Razafimandimby A, Brazo P, Delamillieure P, Dollfus S. Functional hemispheric lateralization for language in patients with schizophrenia. Schizophr Res 2013; 149:42-7. [PMID: 23830545 DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2013.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [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: 09/20/2012] [Revised: 05/10/2013] [Accepted: 06/02/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND It is widely reported that patients with schizophrenia exhibit decreased hemispheric lateralization. However, no study has evaluated relationships between the hemispheric anatomical and functional asymmetry in language areas. The present study aimed to determine whether decreased leftward hemispheric lateralization could be related to asymmetry of the grey matter volume in patients with schizophrenia. This investigation was the first to use a functional index of laterality to analyze the global functional network specifically involved in the language task. METHODS Twenty-seven right-handed patients with schizophrenia and 54 right-handed control subjects underwent a session of a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) with a speech listening paradigm. Functional laterality indices (FLI) were calculated (Wilke, M. and Lidzba, K., 2007. LI-tool: a new toolbox to assess lateralization in functional MR-data. J Neurosci Methods. 163, 128-136). The indices of asymmetry in the volume of grey matter (GVAIs) were computed from the functional language network. RESULTS Patients with schizophrenia exhibited significantly decreased leftward hemispheric lateralization. There was a positive correlation between GVAIs and FLIs in healthy subjects, while no such correlation was seen in patients with schizophrenia. DISCUSSION This study reports for the first time a significant relationship between the anatomical and functional asymmetry in healthy subjects, but not in patients with schizophrenia. While decreased leftward functional lateralization for language was observed in patients with schizophrenia compared to the control group, this functional abnormality was not related to asymmetry in the volume of grey matter.
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- Mathieu Alary
- CNRS, UMR 6301, ISTS team. GIP CYCERON, F-14074 Caen, France
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Campbell MA, López JA, Sado T, Miya M. Pike a nd salmon as sister taxa: detailed intraclade resolution and divergence time estimation of Esociformes + Salmoniformes based on whole mitochondrial genome sequences. Gene 2013; 530:57-65. [PMID: 23954876 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2013.07.068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [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: 03/27/2013] [Revised: 07/16/2013] [Accepted: 07/18/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The increasing number of taxa and loci in molecular phylogenetic studies of basal euteleosts has brought stability in a controversial area. A key emerging aspect to these studies is a sister Esociformes (pike) and Salmoniformes (salmon) relationship. We evaluate mitochondrial genome support for a sister Esociformes and Salmoniformes hypothesis by surveying many potential outgroups for these taxa, employing multiple phylogenetic approaches, and utilizing a thorough sampling scheme. Secondly, we conduct a simultaneous divergence time estimation and phylogenetic inference in a Bayesian framework with fossil calibrations focusing on relationships within Esociformes+Salmoniformes. Our dataset supports a sister relationship between Esociformes and Salmoniformes; however the nearest relatives of Esociformes+Salmoniformes are inconsistent among analyses. Within the order Esociformes, we advocate for a single family, Esocidae. Subfamily relationships within Salmonidae are poorly supported as Salmoninae sister to Thymallinae+Coregoninae.
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- Matthew A Campbell
- Department of Biology and Wildlife, 211 Irving I Building, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK 99775, USA.
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Gasparini F, Caicci F, Rigon F, Zaniolo G, Burighel P, Manni L. Cytodifferentiation of hair cells during the development of a basal chordate. Hear Res 2013; 304:188-99. [PMID: 23876523 DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2013.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [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] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2012] [Revised: 05/28/2013] [Accepted: 07/11/2013] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Tunicates are unique animals for studying the origin and evolution of vertebrates because they are considered vertebrates' closest living relatives and share the vertebrate body plan and many specific features. Both possess neural placodes, transient thickenings of the cranial ectoderm that give rise to various types of sensory cells, including axonless secondary mechanoreceptors. In vertebrates, these are represented by the hair cells of the inner ear and the lateral line, which have an apical apparatus typically bearing cilia and stereovilli. In tunicates, they are found in the coronal organ, which is a mechanoreceptor located at the base of the oral siphon along the border of the velum and tentacles and is formed of cells bearing a row of cilia and short microvilli. The coronal organ represents the best candidate homolog for the vertebrate lateral line. To further understand the evolution of secondary sensory cells, we analysed the development and cytodifferentiation of coronal cells in the tunicate ascidian Ciona intestinalis for the first time. Here, coronal sensory cells can be identified as early as larval metamorphosis, before tentacles form, as cells with short cilia and microvilli. Sensory cells gradually differentiate, acquiring hair cell features with microvilli containing actin and myosin VIIa; in the meantime, the associated supporting cells develop. The coronal organ grows throughout the animal's lifespan, accompanying the growth of the tentacle crown. Anti-phospho Histone H3 immunostaining indicates that both hair cells and supporting cells can proliferate. This finding contributes to the understanding of the evolution of secondary sensory cells, suggesting that both ancestral cell types were able to proliferate and that this property was progressively restricted to supporting cells in vertebrates and definitively lost in mammals.
