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Newton JN, Briggs ADM, Murray CJL, Dicker D, Foreman KJ, Wang H, Naghavi M, Forouzanfar MH, Ohno SL, Barber RM, Vos T, Stanaway JD, Schmidt JC, Hughes AJ, Fay DFJ, Ecob R, Gresser C, McKee M, Rutter H, Abubakar I, Ali R, Anderson HR, Banerjee A, Bennett DA, Bernabé E, Bhui KS, Biryukov SM, Bourne RR, Brayne CEG, Bruce NG, Brugha TS, Burch M, Capewell S, Casey D, Chowdhury R, Coates MM, Cooper C, Critchley JA, Dargan PI, Dherani MK, Elliott P, Ezzati M, Fenton KA, Fraser MS, Fürst T, Greaves F, Green MA, Gunnell DJ, Hannigan BM, Hay RJ, Hay SI, Hemingway H, Larson HJ, Looker KJ, Lunevicius R, Lyons RA, Marcenes W, Mason-Jones AJ, Matthews FE, Moller H, Murdoch ME, Newton CR, Pearce N, Piel FB, Pope D, Rahimi K, Rodriguez A, Scarborough P, Schumacher AE, Shiue I, Smeeth L, Tedstone A, Valabhji J, Williams HC, Wolfe CDA, Woolf AD, Davis ACJ. Changes in health in England, with analysis by English regions and areas of deprivation, 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013. Lancet 2015; 386:2257-74. [PMID: 26382241 PMCID: PMC4672153 DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(15)00195-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 261] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND In the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 (GBD 2013), knowledge about health and its determinants has been integrated into a comparable framework to inform health policy. Outputs of this analysis are relevant to current policy questions in England and elsewhere, particularly on health inequalities. We use GBD 2013 data on mortality and causes of death, and disease and injury incidence and prevalence to analyse the burden of disease and injury in England as a whole, in English regions, and within each English region by deprivation quintile. We also assess disease and injury burden in England attributable to potentially preventable risk factors. England and the English regions are compared with the remaining constituent countries of the UK and with comparable countries in the European Union (EU) and beyond. METHODS We extracted data from the GBD 2013 to compare mortality, causes of death, years of life lost (YLLs), years lived with a disability (YLDs), and disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) in England, the UK, and 18 other countries (the first 15 EU members [apart from the UK] and Australia, Canada, Norway, and the USA [EU15+]). We extended elements of the analysis to English regions, and subregional areas defined by deprivation quintile (deprivation areas). We used data split by the nine English regions (corresponding to the European boundaries of the Nomenclature for Territorial Statistics level 1 [NUTS 1] regions), and by quintile groups within each English region according to deprivation, thereby making 45 regional deprivation areas. Deprivation quintiles were defined by area of residence ranked at national level by Index of Multiple Deprivation score, 2010. Burden due to various risk factors is described for England using new GBD methodology to estimate independent and overlapping attributable risk for five tiers of behavioural, metabolic, and environmental risk factors. We present results for 306 causes and 2337 sequelae, and 79 risks or risk clusters. FINDINGS Between 1990 and 2013, life expectancy from birth in England increased by 5·4 years (95% uncertainty interval 5·0-5·8) from 75·9 years (75·9-76·0) to 81·3 years (80·9-81·7); gains were greater for men than for women. Rates of age-standardised YLLs reduced by 41·1% (38·3-43·6), whereas DALYs were reduced by 23·8% (20·9-27·1), and YLDs by 1·4% (0·1-2·8). For these measures, England ranked better than the UK and the EU15+ means. Between 1990 and 2013, the range in life expectancy among 45 regional deprivation areas remained 8·2 years for men and decreased from 7·2 years in 1990 to 6·9 years in 2013 for women. In 2013, the leading cause of YLLs was ischaemic heart disease, and the leading cause of DALYs was low back and neck pain. Known risk factors accounted for 39·6% (37·7-41·7) of DALYs; leading behavioural risk factors were suboptimal diet (10·8% [9·1-12·7]) and tobacco (10·7% [9·4-12·0]). INTERPRETATION Health in England is improving although substantial opportunities exist for further reductions in the burden of preventable disease. The gap in mortality rates between men and women has reduced, but marked health inequalities between the least deprived and most deprived areas remain. Declines in mortality have not been matched by similar declines in morbidity, resulting in people living longer with diseases. Health policies must therefore address the causes of ill health as well as those of premature mortality. Systematic action locally and nationally is needed to reduce risk exposures, support healthy behaviours, alleviate the severity of chronic disabling disorders, and mitigate the effects of socioeconomic deprivation. FUNDING Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Public Health England.
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- John N Newton
- Public Health England, London, UK; University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Health Services Research and Policy, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Public Health England, London, UK; Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and MRC Clinical Trials Unit, London, UK
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- INDOX Cancer Research Network, Oxford, UK; John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK; Green-Templeton College, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton, ON, Canada; MRC-PHE Centre for Environment and Health, London, UK; St George's, University of London, London, UK
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- Clinical Trials Service Unit and Epidemiological Studies Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Barts & The London School of Medicine, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
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- Vision & Eye Research Unit, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK
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- Cambridge Institute of Public Health, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Seattle, WA, USA
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- MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, Southhampton, UK
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- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, MRC-PHE Centre for Environment and Health, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- MRC-PHE Centre for Population Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Public Health England, London, UK; Department of Primary Care and Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR), University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Seattle, WA, USA; Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- University College London, London, UK; Farr Institute of Health Informatics Research, London, UK
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Seattle, WA, USA; Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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- School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK; Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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- Farr Institute, College of Medicine, Swansea University, Swansea, UK
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- Department of Health Sciences, University of York, York, UK; Adolescent Health Research Unit, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Cambridge Institute of Public Health, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK; Institute of Health and Society, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK
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- Cancer Epidemiology and Population Health, King's College London, London, UK
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- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- George Institute for Global Health and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, MRC-PHE Centre for Environment and Health, Imperial College London, London, UK; Mid Sweden University, Sundsvall, Sweden
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- British Heart Foundation Centre on Population Approaches for NCD Prevention, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland; Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne
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- Farr Institute of Health Informatics Research, London, UK; London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- NHS England, Leeds, UK; Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK; Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Public Health England, London, UK; London School of Economics, London, UK; University College London, London, UK
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Choi SW, Benzie IFF, Ma SW, Strain JJ, Hannigan BM. Acute hyperglycemia and oxidative stress: direct cause and effect? Free Radic Biol Med 2008; 44:1217-31. [PMID: 18226604 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2007.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [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] [Received: 07/08/2007] [Revised: 11/15/2007] [Accepted: 12/07/2007] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Oxidative stress is increased in Type 2 diabetes and this appears to underlie the development of diabetic complications. Increased oxidative stress is claimed to be triggered directly by acute (sudden-onset) hyperglycemia, but published data do not clearly support a direct cause and effect relationship. In this article, published evidence of a direct prooxidant effect of acute hyperglycemia is presented and discussed in some detail, and conflicts, controversies, and problems are highlighted. Evidence for glucose variability as a possible important trigger of oxidative stress in diabetes is reviewed, with some speculation as to how the field would be advanced if there were more widespread recognition about the role that wide fluctuations in glucose concentration play in diabetic complications. Possible direct or indirect antioxidative effects of various drugs used in the treatment of diabetic subjects are discussed because these may have influenced current understanding of the link between hyperglycemia and oxidative stress. The aims are to reveal the divergence between the available evidence and the accepted view that acute hyperglycemia is a direct trigger of oxidative stress and to suggest areas of research that will help resolve current controversies in this important and challenging area.
