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Caballero S, Jackson J, Mignucci-Giannoni AA, Barrios-Garrido H, Beltrán-Pedreros S, Montiel-Villalobos MAG, Robertson KM, Baker CS. Molecular systematics of South American dolphins Sotalia: sister taxa determination and phylogenetic relationships, with insights into a multi-locus phylogeny of the Delphinidae. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2007; 46:252-68. [PMID: 18053749 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2007.10.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2007] [Revised: 09/19/2007] [Accepted: 10/17/2007] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The evolutionary relationships among members of the cetacean family Delphinidae, the dolphins, pilot whales and killer whales, are still not well understood. The genus Sotalia (coastal and riverine South American dolphins) is currently considered a member of the Stenoninae subfamily, along with the genera Steno (rough toothed dolphin) and Sousa (humpbacked dolphin). In recent years, a revision of this classification was proposed based on phylogenetic analysis of the mitochondrial gene cytochrome b, wherein Sousa was included in the Delphininae subfamily, keeping only Steno and Sotalia as members of the Stenoninae subfamily. Here we investigate the phylogenetic placement of Sotalia using two mitochondrial genes, six autosomal introns and four Y chromosome introns, providing a total of 5,196 base pairs (bp) for each taxon in the combined dataset. Sequences from these genomic regions were obtained for 17 delphinid species, including at least one species from each of five or six currently recognized subfamilies plus five odontocete outgroup species. Maximum Parsimony, Maximum Likelihood and Bayesian phylogenetic analysis of independent (each fragment) and combined datasets (mtDNA, nuDNA or mtDNA+nuDNA) showed that Sotalia and Sousa fall within a clade containing other members of Delphininae, exclusive of Steno. Sousa was resolved as the sister taxon to Sotalia according to analysis of the nuDNA dataset but not analysis of the mtDNA or combined mtDNA+nuDNA datasets. Based on the results from our multi-locus analysis, we offer several novel changes to the classification of Delphinidae, some of which are supported by previous morphological and molecular studies.
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Anderson DM, Jackson J, Butani A, Asche S, Rolnick C. Statin use is associated with a reduced risk of colon cancer recurrence. J Clin Oncol 2007. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2007.25.18_suppl.4114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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4114 Background: A significant body of data suggests that statin use reduces the risk of developing colon and other cancers, although other data have not confirmed these findings. We examined whether statin use helps prevent recurrence of colon cancer in patients with resected disease. Methods: We conducted a retrospective analysis of patients treated for stage I, II, and III colon cancer in a Minneapolis/St. Paul health system. Incident cases of colon cancer between 1995 and the present were identified through a hospital tumor registry. All identified cases were then cross-checked against an HMO membership database. Data regarding statin use was pulled from the HMO outpatient pharmacy database. For each patient all available data from a 5-year window prior to first diagnosis of cancer until either recurrence or most recent data available was obtained. Demographic data and survival data from the tumor registry were then combined with pharmacy data regarding statin use in a single database for analysis. Recurrence and time to recurrent disease were compared in statin users and non-users. Results: A total of 358 colon cancer cases were available for analysis. Median follow up of patients after diagnosis of colon cancer was 49 months. 89 patients (24.9%) used statin drugs for some period of time with a median of 780 days of use. Median age of all patients enrolled was 69 (range 24–95). Statin use was higher in patients ages 61–75 (33%) than in those aged 24–60 (22%) or those aged 76–95 (19%) (p=0.02). There was no association between statin use and stage at diagnosis. 6 of 89 patients (6.7%) with any statin use relapsed as opposed to 43 of 269 (16%) of patients with no statin use (Fisher’s exact p=0.03). Kaplan-Meier analysis of relapse curves found a significant difference in relapse between groups with a two year recurrence rate of 3.7% among statin users and 10.1% among non users (Log Rank p=0.03, using age stratification). Conclusions: Statin use was associated with a decreased risk of recurrence in patients diagnosed with stages I-III colon cancer in this study. Further study of statin use in the prevention of colon cancer recurrence is warranted. No significant financial relationships to disclose.
