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Daniels KJ, Boldt HC, Martin JA, Gardner LM, Meyer M, Folberg R. Expression of type VI collagen in uveal melanoma: its role in pattern formation and tumor progression. J Transl Med 1996; 75:55-66. [PMID: 8683940] [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] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Choroidal and ciliary body melanomas disseminate exclusively by a hematogenous route because there are no lymphatics inside the eye. Although angiogenesis is an absolute precondition for metastasis in this tumor system, not all morphologic expressions of tumor angiogenesis are associated with metastasis from choroidal and ciliary body melanomas. Specifically, the remodeling of the microcirculation to form vascular networks is very strongly associated with metastasis. Type VI collagen is upregulated in tissue remodeling and the generation of tissue patterns and is either not present in the normal choroid or present at very low levels. This study was designed to investigate the possible expression of type VI collagen in the stroma of choroidal and ciliary body melanomas. Type VI collagen was detected in tissue sections from five primary choroidal melanomas and three melanomas involving the choroid and ciliary body in the subendothelial compartment of the microcirculation and in avascular areas by immunohistochemistry. Melanoma cell lines were established from each of these tumors. Cultured melanoma cells invaded into type I collagen gels and expressed type VI collagen by immunohistochemistry. Using specific primers for human type VI collagen, the expected band size (413 base pairs) was isolated from one of the cell lines by reverse transcriptase PCR. The presence of type VI collagen in the melanoma tumor stroma reflects active remodeling of the uveal extracellular matrix microenvironment by the melanoma cells themselves. Before the formation of the microvasculature, the expression of type VI collagen and of the other matrix components, such as hyaluronan, to which it binds, may erect a scaffold permitting the formation of higher order stromal patterns such as vascular networks. These stromal patterns, which are markers of tumor progression, may be detectable clinically by a specialized form of ultrasonography that detects backscatterers of the same dimension as tissue compartments encircled by vascular loops in networks.
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- K J Daniels
- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
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Stevens JW, Noonan KJ, Bosch PP, Rapp TB, Martin JA, Kurriger GL, Maynard JA, Daniels KJ, Solursh M, Tammi R, Tammi M, Midura RJ. CD44 in growing normal and neoplastic rat cartilage. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1996; 785:333-6. [PMID: 8702172 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1996.tb56301.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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- J W Stevens
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242, USA
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Schmidt ML, Huang R, Martin JA, Henley J, Mawal-Dewan M, Hurtig HI, Lee VM, Trojanowski JQ. Neurofibrillary tangles in progressive supranuclear palsy contain the same tau epitopes identified in Alzheimer's disease PHFtau. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 1996; 55:534-9. [PMID: 8627344 DOI: 10.1097/00005072-199605000-00006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Neurofibrillary tangle (NFT)-rich brain samples from patients with progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) or Alzheimer's disease (AD) were probed with a large panel of anti-tau antibodies to compare the species of tau present in PSP and AD NFTs by immunohistochemistry and Western blot methods. These antibodies have been shown to recognize phosphate-independent or -dependent epitopes that extend from the amino to the carboxy terminal domains of normal brain tau and the abnormal tau in the paired helical filaments (PHFs) of AD NFTs (PHFtau). The immunohistochemical studies showed that all of the tau epitopes detected in brainstem PSP NFTs also were found in hippocampal AD NFTs and vice versa. While Western blots demonstrated 2 PHFtau-like immunobands in PSP brainstem, a triplet of PHFtau proteins were seen in the AD and PSP hippocampus. Despite differences in the distribution, ultrastructure and immunoblot profile of NFTs in PSP and AD, the same constellation of tau epitopes is present in the abnormal tau proteins in PSP and AD NFTs. Thus, the generation of abnormal tau proteins in PSP (PSPtau) and AD (PHFtau) may have similar adverse biological consequences in both diseases.
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- M L Schmidt
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia 19104-4283, USA
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Martin JA. Curricular training in general surgery. Br J Hosp Med (Lond) 1996; 55:526. [PMID: 8732230] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Schmidt ML, Martin JA, Lee VM, Trojanowski JQ. Convergence of Lewy bodies and neurofibrillary tangles in amygdala neurons of Alzheimer's disease and Lewy body disorders. Acta Neuropathol 1996; 91:475-81. [PMID: 8740227 DOI: 10.1007/s004010050454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Amygdalae of patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD), Parkinson's disease, Down's syndrome, diffuse Lewy body disease or a combination of these diseases were probed with antibodies to neurofilament proteins as well as with Lewy body (LB)- and paired helical filament-specific antibodies. The results indicate that the amygdala is severely affected by the accumulation of both neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs) and LBs in most cases of the diseases mentioned above, and that amygdala LBs have a similar epitope composition to that of LBs in the brain stem and cerebral cortex. While large numbers of both LBs and NFTs were seen in different neurons within the amygdala, these two lesions frequently occurred together in the same neurons of the amygdala. These findings are in contrast to other sites that accumulate LBs and NFTs, but rarely both lesions in the same neuron. Thus, amygdala neurons may be selectively vulnerable to developing both LBs and NFTs, and these inclusions may play a role in the massive degeneration of these neurons in AD and LB disorders of the elderly.