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- Fabio Gasparini
- Dipartimento di Biologia, Università di Padova, Via U. Bassi 58/B, I-35121 Padova, Italy
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Tian F, Liu H. Depth-compensated diffuse optical tomography enhanced by general linear model analysis and an anatomical atlas of human head. Neuroimage 2013; 85 Pt 1:166-80. [PMID: 23859922 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.07.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [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] [Received: 02/01/2013] [Revised: 05/24/2013] [Accepted: 07/04/2013] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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One of the main challenges in functional diffuse optical tomography (DOT) is to accurately recover the depth of brain activation, which is even more essential when differentiating true brain signals from task-evoked artifacts in the scalp. Recently, we developed a depth-compensated algorithm (DCA) to minimize the depth localization error in DOT. However, the semi-infinite model that was used in DCA deviated significantly from the realistic human head anatomy. In the present work, we incorporated depth-compensated DOT (DC-DOT) with a standard anatomical atlas of human head. Computer simulations and human measurements of sensorimotor activation were conducted to examine and prove the depth specificity and quantification accuracy of brain atlas-based DC-DOT. In addition, node-wise statistical analysis based on the general linear model (GLM) was also implemented and performed in this study, showing the robustness of DC-DOT that can accurately identify brain activation at the correct depth for functional brain imaging, even when co-existing with superficial artifacts.
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- Fenghua Tian
- Department of Bioengineering, Joint Program in Biomedical Engineering between UT Arlington and UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, USA
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Bogers RP, van Leeuwen FE, Grievink L, Schouten LJ, Kiemeney LALM, Schram-Bijkerk D. Cancer incidence in Dutch Balkan veterans. Cancer Epidemiol 2013; 37:550-5. [PMID: 23707157 DOI: 10.1016/j.canep.2013.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [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: 01/10/2013] [Revised: 04/17/2013] [Accepted: 04/18/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Suspicion has been raised about an increased cancer risk among Balkan veterans because of alleged exposure to depleted uranium. The authors conducted a historical cohort study to examine cancer incidence among Dutch Balkan veterans. Male military personnel (n=18,175, median follow-up 11 years) of the Army and Military Police who had been deployed to the Balkan region (1993-2001) was compared with their peers not deployed to the Balkans (n=135,355, median follow-up 15 years) and with the general Dutch population of comparable age and sex. The incidence of all cancers and 4 main cancer subgroups was studied in the period 1993-2008. The cancer incidence rate among Balkan deployed military men was 17% lower than among non-Balkan deployed military men (hazard ratio 0.83 (95% confidence interval 0.69, 1.00)). For the 4 main cancer subgroups, hazard ratios were statistically non-significantly below 1. Also compared to the general population cancer rates were lower in Balkan deployed personnel (standardised incidence rate ratio (SIR) 0.85 (0.73, 0.99). The SIR for leukaemia was 0.63 (0.20, 1.46). The authors conclude that earlier suggestions of increased cancer risks among veterans are not supported by empirical data. The lower risk of cancer might be explained by the 'healthy warrior effect'.
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- Rik P Bogers
- National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, PO Box 1, 3720 BA Bilthoven, The Netherlands.
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Dalabih AR, Bondi SA, Harris ZL, Saville BR, Wang W, Arnold DH. Aminophylline infusion for status asthmaticus in the pediatric critical care unit setting is independently associated with increased length of stay and time for symptom improvement. Pulm Pharmacol Ther 2013; 27:57-61. [PMID: 23523660 DOI: 10.1016/j.pupt.2013.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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: 11/29/2012] [Revised: 02/14/2013] [Accepted: 03/05/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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INTRODUCTION The role of aminophylline in the treatment of severe acute asthma in the pediatric critical care unit (PCCU) is not clear. We sought to examine the association of aminophylline treatment with PCCU length of stay and time to symptom improvement. MATERIAL AND METHODS Patients with severe acute asthma who were admitted to our PCCU and received aminophylline infusion were retrospectively compared with similar patients who did not receive aminophylline. The primary outcome measure was functional length of stay (i.e. time to which patients could be transferred to a general pediatric ward bed). A secondary outcome was time to symptom improvement. RESULTS Adjusted functional length of stay was longer for subjects who received aminophylline (n = 49) than for the patients who did not (n = 47) (hazard ratio 0.396, p < 0.001), as well as the time for symptom improvement (hazard ratio 0.359, p < 0.001). In the group of subjects receiving aminophylline, those with a serum theophylline level ≥ 10 mcg/ml (therapeutic) (n = 31) had longer functional length of stay (hazard ratio 0.457, p = 0.0225) and time to symptom improvement (hazard ratio 0.403, p = 0.0085) than those with levels < 10 mcg/ml (sub-therapeutic) (n = 18). CONCLUSIONS The addition of aminophylline to therapy with corticosteroids and inhaled β-agonists was associated with statistically and clinically significant increases in functional length of stay and time to symptom improvement in the PCCU. This potential morbidity supports the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program guideline proscribing aminophylline use in acute asthma.