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Bland BH, Derie-Gillespie D, Mestek P, Jackson J, Crooks R, Cormican A. To move or not: Previous experience in a runway avoidance task determines the appearance of hippocampal Type 2 sensory processing theta. Behav Brain Res 2007; 179:299-304. [PMID: 17350113 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2007.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2006] [Revised: 01/17/2007] [Accepted: 02/01/2007] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Rats in a runway avoidance task responded to a test shock probe with a period of immobility lasting from 2 to 6s. The shock avoidance-trained group displayed hippocampal theta during the immobility response. The inescapable shock group, in contrast, displayed large amplitude irregular activity (LIA). Following reversal training to escapable shock, all shock avoidance-trained rats responded with LIA and inescapable shock trained rats, reversed to shock avoidance, displayed theta.
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Sansone RA, Jackson J, Wiederman MW. Childhood abuse and non-suicidal self-harm behavior in adulthood among the mothers of children in psychiatric treatment. Arch Womens Ment Health 2007; 10:35-6. [PMID: 17235451 DOI: 10.1007/s00737-006-0165-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2006] [Accepted: 11/29/2006] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Lacy J, Jackson J, Murphy B, Sharp G, Devetten M. 116: Multipotential mesenchymal stromal cells (MMSC) abrogate acute graft-versus-host disease in a murine model. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2006.12.120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Arawwawala D, Lane C, Jackson J, Patel P. Interventional radiological removal of a foreign body from a peripheral bronchus. Anaesthesia 2007; 62:182-5. [PMID: 17223813 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2006.04900.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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We describe the extraction of an impacted tooth from a bronchiole of a ventilated, critically ill patient. Following failed attempts using flexible and rigid bronchoscopy a radiological approach was explored. The successful method described below used guiding catheters, an extraction basket and an occlusion balloon, deployed under fluoroscopic guidance.
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Morice AH, Menon MS, Mulrennan SA, Everett CF, Wright C, Jackson J, Thompson R. Opiate therapy in chronic cough. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2006; 175:312-5. [PMID: 17122382 DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200607-892oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 212] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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RATIONALE Cough is the most common complaint for which medical attention is sought, and chronic cough can be both physically and mentally debilitating. There is currently no evidence supporting the use of antitussives in chronic treatment-resistant cough. OBJECTIVES We tested the hypothesis that morphine sulfate in the dose of 5 mg twice daily would bring about a reduction in cough frequency and severity in patients failing to respond to specific measures. METHODS Patients recruited from the Hull Cough Clinic were enrolled into a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled study using 4 weeks of slow-release morphine sulfate and a corresponding period of matched placebo. An open-labeled extension of the core study allowed dose escalation to 10 mg twice daily. Cough was assessed using the Leicester Cough Questionnaire, daily symptom diary, and citric acid cough challenge. RESULTS Twenty-seven patients completed the core study. A significant improvement of 3.2 points over baseline was noted on the Leicester Cough Questionnaire (p < 0.01). A rapid and highly significant reduction by 40% in daily cough scores was noted among patients on slow-release morphine sulfate (p < 0.01). Objective testing of the cough reflex using citric acid cough challenge tests did not show any significant changes. Eighteen patients continued into the extension study. Two-thirds of these patients opted to increase the morphine to 10 mg twice daily. At the end of 3 months, there was a similar improvement in cough between the 5- and 10-mg groups. CONCLUSION Morphine sulfate is an effective antitussive in intractable chronic cough at the doses of 5 to 10 mg twice daily.
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Clark F, Jackson J. Article 3. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2006.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Kankirawatana P, Leonard H, Ellaway C, Scurlock J, Mansour A, Makris CM, Dure LS, Friez M, Lane J, Kiraly-Borri C, Fabian V, Davis M, Jackson J, Christodoulou J, Kaufmann WE, Ravine D, Percy AK. Early progressive encephalopathy in boys and MECP2 mutations. Neurology 2006; 67:164-6. [PMID: 16832102 DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000223318.28938.45] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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MECP2 mutations mainly occur in females with Rett syndrome. Mutations have been described in 11 boys with progressive encephalopathy: seven of nine with affected sisters and two de novo. The authors report four de novo occurrences: three pathogenic and one potentially pathogenic. Common features include failure to thrive, respiratory insufficiency, microcephaly, and abnormal motor control. MECP2 mutations should be assessed in boys with progressive encephalopathy and one or more of respiratory insufficiency, abnormal movements or tone, and intractable seizures.