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- M L Schmidt
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia 19104-4283, USA
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PURPOSE To determine who is the better rater of history taking in an objective structured clinical examination (OSCE): a physician or a standardized patient (SP). METHOD During the 1991 pilot administration of an OSCE for the Medical Council of Canada's qualifying examination, five history-taking stations were videotaped. Candidates at these stations were scored by three raters: a physician (MD), an SP observer (SPO), and an SP rating from recall (SPR). To determine the validity of each rater's scores, these scores were compared with a "gold standard", which was the average of videotape ratings by three physicians, each scoring independently. Analysis included both correlations with the standard and a repeated-measures analysis of variance (ANOVA) comparing raters' mean scores on each station with mean scores of the gold standard. RESULTS Ninety-one videotapes were scored by the "gold-standard" physicians. Correlations with the standard showed no clear preference for MD, SPO, or SPR raters. ANOVAs revealed significant differences from the standard on three stations for the SPR, two stations for the SPO, and one stations for the MD. CONCLUSIONS An MD rater is less likely to differ from a standard established by a consensus of MD ratings than are SP raters rating from recall. If an MD cannot be used, an SP observer is preferable to an SP rating from recall.
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- J A Martin
- Department of Surgery, University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, Ontario, Canada
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Martin JA, Bjerknes LK. The legal and ethical implications of gag clauses in physician contracts. Am J Law Med 1996; 22:433-476. [PMID: 9006666] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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The authors studied all tooth fractures identified within a two-week period among adult enrollees in a dental health maintenance organization to determine the incidence and severity of this condition. They found complete fracture rates of 5.0 and 4.4 per 100 adults per year for all teeth and for posterior teeth, respectively, with 15 percent of fractures resulting in pulpal involvement or extraction. These estimates, the first to be reported, provide information that is potentially useful to patients and dentists making decisions about treatment intended to prevent tooth fracture.
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- J D Bader
- Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C. 27599-7590, USA
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Crino PB, Martin JA, Hill WD, Greenberg B, Lee VM, Trojanowski JQ. Beta-Amyloid peptide and amyloid precursor proteins in olfactory mucosa of patients with Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and Down syndrome. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 1995; 104:655-61. [PMID: 7639477 DOI: 10.1177/000348949510400812] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Dystrophic neurites are present in olfactory epithelium (OE) of patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD), Parkinson's disease (PD), and Down syndrome (DS) and occasionally in normal individuals. Cultured olfactory neuroblasts from AD patients generate carboxy terminal amyloid precursor protein (APP) fragments that contain beta-amyloid (A beta), but it is not known if deposits of A beta and/or APP fragments occur in the OE of individuals with or without AD, PD, or DS. To determine if A beta accumulates in the OE in situ, we probed postmortem samples of olfactory mucosa from patients with AD, PD, and AD (PD/AD), and DS and AD (DS/AD), as well as from controls, using polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies to A beta and flanking sequences in APPs. Samples of OE also were examined by thioflavin-S and electron microscopy. Labeling of A beta was observed in 10 of 12 AD cases, 2 of 3 PD/AD cases, 3 of 4 DS/AD cases, 3 of 10 adult controls, and 4 of 6 fetal cases. The A beta staining was seen in the basal third of the OE, in axons projecting through the lamina propria, and in metaplastic respiratory epithelium within the OE. Antibodies to other APP domains stained the OE of patients and controls. Thioflavin-S staining was present in the basal third of the OE of 8 of 9 AD patients and several PD/AD and DS/AD patients, but only in rare cells of 3 controls. Electron microscopy did not reveal amyloid fibrils in the OE.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- P B Crino
- Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, USA
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Martin JA, Taffel SM. Current and future impact of rising multiple birth ratios on low birthweight. Stat Bull Metrop Insur Co 1995; 76:10-8. [PMID: 8879064] [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: 02/02/2023]
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Before 1980, multiple births with their increased risk of low birthweight comprised too small a proportion of births in the United States to have a significant impact on overall low birthweight levels; the recent steep rise in the multiple birth ratio has heightened their influence, however. Between 1980 and 1992 the white multiple birth ratio rose from 18.5 to 24.0 multiple births per 1,000 births. While the overall level of white low birthweight newborns increased slightly between 1980 and 1992 (from 5.7 percent to 5.8 percent), low birthweight for white singletons actually improved, declining from 4.9 to 4.7 percent. Thus, the increase in overall white low birthweight levels is a reflection of the increase in white multiple births and, to a much lesser extent, of the small increase in low birthweight among these births. Black multiple birth ratios and overall low birthweight also rose in this period. The black multiple birth ratio increased from 24.4 in 1980 to 28.2 per 1,000 births in 1992, and low birthweight rose from 12.7 to 13.3 percent. Although low birthweight for black singletons also increased (from 11.5 percent to 11.8 percent), the increase was at a slower pace than for all pluralities combined. Thus, for both white and black births, overall trends in low birthweight mask the disparate patterns of singleton and multiple births. It is, therefore, essential to examine low birthweight trends by plurality to assess accurately changes in this key indicator of infant health.
