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Liu Z, Julius P, Himwaze CM, Mucheleng'anga LA, Chapple AG, West JT, Wood C. Cannabis Use Associates With Reduced Proviral Burden and Inflammatory Cytokine in Tissues From Men With Clade C HIV-1 on Suppressive Antiretroviral Therapy. J Infect Dis 2024; 229:1306-1316. [PMID: 38243412 DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiad575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2023] [Accepted: 12/09/2023] [Indexed: 01/21/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Human immunodeficiency virus 1 (HIV-1) tissue reservoirs remain the main obstacle against an HIV cure. Limited information exists regarding cannabis's effects on HIV-1 infections in vivo, and the impact of cannabis use on HIV-1 parenchymal tissue reservoirs is unexplored. METHODS To investigate whether cannabis use alters HIV-1 tissue reservoirs, we systematically collected 21 postmortem brain and peripheral tissues from 20 men with subtype C HIV-1 and with suppressed viral load enrolled in Zambia, 10 of whom tested positive for cannabis use. The tissue distribution and copies of subtype C HIV-1 LTR, gag, env DNA and RNA, and the relative mRNA levels of cytokines IL-1β, IL-6, IL-10, and TGF-β1 were quantified using PCR-based approaches. Utilizing generalized linear mixed models we compared persons with HIV-1 and suppressed viral load, with and without cannabis use. RESULTS The odds of tissues harboring HIV-1 DNA and the viral DNA copies in those tissues were significantly lower in persons using cannabis. Moreover, the transcription levels of proinflammatory cytokines IL-1β and IL-6 in lymphoid tissues of persons using cannabis were also significantly lower. CONCLUSIONS Our findings suggested that cannabis use is associated with reduced sizes and inflammatory cytokine expression of subtype C HIV-1 reservoirs in men with suppressed viral load.
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- Zhou Liu
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
- Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology, Louisiana Cancer Research Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center,New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Zambia School of Medicine, Lusaka, Zambia
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- Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Zambia School of Medicine, Lusaka, Zambia
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- Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology, Louisiana Cancer Research Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center,New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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- Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology, Louisiana Cancer Research Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center,New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
- Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology, Louisiana Cancer Research Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center,New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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Dossou Etui IM, Stylo M, Davis K, Evers DC, Vera IS, Wood C, Burton MEH. Artisanal and small-scale gold mining and biodiversity: a global literature review. Ecotoxicology 2024:10.1007/s10646-024-02748-w. [PMID: 38713425 DOI: 10.1007/s10646-024-02748-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/06/2024] [Indexed: 05/08/2024]
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Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is crucial to the livelihoods of close to 20 million people in over 80 countries, including 4-5 million women, mainly in rural areas with limited alternative economic prospects, particularly in developing countries. ASGM is largely informal, which can add to the challenge of addressing negative social and environmental effects including impacts on biodiversity. However, with proper guidance, ASGM can operate in a responsible manner, using cleaner production methods that minimize impacts on human health and the environment. This study presents and analyzes the interactions between ASGM and biodiversity based on new findings from 27 ASGM National Action Plans (NAPs) developed within the framework of Article 7 and Annex C of the Minamata Convention on Mercury, as well as a global literature review of more than 100 publications. In terms of key findings according to the literature reviewed, alongside other human occupation such as agriculture and industrial activities, ASGM also has an impact on the environment and biodiversity. The interrelationship between ASGM and biodiversity, including protected areas, is pervasive at every stage of ASGM operations, from extraction to mine closure, and generates significant impacts on the surrounding ecosystems. These impacts include, in descending order of most reported impacts: deforestation, soil degradation, chemical contamination of aquatic and terrestrial systems, and changes to the turbidity of watercourses. Tropical regions and key species such as amphibians and freshwater fish are among the most affected. Singly or combined, these environmental stressors lead to loss or deterioration of habitat and, by extension, indigenous biodiversity and ecosystem services. In addition, legal, institutional, and regulatory frameworks and related measures, inadequate or non-existent in some cases, may not necessarily support sustainable practices, often resulting in exploited sites abandoned without remediation, reclamation, rehabilitation, or restoration measures. To mitigate such impacts a key recommendation arising from the literature review is to strengthen the integration of the interrelationship between ASGM and biodiversity in the implementation of existing relevant national strategies, including those developed under the NAPs. The global literature review also highlights the importance of a multi-stakeholder, systemic approach combining the use of geospatial analysis, scientific and local knowledge, as well as the adaptation of the relevant frameworks, capacity building, and awareness raising. This approach can inform decision making with a view to developing sustainable initiatives that prevent and reduce the impacts of artisanal and small-scale gold mining on ecosystems, and that preserve biodiversity.
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- Imelda M Dossou Etui
- United Nations Environment Programme, 8-14 Avenue de la Paix CH-1211, Geneva, 10, Switzerland.
- University of Geneva, Faculty of Sciences, Earth and Environment Sciences, Department F.-A. Forel for Environmental and Aquatic Sciences, Environmental Biogeochemistry and Ecotoxicology, 66 Blvd Carl-Vogt, CH 1211, Geneva, Switzerland.
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- United Nations Environment Programme, 8-14 Avenue de la Paix CH-1211, Geneva, 10, Switzerland
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- United Nations Environment Programme, 8-14 Avenue de la Paix CH-1211, Geneva, 10, Switzerland
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- Biodiversity Research Institute, 276 Canco Road, Portland, ME, 04103, USA.
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- University of Geneva, Faculty of Sciences, Earth and Environment Sciences, Department F.-A. Forel for Environmental and Aquatic Sciences, Environmental Biogeochemistry and Ecotoxicology, 66 Blvd Carl-Vogt, CH 1211, Geneva, Switzerland
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- United Nations Environment Programme, 8-14 Avenue de la Paix CH-1211, Geneva, 10, Switzerland
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- Biodiversity Research Institute, 276 Canco Road, Portland, ME, 04103, USA
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Duh-Leong C, Perrin EM, Heerman WJ, Schildcrout JS, Wallace S, Mendelsohn AL, Lee DC, Flower KB, Sanders LM, Rothman RL, Delamater AM, Gross RS, Wood C, Yin HS. Prenatal Risks to Healthy Food Access and High Birthweight Outcomes. Acad Pediatr 2024; 24:613-618. [PMID: 37659601 PMCID: PMC10904668 DOI: 10.1016/j.acap.2023.08.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2023] [Revised: 08/22/2023] [Accepted: 08/25/2023] [Indexed: 09/04/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Infants with high birthweight have increased risk for adverse outcomes at birth and across childhood. Prenatal risks to healthy food access may increase odds of high birthweight. We tested whether having a poor neighborhood food environment and/or food insecurity had associations with high birthweight. METHODS We analyzed cross-sectional baseline data in Greenlight Plus, an obesity prevention trial across six US cities (n = 787), which included newborns with a gestational age greater than 34 weeks and a birthweight greater than 2500 g. We assessed neighborhood food environment using the Place-Based Survey and food insecurity using the US Household Food Security Module. We performed logistic regression analyses to assess the individual and additive effects of risk factors on high birthweight. We adjusted for potential confounders: infant sex, race, ethnicity, gestational age, birthing parent age, education, income, and study site. RESULTS Thirty-four percent of birthing parents reported poor neighborhood food environment and/or food insecurity. Compared to those without food insecurity, food insecure families had greater odds of delivering an infant with high birthweight (adjusted odds ratios [aOR] 1.96, 95% confidence intervals [CI]: 1.01, 3.82) after adjusting for poor neighborhood food environment, which was not associated with high birthweight (aOR 1.35, 95% CI: 0.78, 2.34). Each additional risk to healthy food access was associated with a 56% (95% CI: 4%-132%) increase in high birthweight odds. CONCLUSIONS Prenatal risks to healthy food access may increase high infant birthweight odds. Future studies designed to measure neighborhood factors should examine infant birthweight outcomes in the context of prenatal social determinants of health.
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- Carol Duh-Leong
- NYU Grossman School of Medicine (C Duh-Leong, RS Gross, and HS Yin), Division of General Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, New York, NY.
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- Johns Hopkins University (EM Perrin), Division of General Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Schools of Medicine and Nursing, Baltimore, Md
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- Vanderbilt University Medical Center (WJ Heerman and S Wallace), Department of Pediatrics, Nashville, Tenn
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- Vanderbilt University Medical Center (JS Schildcrout), Department of Biostatistics, Nashville, Tenn
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- Vanderbilt University Medical Center (WJ Heerman and S Wallace), Department of Pediatrics, Nashville, Tenn
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- NYU Grossman School of Medicine (AL Mendelsohn), Division of Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, New York, NY
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- Ronald O. Perelman Department of Emergency Medicine (DC Lee), NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY
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- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (KB Flower), Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC
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- Stanford University School of Medicine (LM Sanders), Division of General Pediatrics, Palo Alto, Calif
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- Vanderbilt University Medical Center (RL Rothman), Institute of Medicine and Public Health, Nashville, Tenn
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- University of Miami Miller School of Medicine (AM Delamater), Department of Pediatrics, Miami, Fla
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- NYU Grossman School of Medicine (C Duh-Leong, RS Gross, and HS Yin), Division of General Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, New York, NY
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- Duke University School of Medicine (C Wood), Department of Pediatrics, Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Health, Durham, NC
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- NYU Grossman School of Medicine (C Duh-Leong, RS Gross, and HS Yin), Division of General Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, New York, NY
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Thomas A, Seaton F, Dhiedt E, Cosby BJ, Feeney C, Lebron I, Maskell L, Wood C, Reinsch S, Emmett BA, Robinson DA. Topsoil porosity prediction across habitats at large scales using environmental variables. Sci Total Environ 2024; 922:171158. [PMID: 38387558 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.171158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2023] [Revised: 02/19/2024] [Accepted: 02/19/2024] [Indexed: 02/24/2024]
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Soil porosity and its reciprocal bulk density are important environmental state variables that enable modelers to represent hydraulic function and carbon storage. Biotic effects and their 'dynamic' influence on such state variables remain largely unknown for larger scales and may result in important, yet poorly quantified environmental feedbacks. Existing representation of hydraulic function is often invariant to environmental change and may be poor in some systems, particularly non-arable soils. Here we assess predictors of total porosity across two comprehensive national topsoil (0-15 cm) data sets, covering the full range of soil organic matter (SOM) and habitats (n = 1385 & n = 2570), using generalized additive mixed models and machine learning. Novel aspects of this work include the testing of metrics on aggregate size and livestock density alongside a range of different particle size distribution metrics. We demonstrate that porosity trends in Great Britain are dominated by biotic metrics, soil carbon and land use. Incorporating these variables into porosity prediction improves performance, paving the way for new dynamic calculation of porosity using surrogate measures with remote sensing, which may help improve prediction in data sparse regions of the world. Moreover, dynamic calculation of porosity could support representation of feedbacks in environmental and Earth System Models. Representing the hydrological feedbacks from changes in structural porosity also requires data and models at appropriate spatial scales to capture conditions leading to near-saturated soil conditions. Classification. Environmental Sciences.