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- Siu-Wai Choi
- Department of Health Technology and Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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Cu appears to have many important functional roles in the body that apparently relate, among others, to the maintenance of immune function, bone health and haemostasis. Some have suggested a role for long-term marginal Cu deficiency in the aetiology of a number of degenerative diseases. Accurate diagnosis of marginal Cu deficiency, however, has remained elusive despite an increased understanding of the biochemistry of Cu and its physiological roles in the body. Traditional markers of Cu status, such as serum Cu and caeruloplasmin protein concentrations are insensitive to subtle changes in Cu status. Cu-containing enzymes, such as Cu–Zn-superoxide dismutase, cytochromecoxidase and diamine oxidase, may be more reliable but evidence to date is not conclusive. Development of markers sensitive to marginal Cu status is essential before conclusions can be drawn concerning the risks of long-term intake of suboptimal dietary Cu. As Cu appears to be essential for maintenance of immune function, activities of specific immunological markers, altered in Cu deficiency, offer alternatives. This review evaluates a selection of immunological markers that could be considered potentially sensitive markers of marginal Cu status. The indices of immune function reviewed are neutrophil function, interleukin 2 production, blastogenic response to mitogens and lymphocyte subset phenotyping.
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Hodkinson CF, O'Connor JM, Alexander HD, Bradbury I, Bonham MP, Hannigan BM, Gilmore WS, Strain JJ, Wallace JMW. Whole Blood Analysis of Phagocytosis, Apoptosis, Cytokine Production, and Leukocyte Subsets in Healthy Older Men and Women: The ZENITH Study. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 2006; 61:907-17. [PMID: 16960021 DOI: 10.1093/gerona/61.9.907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [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: 11/13/2022] Open
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Few studies to date have examined age-related changes in markers of immune status in healthy older individuals. The immune status of 93 healthy individuals aged 55-70 years was assessed by two- and three-color flow cytometry and biochemical analysis. There were significant age effects (p <or=.05) on monocyte phagocytic activity and cluster of differentiation (CD) 3/human leukocyte antigen-D-related (HLA-DR) late-activated T lymphocytes (% expression). There was a significant (p <or= 0.1) Age x Sex interaction in absolute counts (x 10(9)/L) of CD3/CD8 total cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL), the CD4 T- helper to CD8 CTL ratio, the CD3/CD4/CD45RA naïve T helper to CD3/CD4/CD45RO memory T helper lymphocyte ratio, and interleukin (IL)-1beta (% expression) by activated monocytes. The study shows that alterations in markers of immune status occur between 55 and 70 years, and provides reference values for the lymphocyte measures in healthy men and postmenopausal women in this age group. The study further highlights the need for sex-specific reference ranges for such markers.
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- Clare F Hodkinson
- Northern Ireland Centre for Food and Health (NICHE), University of Ulster, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, BT52 1SA
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Campbell DJ, Heaton PR, Pritchard DI, Strain JJ, Rawlings JM, Hannigan BM. Assessment of ex vivo responses to T-cell mitogens and oxidative stress in lymphocytes from healthy adult and senior cats. J Nutr 2006; 136:2084S-2086S. [PMID: 16772506 DOI: 10.1093/jn/136.7.2084s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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- David J Campbell
- Northern Ireland Centre for Food and Health, University of Ulster, Coleraine, Northern Ireland.
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Hodkinson CF, Kelly M, Coudray C, Gilmore WS, Hannigan BM, O'Connor JM, Strain JJ, Wallace JMW. Zinc status and age-related changes in peripheral blood leukocyte subpopulations in healthy men and women aged 55-70 y: the ZENITH study. Eur J Clin Nutr 2006; 59 Suppl 2:S63-7. [PMID: 16254585 DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [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: 11/08/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To determine zinc status and age-related changes in the immune function of healthy late-middle-aged men and women (aged 55-70 y). DESIGN Observational study. SETTING Population of Northern Ireland. SUBJECTS Apparently healthy, free-living individuals (45 men, 48 women) aged 55-70 y. INTERVENTION Zinc status markers were analysed by flame atomic absorption spectrometry and commercially available kits. Immune function was assessed by flow cytometry. RESULTS Serum and erythrocyte zinc concentrations were 13.0 (s.d. 1.40) micromol/l and 222 (s.d. 48.2) micromol/l, respectively. Serum alkaline phosphatase (ALP) concentrations were 76.8 (s.d. 16.1) U/l; women showed significantly higher concentrations of ALP (P = 0.011). Women demonstrated (1) a significant inverse correlation in naive T lymphocytes, specifically naive T-helper lymphocytes (% expression, r = -0.364, P = 0.007 and absolute count, r = -0.275, P = 0.036) with age and (2) a significant positive correlation between late activation of T lymphocytes (% expression, r = 0.299, P = 0.019 and absolute count, r = 0.260, P = 0.039) with advancing age. Men demonstrated a significant positive correlation in the % expression of (CD3-/CD16+/CD56+) natural killer (NK) cells with age (r = 0.316, P = 0.017). CONCLUSIONS Between the ages of 55 and 70 y, healthy individuals experience significant alterations in immune function; however, such changes appear largely sex specific. Given the reported importance of adequate zinc status in maintaining optimal immune function, further studies are required to explore the effect of enhanced zinc status on emerging immune deficiencies in cell-mediated immunity in healthy 55-70 y olds.