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Martin JA. California court expands physicians' duty to warn HIV patients. J Law Med Ethics 1995; 23:209-210. [PMID: 7647890] [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: 05/21/2023]
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- J A Martin
- Roche Products Ltd., Welwyn Garden City, Herts, UK
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The protein Raf-1, a key mediator of mitogenesis and differentiation, associates with p21ras (refs 1-3). However, the regulation of the serine/threonine kinase activity of Raf-1 is still not understood. Using the yeast two-hybrid system, we identified two structurally related proteins that interact with the aminoterminal region of Raf-1. These proteins, 14-3-3 zeta (PLA2) and 14-3-3 beta (HS1), are members of the 14-3-3 family of proteins. Expression of 14-3-3 proteins in Xenopus oocytes enhanced Raf-1 activity and promoted Raf-1-dependent oocyte maturation. A dominant negative mutant of Raf-1 blocked the effects of 14-3-3 protein.
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- W J Fantl
- Daiichi Research Center, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco 94143
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Lee GP, Loring DW, Varney NR, Roberts RJ, Newell JR, Martin JA, Smith JR, King DW, Meador KJ, Murro AM. Do dichotic word listening asymmetries predict side of temporal lobe seizure onset? Epilepsy Res 1994; 19:153-60. [PMID: 7843170 DOI: 10.1016/0920-1211(94)90025-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Dichotic word listening asymmetries are thought to be useful in predicting side of temporal lobe dysfunction. However, little direct evidence exists to support this assumption in practice, especially in patients with subtle epileptogenic lesions. To determine if word listening ear asymmetries are valid predictors of side of temporal lobe seizure onset, we examined the preoperative dichotic word listening performance of 80 patients with either left (N = 41) or right (N = 39) temporal lobe (TL) seizure foci. On a group level, patients showed a statistically significant 'lesion effect' as evidenced by a relative deficit in the ear contralateral to the side of lesion. Prediction of side of seizure focus in individual cases, however, was poor: depending upon the criteria used, 61% to 80% of epileptics with unilateral temporal lobe foci did not show the expected contralateral ear deficit. Results suggest that caution be exercised when inferring side of temporal lobe seizure focus through dichotic word listening asymmetries in individual temporal lobe epilepsy cases.
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- G P Lee
- Department of Surgery (Neurosurgery), Medical College of Georgia, Augusta 30912-4010
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Martin JA, Alonso MD, Lázaro M, Parra F, Compaired JA, Alvarez-Cuesta E. Delayed allergic reaction to cefonicid. Ann Allergy 1994; 72:341-2. [PMID: 8154633] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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We report a case of delayed cutaneous reaction to intramuscular treatment with cefonicid, a second generation cephalosporin. An isolated late skin test response was observed to cefonicid only and not to other beta-lactams. A patch test with cefonicid 1% was positive after 48 and 96 hours.
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- J A Martin
- Allergy Department, Hospital Ramon y Cajal, Madrid, Spain
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Alonso MD, Martin JA, Cuevas M, Parra F, Lezaun A, Condé Salazar L, Guimaraens MD, Losada E. Occupational protein contact dermatitis from lettuce. Contact Dermatitis 1993; 29:109-10. [PMID: 8365175 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1993.tb03504.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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- M D Alonso
- Department of Allergy, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain
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Kyle DJ, Blake PR, Smithwick D, Green LM, Martin JA, Sinsko JA, Summers MF. NMR and computational evidence that high-affinity bradykinin receptor antagonists adopt C-terminal beta-turns. J Med Chem 1993; 36:1450-60. [PMID: 8388469 DOI: 10.1021/jm00062a018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [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: 01/30/2023]
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Three tetrapeptides were prepared, each corresponding to the four C-terminal amino acid residues of highly potent, second-generation bradykinin receptor antagonists. The tetrapeptides are (IA) Ser-D-Phe-Oic-Arg, (IIA) Ser-D-Tic-Oic-Arg, and (IIIA) Ser-D-Hype(trans-propyl)-Oic-Arg. Solution conformations for each were determined by incorporating interproton distance restraints, determined by 2D NMR experiments performed in water at neutral pH, into a series of distance geometry/simulated annealing model building calculations. Similarly, systematic conformational analyses were performed for each using molecular mechanics calculations. Both the NMR-derived structures, as well as the calculated structures, are shown to adopt a beta-turn as the primary conformation. Excellent agreement between the predicted structures and the NMR-derived structures is demonstrated. Aside from being the first examples of linear tetrapeptides reported to be ordered in aqueous solvent, the results presented support the hypothesis that high-affinity bradykinin receptor antagonists must adopt C-terminal beta-turn conformations.