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- A Thomas
- UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Environment Centre Wales, Bangor, UK.
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- UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Library Ave, Bailrigg, Lancaster, UK
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- UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Environment Centre Wales, Bangor, UK
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- UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Environment Centre Wales, Bangor, UK
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- UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Environment Centre Wales, Bangor, UK
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- UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Environment Centre Wales, Bangor, UK
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- UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Library Ave, Bailrigg, Lancaster, UK
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- UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Library Ave, Bailrigg, Lancaster, UK
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- UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Environment Centre Wales, Bangor, UK
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- UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Environment Centre Wales, Bangor, UK
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- UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Environment Centre Wales, Bangor, UK
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Lidenge SJ, Yalcin D, Bennett SJ, Ngalamika O, Kweyamba BB, Mwita CJ, Tso FY, Mwaiselage J, West JT, Wood C. Viral Epitope Scanning Reveals Correlation between Seasonal HCoVs and SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Responses among Cancer and Non-Cancer Patients. Viruses 2024; 16:448. [PMID: 38543814 PMCID: PMC10975915 DOI: 10.3390/v16030448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2024] [Revised: 02/23/2024] [Accepted: 03/09/2024] [Indexed: 04/01/2024] Open
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Seasonal coronaviruses (HCoVs) are known to contribute to cross-reactive antibody (Ab) responses against SARS-CoV-2. While these responses are predictable due to the high homology between SARS-CoV-2 and other CoVs, the impact of these responses on susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2 infection in cancer patients is unclear. To investigate the influence of prior HCoV infection on anti-SARS-CoV-2 Ab responses among COVID-19 asymptomatic individuals with cancer and controls without cancers, we utilized the VirScan technology in which phage immunoprecipitation and sequencing (PhIP-seq) of longitudinal plasma samples was performed to investigate high-resolution (i.e., epitope level) humoral CoV responses. Despite testing positive for anti-SARS-CoV-2 Ab in the plasma, a majority of the participants were asymptomatic for COVID-19 with no prior history of COVID-19 diagnosis. Although the magnitudes of the anti-SARS-CoV-2 Ab responses were lower in individuals with Kaposi sarcoma (KS) compared to non-KS cancer individuals and those without cancer, the HCoV Ab repertoire was similar between individuals with and without cancer independent of age, sex, HIV status, and chemotherapy. The magnitudes of the anti-spike HCoV responses showed a strong positive association with those of the anti-SARS-CoV-2 spike in cancer patients, and only a weak association in non-cancer patients, suggesting that prior infection with HCoVs might play a role in limiting SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 disease severity.
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- Salum J. Lidenge
- Department of Clinical Research, Training, and Consultancy, Ocean Road Cancer Institute, Dar es Salaam P.O. Box 3592, Tanzania; (S.J.L.); (B.B.K.); (J.M.)
- Department of Clinical Oncology, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam P.O. Box 65001, Tanzania
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- Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology, Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA; (D.Y.); (S.J.B.); (F.Y.T.); (J.T.W.)
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- Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology, Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA; (D.Y.); (S.J.B.); (F.Y.T.); (J.T.W.)
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68516, USA
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- Dermatology and Venereology Division, University Teaching Hospital, University of Zambia School of Medicine, Lusaka P.O. Box 50001, Zambia;
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- Department of Clinical Research, Training, and Consultancy, Ocean Road Cancer Institute, Dar es Salaam P.O. Box 3592, Tanzania; (S.J.L.); (B.B.K.); (J.M.)
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- Department of Clinical Research, Training, and Consultancy, Ocean Road Cancer Institute, Dar es Salaam P.O. Box 3592, Tanzania; (S.J.L.); (B.B.K.); (J.M.)
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- Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology, Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA; (D.Y.); (S.J.B.); (F.Y.T.); (J.T.W.)
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- Department of Clinical Research, Training, and Consultancy, Ocean Road Cancer Institute, Dar es Salaam P.O. Box 3592, Tanzania; (S.J.L.); (B.B.K.); (J.M.)
- Department of Clinical Oncology, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam P.O. Box 65001, Tanzania
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- Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology, Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA; (D.Y.); (S.J.B.); (F.Y.T.); (J.T.W.)
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- Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology, Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA; (D.Y.); (S.J.B.); (F.Y.T.); (J.T.W.)
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68516, USA
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Langhorne C, Wood BJ, Wood C, Henning J, McGowan M, Schull D, Ranjbar S, Gibson JS. Understanding barriers to reducing antimicrobials on Australian dairy farms: A qualitative analysis. Aust Vet J 2024. [PMID: 38342502 DOI: 10.1111/avj.13322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2023] [Accepted: 01/21/2024] [Indexed: 02/13/2024]
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INTRODUCTION Reducing antibiotic use in production animal systems is one strategy which may help to limit the development of antimicrobial resistance. To reduce antimicrobial use in food-producing animals, it is important to first understand how antibiotics are used on farm and what barriers exist to decreasing their use. In dairy production systems, mastitis is one of the most common reasons for administering antimicrobials. Therefore, it is important to understand the motivations and behaviours of dairy farmers in relation to the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of mastitis. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this study, we interviewed a sample of dairy farmers and dairy industry professionals from the major dairying regions of eastern Australia regarding their current practices used to diagnose, treat, and control subclinical and clinical mastitis. Inductive thematic analysis was used to code interview transcripts and identify the recurrent themes. RESULTS Four overarching themes were identified: (1) the challenges associated with the detection and diagnosis of clinical mastitis, including with laboratory culture, (2) the motivations behind treatment decisions for different cases, (3) decisions around dry cow therapy and the role of herd recording, and (4) concerns regarding the development of antimicrobial resistance. DISCUSSION This study identifies several challenges which may limit the ability of Australian dairy farmers to reduce antimicrobial use on farm, such as the need for rapid and reliable diagnostic tests capable of identifying the pathogenic causes of mastitis and the difficulties associated with conducting herd recording for the implementation of selective dry cow therapy. Industry professionals were concerned that farmers were not using individual cow records to aid in treatment decisions, which could result in unnecessary antimicrobial use. The results of this study can act as the basis for future research aimed at assessing these issues across the broader Australian dairy industry.
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- C Langhorne
- School of Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland, Gatton, Queensland, 4343, Australia
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- School of Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland, Gatton, Queensland, 4343, Australia
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- School of Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland, Gatton, Queensland, 4343, Australia
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- School of Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland, Gatton, Queensland, 4343, Australia
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- School of Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland, Gatton, Queensland, 4343, Australia
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- School of Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland, Gatton, Queensland, 4343, Australia
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- School of Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland, Gatton, Queensland, 4343, Australia
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- School of Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland, Gatton, Queensland, 4343, Australia
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Bennett SJ, Yalcin D, Privatt SR, Ngalamika O, Lidenge SJ, West JT, Wood C. Antibody profiling and predictive modeling discriminate between Kaposi sarcoma and asymptomatic KSHV infection. PLoS Pathog 2024; 20:e1012023. [PMID: 38381773 PMCID: PMC10911871 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1012023] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2023] [Revised: 03/04/2024] [Accepted: 02/02/2024] [Indexed: 02/23/2024] Open
Abstract
Protein-level immunodominance patterns against Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV), the aetiologic agent of Kaposi sarcoma (KS), have been revealed from serological probing of whole protein arrays, however, the epitopes that underlie these patterns have not been defined. We recently demonstrated the utility of phage display in high-resolution linear epitope mapping of the KSHV latency-associated nuclear antigen (LANA/ORF73). Here, a VirScan phage immunoprecipitation and sequencing approach, employing a library of 1,988 KSHV proteome-derived peptides, was used to quantify the breadth and magnitude of responses of 59 sub-Saharan African KS patients and 22 KSHV-infected asymptomatic individuals (ASY), and ultimately to support an application of machine-learning-based predictive modeling using the peptide-level responses. Comparing anti-KSHV antibody repertoire revealed that magnitude, not breadth, increased in KS. The most targeted epitopes in both KS and ASY were in the immunodominant proteins, notably, K8.129-56 and ORF65140-168, in addition to LANA. Finally, using unbiased machine-learning-based predictive models, reactivity to a subset of 25 discriminative peptides was demonstrated to successfully classify KS patients from asymptomatic individuals. Our study provides the highest resolution mapping of antigenicity across the entire KSHV proteome to date, which is vital to discern mechanisms of viral pathogenesis, to define prognostic biomarkers, and to design effective vaccine and therapeutic strategies. Future studies will investigate the diagnostic, prognostic, and therapeutic potential of the 25 discriminative peptides.
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- Sydney J. Bennett
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America
- Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology, Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
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- Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology, Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America
- Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology, Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
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- Dermatology and Venereology Section, University Teaching Hospital, University of Zambia School of Medicine, Lusaka, Zambia
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- Ocean Road Cancer Institute, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
- Department of Clinical Oncology, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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- Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology, Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America
- Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology, Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
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Russell E, Mathews V, Tsiouris J, Wood C, Naidich T. Robert D. Zimmerman, MD. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2023; 44:E52-E53. [PMID: 38049987 PMCID: PMC10714851 DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a8054] [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: 12/06/2023]
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Julius P, Kang G, Siyumbwa S, Musumali J, Tso FY, Ngalamika O, Kaile T, Maate F, Moonga P, West JT, Angeletti P, Wood C. Co-infection and co-localization of Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus and Epstein-Barr virus in HIV-associated Kaposi sarcoma: a case report. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2023; 13:1270935. [PMID: 37928187 PMCID: PMC10623342 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2023.1270935] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2023] [Accepted: 10/04/2023] [Indexed: 11/07/2023] Open
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Kaposi sarcoma (KS), a multifocal vascular neoplasm frequently observed in HIV-positive individuals, primarily affects the skin, mucous membranes, visceral organs, and lymph nodes. KS is associated primarily with Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) infection. In this case report, we present a rare occurrence of co-infection and co-localization of KSHV and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) in KS arising from the conjunctiva, which, to our knowledge, has not been reported previously. Immunohistochemistry (IHC), DNA polymerase chain reaction (PCR), and EBV-encoded RNA in situ hybridization (EBER-ISH) were utilized to demonstrate the presence of KSHV and EBV infection in the ocular KS lesion. Nearly all KSHV-positive cells displayed co-infection with EBV. In addition, the KS lesion revealed co-localization of KSHV Latency-Associated Nuclear Antigen (LANA) and EBV Epstein Barr virus Nuclear Antigen-1 (EBNA1) by multi-colored immunofluorescence staining with different anti-EBNA1 antibodies, indicating the possibility of interactions between these two gamma herpesviruses within the same lesion. Additional study is needed to determine whether EBV co-infection in KS is a common or an opportunistic event that might contribute to KS development and progression.