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- Abdallah R Dalabih
- University of Missouri School of Medicine, Department of Child Health, Division of Pediatric Critical Care, 404 Keene St, Columbia, MO 65201, USA.
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- Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Critical Care, USA.
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- Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Division of Pediatric Critical Care, USA.
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- Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Department of Biostatistics, USA.
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- Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Department of Biostatistics, USA.
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- Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Department of, Pediatrics, Division of Emergency Medicine, USA; Center for Asthma & Environmental Sciences Research, USA.
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Saif Hasan S, Yamashita E, Cramer WA. Transmembrane signaling and assembly of the cytochrome b6f-lipidic charge transfer complex. Biochim Biophys Acta 2013; 1827:1295-308. [PMID: 23507619 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2013.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2012] [Revised: 02/27/2013] [Accepted: 03/06/2013] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Structure-function properties of the cytochrome b6f complex are sufficiently unique compared to those of the cytochrome bc1 complex that b6f should not be considered a trivially modified bc1 complex. A unique property of the dimeric b6f complex is its involvement in transmembrane signaling associated with the p-side oxidation of plastoquinol. Structure analysis of lipid binding sites in the cyanobacterial b6f complex prepared by hydrophobic chromatography shows that the space occupied by the H transmembrane helix in the cytochrome b subunit of the bc1 complex is mostly filled by a lipid in the b6f crystal structure. It is suggested that this space can be filled by the domain of a transmembrane signaling protein. The identification of lipid sites and likely function defines the intra-membrane conserved central core of the b6f complex, consisting of the seven trans-membrane helices of the cytochrome b and subunit IV polypeptides. The other six TM helices, contributed by cytochrome f, the iron-sulfur protein, and the four peripheral single span subunits, define a peripheral less conserved domain of the complex. The distribution of conserved and non-conserved domains of each monomer of the complex, and the position and inferred function of a number of the lipids, suggests a model for the sequential assembly in the membrane of the eight subunits of the b6f complex, in which the assembly is initiated by formation of the cytochrome b6-subunit IV core sub-complex in a monomer unit. Two conformations of the unique lipidic chlorophyll a, defined in crystal structures, are described, and functions of the outlying β-carotene, a possible 'latch' in supercomplex formation, are discussed. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Respiratory complex III and related bc complexes.
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Yang K, Sun K, Srinivasan KN, Salmon J, Marques ET, Xu J, August JT. Immune responses to T-cell epitopes of SARS CoV-N protein are enhanced by N immunization with a chimera of lysosome-associated membrane protein. Gene Ther 2009; 16:1353-62. [PMID: 19727132 PMCID: PMC7091638 DOI: 10.1038/gt.2009.92] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2008] [Revised: 05/11/2009] [Accepted: 06/05/2009] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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In our previous study by Gupta et al, dominant T-cell epitopes of SARS CoV-N(N) protein were predicted by software. The spectrum of interferon (IFN)-gamma responses of Balb/c mice immunized against two different forms of SARS CoV-N plasmid was then analyzed. A cluster of dominant T-cell epitopes of SARS CoV-N protein was found in the N-terminus (amino acids 76-114). On the basis of this study, four different plasmids were constructed: (i) DNA encoding the unmodified N (p-N) or N(70-122) (p-N(70-122)) as an endogenous cytoplasmic protein or (ii) DNA encoding a lysosome-associated membrane protein (LAMP) chimera with N (p-LAMP/N) or N(70-122) (p-LAMP/N(70-122)). The immune responses of mice to these four constructs were evaluated. The results showed marked differences in the responses of the immunized mice. A single priming immunization with the p-LAMP/N construct was sufficient to elicit an antibody response. Enzyme-linked immunospot (ELISpot) assay indicated that p-LAMP/N(70-122) and p-LAMP/N plasmids both elicited a greater IFN-gamma response than p-N. p-N and p-N(70-122) constructs induced low or undetectable levels of cytokine secretion. We also found that the p-LAMP/N(70-122) construct promoted a long-lasting T-cell memory response without an additional boost 6 months after three immunizations. These findings show that DNA vaccines, even epitope-based DNA vaccines using LAMP as chimera, can elicit both humoral and cellular immune responses.