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Daly A, Walsh C, Feighery C, O'Shea U, Jackson J, Whelan A. Serum levels of soluble CD163 correlate with the inflammatory process in coeliac disease. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2006; 24:553-9. [PMID: 16886922 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2006.03012.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND In coeliac disease, following the introduction of a gluten-free diet, monitoring mucosal disease activity requires repeated small intestinal biopsies. If a test measuring a circulating inflammatory marker was available, this would be clinically valuable. AIM To determine if levels of soluble CD163, a scavenger receptor shed by tissue macrophages, correlated with the inflammatory lesion in coeliac disease. METHODS Serum samples were collected from 131 patients with untreated coeliac disease, 40 patients with treated coeliac disease, 92 non-coeliac disease control subjects and 131 healthy controls. A capture enzyme linked immunosorbance assay was established to measure levels of soluble CD163 in sera. The extent of the histological lesion in coeliac biopsies was assessed using a Marsh grading system. RESULTS Levels of CD163 in untreated coeliac subjects were significantly elevated when compared with the treated coeliac patients, the disease control group and the healthy control subjects (P < 0.0001 in each instance). Moreover, coeliac patients with the most marked histological lesion (Marsh 3) had significantly higher levels of soluble CD163 than patients with Marsh grade 2 lesions (P < 0.0004), with grade 1 lesions (P < 0.0001) and grade 0 lesions (P < 0.0001). CONCLUSIONS Measurement of soluble CD163 may be a useful method of monitoring the inflammatory lesion in coeliac disease.
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Lin F, Murphy R, White B, Kelly J, Feighery C, Doyle R, Pittock S, Moroney J, Smith O, Livingstone W, Keenan C, Jackson J. Circulating levels of beta2-glycoprotein I in thrombotic disorders and in inflammation. Lupus 2006; 15:87-93. [PMID: 16539279 DOI: 10.1191/0961203306lu2270oa] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Beta2-glycoprotein I (beta2GPI) is a plasma protein suspected to have a role in inhibition of thrombosis. This suspicion is reinforced by the observation that beta2GPI is the major target for autoantibodies in the antiphospholipid syndrome. However, little is known about its circulating levels in common thrombotic diseases or inflammation. We measured beta2GPI levels in 344 healthy controls, 58 normal pregnancies, 102 patients with non-haemorrhagic stroke, 121 patients with acute coronary syndrome and 200 patients with elevated C-reactive protein (CRP). In healthy individuals, we found a strong positive correlation between age and beta2GPI concentration (r = 0.274, P < 0.001) and that beta2GPI levels fall significantly after the eighth week of pregnancy (P = 0.002). We also found significantly reduced levels of beta2GPI in patients with stroke and in elderly patients with myocardial syndrome (P = 0.013 and 0.043). However, in neither group did beta2GPI levels change in the following six months, suggesting that the reduced levels were not a transient post-event phenomenon. In patients with inflammation, beta2GPI levels showed a significant negative correlation with CRP (r = -0.284, P < 0.001) and positively correlated with albumin and transferrin (r = 0.372 and 0.453, respectively with P < 0.001 for both). Furthermore, the largest reduction in beta2GPI levels occurred in patients with the highest CRP values (P < 0.001).