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- Peter Julius
- Department of Pathology and Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia
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- Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center – New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, United States
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- Department of Pathology and Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia
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- University Teaching Hospitals, Eye Hospital, Ministry of Health, Lusaka, Zambia
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- Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center – New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, United States
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- Department of Pathology and Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia
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- Department of Pathology and Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia
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- Department of Pathology and Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia
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- University Teaching Hospitals, Eye Hospital, Ministry of Health, Lusaka, Zambia
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- Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center – New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, United States
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- Nebraska Center for Virology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States
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- Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center – New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, United States
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Mrema AS, Ngoma M, Josiah C, Lugina E, Mvungi N, Paul M, Mkuchika E, Nundu E, Iddy SK, Rugengamanzi E, Vuhahula YM, Kiwanga FC, Wood C, Mwaiselage J. HIV and Early Treatment Outcomes Among Women With Cervical Cancer Treated With Concurrent Chemoradiation in Tanzania. JCO Glob Oncol 2023; 9:e2200441. [PMID: 37738537 PMCID: PMC10581651 DOI: 10.1200/go.22.00441] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2023] [Revised: 06/04/2023] [Accepted: 07/10/2023] [Indexed: 09/24/2023] Open
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PURPOSE Cervical cancer (CC) is the leading malignancy in Tanzania. Low-income countries are faced with double epidemics of HIV and CC. This study aimed to investigate how HIV and cancer stage at diagnosis affect early treatment outcomes among women with CC treated with concurrent chemoradiation in Tanzania in the highly active antiretroviral therapy era. MATERIALS AND METHODS This was a prospective cohort study of patients newly diagnosed with CC at the Ocean Road Cancer Institute from November 2019 to January 2020. The tumor response was assessed using RECIST 3 months post-treatment. The tumor response was categorized as a complete or partial response according to the ultrasound and pelvic examination findings. The univariate and multivariate logistic regression explained the relationship between several covariates (age, stage, HIV status, equivalent dose in 2 Gy fractions, chemotherapy cycles, and treatment time) and treatment response. RESULTS A total of 102 patients with CC were included in this study at baseline. After adjusting for other covariates, only completion of treatment within 56 days (odds ratio [OR], 9.23; 95% CI, 1.53 to 55.85; P = .016) and receiving at least three cycles of cisplatin (OR, 5.6; 95% CI, 1.47 to 21.34; P = .012) were significantly associated with complete tumor response. HIV status was not significantly associated with complete tumor response (OR, 1.534; 95% CI, 0.424 to 5.545; P = .5144). CONCLUSION Early treatment response was independent of HIV status. With wide coverage of anitretroviral therapy, patients with HIV can receive radical treatment and have the same early outcomes as their HIV-negative counterparts.
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- Alita Steven Mrema
- Clinical Oncology Department, Ocean Road Cancer Institute, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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- Clinical Oncology Department, Ocean Road Cancer Institute, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
- Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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- Clinical Oncology Department, Ocean Road Cancer Institute, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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- Clinical Oncology Department, Ocean Road Cancer Institute, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
- Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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- Clinical Oncology Department, Ocean Road Cancer Institute, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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- Clinical Oncology Department, Ocean Road Cancer Institute, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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- Clinical Oncology Department, Ocean Road Cancer Institute, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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- Clinical Oncology Department, Ocean Road Cancer Institute, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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- Clinical Oncology Department, Ocean Road Cancer Institute, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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- Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA
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- Clinical Oncology Department, Ocean Road Cancer Institute, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
- Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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Privatt SR, Braga CP, Johnson A, Lidenge SJ, Berry L, Ngowi JR, Ngalamika O, Chapple AG, Mwaiselage J, Wood C, West JT, Adamec J. Comparative polar and lipid plasma metabolomics differentiate KSHV infection and disease states. Cancer Metab 2023; 11:13. [PMID: 37653396 PMCID: PMC10470137 DOI: 10.1186/s40170-023-00316-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2023] [Accepted: 08/22/2023] [Indexed: 09/02/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Kaposi sarcoma (KS) is a neoplastic disease etiologically associated with infection by the Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV). KS manifests primarily as cutaneous lesions in individuals due to either age (classical KS), HIV infection (epidemic KS), or tissue rejection preventatives in transplantation (iatrogenic KS) but can also occur in individuals, predominantly in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), lacking any obvious immune suppression (endemic KS). The high endemicity of KSHV and human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV) co-infection in Africa results in KS being one of the top 5 cancers there. As with most viral cancers, infection with KSHV alone is insufficient to induce tumorigenesis. Indeed, KSHV infection of primary human endothelial cell cultures, even at high levels, is rarely associated with long-term culture, transformation, or growth deregulation, yet infection in vivo is sustained for life. Investigations of immune mediators that distinguish KSHV infection, KSHV/HIV co-infection, and symptomatic KS disease have yet to reveal consistent correlates of protection against or progression to KS. In addition to viral infection, it is plausible that pathogenesis also requires an immunological and metabolic environment permissive to the abnormal endothelial cell growth evident in KS tumors. In this study, we explored whether plasma metabolomes could differentiate asymptomatic KSHV-infected individuals with or without HIV co-infection and symptomatic KS from each other. METHODS To investigate how metabolic changes may correlate with co-infections and tumorigenesis, plasma samples derived from KSHV seropositive sub-Saharan African subjects in three groups, (A) asymptomatic (lacking neoplastic disease) with KSHV infection only, (B) asymptomatic co-infected with KSHV and HIV, and (C) symptomatic with clinically diagnosed KS, were subjected to analysis of lipid and polar metabolite profiles RESULTS: Polar and nonpolar plasma metabolic differentials were evident in both comparisons. Integration of the metabolic findings with our previously reported KS transcriptomics data suggests dysregulation of amino acid/urea cycle and purine metabolic pathways, in concert with viral infection in KS disease progression. CONCLUSIONS This study is, to our knowledge, the first to report human plasma metabolic differentials between in vivo KSHV infection and co-infection with HIV, as well as differentials between co-infection and epidemic KS.
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- Sara R Privatt
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA
- Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA
- Redox Biology Center, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA
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- Ocean Road Cancer Institute, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
- Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA
- Redox Biology Center, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA
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- Ocean Road Cancer Institute, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
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- Dermatology and Venereology Section, Adult Hospital of the University Teaching Hospitals, University of Zambia School of Medicine, Lusaka, Zambia
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- Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, USA
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- Ocean Road Cancer Institute, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
- Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA
- Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, USA
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- Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, USA.
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- Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, USA.
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Wood C, Rosati P, Lynn T. #Putkids1st: Health Professionals Using Social Media for Public Policy Advocacy-From Collective Action to Connective Action. Children (Basel) 2023; 10:1343. [PMID: 37628342 PMCID: PMC10453826 DOI: 10.3390/children10081343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2023] [Revised: 07/26/2023] [Accepted: 08/01/2023] [Indexed: 08/27/2023]
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This study examines public policy advocacy by pediatricians and other health professionals in the hashtag community: #putkids1st. The study explores 4321 tweets that feature the hashtag, generated by 1231 unique users largely drawn from the American Association of Pediatricians and its members. The data are used to explore the structural dynamics of the hashtag community, the role of homophily, and to test a source-message framework to predict and recommendations to help improve engagement and retransmission of professional health advocacy messages.
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- Charles Wood
- Collins College of Business, The University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK 74104, USA;
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- J.E. Cairnes School of Business and Economics, University of Galway, H91 YK8V Galway, Ireland
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- Irish Institute of Digital Business, Dublin City University, D09 RFK0 Dublin, Ireland;
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Bennett SJ, Davila CA, Reyes Z, Valentín-Acevedo A, Carrasco KG, Abadie R, Marlin MC, Beel M, Chapple AG, Fernando S, Guthridge JM, Chiou KS, Dombrowski K, West JT, Wood C. Immune profiling in Puerto Rican injection drug users with and without HIV-1 infection. J Leukoc Biol 2023; 114:142-153. [PMID: 37042743 PMCID: PMC10776106 DOI: 10.1093/jleuko/qiad045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2022] [Revised: 04/05/2023] [Accepted: 04/06/2023] [Indexed: 04/13/2023] Open
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Antiretroviral therapy has been effective in suppressing HIV viral load and enabling people living with HIV to experience longer, more conventional lives. However, as people living with HIV are living longer, they are developing aging-related diseases prematurely and are more susceptible to comorbidities that have been linked to chronic inflammation. Coincident with HIV infection and aging, drug abuse has also been independently associated with gut dysbiosis, microbial translocation, and inflammation. Here, we hypothesized that injection drug use would exacerbate HIV-induced immune activation and inflammation, thereby intensifying immune dysfunction. We recruited 50 individuals not using injection drugs (36/50 HIV+) and 47 people who inject drugs (PWID, 12/47 HIV+). All but 3 of the HIV+ subjects were on antiretroviral therapy. Plasma immune profiles were characterized by immunoproteomics, and cellular immunophenotypes were assessed using mass cytometry. The immune profiles of HIV+/PWID-, HIV-/PWID+, and HIV+/PWID+ were each significantly different from controls; however, few differences between these groups were detected, and only 3 inflammatory mediators and 2 immune cell populations demonstrated a combinatorial effect of injection drug use and HIV infection. In conclusion, a comprehensive analysis of inflammatory mediators and cell immunophenotypes revealed remarkably similar patterns of immune dysfunction in HIV-infected individuals and in people who inject drugs with and without HIV-1 infection.
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- Sydney J. Bennett
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, 1104 T St, Lincoln, NE 68588, United States
- Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Louisiana Cancer Research Center, 1700 Tulane Ave, New Orleans, LA 70112, United States
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- Department of Sociology, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, 660 N 12th St, Lincoln, NE 68588, United States
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Universidad Central del Caribe, PO Box 60327, Bayamón, Puerto Rico 00960, United States
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Universidad Central del Caribe, PO Box 60327, Bayamón, Puerto Rico 00960, United States
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- Department of Sociology, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, 660 N 12th St, Lincoln, NE 68588, United States
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- Department of Sociology, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, 660 N 12th St, Lincoln, NE 68588, United States
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- Arthritis & Clinical Immunology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, 825 NE 13th St, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, United States
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- Arthritis & Clinical Immunology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, 825 NE 13th St, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, United States
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- Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Louisiana Cancer Research Center, 1700 Tulane Ave, New Orleans, LA 70112, United States
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- Department of Animal Science, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, 3940 Fair St, Lincoln, NE 68503, United States
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- Arthritis & Clinical Immunology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, 825 NE 13th St, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, United States
- Department of Pathology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, 940 Stanton L. Young Blvd, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, United States
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- Department of Psychology, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, 1220 T St, Lincoln, NE 68588, United States
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- University of Vermont, 5 South Prospect St, Burlington, VT 05405, United States
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- Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Louisiana Cancer Research Center, 1700 Tulane Ave, New Orleans, LA 70112, United States
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- Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Louisiana Cancer Research Center, 1700 Tulane Ave, New Orleans, LA 70112, United States
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Porter B, Wood C, Belderson P, Manning C, Meadows R, Sanderson K, Hanson S. We care but we're not carers: perceptions and experiences of social prescribing in a UK national community organisation. Perspect Public Health 2023:17579139231185004. [PMID: 37489838 DOI: 10.1177/17579139231185004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/26/2023]
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AIMS (1) To explore how social prescribing referrals impact experiences of existing members of a voluntary and community-based organisation and (2) to describe the processes and relationships associated with joining community and voluntary organisations. METHODS Online survey and qualitative interviews with members of Men's Sheds, a global volunteer-led initiative to address loneliness and social isolation in men. 93 self-selecting Shed members (average age 67 years, 93% male) from across England and Scotland took part in the survey about demographics, joining the Shed, and free-text questions about experiences in the Shed. From the survey participants, 21 Shed members were purposively sampled and interviewed to explore the impact of social prescribing and referrals on the Sheds. RESULTS Participating in the Men's Shed was often associated with a significant change in personal circumstances, and Sheds provided a unique social support space, particularly valuable for men. Key factors around experiences of social prescribing and referral mechanisms were identified. We developed three themes: the experience of joining a Shed, success factors and risks of social prescribing, and 'we care but we're not carers'. CONCLUSIONS The results show that Men's Sheds are a caring organisation, but their members are not trained as professional carers, and men come to the Shed for their own personal reasons. They are concerned about the potential additional responsibilities associated with formal referrals. They encourage the development of relationships and local-level understanding of the essence of Sheds to enable social prescribing. As models of social prescribing grow nationally and internationally, collaboratively working with voluntary and community organisations to develop a mutually beneficial approach is essential for the effectiveness and sustainability of social prescribing in community health.