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- K Yang
- Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD USA
- Department of Immunology, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, PR China,
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- Division of Biomedical Sciences, Johns Hopkins in Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD USA
- Product Evaluation and Registration Division, Centre for Drug Administration, Health Sciences Authority, Singapore
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- Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD USA
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD USA
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- Department of Neurology, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, PR China,
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- Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD USA
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Ni/NHC was found to catalyze the rearrangement of vinyl aziridines and aziridinylen-ynes under mild conditions.
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- Gang Zuo
- University of Utah, Department of Chemistry, 315 South 1400 East, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112, USA
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- University of Utah, Department of Chemistry, 315 South 1400 East, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112, USA
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- University of Utah, Department of Chemistry, 315 South 1400 East, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112, USA
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Cowling E, Galloway J, Furiness C, Barber M, Bresser T, Cassman K, Erisman JW, Haeuber R, Howarth R, Melillo J, Moomaw W, Mosier A, Sanders K, Seitzinger S, Smeulders S, Socolow R, Walters D, West F, Zhu Z. Optimizing nitrogen management in food and energy production and environmental protection: summary statement from the Second International Nitrogen Conference. ScientificWorldJournal 2001; 1 Suppl 2:1-9. [PMID: 12805732 PMCID: PMC6084057 DOI: 10.1100/tsw.2001.481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Human efforts to produce food and energy are changing the nitrogen (N) cycle of the Earth. Many of these changes are highly beneficial for humans, while others are detrimental to people and the environment. These changes transcend scientific disciplines, geographical boundaries, and political structures. They challenge the creative minds of natural and social scientists, economists, engineers, business leaders, and decision makers. The Second International Nitrogen Conference was designed to facilitate communications among all stakeholders in the "nitrogen community" of the world. The Conference participants" goal in the years and decades ahead is to encourage every country to make optimal choices about N management in food production and consumption, energy production and use, and environmental protection. Scientific findings and recommendations for decision makers that emerged from the Conference are presented.
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- E Cowling
- North Carolina State University, College of Natural Resources, Ralegh, NC 27606, USA.
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Lund ED, Wolcott MC, Hanson GP. Applying nitrogen site-specifically using soil electrical conductivity maps and precision agriculture technology. ScientificWorldJournal 2001; 1 Suppl 2:767-76. [PMID: 12805883 PMCID: PMC6084533 DOI: 10.1100/tsw.2001.95] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Soil texture varies significantly within many agricultural fields. The physical properties of soil, such as soil texture, have a direct effect on water holding capacity, cation exchange capacity, crop yield, production capability, and nitrogen (N) loss variations within a field. In short, mobile nutrients are used, lost, and stored differently as soil textures vary. A uniform application of N to varying soils results in a wide range of N availability to the crop. N applied in excess of crop usage results in a waste of the grower"s input expense, a potential negative effect on the environment, and in some crops a reduction of crop quality, yield, and harvestability. Inadequate N levels represent a lost opportunity for crop yield and profit. The global positioning system (GPS)-referenced mapping of bulk soil electrical conductivity (EC) has been shown to serve as an effective proxy for soil texture and other soil properties. Soils with a high clay content conduct more electricity than coarser textured soils, which results in higher EC values. This paper will describe the EC mapping process and provide case studies of site-specific N applications based on EC maps. Results of these case studies suggest that N can be managed site-specifically using a variety of management practices, including soil sampling, variable yield goals, and cropping history.
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- E D Lund
- Veris Technologies, Salina, KS 67401, USA.
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Wilson HR, Kameyama L, Zhou JG, Guarneros G, Court DL. Translational repression by a transcriptional elongation factor. Genes Dev 1997; 11:2204-13. [PMID: 9303536 PMCID: PMC275398 DOI: 10.1101/gad.11.17.2204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [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: 04/16/1997] [Accepted: 07/14/1997] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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One of the classical positive regulators of gene expression is bacteriophage lambda N protein. N regulates the transcription of early phage genes by participating in the formation of a highly processive, terminator-resistant transcription complex and thereby stimulates the expression of genes lying downstream of transcriptional terminators. Also included in this antiterminating transcription complex are an RNA site (NUT) and host proteins (Nus). Here we demonstrate that N has an additional, hitherto unknown regulatory role, as a repressor of the translation of its own gene. N-dependent repression does not occur when NUT is deleted, demonstrating that N-mediated antitermination and translational repression both require the same cis-acting site in the RNA. In addition, we have identified one nut and several host mutations that eliminate antitermination and not translational repression, suggesting the independence of these two N-mediated mechanisms. Finally, the position of nutL with respect to the gene whose expression is repressed is important.
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- H R Wilson
- ABL-Basic Research Program, National Cancer Institute-Frederick Cancer Research and Development Center, Maryland 21702-1201, USA
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