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- C F Hodkinson
- Northern Ireland Centre for Food and Health (NICHE), University of Ulster, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, UK
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Choi SW, Benzie IFF, Lam CSY, Chat SWS, Lam J, Yiu CH, Kwan JJ, Tang YH, Yeung GSP, Yeung VTF, Woo GC, Hannigan BM, Strain JJ. Inter-relationships between DNA damage, ascorbic acid and glycaemic control in Type 2 diabetes mellitus. Diabet Med 2005; 22:1347-53. [PMID: 16176195 DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2005.01647.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [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: 01/22/2023]
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AIMS The onset of complications in Type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) patients cannot be predicted in individuals. Evidence suggests a link between complications and hyperglycaemia, oxidative stress and antioxidants, but causality is unclear. This study investigated baseline (entry) fasting plasma ascorbic acid, lymphocytic DNA damage and glycaemic control in Type 2 DM as part of a long-term study, the aim of which is to explore a biomarker profiling approach to identify and improve outcome in high-risk subjects. METHODS A cross-sectional study, in which DNA damage, glycated haemoglobin (HbA(1c)), fasting plasma glucose (FPG) and ascorbic acid (AA) were measured on fasting blood samples collected from 427 Type 2 DM subjects. RESULTS DNA damage was significantly (P < 0.0001) and directly correlated to both FPG (r = 0.540) and HbA(1c) (r = 0.282), and was significantly (P < 0.0001), independently and inversely correlated to plasma AA (r = -0.449). In those subjects with both poor glycaemic control and low AA (< 48 microm, the overall mean value for the study group), DNA damage was significantly (P < 0.005) higher compared with those subjects with a similar degree of hyperglycaemia but with AA above the mean. CONCLUSIONS The novel finding of a significant inverse relationship between plasma AA and DNA damage in Type 2 DM indicates that poorly controlled diabetic subjects might benefit from increased dietary vitamin C. The data also have important implications for biomarker profiling to identify those subjects who might benefit most from intensive therapy. Longer-term follow-up is underway.
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- S W Choi
- Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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Duffy EM, Meenagh GK, McMillan SA, Strain JJ, Hannigan BM, Bell AL. The clinical effect of dietary supplementation with omega-3 fish oils and/or copper in systemic lupus erythematosus. J Rheumatol 2004; 31:1551-6. [PMID: 15290734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/30/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To determine the effect of dietary supplementation with omega-3 fish oils with or without copper on disease activity in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Fish oil supplementation has a beneficial effect on murine models of SLE, while exogenous copper can decrease the formation of lupus erythematosus cells in rats with a hydralazine-induced collagen disease. METHODS A double blind, double placebo controlled factorial trial was performed on 52 patients with SLE. Patients were randomly assigned to 4 treatment groups. Physiological doses of omega-3 fish oils and copper readily obtainable by dietary means were used. One group received 3 g MaxEPA and 3 mg copper, another 3 g MaxEPA and placebo copper, another 3 mg copper and placebo fish oil, and the fourth group received both placebo capsules. Serial measurements of disease activity using the revised Systemic Lupus Activity Measure (SLAM-R) and peripheral blood samples for routine hematological, biochemical, and immunological indices were taken at baseline, 6, 12, and 24 weeks. RESULTS There was a significant decline in SLAM-R score from 6.12 to 4.69 (p < 0.05) in those subjects taking fish oil compared to placebo. No significant effect on SLAM-R was observed in subjects taking copper. Laboratory variables were unaffected by either intervention. CONCLUSION In the management of SLE, dietary supplementation with fish oil may be beneficial in modifying symptomatic disease activity.
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- Emeir M Duffy
- Northern Ireland Center for Food and Health (NICHE), School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Ulster, Ulster, Northern Ireland, UK
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Choi SW, Benzie IFF, Collins AR, Hannigan BM, Strain JJ. Vitamins C and E: acute interactive effects on biomarkers of antioxidant defence and oxidative stress. Mutat Res 2004; 551:109-17. [PMID: 15225585 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2004.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [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] [Received: 02/23/2004] [Revised: 03/11/2004] [Accepted: 03/12/2004] [Indexed: 04/30/2023]
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Oxidative stress is implicated in the aetiology of many diseases; however, most supplementation trials with antioxidant micronutrients have not shown expected beneficial effects. This randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled study evaluated acute effects (at 90, 180min and 24h [fasting] post-ingestion) of single doses of Vitamins C (500mg) and E (400IU), alone and in combination, on biomarkers of plasma antioxidant status, lipid peroxidation and lymphocyte DNA damage in 12 healthy, consenting volunteers. Plasma ascorbic acid increased significantly (P < 0.01) within 2h of ingestion of Vitamin C, and alpha-tocopherol was significantly (P < 0.01) higher at 24h post-ingestion Vitamin E. The pattern of response was not significantly different whether Vitamin C (or Vitamin E) was taken alone or in combination, indicating no augmentation of response to one by co-ingestion of the other vitamin. No significant changes were seen in plasma FRAP in the group overall (although increases (P < 0.05) were seen at 90 and 180min post-ingestion in women after Vitamin C ingestion) or in MDA across treatments, and no evidence of increased DNA damage, or of DNA protection, was seen at any time point after Vitamin C and/or E ingestion. In conclusion, the data from this first controlled study of acute effects of single doses of Vitamin C and/or E show no evidence of either a protective or deleterious effect on DNA damage, resistance of DNA to oxidant challenge, or lipid peroxidation. No evidence of a synergistic or cooperative interaction between Vitamins C and E was seen, but further study is needed to determine possible interactive effects in a staggered supplementation cycle, and study of subjects under increased oxidative stress or with marginal antioxidant status would be useful. It would be of interest also to study the effects of these vitamins ingested with, or in, whole food, to determine if they are directly protective at doses above the minimum required to prevent deficiency, if combinations with other food components are needed for effective protection, or if Vitamins C and E are largely surrogate biomarkers of a 'healthy' diet, but are not the key protective agents.