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- B Porter
- School of Health Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, UK
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- University of Winchester, Winchester, UK
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- Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
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- UK Men's Sheds Association, Bristol, UK
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- Professor, School of Health Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
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- School of Health Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
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Julius P, Siyumbwa SN, Maate F, Moonga P, Kang G, Kaile T, West JT, Wood C, Angeletti PC. Yes-associated protein-1 overexpression in ocular surface squamous neoplasia; a potential diagnostic marker and therapeutic target. Front Oncol 2023; 13:1213426. [PMID: 37476371 PMCID: PMC10354641 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2023.1213426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2023] [Accepted: 06/20/2023] [Indexed: 07/22/2023] Open
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Yes-associated protein-1 (YAP-1) is a Hippo system transcription factor, which serves as an oncogene in squamous cell carcinoma, and several solid tumors when the Hippo pathway is dysregulated. Yet, the activity of YAP-1 in ocular surface squamous neoplasia (OSSN) has not been determined. Here, we investigate the relationship between YAP-1 overexpression and OSSN. Using a cross-sectional study design, we recruited 227 OSSN patients from the University Teaching Hospitals in Lusaka, Zambia. Immunohistochemistry was used to assess YAP-1 protein overexpression in tumor tissue relative to surrounding benign squamous epithelium. OSSN patient samples (preinvasive, n = 62, 27% and invasive, n = 165, 73%) were studied. One hundred forty-nine invasive tumors contained adjacent preinvasive tissue, bringing the total number of preinvasive lesions examined to 211 (62 + 149). There was adjacent benign squamous epithelium in 50.2% (114/227) of OSSN samples. Nuclear YAP- 1 was significantly overexpressed in preinvasive (Fisher's (F): p <.0001, Monte Carlo (MC): p <.0001) and invasive (F: p <.0001, MC: p <.0001) OSSN in comparison to adjacent benign squamous epithelium when analyzed for basal keratinocyte positive count, staining intensity, expression pattern, and Immunostaining intensity-distribution index. YAP-1 expression did not differ between preinvasive and invasive OSSN (p >.05), keratinizing and non- keratinizing cancer (p >.05), or between T1/T2 and T3/T4 stages in invasive tumors (p >.05). However, grade 2 and 3 tumors had significantly stronger nucleus YAP-1 overexpression intensity than grade 1 tumors (F: p = .0078, MC: p = .0489). By immunohistochemistry, we identified significant overexpression (upregulation of YAP-1 protein expression) in preinvasive and invasive OSSN lesions compared to neighboring benign squamous epithelium. YAP-1 expression was significantly higher in poorly and moderately differentiated invasive squamous cancer than in well-differentiated carcinomas. Overexpression of YAP-1 within the margin of preinvasive and invasive OSSN, but not in the neighboring normal epithelium, indicates that it plays a role in the development and progression of OSSN.
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- Peter Julius
- Department of Pathology and Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia
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- Department of Pathology and Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia
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- Department of Pathology and Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia
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- University Teaching Hospital, Eye Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia
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- Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology, Louisiana State University Health Science Center, New Orleans, LA, United States
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- Department of Pathology and Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia
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- Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology, Louisiana State University Health Science Center, New Orleans, LA, United States
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- Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology, Louisiana State University Health Science Center, New Orleans, LA, United States
- Nebraska Center for Virology and the School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, NE, United States
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- Nebraska Center for Virology and the School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, NE, United States
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Vladimirova O, Soldan S, Su C, Kossenkov A, Ngalamika O, Tso FY, West JT, Wood C, Lieberman PM. Elevated iNOS and 3'-nitrotyrosine in Kaposi's Sarcoma tumors and mouse model. Tumour Virus Res 2023; 15:200259. [PMID: 36863485 PMCID: PMC10009278 DOI: 10.1016/j.tvr.2023.200259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2022] [Revised: 01/24/2023] [Accepted: 02/20/2023] [Indexed: 03/04/2023] Open
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Kaposi's Sarcoma (KS) is a heterogenous, multifocal vascular malignancy caused by the human herpesvirus 8 (HHV8), also known as Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus (KSHV). Here, we show that KS lesions express iNOS/NOS2 broadly throughout KS lesions, with enrichment in LANA positive spindle cells. The iNOS byproduct 3-nitrotyrosine is also enriched in LANA positive tumor cells and colocalizes with a fraction of LANA-nuclear bodies. We show that iNOS is highly expressed in the L1T3/mSLK tumor model of KS. iNOS expression correlated with KSHV lytic cycle gene expression, which was elevated in late-stage tumors (>4 weeks) but to a lesser degree in early stage (1 week) xenografts. Further, we show that L1T3/mSLK tumor growth is sensitive to an inhibitor of nitric oxide, L-NMMA. L-NMMA treatment reduced KSHV gene expression and perturbed cellular gene pathways relating to oxidative phosphorylation and mitochondrial dysfunction. These finding suggest that iNOS is expressed in KSHV infected endothelial-transformed tumor cells in KS, that iNOS expression depends on tumor microenvironment stress conditions, and that iNOS enzymatic activity contributes to KS tumor growth.
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- The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
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- Dermatology and Venereology Section, University Teaching Hospitals, University of Zambia School of Medicine, Lusaka, P.O. Box 50110, Zambia
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- Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology, Stanley S Scott Cancer Center, State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, USA
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- Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology, Stanley S Scott Cancer Center, State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, USA
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- Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology, Stanley S Scott Cancer Center, State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, USA
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Collinson LM, Bosch C, Bullen A, Burden JJ, Carzaniga R, Cheng C, Darrow MC, Fletcher G, Johnson E, Narayan K, Peddie CJ, Winn M, Wood C, Patwardhan A, Kleywegt GJ, Verkade P. Volume EM: a quiet revolution takes shape. Nat Methods 2023; 20:777-782. [PMID: 37076630 PMCID: PMC7614633 DOI: 10.1038/s41592-023-01861-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [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: 04/21/2023]
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Volume Electron Microscopy is a group of techniques that reveal the 3D ultrastructure of cells and tissues through volumes greater than 1 cubic micron. A burgeoning grass roots community effort is fast building the profile, and revealing the impact, of vEM technology in the life sciences and clinical research.
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- Lucy M Collinson
- Electron Microscopy Science Technology Platform, Francis Crick Institute, London, UK.
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- Sensory Circuits and Neurotechnology Laboratory, Francis Crick Institute, London, UK
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- UCL Ear Institute, University College London, London, UK
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- Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, University College London, London, UK
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- Zeiss Research Microscopy Solutions, Carl Zeiss Ltd, Zeiss Group, Cambourne, UK
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- Artificial Intelligence & Informatics, The Rosalind Franklin Institute, Didcot, UK
- SPT Labtech Ltd., Melbourn, UK
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- Dunn School Bioimaging Facility, Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, Oxford University, Oxford, UK
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- Center for Molecular Microscopy, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
- Cancer Research Technology Program, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, MD, USA
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- Electron Microscopy Science Technology Platform, Francis Crick Institute, London, UK
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- UKRI-STFC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, UK
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- Future Technology Centre, School of Mechanical and Design Engineering, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Hinxton, UK
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Hinxton, UK
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- School of Biochemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
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Yalcin D, Bennett SJ, Sheehan J, Trauth AJ, Tso FY, West JT, Hagensee ME, Ramsay AJ, Wood C. Longitudinal Variations in Antibody Responses against SARS-CoV-2 Spike Epitopes upon Serial Vaccinations. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24087292. [PMID: 37108460 PMCID: PMC10138620 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24087292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2023] [Revised: 04/08/2023] [Accepted: 04/12/2023] [Indexed: 04/29/2023] Open
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The COVID-19 pandemic caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) impacted healthcare, the workforce, and worldwide socioeconomics. Multi-dose mono- or bivalent mRNA vaccine regimens have shown high efficacy in protection against SARS-CoV-2 and its emerging variants with varying degrees of efficacy. Amino acid changes, primarily in the receptor-binding domain (RBD), result in selection for viral infectivity, disease severity, and immune evasion. Therefore, many studies have centered around neutralizing antibodies that target the RBD and their generation achieved through infection or vaccination. Here, we conducted a unique longitudinal study, analyzing the effects of a three-dose mRNA vaccine regimen exclusively using the monovalent BNT162b2 (Pfizer/BioNTech) vaccine, systematically administered to nine previously uninfected (naïve) individuals. We compare changes in humoral antibody responses across the entire SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoprotein (S) using a high-throughput phage display technique (VirScan). Our data demonstrate that two doses of vaccination alone can achieve the broadest and highest magnitudes of anti-S response. Moreover, we present evidence of novel highly boosted non-RBD epitopes that strongly correlate with neutralization and recapitulate independent findings. These vaccine-boosted epitopes could facilitate multi-valent vaccine development and drug discovery.