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Bracken SC, Kilmartin C, Wieser H, Jackson J, Feighery C. Barley and rye prolamins induce an mRNA interferon-gamma response in coeliac mucosa. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2006; 23:1307-14. [PMID: 16629935 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2006.02876.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND In coeliac disease, wheat, barley and rye are traditionally excluded in the gluten-free diet. However, few studies have examined the small intestinal immune response to barley and rye. AIM To investigate the immunogenicity of barley and rye prolamins (hordein and secalin respectively) in comparison with wheat gliadin. METHODS Duodenal biopsies from 22 coeliac patients and 23 disease controls were cultured for 4 h with gliadin, hordein or secalin and compared with culture medium alone. Proinflammatory cytokines, interferon-gamma and interleukin-2, were quantified by TaqMan polymerase chain reaction and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. RESULTS Hordein caused the greatest increase in interferon-gamma mRNA in coeliac patients (median: 3.3-fold) in comparison with control subjects (median: 0.28-fold, P < 0.085). Secalin and gliadin induced similar levels of interferon-gamma mRNA with median fold-changes of 3.4 and 2.8, respectively, in coeliac patients in comparison with 1.6- and 1.1-fold increases in control subjects (P < 0.294 and P < 0.105, respectively). The median fold-changes for interleukin-2 mRNA did not differ between coeliac patients and controls. Cytokine protein was not upregulated. CONCLUSION The findings of this study provide evidence that barley and rye cause immune activation in the mucosa of coeliac patients and support the practice that barley and rye should be excluded from the gluten-free diet.
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Strugnell J, Jackson J, Drummond AJ, Cooper A. Divergence time estimates for major cephalopod groups: evidence from multiple genes. Cladistics 2006; 22:89-96. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2006.00086.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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McLean LM, Toner B, Jackson J, Desrocher M, Stuckless N. The relationship between childhood sexual abuse, complex post-traumatic stress disorder and alexithymia in two outpatient samples: examination of women treated in community and institutional clinics. JOURNAL OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE 2006; 15:1-17. [PMID: 16893816 DOI: 10.1300/j070v15n03_01] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Relationships between trauma variables, complex post-traumatic stress disorder (complex PTSD), affect dysregulation, dissociation, somatization, and alexithymia were studied in 70 women with early-onset sexual abuse treated in community-based private (n = 25) or clinic outpatient settings (n = 45). Measures were the Toronto Alexithymia Scale-20 and the Psychological Trauma Assessment Program. Compared with the community sample, the clinic sample (1) met diagnostic criteria for both lifetime and current complex PTSD; (2) showed correlations between current affect dysregulation, dissociation, and somatization with alexithymia; and (3) higher levels of alexithymia. Results suggest the clinic sample continued to experience current forms of suffering, risk, and vulnerability associated with early-onset sexual trauma. The findings may have implications regarding types of treatment available in community versus clinic settings.
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Kilmartin C, Wieser H, Abuzakouk M, Kelly J, Jackson J, Feighery C. Intestinal T cell responses to cereal proteins in celiac disease. Dig Dis Sci 2006; 51:202-9. [PMID: 16416236 DOI: 10.1007/s10620-006-3108-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2005] [Accepted: 04/01/2005] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Celiac disease is caused by sensitivity to wheat gluten in genetically susceptible individuals. The etiological role of the other wheat-related cereals, barley, rye, and oats, is still debated. In order to investigate this issue further, in this study we examined the immune response of celiac mucosal T cell lines to fractions from all four cereals. Cell stimulation was assessed by measuring proliferation (employing (3)H-thymidine incorporation) or cytokine (IL-2, IFN-gamma) production. All five T cell lines demonstrated immunoreactivity to protein fractions from the four related cereals. In some cell lines, reactivity to wheat, barley, and rye was only evident when these cereal fractions had been pretreated with tissue transglutaminase. This study confirms the similar T cell antigenic reactivity of these four related cereals and has implications for their exclusion in the gluten-free diet. However, despite oats stimulation of T cell lines, this cereal does not activate a mucosal lesion in most celiac patients.