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- D J Kyle
- Scios Nova Inc., Baltimore, Maryland 21224
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Parra FM, Lázaro M, Cuevas M, Ferrando MC, Martin JA, Lezaun A, Alonso MD, Sanchez-Cano M. Bronchial asthma caused by two unrelated vegetables. Ann Allergy 1993; 70:324-7. [PMID: 7682042] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Vegetable-induced asthma is an uncommon hazard. We report an atopic housewife, in whom rhinoconjunctivitis and acute asthma were associated with two vegetables of taxonomically unrelated botanical families (Swiss chard/Chenopodiaceae family and green beans/legume family). Type I hypersensitivity to the antigens in Swiss chard and green beans was demonstrated by means of skin tests, histamine release test, and specific IgE determination by RAST. Bronchial responses after specific bronchial challenges indicated that Swiss chard and green beans might be the causative factor for the acute asthma.
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- F M Parra
- Servicio de Alergia, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain
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Scadding GK, Martin JA, Alles R, Hawk L, Darby Y. Glue ear guidelines. Lancet 1993; 341:57. [PMID: 8093306] [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: 01/28/2023]
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Bohn U, Aguiar J, Salinas J, Hernández MA, González G, Martin JA, Hemández J, Santamaría P. Preoperative treatment of esophageal cancer in stage II with carboplatin 5FU leucovorin radiotherapy and thymostimulin. Eur J Cancer 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/0959-8049(93)91169-l] [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: 11/25/2022]
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In the course of locating a sample of 427 adults who were assessed as children or adolescents with either major depressive disorder, mixed anxiety states, or no psychiatric disorder (normal controls), we found seven cases of suicide. Of the original sample, we located 159 of the 204 subjects with major depressive disorder (78%), 37 of the 66 subjects with anxiety disorders (56%), and 85 of the 177 normal controls (48%). All seven suicides occurred exclusively among the 159 children located from the major depressive disorder group, yielding a rate of 4.4% over approximately 10 years. Psychological autopsy was conducted in the seven suicide victims to assess the psychological status since the initial assessment and at the time of death. Although the onset of the first depressive episode in these victims was around puberty, the suicides usually did not occur until late adolescence or early adulthood. At least five of the seven subjects had recurrent depressive symptoms and were clinically depressed at the time of death. These preliminary findings suggest that major depressive disorder in childhood has significant mortality by suicide.
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- U Rao
- Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY
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Weller SJ, Friedlander TP, Martin JA, Pashley DP. Phylogenetic studies of ribosomal RNA variation in higher moths and butterflies (Lepidoptera: Ditrysia). Mol Phylogenet Evol 1992; 1:312-37. [PMID: 1342947 DOI: 10.1016/1055-7903(92)90007-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The selection of exemplars has been shown both theoretically and empirically to affect tree topology, but the importance of the number and nature of taxa used to represent higher taxonomic lineages in molecular studies is rarely stressed. In our rRNA study of higher moths and butterflies (Lepidoptera: Ditrysia), the selection of different exemplars and outgroups caused major tree rearrangements. We also examined the effectiveness with which conserved rRNA regions track the diversification of Lepidoptera. Homoplasy is as prevalent at the few variable sites of conserved regions (18E, 18J, 28F) as at the many variable sites of a more rapidly evolving region (28B). Finally, 28B sequence variation differs qualitatively among lepidopteran superfamilies of presumed comparable age, the Papilionoidea (true butterflies) and Noctuoidea (cutworm moths and relatives).
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- S J Weller
- Department of Entomology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge 70803
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We present two patients who experienced life-threatening immediate reactions and one patient who developed generalized urticaria following oral administration of trimethoprim (TMP) and sulfamethoxazole (SMX) combination. Skin prick tests with TMP were positive in the three patients. No patients reacted to skin prick tests with SMX. No significant levels of IgE antibodies to TMP were found by RAST in the serum of the patients. Normal subjects used as controls did not react to any of these tests. Single-blind, placebo-controlled oral challenges were positive with TMP and negative with SMX in all patients. These results suggest that the three patients developed type I hypersensitivity reactions to TMP. In our patients skin prick tests with TMP were useful in TMP hypersensitivity diagnosis.