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- Dicle Yalcin
- Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology, Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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- Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology, Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68516, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, School of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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- Departments of Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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- Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology, Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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- Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology, Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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- Departments of Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, School of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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- Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology, Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68516, USA
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Privatt SR, Ngalamika O, Zhang J, Li Q, Wood C, West JT. Upregulation of Cell Surface Glycoproteins in Correlation with KSHV LANA in the Kaposi Sarcoma Tumor Microenvironment. Cancers (Basel) 2023; 15:cancers15072171. [PMID: 37046832 PMCID: PMC10093722 DOI: 10.3390/cancers15072171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2023] [Revised: 03/29/2023] [Accepted: 04/04/2023] [Indexed: 04/08/2023] Open
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HIV-associated epidemic Kaposi sarcoma (EpKS) remains one of the most prevalent cancers in sub-Saharan Africa despite the widespread uptake of anti-retroviral therapy and HIV-1 suppression. In an effort to define potential therapeutic targets against KS tumors, we analyzed previously published KS bulk tumor transcriptomics to identify cell surface biomarkers. In addition to upregulated gene expression (>6-fold) in the EpKS tumor microenvironment, biomarkers were selected for correlation with KSHV latency-associated nuclear antigen (LANA) expression. The cell surface glycoprotein genes identified were KDR, FLT4, ADAM12, UNC5A, ZP2, and OX40, as well as the endothelial lineage determinants Prox-1 and CD34. Each protein was evaluated for its expression and co-localization with KSHV LANA using multi-color immunofluorescence in KS tissues, KSHV-infected L1T2 cells, uninfected TIVE cells, and murine L1T2 tumor xenografts. Five surface glycoproteins (KDR, FLT4, UNC5A, ADAM12, and CD34) were associated with LANA-positive cells but were also detected in uninfected cells in the KS microenvironment. In vitro L1T2 cultures showed evidence of only FLT4, KDR, and UNC5A, whereas mouse L1T2 xenografts recapitulated human KS cell surface expression profiles, with the exception of CD34 and Prox-1. In KS tumors, most LANA-positive cells co-expressed markers of vascular as well as lymphatic endothelial lineages, suggesting KS-associated dedifferentiation to a more mesenchymal/progenitor phenotype.
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- Sara R. Privatt
- School of Biological Sciences, Nebraska Center for Virology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588, USA
- Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology, Louisiana Cancer Research Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-New Orleans, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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- University Teaching Hospital, University of Zambia School of Medicine, Lusaka 10101, Zambia
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- School of Biological Sciences, Nebraska Center for Virology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, Nebraska Center for Virology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, Nebraska Center for Virology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588, USA
- Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology, Louisiana Cancer Research Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-New Orleans, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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- Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology, Louisiana Cancer Research Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-New Orleans, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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Lynn T, Wood C. Smart Streets as a Cyber-Physical Social Platform: A Conceptual Framework. Sensors (Basel) 2023; 23:1399. [PMID: 36772437 PMCID: PMC9921669 DOI: 10.3390/s23031399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2022] [Revised: 01/19/2023] [Accepted: 01/23/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Streets perform a number of important functions and have a wide range of activities performed in them. There is a small but growing focus on streets as a more generalisable, atomised, and therefore more manageable unit of development and analysis than cities. Despite the public realm being one of the largest physical spaces on streets, the impact and potential of digitalisation projects on this realm is rarely considered. In this article, the smartness of a street is derived from the cyber-physical social infrastructure in the public realm, including data obtained from sensors, the interconnection between different services, technologies and social actors, intelligence derived from analysis of the data, and optimisation of operations within a street. This article conceptualises smart streets as basic units of urban space that leverage cyber-physical social infrastructure to provide and enable enhanced services to and between stakeholders, and through stakeholders' use of the street, generate data to optimise its services, capabilities, and value to stakeholders. A proposed conceptual framework is used to identify and explore how streets can be augmented and create value through cyber-physical social infrastructure and digital enhancements. We conclude with a discussion of future avenues of research.
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- Theo Lynn
- Irish Institute of Digital Business, Dublin City University, D09 Y5N0 Dublin, Ireland
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- Collins College of Business, The University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK 74104, USA
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Gordon LG, Wood C, Tothill RW, Webb PM, Schofield P, Mileshkin L. Healthcare Costs Before and After Diagnosis of Cancer of Unknown Primary Versus Ovarian Cancer in Australia. Pharmacoecon Open 2023; 7:111-120. [PMID: 36253664 PMCID: PMC9929003 DOI: 10.1007/s41669-022-00371-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/25/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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BACKGROUND Little is known about the healthcare resource usage and costs for patients with cancer of unknown primary (CUP). OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to describe and quantify healthcare resource use and costs in Australia, 6 months prior to and after a diagnosis of CUP, and compare to those of women with ovarian cancer. METHODS Individual-level data combining baseline surveys, clinical records and Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) claim records were analysed for 149 patients with CUP and 480 patients with ovarian cancer from two prospective cohort studies. MBS data were aggregated for the period 6 months prior to diagnosis date and 6 months after diagnosis. Data included doctor consultations, pathology, diagnostics, therapeutic procedures, imaging, allied health and medicines. Generalised linear models were used to evaluate the cost differences between CUP and ovarian cancer using gamma family and log link functions. Models were adjusted for age, employment, marital status, surgery, chemotherapy and number of comorbidities. RESULTS The mean healthcare costs in the 6 months prior to diagnosis of CUP were Australian (AU) $3903 versus AU$1327 for ovarian cancer (adjusted cost ratio 2.94, 95% confidence interval [CI] 2.08-4.15). Mean healthcare costs 6 months post-diagnosis were higher for patients with CUP versus ovarian cancer (AU$20,339 vs AU$13,819, adjusted cost ratio 1.47, 95% CI 1.13-1.92). Higher costs for patients with CUP were driven by imaging (AU$1937 vs AU$1387), procedures (AU$5403 vs AU$2702) and prescribed medicines for all conditions (AU$10,111 vs AU$6717). CONCLUSIONS Pre-diagnosis costs for patients with CUP are nearly triple those for ovarian cancer. Six months after diagnosis, healthcare costs for CUP remained higher than for ovarian cancer due to imaging, procedures and medicines.
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- Louisa G Gordon
- QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Population Health Department, Locked Bag 2000, Royal Brisbane Hospital, Herston, Brisbane, Australia.
- Queensland University of Technology (QUT), School of Nursing, Kelvin Grove, Australia.
- The University of Queensland, School of Medicine, Herston, Brisbane, Australia.
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre and the Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre and the Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Population Health Department, Locked Bag 2000, Royal Brisbane Hospital, Herston, Brisbane, Australia
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre and the Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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O'Shea TM, Register HM, Yi JX, Jensen ET, Joseph RM, Kuban KCK, Frazier JA, Washburn L, Belfort M, South AM, Santos HP, Shenberger J, Perrin EM, Thompson AL, Singh R, Rollins J, Gogcu S, Sanderson K, Wood C, Fry RC. Growth During Infancy After Extremely Preterm Birth: Associations with Later Neurodevelopmental and Health Outcomes. J Pediatr 2023; 252:40-47.e5. [PMID: 35987367 PMCID: PMC10242541 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2022.08.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2022] [Revised: 07/12/2022] [Accepted: 08/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate associations between changes in weight, length, and weight/length ratio during infancy and outcomes later in life among individuals born extremely preterm. STUDY DESIGN Among participants in the Extremely Low Gestational Age Newborn (ELGAN) study, we measured weight and length at discharge from the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and at age 2 years and evaluated neurocognitive, psychiatric, and health outcomes at age 10 years and 15 years. Using multivariable logistic regression, we estimated associations between gains in weight, length, and weight/length ratio z-scores between discharge and 2 years and outcomes at 10 and 15 years. High gain was defined as the top quintile of change; low gain, as the bottom quintile of change. RESULTS High gains in weight and weight/length were associated with greater odds of obesity at 10 years, but not at 15 years. These associations were found only for females. High gain in length z-score was associated with lower odds of obesity at 15 years. The only association found between high gains in growth measures and more favorable neurocognitive or psychiatric outcomes was between high gain in weight/length and lower odds of cognitive impairment at age 10 years. CONCLUSIONS During the 2 years after NICU discharge, females born extremely preterm with high gains in weight/length or weight have greater odds of obesity at 10 years, but not at 15 years. Infants with high growth gains in the 2 years after NICU discharge have neurocognitive and psychiatric outcomes in middle childhood and adolescence similar to those of infants with lower gains in weight and weight/length.
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- T Michael O'Shea
- Department of Pediatrics, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
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- Department of Pediatrics, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
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- Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
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- Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
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- Department of Pediatrics and Neurology, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA
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- Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center and Department of Psychiatry, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical Center, Worcester, MA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC
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- Department of Pediatric Newborn Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC; Department of Pediatrics, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC
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- School of Nursing & Health Studies, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
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- Department of Pediatrics, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC
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- Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Nursing, Baltimore, MD
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- Department of Anthropology, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
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- Department of Pediatrics, Tufts Children's Hospital, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
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- Department of Pediatrics, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
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- Department of Pediatrics, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC
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- Department of Pediatrics, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC
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- Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Gillings School of Global Public Health, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
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Bennett SJ, Yalcin D, Privatt SR, Ngalamika O, Lidenge SJ, West JT, Wood C. Antibody epitope profiling of the KSHV LANA protein using VirScan. PLoS Pathog 2022; 18:e1011033. [PMID: 36534707 PMCID: PMC9810164 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1011033] [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] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2022] [Revised: 01/03/2023] [Accepted: 11/30/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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The humoral antibody response against Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) in infected individuals has been characterized demonstrating the latency-associated nuclear antigen (LANA) as the most antigenic KSHV protein. Despite the antigenicity of the protein, specific LANA epitopes have not been systematically characterized. Here, we utilized a bacteriophage T7 library, which displays 56-amino acid KSHV LANA peptides with 28-amino acid overlap (VirScan), to define those epitopes in LANA targeted by antibodies from a cohort of 62 sub-Saharan African Kaposi sarcoma (KS) patients and 22 KSHV-infected asymptomatic controls. Intra- and inter-patient breadth and magnitude of the anti-LANA responses were quantified at the peptide and amino acid levels. From these data, we derived a detailed epitope annotation of the entire LANA protein, with a high-resolution focus on the N- and C-termini. Overall, the central repeat region was highly antigenic, but the responses to this region could not be confidently mapped due to its high variability. The highly conserved N-terminus was targeted with low breadth and magnitude. In a minority of individuals, antibodies specific to the nuclear localization sequence and a portion of the proline-rich regions of the N-terminus were evident. In contrast, the first half of the conserved C-terminal domain was consistently targeted with high magnitude. Unfortunately, this region was not included in LANA partial C-terminal crystal structures, however, it was predicted to adopt predominantly random-coil structure. Coupled with functional and secondary structure domain predictions, VirScan revealed fine resolution epitope mapping of the N- and C-terminal domains of LANA that is consistent with previous antigenicity studies and may prove useful to correlate KSHV humoral immunity with pathogenesis.