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Owen GR, Jackson J, Chehroudi B, Burt H, Brunette DM. A PLGA membrane controlling cell behaviour for promoting tissue regeneration. Biomaterials 2005; 26:7447-56. [PMID: 16039709 DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2005.05.055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Barrier membranes are used in periodontal applications with the aim of supporting bone regeneration by physically blocking migrating epithelial cells. We report a membrane design that has a surface topography that can inhibit epithelial cell migration and proliferation on one side and a topography that guides osteoblast migration to a desired area. A PLGA copolymer (85:15) blended with MePEG, was cast to have surfaces with smooth, grooved or sandblasted-acid-etched topographies. Epithelial cells spread on smooth surfaces after 24 h, and cell numbers increased after 5 days. Cells on the smooth surface exhibited no preferred direction of migration. On the sandblasted-acid-etched topography epithelial cells spread but the cell number did not significantly increase after 5 days. Cell migration was inhibited on this surface. Osteoblasts spread on both grooved and smooth surfaces and cell number increased after 5 days on all surfaces. The cells that adhered in the grooves migrated preferentially in the direction of the grooves. Positive alkaline phosphatase staining was seen on all surfaces within 4 weeks and positive Von Kossa nodule staining within 6 weeks. These results suggest that surface topographies replicated on opposite sides of a biodegradable polymers membrane can inhibit proliferation and migration of the epithelial cells, and promote proliferation and directional migration of osteoblasts. Addition of appropriate surface topographies to membranes used in guided tissue regeneration has the possibility of improving clinical performance in periodontal tissue regeneration procedures.
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O'Callaghan C, White J, Jackson J, Barry PW, Kantar A. Delivery of nebulized budesonide is affected by nebulizer type and breathing pattern. J Pharm Pharmacol 2005; 57:787-90. [PMID: 15969935 DOI: 10.1211/0022357056190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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The aim of this study was to determine the output in-vitro of budesonide from two different nebulizers under simulated breathing conditions. The BimboNeb and Nebula nebulizers were used to nebulize 2 mL of budesonide (500 microg) suspension. Particle size was determined by inertial impaction after a 5-min nebulization. Total outputs of the drug from both nebulizers were measured using a sinus flow pump to create simulated breathing conditions. Paediatric and adult breathing patterns were used, with drug output measured after 5 and 10 min nebulization. The mass median aerodynamic diameter of budesonide using the BimboNeb (4.5 microm) was significantly greater than that from the Nebula (3.4 microm) (P<0.01). With the simulated adult breathing pattern, the total drug output after 5 min with the BimboNeb (61.5 microg) was twice that from the Nebula (30.7 microg). For the paediatric breathing pattern, total outputs were very similar for both nebulizers. In all cases, nebulizing for 10 min produced greater drug outputs compared with those after 5 min, particularly for the paediatric breathing pattern. The amount of aerosolized drug available for inhalation needs to be assessed for each nebuliser used and the effect of the patient's breathing pattern should also be taken into account.
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Shannon CK, Baker H, Jackson J, Roy A, Heady H, Gunel E. Evaluation of a required statewide interdisciplinary Rural Health Education Program: student attitudes, career intents and perceived quality. Rural Remote Health 2005; 5:405. [PMID: 16283824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION A shortage of healthcare providers in West Virginia led to creation of a statewide, community-based program with a required three-month rural experience for most state-sponsored health professions students. Project Description: Initiated using funding from the W. K. Kellogg Foundation and expanded using both state funds and Area Health Education Center support, the West Virginia Rural Health Education Partnerships (WVRHEP) program impacts institutions of higher learning, 50 counties, and 332 training sites, and all students in state-funded health professions schools. A longitudinal database has been constructed to study program effects on students' reported attitudes, service orientation, and career intents. METHODS Baseline data are collected from medical students, and students in all disciplines provide feedback on rotations and information about career intents, social responsibility, and attitudes towards rural practice. RESULTS Data indicate an association between perceived quality of the rural experience and increased interest in rural health, social responsibility and confidence in becoming part of the community. Medical students may tend to rate social responsibility higher after completion of the first rural rotation. Students who anticipate practice in smaller towns also tend to rate the quality of the rotation higher, to anticipate careers in primary care, and to acknowledge social responsibility. CONCLUSION As WVRHEP program graduates who have completed these surveys enter practice, both personal and community-specific program characteristics may be identified which strengthen interest in rural practice. The predictive validity of intermediate outcomes of attitudes and career intents in forecasting the ultimate outcomes of recruitment and retention may be studied.