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- M D Alonso
- Department of Allergy, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain
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Inhibition of HIV proteinase is currently one of the most widely studied approaches for chemotherapeutic intervention in the treatment of AIDS. A range of inhibitors of this essential enzyme has been designed from detailed knowledge of its mechanism of action and cleavage sites. These inhibitors have been classified according to their derivation. All are transition-state analogues and contain a hydroxyethylene, hydroxyethylamine, phosphinate or symmetrical moiety. Many of these inhibitors have high selectivity for the viral enzyme and significant antiviral activity. Advances in the design of HIV proteinase inhibitors that have been reported in the past year are reviewed.
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- J A Martin
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Roche Products Ltd., Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, U.K
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Reardon W, Middleton-Price HR, Malcolm S, Phelps P, Bellman S, Luxon L, Martin JA, Bumby A, Pembrey ME. Clinical and genetic heterogeneity in X-linked deafness. Br J Audiol 1992; 26:109-14. [PMID: 1628115 DOI: 10.3109/03005369209077878] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The use of molecular techniques in respect of the rare X-linked non-syndromic form of genetic deafness demonstrates that this is a genetically heterogeneous disorder, with evidence for at least two separate gene loci on the X chromosome. Audiological heterogeneity in this condition is emphasized by the observation of both mixed deafness and sensorineural deafness in pedigrees showing evidence for linkage to Xq13-q21. The importance and shortcomings of the audiogram in assessing females who are known gene carriers is discussed.
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- W Reardon
- Mothercare Department of Paediatric Genetics, Institute of Child Health, London, UK
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Allergic reactions to legumes through inhalation have rarely been described. We report the case of a 20-year-old man who experienced asthmatic attacks when exposed to the steam from cooking either chick pea or lentil. Type I hypersensitivity to the antigens in these legumes was demonstrated by means of immediate skin reactivity, histamine release tests, RAST and RAST inhibition. Specific bronchial challenges with the heated (75 degrees for 30 min) extracts of chick pea and lentil elicited isolated immediate responses.
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- J A Martin
- Servicio de Alergia, Hospital Ramon y Cajal, Madrid, Spain
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Martin JA, Igea JM, Fraj J, Lezaun A, Parra F, Losada E. Allergy to amoxicillin in patients who tolerated benzylpenicillin, aztreonam, and ceftazidime. Clin Infect Dis 1992; 14:592-3. [PMID: 1554848 DOI: 10.1093/clinids/14.2.592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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The usual battery of skin tests employed for determining penicillin allergy may fail to detect allergic reactions to side chain-specific beta-lactam agents. We report the cases of six patients who experienced anaphylactic reactions after treatment and challenge with amoxicillin but who tolerated parenteral challenges with benzylpenicillin, aztreonam, and ceftazidime. Results of skin tests for amoxicillin (10 mg/mL) were positive for four of the six patients.
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- J A Martin
- Department of Allergy, Hospital Ramon y Cajal, Madrid, Spain
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Alam J, Vrba JM, Cai Y, Martin JA, Weislo LJ, Curtis SE. Characterization of the IS895 family of insertion sequences from the cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120. J Bacteriol 1991; 173:5778-83. [PMID: 1653219 PMCID: PMC208310 DOI: 10.1128/jb.173.18.5778-5783.1991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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A family of repetitive elements from the cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120 was identified through the proximity of one element to the psbAI gene. Four members of this seven-member family were isolated and shown to have structures characteristic of bacterial insertion sequences. Each element is approximately 1,200 bp in length, is delimited by a 30-bp inverted repeat, and contains two open reading frames in tandem on the same DNA strand. The four copies differ from each other by small insertions or deletions, some of which alter the open reading frames. By using a system designed to trap insertion elements, one of the elements, denoted IS895, was shown to be mobile. The target site was not duplicated upon insertion of the element. Two other filamentous cyanobacterial strains were also found to contain sequences homologous to IS895.
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- J Alam
- Department of Genetics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh 27695-7614
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- P J Ligon
- Department of Genetics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh 27695-7614
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Kyle DJ, Martin JA, Burch RM, Carter JP, Lu SF, Meeker S, Prosser JC, Sullivan JP, Togo J, Noronha-Blob L. Probing the bradykinin receptor: mapping the geometric topography using ethers of hydroxyproline in novel peptides. J Med Chem 1991; 34:2649-53. [PMID: 1652027 DOI: 10.1021/jm00112a047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- D J Kyle
- Nova Pharmaceutical Corporation, Baltimore, Maryland 21224
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Electrolyte abnormalities in the elderly are common and it is most important to establish if drug treatment is the cause, as this is so easily remediable. The vast majority of electrolyte disturbances will settle with treatment of the underlying condition. Great attention must be paid to fluid balance to establish if the patient is receiving too little, which could induce hypernatraemia, or too much, particularly after surgery, which may induce hyponatraemia. Electrolyte levels should be checked ideally before and certainly after the prescription of diuretics. In the elderly it is important that the electrolyte levels be checked if the patient exhibits any vague symptoms, particularly if they are taking a diuretic. Care must be taken in replacing potassium as in most cases this is unnecessary and may have a significant morbidity.