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- Sydney J. Bennett
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America
- Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology, Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
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- Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology, Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America
- Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology, Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
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- Dermatology and Venereology Section, University Teaching Hospital, University of Zambia School of Medicine, Lusaka, Zambia
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- Ocean Road Cancer Institute, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
- Department of Clinical Oncology, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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- Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology, Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America
- Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology, Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
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Heerman WJ, Perrin EM, Yin HS, Schildcrout JS, Delamater AM, Flower KB, Sanders L, Wood C, Kay MC, Adams LE, Rothman RL. The Greenlight Plus Trial: Comparative effectiveness of a health information technology intervention vs. health communication intervention in primary care offices to prevent childhood obesity. Contemp Clin Trials 2022; 123:106987. [PMID: 36323344 DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2022.106987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2022] [Revised: 10/17/2022] [Accepted: 10/26/2022] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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BACKGROUND The first 1000 days of a child's life are increasingly recognized as a critical window for establishing a healthy growth trajectory to prevent childhood obesity and its associated long-term comorbidities. The purpose of this manuscript is to detail the methods for a multi-site, comparative effectiveness trial designed to prevent childhood overweight and obesity from birth to age 2 years. METHODS This study is a multi-site, individually randomized trial testing the comparative effectiveness of two active intervention arms: 1) the Greenlight intervention; and 2) the Greenlight Plus intervention. The Greenlight intervention is administered by trained pediatric healthcare providers at each well-child visit from 0 to 18 months and consists of a low health literacy toolkit used during clinic visits to promote shared goal setting. Families randomized to Greenlight Plus receive the Greenlight intervention plus a health information technology intervention, which includes: 1) personalized, automated text-messages that facilitate caregiver self-monitoring of tailored and age-appropriate child heath behavior goals; and 2) a web-based, personalized dashboard that tracks child weight status, progress on goals, and electronic Greenlight content access. We randomized 900 parent-infant dyads, recruited from primary care clinics across six academic medical centers. The study's primary outcome is weight for length trajectory from birth through 24 months. CONCLUSIONS By delivering a personalized and tailored health information technology intervention that is asynchronous to pediatric primary care visits, we aim to achieve improvements in child growth trajectory through two years of age among a sample of geographically, socioeconomically, racially, and ethnically diverse parent-child dyads.
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- William J Heerman
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, 2200 Children's Way, Suite 2404, Nashville, TN 37232, United States of America.
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- Johns Hopkins University, Department of Pediatrics, Schools of Medicine and Nursing, 200 N. Wolfe St, Rubenstein Building-2071, Baltimore, MD 21287, United States of America.
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- New York University School of Medicine, Departments of Pediatrics and Population Health, 550 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, United States of America.
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- Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of Biostatistics, 1161 21st Ave S # D3300, Nashville, TN 37232, United States of America.
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- University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, 1601 NW 12(th) Ave., Miami, FL 33136, United States of America.
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- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, 231 MacNider Building, CB# 7225, 321 S. Columbia Street, UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7225, United States of America.
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- Stanford University School of Medicine, United States of America.
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- Duke University School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Health, 3116 N. Duke St., Durham, NC 27704, United States of America.
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- Duke University School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Health, 3116 N. Duke St., Durham, NC 27704, United States of America.
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- Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, 2200 Children's Way, Suite 2404, Nashville, TN 37232, United States of America.
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- Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Institute of Medicine and Public Health, 1161 21st Ave S # D3300, Nashville, TN 37232, United States of America.
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Musumali J, Julius P, Siyumbwa SN, Yalcin D, Kang G, Munsaka S, West JT, Wood C. Systematic post-mortem analysis of brain tissue from an HIV-1 subtype C viremic decedent revealed a paucity of infection and pathology. J Neurovirol 2022; 28:527-536. [PMID: 36198990 DOI: 10.1007/s13365-022-01099-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2022] [Revised: 09/01/2022] [Accepted: 09/16/2022] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
Abstract
Whether the human brain is a robust reservoir for HIV-1 subtype C has yet to be established. We aimed to determine whether HIV-1 subtype C infection can be detected in the brain tissue of a viremic individual at post-mortem and whether the viral burden was differential between different brain regions. This study reports a 38-year-old Zambian female decedent with severe wasting who was on Atripla for antiretroviral therapy. The cause of death was determined to be HIV/AIDS end-stage disease. The QuantStudio 3 Real-Time PCR System analyzed formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue DNA from a systematic sampling of the entire left-brain hemisphere. Plasma and cerebral spinal fluid HIV-1 RNA loads were 576,123 and 14,962 copies/mL, respectively. The lymph node DNA viral load was 2316 copies per 106 cells. Two hundred and six (96.3%) tissue blocks had amplifiable DNA. HIV-1 viral DNA was detected in 35.9% of the blocks, the highest in the basal ganglia (66.7%) and the frontal lobe (46%). Overall, HIV detection was random, with low viral copies detected by quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR); the lowest was observed in the occipital (median, IQR, range) 0.0 [0.0-0.0], 0.0-31.3, and the highest in the basal ganglia (mean ± SD, range, 125.1149.5, 0.0-350.0). Significant differences in HIV-1 DNA distribution were observed between the occipital versus parietal (p = 0.049), occipital versus frontal (p = 0.019), occipital versus basal ganglia (p = 0.005), cerebellum versus frontal (p = 0.021), cerebellum versus basal ganglia (p = 0.007), and temporal versus frontal (p = 0.034).
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- Jane Musumali
- Department of Pathology and Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Zambia, Nationalist Road, Lusaka, Zambia
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- Department of Pathology and Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Zambia, Nationalist Road, Lusaka, Zambia
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- Department of Pathology and Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Zambia, Nationalist Road, Lusaka, Zambia
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- Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, USA
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- Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Health Sciences, University of Zambia, Nationalist Road, Lusaka, Zambia
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- Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, USA
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- Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, USA.
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Liu Z, Julius P, Kang G, West JT, Wood C. Subtype C HIV-1 reservoirs throughout the body in ART-suppressed individuals. JCI Insight 2022; 7:162604. [PMID: 36278485 PMCID: PMC9714794 DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.162604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2022] [Accepted: 08/31/2022] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Subtype B HIV-1 reservoirs have been intensively investigated, but reservoirs in other subtypes and how they respond to antiretroviral therapy (ART) is substantially less established. To characterize subtype C HIV-1 reservoirs, we implemented postmortem frozen, as well as formalin fixed paraffin embedded (FFPE) tissue sampling of central nervous system (CNS) and peripheral tissues. HIV-1 LTR, gag, envelope (env) DNA and RNA was quantified using genomic DNA and RNA extracted from frozen tissues. RNAscope was used to localize subtype C HIV-1 DNA and RNA in FFPE tissue. Despite uniform viral load suppression in our cohort, PCR results showed that subtype C HIV-1 proviral copies vary both in magnitude and tissue distribution, with detection primarily in secondary lymphoid tissues. Interestingly, the appendix harbored proviruses in all subjects. Unlike subtype B, subtype C provirus was rarely detectable in the CNS, and there was no detectable HIV-1 RNA. HIV-1 RNA was detected in peripheral lymphoid tissues of 6 out of 8 ART-suppressed cases. In addition to active HIV-1 expression in lymphoid tissues, RNAscope revealed HIV RNA detection in CD4-expressing cells in the appendix, suggesting that this tissue was a previously unreported potential treatment-resistant reservoir for subtype C HIV-1.
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- Zhou Liu
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA.,Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Louisiana Cancer Research Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia
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- Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Louisiana Cancer Research Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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- Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Louisiana Cancer Research Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA.,Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Louisiana Cancer Research Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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Casper C, Corey L, Cohen JI, Damania B, Gershon AA, Kaslow DC, Krug LT, Martin J, Mbulaiteye SM, Mocarski ES, Moore PS, Ogembo JG, Phipps W, Whitby D, Wood C. KSHV (HHV8) vaccine: promises and potential pitfalls for a new anti-cancer vaccine. NPJ Vaccines 2022; 7:108. [PMID: 36127367 PMCID: PMC9488886 DOI: 10.1038/s41541-022-00535-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2022] [Accepted: 09/02/2022] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
Abstract
Seven viruses cause at least 15% of the total cancer burden. Viral cancers have been described as the "low-hanging fruit" that can be potentially prevented or treated by new vaccines that would alter the course of global human cancer. Kaposi sarcoma herpesvirus (KSHV or HHV8) is the sole cause of Kaposi sarcoma, which primarily afflicts resource-poor and socially marginalized populations. This review summarizes a recent NIH-sponsored workshop's findings on the epidemiology and biology of KSHV as an overlooked but potentially vaccine-preventable infection. The unique epidemiology of this virus provides opportunities to prevent its cancers if an effective, inexpensive, and well-tolerated vaccine can be developed and delivered.
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- Corey Casper
- grid.53959.330000 0004 1794 8076Infectious Disease Research Institute, 1616 Eastlake Ave. East, Suite 400, Seattle, WA 98102 USA
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- grid.270240.30000 0001 2180 1622Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Ave N, Seattle, WA 98109 USA
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- grid.94365.3d0000 0001 2297 5165Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bldg. 50, Room 6134, 50 South Drive, MSC8007, Bethesda, MD 20892-8007 USA
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- grid.10698.360000000122483208Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center & Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 US
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- grid.21729.3f0000000419368729Department of Pediatrics, Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University, 630 West 168th Street, New York, NY10032 US
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- grid.415269.d0000 0000 8940 7771PATH Essential Medicines, PATH, 2201 Westlake Avenue, Suite 200, Seattle, WA USA
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- grid.48336.3a0000 0004 1936 8075HIV and AIDS Malignancy Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA
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- grid.266102.10000 0001 2297 6811Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, CA USA
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- grid.27235.31Division of Cancer Epidemiology & Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, HHS, 9609 Medical Center Dr, Rm. 6E118 MSC 3330, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA
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- grid.189967.80000 0001 0941 6502Emory Vaccine Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322 USA
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- grid.21925.3d0000 0004 1936 9000Cancer Virology Program, Hillman Cancer Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 USA
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- grid.410425.60000 0004 0421 8357Department of Immuno-Oncology, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope, Duarte, CA 91010 USA
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- grid.34477.330000000122986657Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center; Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, University of Washington, Seattle, WA USA
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Clinical characteristics with inflammation profiling of long COVID and association with 1-year recovery following hospitalisation in the UK: a prospective observational study. Lancet Respir Med 2022; 10:761-775. [PMID: 35472304 PMCID: PMC9034855 DOI: 10.1016/s2213-2600(22)00127-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 144] [Impact Index Per Article: 72.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2022] [Revised: 03/23/2022] [Accepted: 03/31/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND No effective pharmacological or non-pharmacological interventions exist for patients with long COVID. We aimed to describe recovery 1 year after hospital discharge for COVID-19, identify factors associated with patient-perceived recovery, and identify potential therapeutic targets by describing the underlying inflammatory profiles of the previously described recovery clusters at 5 months after hospital discharge. METHODS The Post-hospitalisation COVID-19 study (PHOSP-COVID) is a prospective, longitudinal cohort study recruiting adults (aged ≥18 years) discharged from hospital with COVID-19 across the UK. Recovery was assessed using patient-reported outcome measures, physical performance, and organ function at 5 months and 1 year after hospital discharge, and stratified by both patient-perceived recovery and recovery cluster. Hierarchical logistic regression modelling was performed for patient-perceived recovery at 1 year. Cluster analysis was done using the clustering large applications k-medoids approach using clinical outcomes at 5 months. Inflammatory protein profiling was analysed from plasma at the 5-month visit. This study is registered on the ISRCTN Registry, ISRCTN10980107, and recruitment is ongoing. FINDINGS 2320 participants discharged from hospital between March 7, 2020, and April 18, 2021, were assessed at 5 months after discharge and 807 (32·7%) participants completed both the 5-month and 1-year visits. 279 (35·6%) of these 807 patients were women and 505 (64·4%) were men, with a mean age of 58·7 (SD 12·5) years, and 224 (27·8%) had received invasive mechanical ventilation (WHO class 7-9). The proportion of patients reporting full recovery was unchanged between 5 months (501 [25·5%] of 1965) and 1 year (232 [28·9%] of 804). Factors associated with being less likely to report full recovery at 1 year were female sex (odds ratio 0·68 [95% CI 0·46-0·99]), obesity (0·50 [0·34-0·74]) and invasive mechanical ventilation (0·42 [0·23-0·76]). Cluster analysis (n=1636) corroborated the previously reported four clusters: very severe, severe, moderate with cognitive impairment, and mild, relating to the severity of physical health, mental health, and cognitive impairment at 5 months. We found increased inflammatory mediators of tissue damage and repair in both the very severe and the moderate with cognitive impairment clusters compared with the mild cluster, including IL-6 concentration, which was increased in both comparisons (n=626 participants). We found a substantial deficit in median EQ-5D-5L utility index from before COVID-19 (retrospective assessment; 0·88 [IQR 0·74-1·00]), at 5 months (0·74 [0·64-0·88]) to 1 year (0·75 [0·62-0·88]), with minimal improvements across all outcome measures at 1 year after discharge in the whole cohort and within each of the four clusters. INTERPRETATION The sequelae of a hospital admission with COVID-19 were substantial 1 year after discharge across a range of health domains, with the minority in our cohort feeling fully recovered. Patient-perceived health-related quality of life was reduced at 1 year compared with before hospital admission. Systematic inflammation and obesity are potential treatable traits that warrant further investigation in clinical trials. FUNDING UK Research and Innovation and National Institute for Health Research.