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- S W Choi
- Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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Campbell DJ, Rawlings JM, Koelsch S, Wallace J, Strain JJ, Hannigan BM. Age-related differences in parameters of feline immune status. Vet Immunol Immunopathol 2004; 100:73-80. [PMID: 15182997 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2004.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2003] [Revised: 01/20/2004] [Accepted: 03/11/2004] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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In order to assess age-related differences in feline immune status, 101 domestic short haired cats were assigned to two groups, adult (2-5 years, n=50) and senior (10-14 years, n=51). Analyses of leucocyte populations, lymphocyte subsets, complement activity, serum immunoglobulins and acute-phase proteins were undertaken and revealed significant differences between the two groups. The senior group had significantly lower WBC, lymphocyte and eosinophil counts than the adult group. Neutrophil, monocyte and basophil counts did not differ between the groups. Flow cytometry analysis, in combination with differential WBC data, revealed that the absolute values (cells/l) of T-cells, B-cells and natural killer (NK) cells were significantly lower in the older animals. While serum immunoglobulins IgA and IgM were higher in the senior group when compared with the adult group, no significant differences were observed in complement activity or in serum acute-phase proteins. Our findings suggest that age-related changes to parameters of immune status in the feline model are likely to follow a similar pattern to those observed in other long-lived mammalian species.
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- D J Campbell
- Northern Ireland Centre for Food and Health, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Ulster, Coleraine BT52 1SA, Northern Ireland.
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Campbell DJ, Rawlings JM, Heaton PR, Blount DG, Pritchard DI, Strain JJ, Hannigan BM. Insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) and its association with lymphocyte homeostasis in the ageing cat. Mech Ageing Dev 2004; 125:497-505. [PMID: 15246745 DOI: 10.1016/j.mad.2004.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [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] [Received: 11/03/2003] [Revised: 05/17/2004] [Accepted: 05/18/2004] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Ageing affects feline lymphocyte homeostasis in a similar pattern to that observed in other long-lived mammalian species, contributing to increased levels of morbidity and mortality in the ageing cat. Insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) is now recognised as an important endocrine regulator of immunity and has been shown to decline with age in humans and rodent species. Analysis of plasma IGF-I in adult and senior cats confirmed that the older cats had significantly lower circulating levels of IGF-I. In order to determine whether an association existed between lymphocyte subpopulations and IGF-I levels in the cat, each parameter was measured and subjected to regression analysis. A highly significant association was found in vivo between plasma IGF-I and CD4(+) T-cell values in the senior group, but no such association was observed in the adult group. In order that this relationship could be examined further, in vitro studies were undertaken to investigate the effects of physiologically relevant concentrations of recombinant human IGF-I (rhIGF-l) on peripheral blood lymphocyte (PBL) cultures from adult and senior cats. While rhlGF-I induced low-level thymidine incorporation in the lymphocytes isolated from the senior group, it did not enhance the proliferative response to T-cell mitogens, Con A and PHA in either group, nor did it rescue cells from oxidatively induced apoptosis. Furthermore, the proliferative response of PBL from seniors did not attain the magnitude of that from the adults at any concentration of rhIGF-l. We propose that the observed association is not a direct effect of IGF-I on PBL, but may be mediated through an effect of IGF-I on the thymus.
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- D J Campbell
- Northern Ireland Centre for Food and Health, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Ulster, Coleraine, BT52 1SA, UK.
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Bonham M, O'Connor JM, Alexander HD, Coulter J, Walsh PM, McAnena LB, Downes CS, Hannigan BM, Strain JJ. Zinc supplementation has no effect on circulating levels of peripheral blood leucocytes and lymphocyte subsets in healthy adult men. Br J Nutr 2003; 89:695-703. [PMID: 12720590 DOI: 10.1079/bjn2003826] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [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: 11/11/2022]
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As a result of evidence documenting harmful effects of Zn supplementation on immune function and Cu status, thirty-eight men were recruited onto a Zn supplementation trial. The aim was to examine the effects of chronic Zn supplementation on circulating levels of peripheral blood leucocytes and lymphocyte subsets. Subjects (n 19) took 30 mg Zn/d for 14 weeks followed by 3 mg Cu/d for 8 weeks to counteract adverse effects, if any, of Zn supplementation on immune status resulting from lowered Cu status. A control group (n 19) took placebo supplements for the duration of the trial. Dietary intakes of Zn approximated 10 mg/d. Blood samples, taken throughout the trial, were assessed for full blood profiles and flow cytometric analyses of lymphocyte subsets. Putative indices of Cu status were also examined. Results indicate that there was no effect of Zn supplementation on circulating levels of peripheral blood leucocytes or on lymphocyte subsets. Cu status was also unaltered. Independent of supplement, there appeared to be seasonal variations in selected lymphocyte subsets in both placebo and supplemented groups. Alterations in circulating levels of B cells (cluster of differentiation (CD) 19), memory T cells (CD45RO) and expression of the intracellular adhesion molecule-1 (CD54) on T cells were observed. Findings indicated no adverse effects of Zn supplementation on immune status or Cu status and support the US upper level of Zn tolerance of 40 mg/d. The seasonal variations observed in lymphocyte subsets in the group as a whole could have implications for seasonal variability in the incidence of infectious diseases.
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- Maxine Bonham
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland Centre for Food and Health (NICHE), Coleraine BT52 1SA, Northern Ireland, UK.
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Bonham M, O'Connor JM, McAnena LB, Walsh PM, Downes CS, Hannigan BM, Strain JJ. Zinc supplementation has no effect on lipoprotein metabolism, hemostasis, and putative indices of copper status in healthy men. Biol Trace Elem Res 2003; 93:75-86. [PMID: 12835492 DOI: 10.1385/bter:93:1-3:75] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [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] [Received: 07/31/2002] [Accepted: 09/09/2002] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Pharmacological doses of zinc can adversely affect body copper status. The resulting copper deficiency can impact directly upon cholesterol metabolism and a suboptimal copper status has been observed to influence markers of hemostasis (specifically fibrinogen and the copper-containing coagulation factors V and VIII). The aim of this investigation was to examine the effect of a low level of zinc supplementation, to include dietary intake, at the United States tolerable upper intake level of 40 mg/d upon indicators of lipid metabolism, hemostasis, and copper. Thirty-eight subjects were recruited onto a double-blind placebo-controlled intervention trial and randomly selected to one of two groups. Group 1 took zinc supplements (30 mg/d) for 14 wk followed by copper supplements (3 mg/d) for 8 wk (to counteract adverse effects, if any, of zinc supplementation). A second group took placebo supplements for the full duration of the trial. Estimated dietary zinc intake approximated 10 mg/d. The effect of supplement was analyzed by repeated-measures analysis of variance (anova). Results indicate that no effect of zinc supplementation on putative indices of copper status, lipoprotein metabolism, and markers of hemostasis. These results indicate that short-term low-level zinc supplementation (total intake 40 mg/d) is not detrimental to health.