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Martin JA, Mobberley MA, Redshaw S, Burke A, Tyms AS, Ryder TA. The inhibitory activity of a peptide derivative against the growth of simian immunodeficiency virus in C8166 cells. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1991; 176:180-8. [PMID: 1850256 DOI: 10.1016/0006-291x(91)90906-n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The peptide derivative Ro 31-8959 is a potent and selective inhibitor of the aspartic proteinases encoded by HIV-1 and HIV-2 and it arrests the growth of both viruses in cell culture. We have demonstrated similar effects against the simian immunodeficiency virus SIVmac251 in the human T-cell line, C8166 (ED50 = 6nM) with a therapeutic index of 4,500. The antiviral activity of Ro 31-8959 was 250 and 22 times greater than that of ddI and ddC, respectively. The mode of action was confirmed by accumulation of the polyprotein p55 with concomitant reduction of the cleavage product, p27, and by the production of immature virions.
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- J A Martin
- Research Centre, Roche Products Ltd., Welwyn Garden City, Herts, UK
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Farmer SG, Burch RM, Kyle DJ, Martin JA, Meeker SN, Togo J. D-Arg[Hyp3-Thi5-D-Tic7-Tic8]-bradykinin, a potent antagonist of smooth muscle BK2 receptors and BK3 receptors. Br J Pharmacol 1991; 102:785-7. [PMID: 1649657 PMCID: PMC1917984 DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1991.tb12251.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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D-Arg[Hyp3-Thi5-D-Tic7-Tic8]-bradykinin (NPC 16731) inhibited bradykinin (BK) binding and BK-induced contraction in guinea-pig ileum, being markedly more potent than D-Phe7-BK analogues as a BK2 receptor antagonist. In isolated trachea NPC 16731, unlike other BK2 antagonists, inhibited BK binding and BK-induced contraction, and 45Ca2+ efflux in tracheal smooth muscle cells. That NPC 16731 potently inhibits BK effects in trachea provides further evidence for the existence of the airway BK3 receptor.
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- S G Farmer
- Nova Pharmaceutical Corporation, Baltimore, Maryland 21224
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To prevent or minimize mizoribine enterotoxicity in organ transplant recipients and to differentiate mizoribine enterotoxicity from other causes of enteritis, serum levels of mizoribine that produced subclinical and clinical signs of enterotoxicity were determined in the dog. When mizoribine was administered orally at 12-hr intervals, half the dogs studied showed clinical evidence of gastrointestinal disturbances (vomiting, diarrhea, and anorexia) without histopathologic signs of enterotoxicity. Using a 24-hr oral-dose schedule, clinical signs of gastrointestinal disturbances and histopathologic evidence (mucosal degeneration, crypt degeneration, and necrosis) of enterotoxicity were encountered when the mean 12-hr mizoribine serum level was 0.97 +/- 0.4 microgram/ml or greater. Histopathologic signs of enterotoxicity with repeated positive fecal occult blood assays and without clinical signs of gastrointestinal disturbances occurred when the mean 12-hr serum level was 0.53 +/- 0.17 microgram/ml or greater. Oral administration of cyclosporine did not exacerbate mizoribine enterotoxicity in the dog when administered with mizoribine at a dose that produced histopathologic signs of enterotoxicity.
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- C R Gregory
- Department of Surgery, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis 95616-8745
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- D J Kyle
- Nova Pharmaceutical Corporation, Baltimore, Maryland 21224
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Graves BJ, Hatada MH, Miller JK, Graves MC, Roy S, Cook CM, Kröhn A, Martin JA, Roberts NA. The three-dimensional x-ray crystal structure of HIV-1 protease complexed with a hydroxyethylene inhibitor. Adv Exp Med Biol 1991; 306:455-60. [PMID: 1812742 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4684-6012-4_58] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- B J Graves
- Roche Research Center, Hoffmann-La Roche Inc., Nutley, New Jersey 07110
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Thorin E, Henrion D, Oster L, Thorin-Trescases N, Capdeville C, Martin JA, Chillon JM, Hicks PE, Atkinson J. Vascular calcium overload produced by administration of vitamin D3 and nicotine in rats. Changes in tissue calcium levels, blood pressure, and pressor responses to electrical stimulation or norepinephrine in vivo. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol 1990; 16:257-66. [PMID: 1697382 DOI: 10.1097/00005344-199008000-00012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Increased calcium content of cardiovascular tissues is a phenomenon common to natural aging and various pathological conditions such as hypertension and arteriosclerosis. We investigated an accelerated cardiovascular calcium overload model in young rats produced by treatment with a single dose of vitamin D3 (300,000 IU/kg, i.m.) followed by up to 4 days of twice daily doses of nicotine (25 mg/kg, p.o.). Large increases in the calcium content of the aorta, kidneys, and myocardium but not in the liver or brain were seen. The magnesium content of these tissues was not modified. On the day following the last nicotine injection, there was marked cardiovascular calcium overloading, the aortic calcium level increasing by up to nine times that of controls. The animals had lower body weights, however, and there was a significant degree of mortality (up to 42%). Signs of kidney failure were evident; the blood urea level, for instance, was doubled. If rats were allowed 13 or 180 days to recover, they showed normal growth and kidney function; aortic calcium overload was still pronounced: 16- and 7-fold increases, respectively. Cardiovascular function in recovery animals was characterized by a doubling of pulse pressure. Dose-response curves following noradrenergic stimulation were shifted to the right after 13 (but not after 180) days recovery. Arterial norepinephrine content doubled. The chronic effects of hypervitaminosis D plus nicotine may produce a useful model for the study of the physiological and/or pharmacological consequences of calcium overload.