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Tso FY, Lidenge SJ, Ngowi JR, Peña PB, Clegg AA, Ngalamika O, Mwita CJ, Mwaiselage J, Wood C. Lower SARS-CoV-2 Seroprevalence among Cancer Patients in Sub-Saharan Africa. J Clin Med 2022; 11:jcm11154428. [PMID: 35956046 PMCID: PMC9369079 DOI: 10.3390/jcm11154428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2022] [Revised: 07/25/2022] [Accepted: 07/26/2022] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Despite the high COVID-19 morbidity and mortality rates across the world, the reported rates in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), which has a higher burden of other infectious diseases and overwhelmed healthcare systems, remain relatively low. This study aims to better understand the potential factors that contribute to this phenomenon, especially among cancer patients who are considered as a high-risk group for developing severe COVID-19. METHODS Plasma samples collected during the COVID-19 pandemic from SARS-CoV-2 unvaccinated cancer and potential blood donor populations were analyzed for SARS-CoV-2 (spike and nucleocapsid proteins) antibodies by an immunofluorescence assay. The relationships between SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalences and study variables were determined using a logistic regression analysis. RESULTS High seroprevalence against the SARS-CoV-2 spike and nucleocapsid proteins were found among the SARS-CoV-2 unvaccinated COVID-19 pandemic populations in SSA. However, the cancer patients demonstrated a lower seroprevalence compared to potential blood donors. There was also an association between mild COVID-19 symptoms with prior tuberculosis vaccination among cancer patients. CONCLUSION Cancer patients in SSA tend to have a relatively lower SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence compared to potential blood donors recruited from the same geographic locations during the COVID-19 pandemic. More study is required to determine its cause and potential impact on SARS-CoV-2 vaccination among cancer patients.
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- For Yue Tso
- Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology, and the Stanley S Scott Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA;
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- Ocean Road Cancer Institute, Dar es Salaam P.O. Box 3592, Tanzania; (S.J.L.); (J.R.N.); (C.J.M.); (J.M.)
- Department of Clinical Oncology, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam P.O. Box 65001, Tanzania
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- Ocean Road Cancer Institute, Dar es Salaam P.O. Box 3592, Tanzania; (S.J.L.); (J.R.N.); (C.J.M.); (J.M.)
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- Nebraska Center for Virology, Lincoln, NE 68583, USA; (P.B.P.); (A.A.C.)
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588, USA
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- Nebraska Center for Virology, Lincoln, NE 68583, USA; (P.B.P.); (A.A.C.)
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588, USA
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- Dermatology and Venereology Section, University Teaching Hospitals, University of Zambia School of Medicine, Lusaka P.O. Box 50110, Zambia;
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- Ocean Road Cancer Institute, Dar es Salaam P.O. Box 3592, Tanzania; (S.J.L.); (J.R.N.); (C.J.M.); (J.M.)
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- Ocean Road Cancer Institute, Dar es Salaam P.O. Box 3592, Tanzania; (S.J.L.); (J.R.N.); (C.J.M.); (J.M.)
- Department of Clinical Oncology, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam P.O. Box 65001, Tanzania
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- Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology, and the Stanley S Scott Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA;
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Waring H, Wu M, Yang T, Ye TTS, Zander A, Zeicu C, Bellam S, Francombe J, Kawamoto N, Rahman MR, Sathyanarayana A, Tang HT, Cheung J, Hollingshead J, Page V, Sugarman J, Wong E, Chiong J, Fung E, Kan SY, Kiang J, Kok J, Krahelski O, Liew MY, Lyell B, Sharif Z, Speake D, Alim L, Amakye NY, Chandrasekaran J, Chandratreya N, Drake J, Owoso T, Thu YM, Abou El Ela Bourquin B, Alberts J, Chapman D, Rehnnuma N, Ainsworth K, Carpenter H, Emmanuel T, Fisher T, Gabrel M, Guan Z, Hollows S, Hotouras A, Ip Fung Chun N, Jaffer S, Kallikas G, Kennedy N, Lewinsohn B, Liu FY, Mohammed S, Rutherfurd A, Situ T, Stammer A, Taylor F, Thin N, Urgesi E, Zhang N, Ahmad MA, Bishop A, Bowes A, Dixit A, Glasson R, Hatta S, Hatt K, Larcombe S, Preece J, Riordan E, Fegredo D, Haq MZ, Li C, McCann G, Stewart D, Baraza W, Bhullar D, Burt G, Coyle J, Deans J, Devine A, Hird R, Ikotun O, Manchip G, Ross C, Storey L, Tan WWL, Tse C, Warner C, Whitehead M, Wu F, Court EL, Crisp E, Huttman M, Mayes F, Robertson H, Rosen H, Sandberg C, Smith H, Al Bakry M, Ashwell W, Bajaj S, Bandyopadhyay D, Browlee O, Burway S, Chand CP, Elsayeh K, Elsharkawi A, Evans E, Ferrin S, Fort-Schaale A, Iacob M, I K, Impelliziere Licastro G, Mankoo AS, Olaniyan T, Otun J, Pereira R, Reddy R, Saeed D, Simmonds O, Singhal G, Tron K, Wickstone C, Williams R, Bradshaw E, De Kock Jewell V, Houlden C, Knight C, Metezai H, Mirza-Davies A, Seymour Z, Spink D, Wischhusen S. Evaluation of prognostic risk models for postoperative pulmonary complications in adult patients undergoing major abdominal surgery: a systematic review and international external validation cohort study. Lancet Digit Health 2022; 4:e520-e531. [PMID: 35750401 DOI: 10.1016/s2589-7500(22)00069-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2021] [Revised: 01/07/2022] [Accepted: 04/06/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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BACKGROUND Stratifying risk of postoperative pulmonary complications after major abdominal surgery allows clinicians to modify risk through targeted interventions and enhanced monitoring. In this study, we aimed to identify and validate prognostic models against a new consensus definition of postoperative pulmonary complications. METHODS We did a systematic review and international external validation cohort study. The systematic review was done in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines. We searched MEDLINE and Embase on March 1, 2020, for articles published in English that reported on risk prediction models for postoperative pulmonary complications following abdominal surgery. External validation of existing models was done within a prospective international cohort study of adult patients (≥18 years) undergoing major abdominal surgery. Data were collected between Jan 1, 2019, and April 30, 2019, in the UK, Ireland, and Australia. Discriminative ability and prognostic accuracy summary statistics were compared between models for the 30-day postoperative pulmonary complication rate as defined by the Standardised Endpoints in Perioperative Medicine Core Outcome Measures in Perioperative and Anaesthetic Care (StEP-COMPAC). Model performance was compared using the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUROCC). FINDINGS In total, we identified 2903 records from our literature search; of which, 2514 (86·6%) unique records were screened, 121 (4·8%) of 2514 full texts were assessed for eligibility, and 29 unique prognostic models were identified. Nine (31·0%) of 29 models had score development reported only, 19 (65·5%) had undergone internal validation, and only four (13·8%) had been externally validated. Data to validate six eligible models were collected in the international external validation cohort study. Data from 11 591 patients were available, with an overall postoperative pulmonary complication rate of 7·8% (n=903). None of the six models showed good discrimination (defined as AUROCC ≥0·70) for identifying postoperative pulmonary complications, with the Assess Respiratory Risk in Surgical Patients in Catalonia score showing the best discrimination (AUROCC 0·700 [95% CI 0·683-0·717]). INTERPRETATION In the pre-COVID-19 pandemic data, variability in the risk of pulmonary complications (StEP-COMPAC definition) following major abdominal surgery was poorly described by existing prognostication tools. To improve surgical safety during the COVID-19 pandemic recovery and beyond, novel risk stratification tools are required. FUNDING British Journal of Surgery Society.
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Thurillet S, Bahans C, Wood C, Bougnard S, Labrunie A, Messager V, Toniolo J, Beloni P, Fourcade L. Psychometric properties of a self-assessment fear scale in children aged 4 to 12 years. Scary Scale. J Pediatr Nurs 2022; 65:108-115. [PMID: 35300885 DOI: 10.1016/j.pedn.2022.02.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2021] [Revised: 02/21/2022] [Accepted: 02/23/2022] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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BACKGROUND Caregivers encounter difficulties differentiating fear and pain experienced by children and tend to interpret what children may feel, often resulting in inadequate pain management. While many pain self-assessment scales are available, there is no validated self-assessment fear scale for children. METHODS The aim of this prospective study was to validate, in children aged 4 to 12 years, the psychometric properties of our scale. In a first part, in a school setting, five exercises were given to 484 children in order to validate the expression of fear, grade the intensity of the faces, the ability to discriminate the faces and the equality of the intervals. The scale's reproducibility was studied by assessing the children's fear in everyday situations at two different time points. In a second part, in a hospital setting, the aim was to test the scale's feasibility. Sixty children admitted to one emergency care department self-assessed their fear with the Scary Scale. FINDINGS The expression of fear was validated by 57.64% (p < 0.0001) of the children in comparison with three other emotions (pain, surprise, sadness).The 7-9 year-olds validated the other properties (gradation, discrimination, equality, reproducibility). The 4-6 year-olds failed to validate the gradation exercise, but succeeded with the others. In the hospital, 95% of children self-assessed their fear using the scale. DISCUSSION Our self-assessment fear scale was validated in children aged 7-12 years specifically and was readily feasible in the hospital. We recommend its use in that age group in every care situation triggering fear. TRIAL REGISTRATION clinicaltrials.gov Identifier: NCT02675504.