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- Maxine Bonham
- Northern Ireland Centre for Diet and Health (NICHE), University of Ulster at Coleraine, BT52 1SA, Northern Ireland
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Cu appears to have many important functional roles in the body that apparently relate, among others, to the maintenance of immune function, bone health and haemostasis. Some have suggested a role for long-term marginal Cu deficiency in the aetiology of a number of degenerative diseases. Accurate diagnosis of marginal Cu deficiency, however, has remained elusive despite an increased understanding of the biochemistry of Cu and its physiological roles in the body. Traditional markers of Cu status, such as serum Cu and caeruloplasmin protein concentrations are insensitive to subtle changes in Cu status. Cu-containing enzymes, such as Cu-Zn-superoxide dismutase, cytochrome c oxidase and diamine oxidase, may be more reliable but evidence to date is not conclusive. Development of markers sensitive to marginal Cu status is essential before conclusions can be drawn concerning the risks of long-term intake of suboptimal dietary Cu. As Cu appears to be essential for maintenance of immune function, activities of specific immunological markers, altered in Cu deficiency, offer alternatives. This review evaluates a selection of immunological markers that could be considered potentially sensitive markers of marginal Cu status. The indices of immune function reviewed are neutrophil function, interleukin 2 production, blastogenic response to mitogens and lymphocyte subset phenotyping.
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- Maxine Bonham
- Northern Ireland Centre for Diet and Health (NICHE), University of Ulster at Coleraine BT52 1SA, UK.
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Oztürk G, Mulholland CW, Hannigan BM. Vitamin C decreases intracellular calcium level in human lymphoid cells. J Physiol Pharmacol 2001; 52:285-92. [PMID: 11453107] [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: 02/20/2023]
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Human lymphocytes have low levels of many antioxidant enzymes however they are know to concentrate vitamin C. Cell injury, including oxidative stress effects, is associated with calcium influx so the influence of vitamin C on the maintenance of calcium levels in leukocytes was studied. Incubation of Molt-3 human lymphoblastoid cells with physiologically relevant concentrations of vitamin C and the calcium ionophore A23187 reversed the calcium influx and increased nuclear protein level associated with the ionophore alone. It is concluded that intracellular vitamin C can inhibit calcium influx into leukocytes so helping to minimise cell damage.
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- G Oztürk
- University of Gazi, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physiology, Beşevler-Ankara-Turkey.
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Zhao XJ, McKerr G, Dong Z, Higgins CA, Carson J, Yang ZQ, Hannigan BM. Expression of oestrogen and progesterone receptors by mast cells alone, but not lymphocytes, macrophages or other immune cells in human upper airways. Thorax 2001; 56:205-11. [PMID: 11182013 PMCID: PMC1758779 DOI: 10.1136/thorax.56.3.205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [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: 11/04/2022]
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BACKGROUND Nasal polyposis often coexists with asthma in airway inflammatory conditions characterised by the infiltration of a range of immune cells. A potentially important role for ovarian hormones has been implicated in airway inflammation but the cellular target for such action is not known. METHODS Expression of oestrogen receptors (ER) and progesterone receptors (PR) was examined using immunohistochemistry in formalin fixed nasal polyp tissues from 47 subjects. The cells positive for ER or PR were confirmed by spatial location, dual immunolabelling, and histochemical staining. RESULTS Consistent with the known features of nasal polyps, CD4+ (T helper/inducer), CD8+ (cytotoxic/suppressor), CD68+ (macrophages), mast cells, eosinophils and neutrophils were all clearly detected by their relevant monoclonal antibodies or appropriate histochemical staining, but only mast cells tested positive for ER/PR labelling with their polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies. The frequencies for expression were 61.7% for ER positive and 59.6% for PR positive cells. The expression of ER/PR was independent of patient sex and age but was highly correlated with the numbers of mast cells (r = 0.973, p<0.001 for ER; r = 0.955, p<0.001 for PR). Fewer than 5% of mast cells were found to be negative for ER/PR expression. CONCLUSIONS Mast cells alone, but not lymphocytes, macrophages, or other immune cells, express ER/PR in human upper airways. Numerous ER/PR positive mast cells exist in nasal polyps, indicating that this may be a major route for the involvement of sex hormones in airway inflammation when exposed to the higher and varying concentration of oestrogen and progesterone characteristic of females.
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- X J Zhao
- School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Ulster, Coleraine BT52 1SA, Northern Ireland, UK
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Brennan LA, Morris GM, Wasson GR, Hannigan BM, Barnett YA. The effect of vitamin C or vitamin E supplementation on basal and H2O2-induced DNA damage in human lymphocytes. Br J Nutr 2000; 84:195-202. [PMID: 11029970 DOI: 10.1017/s0007114500001422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [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: 11/07/2022]
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There is a wealth of epidemiological information on antioxidants and their possible prevention of disease progression but very little of the research on antioxidants has involved intervention studies. In this study, the potential protective effect of vitamin C or E supplementation in vivo against endogenous and H2O2-induced DNA damage levels in lymphocytes was assessed. The supplementation involved fourteen healthy male and female non-smokers mean age 25-53 (SD 1.82) years, who were asked to supplement an otherwise unchanged diet with 1000 mg vitamin C daily for 42 d or 800 mg vitamin E daily for 42 d. DNA damage in H2O2-treated peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL) and untreated PBL before and after supplementation, and during a 6-week washout period was assessed using an ELISA. At each sampling time-point, the red cell concentrate activities of superoxide dismutase, catalase and glutathione peroxidase were also determined. Supplementation with vitamin C or vitamin E decreased significantly H2O2-induced DNA damage in PBL, but had no effect on endogenous levels of DNA damage. The activities of the antioxidant enzymes superoxide dismutase and glutathione peroxidase were suppressed during the supplementation period. These supplementation regimens may be used to limit the possible adverse effects of reactive oxygen species (including those produced during the course of an immune response) on lymphocytes in vivo, and so help to maintain their functional capacity.