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- E Thorin
- Laboratoire de Pharmacologie, Faculté des Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques, Nancy, France
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Martin JA, Bushnell DJ, Duncan IB, Dunsdon SJ, Hall MJ, Machin PJ, Merrett JH, Parkes KE, Roberts NA, Thomas GJ. Synthesis and antiviral activity of monofluoro and difluoro analogues of pyrimidine deoxyribonucleosides against human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1). J Med Chem 1990; 33:2137-45. [PMID: 2165161 DOI: 10.1021/jm00170a015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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A range of 2'-fluoro and 2',3'-difluoro analogues of pyrimidine deoxyribonucleosides have been synthesized and evaluated against human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) in a human lymphoblastoid cell line. Among these compounds, 1-(2,3-dideoxy-2-fluoro-beta-D-threopentofuranosyl)cytosine (12), 2',3'-didehydro-2',3'-dideoxy-2'-fluorocytidine (35), 1-(2,3-dideoxy-2,3-difluoro-beta-D-arabinofuranosyl)cytosine (41), and 3'-deoxy-2',3'-didehydro-2'-fluorothymidine (45) were found to have significant antiviral activity, with IC50 values of 0.65, 10, 10, and 100 microM, respectively. The structure-activity relationships are discussed.
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- J A Martin
- Research Division, Roche Products Limited, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England
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Manchand PS, Cerruti RL, Martin JA, Hill CH, Merrett JH, Keech E, Belshe RB, Connell EV, Sim IS. Synthesis and antiviral activity of metabolites of rimantadine. J Med Chem 1990; 33:1992-5. [PMID: 2362279 DOI: 10.1021/jm00169a029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The hydroxy metabolites of rimantadine (3-5) were synthesized and compared to amantadine (1) and rimantadine (2) for their ability to inhibit the replication of influenza viruses in vitro. All three metabolites were inhibitory to wild-type influenza A viruses (H3N2 and H1N1). In particular, 2-hydroxyrimantadine (3) showed similar activity to amantadine, but the 3- and 4-hydroxy metabolites (4 and 5, respectively), both of which are found in rimantadine-treated patients, showed only modest inhibitory activity. A rimantadine-resistant isolate of influenza A virus exhibited cross-resistance to amantadine and to each of the metabolites 3-5. None of the compounds were effective against influenza B virus.
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- P S Manchand
- Department of Chemistry Research, Hoffmann-La Roche Inc., Nutley, New Jersey 07110
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Roberts NA, Martin JA, Kinchington D, Broadhurst AV, Craig JC, Duncan IB, Galpin SA, Handa BK, Kay J, Kröhn A. Rational design of peptide-based HIV proteinase inhibitors. Science 1990; 248:358-61. [PMID: 2183354 DOI: 10.1126/science.2183354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 657] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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A series of peptide derivatives based on the transition-state mimetic concept has been designed that inhibit the proteinase from the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The more active compounds inhibit both HIV-1 and HIV-2 proteinases in the nanomolar range with little effect at 10 micromolar against the structurally related human aspartic proteinases. Proteolytic cleavage of the HIV-1 gag polyprotein (p55) to the viral structural protein p24 was inhibited in chronically infected CEM cells. Antiviral activity was observed in the nanomolar range (with one compound active below 10 nanomolar) in three different cell systems, as assessed by p24 antigen and syncytium formation. Cytotoxicity was not detected at 10 and 5 micromolar in C8166 and JM cells, respectively, indicating a high therapeutic index for this new class of HIV proteinase inhibitors.