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Miguez-Burbano MJ, Jackson J, Hadrigan S. Thrombocytopenia in HIV Disease: Clinical Relevance, Physiopathology and Management. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 3:365-76. [PMID: 16250867 DOI: 10.2174/156801605774322364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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HIV infection is associated with a myriad of hematopoietic abnormalities. Thrombocytopenia (TCP), the condition in which platelet counts fall below 150x10(3)/mm3 in two or more consecutive platelet counts, is a condition frequently seen in HIV infected individuals regardless of HIV status, gender, or age. Having recently been associated with rapid disease progression, and by complicating the management of AIDS patients, thrombocytopenia has become a medical challenge, highlighting the urgent need for evidence-based treatment protocols in this area. Due to the physiopathology of HIV, therapeutic options currently available for TCP in this already vulnerable population are severely limited. Whereas clinicians often intervene to prevent life-threatening, thrombocytopenia-associated outcomes in the general population, there is no intervention protocol: for the HIV subjects. Management of the condition seems to be the norm for these individuals. As a result, thrombocytopenia in HIV is a subject that is in urgent need of re-examination. In this review, the importance of thrombocytopenia and current knowledge regarding the physiopathology of HIV-associated thrombocytopenia is discussed, and an overview of current and under-investigation treatment approaches to this adverse hematological condition is provided.
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Chaparala S, Roggeman B, Pitarresi J, Sammakia B, Jackson J, Griffin G, McHugh T. Effect of geometry and temperature cycle on the reliability of WLCSP solder joints. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005. [DOI: 10.1109/tcapt.2005.853589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Strugnell J, Norman M, Jackson J, Drummond AJ, Cooper A. Molecular phylogeny of coleoid cephalopods (Mollusca: Cephalopoda) using a multigene approach; the effect of data partitioning on resolving phylogenies in a Bayesian framework. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2005; 37:426-41. [PMID: 15935706 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2005.03.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2004] [Revised: 03/03/2005] [Accepted: 03/15/2005] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The resolution of higher level phylogeny of the coleoid cephalopods (octopuses, squids, and cuttlefishes) has been hindered by homoplasy among morphological characters in conjunction with a very poor fossil record. Initial molecular studies, based primarily on small fragments of single mitochondrial genes, have produced little resolution of the deep relationships amongst coleoid cephalopod families. The present study investigated this issue using 3415 base pairs (bp) from three nuclear genes (octopine dehydrogenase, pax-6, and rhodopsin) and three mitochondrial genes (12S rDNA, 16S rDNA, and cytochrome oxidase I) from a total of 35 species (including representatives of each of the higher level taxa). Bayesian analyses were conducted on mitochondrial and nuclear genes separately and also all six genes together. Separate analyses were conducted with the data partitioned by gene, codon/rDNA, gene+codon/rDNA or not partitioned at all. In the majority of analyses partitioning the data by gene+codon was the appropriate model with partitioning by codon the second most selected model. In some instances the topology varied according to the model used. Relatively high posterior probabilities and high levels of congruence were present between the topologies resulting from the analysis of all Octopodiform (octopuses and vampire "squid") taxa for all six genes, and independently for the datasets of mitochondrial and nuclear genes. In contrast, the highest levels of resolution within the Decapodiformes (squids and cuttlefishes) resulted from analysis of nuclear genes alone. Different higher level Decapodiform topologies were obtained through the analysis of only the 1st+2nd codon positions of nuclear genes and of all three codon positions. It is notable that there is strong evidence of saturation among the 3rd codon positions within the Decapodiformes and this may contribute spurious signal. The results suggest that the Decapodiformes may have radiated earlier and/or had faster rates of evolution than the Octopodiformes. The following taxonomic conclusions are drawn from our analyses: (1) the order Octopoda and suborders Cirrata, Incirrata, and Oegopsida are monophyletic groups; (2) the family Spirulidae (Ram's horn squids) are the sister taxon to the family Sepiidae (cuttlefishes); (3) the family Octopodidae, as currently defined, is paraphyletic; (4) the superfamily Argonautoidea are basal within the suborder Incirrata; and (5) the benthic octopus genera Benthoctopus and Enteroctopus are sister taxa.
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Patel VK, Barrison I, Jackson J, Catnach S. Gastric ulceration due to chronic mesenteric ischaemia treated by stenting of the inferior mesenteric artery. Gut 2005; 54:888-9. [PMID: 15888802 PMCID: PMC1774538 DOI: 10.1136/gut.2004.063248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/08/2022]
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