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- L A Brennan
- Cancer and Ageing Research Group, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Ulster, Coleraine, Northern Ireland
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Earlier reports have indicated that an adaptive, protective response to ionizing radiation is inducible by pre-treatment with low intensity laser irradiation (LILI). We have investigated the potential of LILI to induce an adaptive response against the damaging effects of ionizing radiation in Indian muntjac fibroblasts. LILI at 660, but not 820 nm, at 11.5 and 23.0 J/cm2, induced an apparent adaptive response in the form of a reduction in the frequency of radiation-induced chromosome aberrations, but not in cell survival. There was also a trend towards a reduction in the level of single-stranded and double-stranded DNA breaks induced by ionizing radiation when cells were preconditioned with LILI. However, this did not contribute to the reduced chromosome aberration frequency. Further analysis revealed that the reduced aberration frequency was caused by a laser-induced extension of G2 delay. The adaptive response was therefore the result of cell cycle modulation by LILI, at a wavelength where there is no known DNA damaging effect to induce the checkpoint mechanisms that are normally responsible for altering cell cycle progression.
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- K M Joyce
- School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Ulster, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, UK
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Joyce KM, Downes CS, Hannigan BM. Cell-cycle delay is induced in cells of a U937 promonocytic cell line by low-intensity light irradiation at 660 nm. J Photochem Photobiol B 1999; 52:117-22. [PMID: 10643076 DOI: 10.1016/s1011-1344(99)00121-9] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Visible-light irradiation (VLI) at 660 nm and 11.5 J/cm2 inhibits proliferation of cells of the U937 promonocytic cell line, as monitored by autoradiographical analysis. The S-phase cell population is reduced at 6 h post-radiation treatment. Flow cytometric analysis confirms this, and also shows that light irradiation of cells induces a statistically significant increase in G2/M cells at 6 h post-radiation treatment. It has been postulated that VLI at 660 nm can alter cell-cycle progression by affecting intracellular concentrations of ions, in particular pH and calcium. However, no significant effects of light irradiation on these intracellular ions have been observed. These effects of VLI are not a consequence of radiation-induced DNA strand breaks, therefore events other than direct DNA damage are involved. These findings demonstrate a direct photobiological effect of VLI at 660 nm on the cell cycle, and indicate a previously unsuspected mechanism for the induction of cell-cycle delay that is neither a result of changes in the concentration of intracellular ions nor initiated by DNA strand breaks.
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- K M Joyce
- School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Ulster, Coleraine, Northern Ireland.
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Joyce KM, Hannigan BM, Gilmore WS, Allen JM. Adaptation to chromosomal damage in an Indian muntjac fibroblast cell line conditioned with low intensity laser irradiation. Biochem Soc Trans 1997; 25:S572. [PMID: 9450000 DOI: 10.1042/bst025s572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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- K M Joyce
- School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Ulster, Coleraine, Northern Ireland
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Joyce KM, Hannigan BM, Gilmore WS, Allen JM. Visible light inhibits proliferation of the human monoblastic U937 cell line. Biochem Soc Trans 1997; 25:138S. [PMID: 9057036 DOI: 10.1042/bst025138s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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- K M Joyce
- School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Ulster, Coleraine, Northern Ireland
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The numerical relationship between tumour associated macrophages (TAM) and apoptotic cells in 12 human colorectal tumours was evaluated. TAM were labelled immunohistochemically and apoptotic cells were visualized by counterstaining with haematoxylin and eosin (H&E). The stereological techniques, Cavalieri's estimator of volume and the Disector were used to estimate both tumour volume and numerical density of both cell types. The occurrence of TAM per unit volume of tissue increased with increasing tumour volume to a maximum in a tumour of 110.5 cm3, after which numbers declined. Levels of apoptosis also increased with tumour volume though more erratically than levels of TAM and declined for tumour volumes greater than 80 cm3. This is the first report of an attempt to assess the relationship between apoptotic cells and TAM in human tumours.
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- C A Higgins
- Cancer and Ageing Research Group, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Ulster, Coleraine, Northern Ireland
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O'Farrell FJ, Hannigan BM, Barnett Y. An investigation of the response of lymphoblastoid cells to hydrogen peroxide-derived oxidative stress. Biochem Soc Trans 1996; 24:71S. [PMID: 8674749 DOI: 10.1042/bst024071s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [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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- F J O'Farrell
- School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Ulster, Coleraine, Northern Ireland
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Brennan LA, Hannigan BM, Barnett YA. The effect of antioxidant supplementation on the oxidant-induced stress response in human lymphocytes. Biochem Soc Trans 1996; 24:75S. [PMID: 8674754 DOI: 10.1042/bst024075s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [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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- L A Brennan
- Cancer and Ageing Research Group, University of Ulster, Coleraine, N.Ireland
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Cu has long been known to influence immune responses. An in vitro model system was established in which human myeloid (HL-60), B-lymphoid (Raji) and T-lymphoid (Molt-3) cell lines could be grown in culture media of varying Cu levels. Initially Cu was removed from the medium by dialysis of fetal calf serum against a metal-ion chelator, minor depletion of other trace metals being obviated by repletion with appropriate metal salts. The growth rate of HL-60 was significantly (P < 0.05) inhibited by 72 h Cu depletion. Molt-3 cells required a longer period, up to 144 h, in Cu-depleted medium before growth was impaired. Raji-cell growth was not affected. These results confirmed clinical observations that T-cell functions were more sensitive to Cu deprivation than B cells. Analysis of intracellular metal levels in Molt-3 cells showed that Cu levels had been significantly lowered (P < 0.05) although Ca2+ levels were raised. Intracellular activity of the antioxidant enzyme superoxide dismutase (EC 1.15.1.1) was significantly impaired (P < 0.05) in Molt-3 cells grown in Cu-depleted medium. Activity of the mitochondrial enzyme cytochrome c oxidase (EC 1.9.3.1) was also significantly impaired (P < 0.05) by Cu depletion. Each of these findings indicates an increase in the potential for cellular damage by reduced antioxidant activity, impairment of normal mitochondrial activity and excessive Ca2+ influx. A major consequence of the type of damage occurring under these circumstances is membrane disruption. This was confirmed by scanning electron microscopy of Molt-3 cells grown under varying Cu levels.