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- N A Roberts
- Roche Products Ltd., Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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Martin JA. Management of the neonate after the arterial switch operation for transposition of the great arteries and intact ventricular septum. Prog Cardiovasc Nurs 1989; 4:89-98. [PMID: 2682601] [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: 01/02/2023]
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The development of the arterial switch operation to correct transposition of the great arteries with an intact ventricular septum in the neonatal period is the most recent advancement in the surgical treatment of this congenital heart defect. This article describes the candidate criteria for the arterial switch operation, the surgical procedure, postoperative nursing management in the intensive care nursery, potential complications of the operation, and the outcomes in these neonates. The definitions of transposition of the great arteries, incidence, clinical presentation, and initial treatment are briefly reviewed.
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Feldman CA, Saporito RA, Martin JA. Teaching ethics, jurisprudence, and risk management at the New Jersey Dental School. J Law Ethics Dent 1989; 2:101-6. [PMID: 2634746] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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In an attempt to better prepare students for dental practice in a litigious environment with cost-containment pressures, quality assurance requirements, and increased patient expectations, the New Jersey Dental School has begun planning and implementing various programs to teach students and faculty ethics, jurisprudence, and risk management. In addition to formal course work, the New Jersey Dental School is implementing a quality assurance and risk management clinical program.
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Ott KC, Aikin RM, Bernardez L, Connor A, Fluss MJ, Garcia E, Goldblatt M, Hutchinson WB, Kwei GH, Maggiore CJ, Martin JA, Meisenheimer R, Nastasi M, Peterson EJ, Pierce CB, Schwarz RB, Smith JF, Smith JL, Tesmer JR, Walker TE, Willis JO, Yvon PJ. Oxygen isotope effects in yttrium-barium-copper oxides. Phys Rev B Condens Matter 1989; 39:4285-4290. [PMID: 9948767 DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.39.4285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Lambert RW, Martin JA, Thomas GJ, Duncan IB, Hall MJ, Heimer EP. Synthesis and antiviral activity of phosphonoacetic and phosphonoformic acid esters of 5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine and related pyrimidine nucleosides and acyclonucleosides. J Med Chem 1989; 32:367-74. [PMID: 2521518 DOI: 10.1021/jm00122a014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Phosphonoacetic acid (PAA, 1) was coupled with various acyclonucleosides, 2'-deoxyuridines, cytidines, and arabinosyluracils, with 2,4,6-triisopropylbenzenesulfonyl chloride (TPS) or dicyclohexylcarbodiimide (DCCI) as condensing agents, to give a range of phosphonate esters. The carboxylic ester linkage of PAA to the 5'-position of 5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine (BUdR, 3) was achieved via the mixed anhydride formed from (diethylphosphono)acetic acid and trifluoroacetic anhydride. Phosphonoformic acid (PFA, 2) was coupled with BUdR by using the DCCI method to give the phosphonate ester. Of these compounds only phosphonate esters in the 2'-deoxyuridine series showed significant activity against herpes simplex virus types 1 and 2. The BUdR-PAA derivative and the BUdR-PFA derivative were highly active, especially the latter, which was more active than the parent nucleoside BUdR against the type 2 virus. The active compounds may exert their effects by extracellular or intracellular hydrolysis to the corresponding antiviral agents, but an intrinsic component of antiviral activity may also be involved.
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- R W Lambert
- Chemistry Group and Biology Group, Roche Products Limited, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, U.K
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Martin JA, Catau G, Chevin JC, Liebaert FC, Schneeberg J. [Crystaline mineral deposits on copper intrauterine devices. Study involving diffraction by X-rays on whole IUDs]. Contracept Fertil Sex (Paris) 1988; 16:1049-56. [PMID: 12283009] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/19/2023]
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Anghileri LJ, Crone-Escanyé MC, Martin JA, Curien B, Robert J. In vivo changes of ionic composition of tumors treated by hyperthermia. Cancer Biochem Biophys 1988; 10:149-55. [PMID: 3252960] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Experimental tumors submitted in vivo to hyperthermia, in the presence, or not, of lanthanum (La3+), have shown modifications in the concentration of extra- and intracellular cations. Sacrificed immediately after hyperthermia, only the group treated with La3+ presented ionic changes (lower magnesium and potassium). After 48 hours, in both cases calcium and sodium were increased while magnesium and potassium were decreased.
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- L J Anghileri
- Laboratory of Biophysics, University of Nancy, Faculty of Medicine B, France
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Thirty-one psoriatic patients 14 of whom were being treated with methotrexate (MTX), participated in a controlled study to evaluate the influence of MTX therapy on the intestinal absorption of folate. Low serum and red cell folate levels in the MTX treated group confirmed previously reported findings. However, analysis of the intestinal absorption profile yielded no significant difference between the two groups. It was concluded that MTX therapy for psoriasis does not adversely affect the intestinal absorption of folate and the observed low body folate status is probably mainly the result of enhanced renal excretion.
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- P Duhra
- Skin Hospital, Birmingham, U.K
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