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- K K Tong
- Cancer and Ageing Research Group, University of Ulster, Coleraine
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Callaghan GA, Riordan C, Gilmore WS, McIntyre IA, Allen JM, Hannigan BM. Reactive oxygen species inducible by low-intensity laser irradiation alter DNA synthesis in the haemopoietic cell line U937. Lasers Surg Med 1996; 19:201-6. [PMID: 8887924 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9101(1996)19:2<201::aid-lsm12>3.0.co;2-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [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: 02/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to evaluate the possible role of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in mediating previously recorded alterations in DNA synthesis, inducible by low-intensity laser irradiation (LILI), in the haemopoietic cell line U937. STUDY DESIGN/MATERIALS AND METHODS The ability of LILI (660 nm, 12 mW, 5 kHz) to induce ROS from U937 cells was assessed spectrophotometrically at energy densities (E.D.) from 1.0 to 11.5 J/cm2. In order to assess whether laser-induced ROS could alter cellular proliferation DNA synthesis was measured post-irradiation, by the incorporation of tritiated thymidine (3H-TdR) into the cells in both the presence and absence of the antioxidant catalase (CAT). RESULTS Detectable ROS were produced post-irradiation only from the differentiated form of the cell line. Analysis by Student's t-test for unrelated groups showed a significant difference, at E.D.s 2.9 and 8.6 J/cm2, in the extent of DNA synthesis occurring in cells irradiated in the presence of CAT or in its absence. CONCLUSION These findings demonstrate that laser-inducible ROS can mediate laser's effects on this cell line.
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- G A Callaghan
- Biotherapeutics Research Group, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Ulster at Jordanstown, Northern Ireland
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Barnett YA, Brennan LA, O'Farrell F, Hannigan BM. Oxidant-induced stress response in lymphoid cells. Biochem Mol Biol Int 1995; 37:273-81. [PMID: 8673010] [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: 02/01/2023]
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The stress response to reactive oxygen species is an important defence system which can reduce their potential to induce biomolecule damage. In this investigation the effect of exposing Molt-3 lymphoblastoid cells or peripheral blood lymphocytes to a non-toxic dose of hydrogen peroxide (10 microM) was studied. Cellular response to a subsequent high dose of hydrogen peroxide (100-200 microM) was assessed by measurement of growth, viability, proliferation and DNA damage (lymphocytes only) and intracellular activities of the enzymes, superoxide dismutase, glutathione peroxidase and catalase (Molt-3 only). The results indicate that pretreatment of lymphocytes with 10 microM hydrogen peroxide can elicit a response which is protective against DNA damage normally inducible in these cells by subsequent exposure to toxic doses of hydrogen peroxide. It appears from the results with Molt-3 cells that altered activities of glutathione peroxidase may contribute to this enhanced resistance to hydrogen peroxide.
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- Y A Barnett
- Cancer and Ageing Research Group, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Ulster, Coleraine, Northern Ireland
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Hannigan BM. Diet and immune function. Br J Biomed Sci 1994; 51:252-9. [PMID: 7881324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Adequate human nutrition is essential to maintain all normal physiological functions including defence of the self. Controversy exists about the precise constituents of diets optimal for all stages in the human life-span. Dietary composition may also need to be altered under such stressful conditions as infection or recovery from major surgery. Understanding how specific nutrients can alter immune responses may add to the quality of human lives by minimising the impact of disease morbidity and mortality. Dietary modification also offers hope of new therapeutic regimens for human diseases.
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- B M Hannigan
- Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, University of Ulster, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, UK
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In the course of studying the effect of reactive oxygen species such as superoxide anion (O2-), hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) on oxidant-sensitive human T-lymphoblastoid cell line Molt-3, O2- has been generated by the interaction of xanthine with xanthine oxidase (XOD). To confirm that H2O2 is a key intermediate for inducing DNA single-strand breaks in Molt-3 cells, studies have been carried out with pure H2O2. In the presence of xanthine + XOD or H2O2 the amount of DNA single-strand breaks has been found to increase as a function of the O2- and H2O2 concentration. Data from studies with antioxidants such as superoxide dismutase and catalase supports a mechanism of DNA damage dependent on the presence of H2O2 in Molt-3 cells. Molt-3 cells are CD4+ and sensitive to reactive oxygen stress and therefore, could be an ideal cell line for determining the relationship between oxidative stress and various diseases such as acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).
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- S Ranjbar
- Biomedical Sciences Research Center, University of Ulster, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, UK
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Hannigan BM, Barnett YA, Armstrong DB, McKelvey-Martin VJ, McKenna PG. Thymidine kinases: the enzymes and their clinical usefulness. Cancer Biother 1993; 8:189-97. [PMID: 7804359 DOI: 10.1089/cbr.1993.8.189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Thymidine kinases (TK) convert thymidine, or deoxythymidine (dT) to the respective monophosphate. TK occurs in many different procaryotic and eucaryotic species and different TK isoenzymes are found within the same eucaryotic cell. One isoenzyme (foetal, cytoplasmic, TK1) is associated with cell division while the other (adult, mitochondrial, TK2) is cell cycle independent. The relative isoenzyme activities in a tissue thus reflect the fraction of proliferating cells. The gene encoding TK1 has been cloned for many species and regulation of its expression is known to be complex. Increases in TK activity appear to correlate with the presence of human neoplasia and disease progression and regression have been reported to correlate with TK levels in many cancer types. TK estimations in human lymphoproliferative diseases have implicated this enzyme as an early marker of maldifferentiation. TK levels may also be increased in non-dividing mammalian cells infected with RNA or DNA viruses. Some virus encoded TK has been shown to differ biochemically, immunologically and in substrate specificity from the corresponding TK isoenzymes in target host cells thus facilitating the development of specific antiviral therapeutics. Further, TK1 in leukemic cells may differ biochemically from normal cellular TK1 such that tumor-specific TK may provide a target for tumor detection and therapy. TK quantitation has conventionally been performed in assays of enzyme activity using radiolabeled (3H or 125I) nucleoside substrates. The development of TK1-specific, non-radioisotope based immunoassays and the measurement of TK mRNA in tumour tissue using TK (DNA or RNA) probes may prove sufficiently valuable to be incorporated into the routine clinical management of human cancer.
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- B M Hannigan
- Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, University of Ulster, Coleraine, Northern Ireland
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Macrophages elaborate both effector and regulatory immune functions. It was hypothesised that tumours can exert a local alteration of macrophage function. Murine peritoneal macrophage-derived cytokines were assayed in the presence and absence of cells, cytosol fractions or conditioned media (TCCM) from established murine tumour lines. Interleukin-1 beta, interleukin-6 and tumour necrosis factor-alpha activities were significantly inhibited by tumour cells or their products, as were the corresponding recombinant human cytokines. Intracellular protein kinase C activation was also measured and was significantly inhibited by murine TCCM, thus suggesting one possible site of inhibitor action. Data analyses indicate that the inhibitory factor(s) is probably not an already well-characterised macrophage inhibitor.
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- B M Hannigan
- Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, University of Ulster, Coleraine, UK
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Hannigan BM, Richardson SA, McKenna PG. DNA damage in mammalian cell lines with different antioxidant levels and DNA repair capacities. EXS 1992; 62:247-50. [PMID: 1450590 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-0348-7460-1_25] [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] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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A wide range of DNA damage is known to be caused by reactive oxygen species (ROS). Defence against the effects of such damage include damage prevention (e.g. antioxidant activity) and the removal of damaged moieties from DNA (DNA repair). Radiation (X-ray) sensitive murine lymphoma (LY) cells were seen to be more susceptible to ROS-induced damage than were radiation resistant cells. This difference was unlikely to be due to the marginally decreased DNA excision repair capacity of the sensitive cells. Radiation sensitive cells did, however, have lower endogenous antioxidant enzyme levels. Thus, the importance of assessing all levels of a cell's response to ROS, in determining the major factors leading to increased mutagen sensitivity, is emphasised.
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- B M Hannigan
- Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, University of Ulster, Coleraine, Northern Ireland
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Gilmore WS, Hannigan BM, Easton SJ, McGuckin CP, Nelson AA. Recombinant human granulocyte colony stimulating factor (rhG-CSF) and superoxide production in a haematopoietic cell line. Biochem Soc Trans 1991; 19:237S. [PMID: 1716226 DOI: 10.1042/bst019237s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [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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- W S Gilmore
- Biomedical Sciences Research Centre, University of Ulster at Coleraine, Northern Ireland, U.K
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Three human cell lines of lymphoid (Molt-3 and Raji) or myeloid (HL-60) origin were maintained in vitro under zinc-sufficient or zinc-deficient conditions. Under these conditions, cell proliferation, viability and mode of death (apoptotic or necrotic) were assessed. All three cell types decreased their proliferative capacity and viability under conditions of zinc deficiency. Cell death in the HL-60 and Raji cultures occurred primarily via apoptosis, while most cells in zinc-deficient Molt-3 cultures died via necrosis. Apoptosis in zinc-deficient cultures of HL-60 and Raji cells was characterized by a slow decline in culture viability as cells with condensed and fragmented nuclear DNA appeared. These morphological changes were accompanied by an increase in cell buoyant density, which allowed separation of viable apoptotic cells from their non-apoptotic counterparts by means of percoll stepdensity gradients. Necrosis in zinc-deficient Molt-3 cultures was characterized by rapid loss of cell culture viability as these cells underwent direct lysis. Intact necrotic cells were easily identified by the flocculated state of their chromatin as well as the decreased basophilia of their cytoplasm. Analysis of DNA from apoptotic HL-60 and Raji cells revealed that internucleosomal DNA degradation, indicative of endogenous endonuclease activation, had occurred, whereas the nuclear DNA of necrotic Molt-3 cells remained relatively unfragmented. The different modes of cell death evoked may reflect the relative sensitivities of cells of these lineages to zinc levels in vivo.
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- S J Martin
- Department of Biology, St Patrick's College, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Republic of Ireland
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Moore GW, Strain JJ, Nevin GB, Livingstone MB, Hannigan BM, McKenna PG. Blood and urinary measures of oxidant damage in healthy human subjects. Biochem Soc Trans 1990; 18:1168-9. [PMID: 2088839 DOI: 10.1042/bst0181168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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- G W Moore
- Biomedical Sciences Research Centre, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, U.K
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- S Ranjbar
- Biomedical Sciences Research Centre, University of Ulster
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Armstrong B, Modjtahedi H, O'Neill KL, Hannigan BM, McKenna PG. Selective inhibition of thymidine kinase isoenzymes by (E)-5-(2-bromovinyl)-2-deoxyuridine. Biochem Soc Trans 1990; 18:270. [PMID: 2379709 DOI: 10.1042/bst0180270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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- B Armstrong
- Biomedical Sciences Research Centre, University of Ulster, Coleraine, Ireland, U.K
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Moore GW, Strain JJ, Nevin GB, Livingstone MB, Hannigan BM, McKenna PG. Investigation of basal metabolic rates and whole body measures of oxidant damage in vivo. Biochem Soc Trans 1990; 18:355-6. [PMID: 2379757 DOI: 10.1042/bst0180355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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- G W Moore
- Biomedical Sciences Research Centre, University of Ulster, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, U.K
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Cromie L, Hannigan BM. Oxidant-induced sister chromatid exchanges in a human T-lymphoblastoid cell line. Biochem Soc Trans 1990; 18:303. [PMID: 2165937 DOI: 10.1042/bst0180303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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- L Cromie
- Biomedical Sciences Research Centre, University of Ulster, Coleraine, N. Ireland, U.K
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Eason SJ, Richardson SA, Hannigan BM. Isolation of NADPH oxidase from murine peritoneal macrophages: a comparison of methods. Biochem Soc Trans 1990; 18:302. [PMID: 2165936 DOI: 10.1042/bst0180302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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- S J Eason
- Biomedical Sciences Research Centre, University of Ulster, Coleraine, N. Ireland, U.K
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Levels of the nucleotide pathway enzyme thymidine kinase (TK) were assayed in the mononuclear leukocytes and serum of 70 female patients with breast cancer and 98 male and 77 female non-cancer hospital patients. The total TK levels in both mononuclear leukocytes and serum from patients with breast cancer were significantly higher than in controls. The serum TK levels showed a significant correlation with cancer stage. No such correlation was observed with mononuclear leukocyte TK levels. Serum TK from 20 patients with breast cancer and 19 control patients was further assayed to ascertain the relative contributions of the thymidine kinase isozymes TK1 and TK2 to total TK levels. The increase in serum TK from breast cancer patients appears to be due to an increase in both TK1 and TK2 levels.
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- P G McKenna
- Biomedical Sciences Research Centre, University of Ulster, Coleraine, Northern Ireland
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