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- S Thurillet
- Pediatric Emergency Department, Mother-Child Hospital, Limoges, France.
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- Pediatric Epidemiology Department, Mother-Child Hospital, Limoges, France
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- Pain Department, Mother-Child Hospital, Limoges, France
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- Pediatric Emergency Department, Mother-Child Hospital, Limoges, France
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- Centre of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Methodology in Research, Limoges, France
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- Pediatric Emergency Department, Mother-Child Hospital, Limoges, France
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- University Hospital Centre, Inserm U1094, IRD U270, Univ. Limoges, CHU Limoges, EpiMaCT - Epidemiology of chronic diseases in tropical zone, Institute of Epidemiology and Tropical Neurology, OmegaHealth, Limoges, France
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- University Hospital Centre, Inserm U1094, IRD U270, Univ. Limoges, CHU Limoges, EpiMaCT - Epidemiology of chronic diseases in tropical zone, Institute of Epidemiology and Tropical Neurology, OmegaHealth, Limoges, France
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- Pediatric Surgery Department, Mother-Child Hospital, Limoges, France
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Julius P, Siyumbwa SN, Moonga P, Maate F, Kaile T, Haynatski G, Minhas V, Snow J, Peterson K, Gihozo P, Streeter S, Kaur S, Evans A, Gonzalez D, Samwel K, Kang G, West JT, Wood C, Angeletti PC. Epstein–Barr Virus, But Not Human Papillomavirus, Is Associated With Preinvasive and Invasive Ocular Surface Squamous Neoplasias in Zambian Patients. Front Oncol 2022; 12:864066. [PMID: 35494029 PMCID: PMC9047892 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2022.864066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2022] [Accepted: 03/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BackgroundThe etiopathogenesis of ocular surface squamous neoplasia (OSSN) is not fully understood. We assessed the frequency of oncogenic viruses in OSSN by immunohistochemistry (IHC) and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for human papillomavirus (HPV), Epstein–Barr virus (EBV), Merkel cell polyomavirus (MCPyV), Kaposi sarcoma virus, and adenovirus. Cases from Zambia were prospectively enrolled using a cross-sectional study design between November 2017 and March 2020.MethodsDemographic and clinical data [age, sex, HIV status, antiretroviral therapy (ART) history, CD4 count, plasma viral load] and tumor biopsies were collected from 243 consenting patients. Tumor samples were bisected, and half was used for DNA isolation, while the other half was formalin fixed and paraffin embedded (FFPE) for histopathology analysis. The expressions of latent EBV nuclear antigen 1 (EBNA1), CDKN2A/p16INK4A (p16), and MCPyV large T-antigen (LT) were tested by IHC. Multiplex PCR was used to detect 16 HPV genotypes and four other DNA tumor viruses [Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV), EBV, MCPyV, and adenovirus]. Relationships between HIV status, viral DNA and protein expression, and tumor grades were determined by statistical analysis.ResultsOSSN tumors from patients were 29.6% preinvasive and 70.4% invasive. Patients presented with unilateral tumors that were 70.4% late stage (T3/T4). OSSN patients were HIV positive (72.8%). IHC on 243 FFPE biopsies resulted in the detection of EBNA1 (EBV), p16 high-risk HPV (HR-HPV), and MCPyV LT expression in 89.0%, 4.9%, and 0.0%, respectively. EBNA1 was expressed in all grades of preinvasive [cornea–conjunctiva intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN)1, 100%; CIN2, 85.7%; CIN3, 95.8%; and carcinoma in situ (CIS), 83.8%] and in invasive (89.2%) OSSN. PCR on 178 samples detected EBV, HR-HPV, and MCPyV in 80.3%, 9.0%, and 13.5% of tumors, respectively. EBV was detected in all grades of preinvasive and invasive OSSN. EBV detection was associated with high HIV viral loads (p = 0.022). HR-HPV was detected in 0.0% CIN1, 0.0% CIN2, 5.6% CIN3, 13.0% CIS, and 7.0% invasive OSSN.ConclusionsOur findings of EBV DNA and EBNA1 protein in all the grades of preinvasive and especially invasive OSSN are consistent with a potential causal role for EBV in OSSN. A role of HPV in OSSN was not clearly established in this study.
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- Department of Pathology and Microbiology, School of Medicine, Lusaka, Zambia
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- University Teaching Hospital, Eye Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia
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- Department of Pathology and Microbiology, School of Medicine, Lusaka, Zambia
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- Department of Pathology and Microbiology, School of Medicine, Lusaka, Zambia
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, United States
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, United States
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- Nebraska Center for Virology and the School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States
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- Nebraska Center for Virology and the School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States
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- Nebraska Center for Virology and the School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States
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- Nebraska Center for Virology and the School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States
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- Nebraska Center for Virology and the School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States
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- Nebraska Center for Virology and the School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States
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- Nebraska Center for Virology and the School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States
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- Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology, Louisiana State University Health Science Center, New Orleans, LA, United States
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- Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology, Louisiana State University Health Science Center, New Orleans, LA, United States
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- Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology, Louisiana State University Health Science Center, New Orleans, LA, United States
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- Nebraska Center for Virology and the School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States
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Thomas D, Lan N, Jones C, Raju V, Soon J, Otto J, Wood C, Spencer R, Rankin J, Dwivedi G, Ihdayhid A. Evaluation of a Chest Pain Evaluation Pathway in the Emergency Department Utilising Computed Tomography Coronary Angiography as a First-Line Outpatient Test. Heart Lung Circ 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2022.06.337] [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: 10/16/2022]
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Abadie R, Habecker P, Carrasco KG, Chiou KS, Fernando S, Bennett SJ, Valentin-Acevedo A, Dombrowski K, West JT, Wood C. Employing Respondent Driven Sampling (RDS) to recruit people who inject drugs (PWID) and other hard-to-reach populations during COVID-19: Lessons learned. Front Psychiatry 2022; 13:990055. [PMID: 36262631 PMCID: PMC9574048 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.990055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2022] [Accepted: 09/12/2022] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Respondent Driven Sampling (RDS) is an effective sampling strategy to recruit hard-to-reach populations but the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the use of this strategy in the collection of data involving human subjects, particularly among marginalized and vulnerable populations, is not known. Based on an ongoing study using RDS to recruit and study the interactions between HIV infection, injection drug use, and the microbiome in Puerto Rico, this paper explores the effectiveness of RDS during the pandemic and provided potential strategies that could improve recruitment and data collection. RESULTS RDS was employed to evaluate its effectiveness in recruiting a group of people who inject drugs (PWID) and controls (N = 127) into a study in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. The participants were distributed among three subsets: 15 were HIV+ and PWID, 58 were HIV- PWID, and 54 were HIV+ and not PWID. FINDINGS Results show that recruitment through peer networks using RDS was possible across all sub-groups. Yet, while those in the HIV+ PWID sub-group managed to recruit from other-sub groups of HIV- PWID and HIV+, this occurred at a lower frequency. CONCLUSION Despite the barriers introduced by COVID-19, it is clear that even in this environment, RDS continues to play a powerful role in recruiting hard-to-reach populations. Yet, more attention should be paid at how future pandemics, natural disasters, and other big events might affect RDS recruitment of vulnerable and hard-to-reach populations.
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- Roberto Abadie
- School of Global and Integrative Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States
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- Department of Sociology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States
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- Department of Psychology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States
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- Department of Animal Science, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States.,Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Louisiana Cancer Research Center, New Orleans, LA, United States
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Universidad Central del Caribe, Bayamón, PR, United States
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- Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Louisiana Cancer Research Center, New Orleans, LA, United States
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States.,Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Louisiana Cancer Research Center, New Orleans, LA, United States
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Joseph S, Li M, Zhang S, Horne L, Stacpoole PW, Wohlgemuth SE, Edison AS, Wood C, Keller-Wood M. Sodium dichloroacetate stimulates cardiac mitochondrial metabolism and improves cardiac conduction in the ovine fetus during labor. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2022; 322:R83-R98. [PMID: 34851727 PMCID: PMC8791792 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00185.2021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Previous studies in our laboratory have suggested that the increase in stillbirth in pregnancies complicated by chronic maternal stress or hypercortisolemia is associated with cardiac dysfunction in late stages of labor and delivery. Transcriptomics analysis of the overly represented differentially expressed genes in the fetal heart of hypercortisolemic ewes indicated involvement of mitochondrial function. Sodium dichloroacetate (DCA) has been used to improve mitochondrial function in several disease states. We hypothesized that administration of DCA to laboring ewes would improve both cardiac mitochondrial activity and cardiac function in their fetuses. Four groups of ewes and their fetuses were studied: control, cortisol-infused (1 g/kg/day from 115 to term; CORT), DCA-treated (over 24 h), and DCA + CORT-treated; oxytocin was delivered starting 48 h before the DCA treatment. DCA significantly decreased cardiac lactate, alanine, and glucose/glucose-6-phosphate and increased acetylcarnitine/isobutyryl-carnitine. DCA increased mitochondrial activity, increasing oxidative phosphorylation (PCI, PCI + II) per tissue weight or per unit of citrate synthase. DCA also decreased the duration of the QRS, attenuating the prolongation of the QRS observed in CORT fetuses. The effect to reduce QRS duration with DCA treatment correlated with increased glycerophosphocholine and serine and decreased phosphorylcholine after DCA treatment. There were negative correlations of acetylcarnitine/isobutyryl-carnitine to both heart rate (HR) and mean arterial pressure (MAP). These results suggest that improvements in mitochondrial respiration with DCA produced changes in the cardiac lipid metabolism that favor improved conduction in the heart. DCA may therefore be an effective treatment of fetal cardiac metabolic disturbances in labor that can contribute to impairments of fetal cardiac conduction.
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- Serene Joseph
- 1Department of Pharmacodynamics, University of Florida College of Pharmacy, Gainesville, Florida
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- 2Department of Physiology and Functional Genomics, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida
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- 3Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
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- 4Department of Medicine and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida
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- 4Department of Medicine and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida
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- 5Department of Aging and Geriatric Research, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida
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- 3Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
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- 2Department of Physiology and Functional Genomics, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida
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- 1Department of Pharmacodynamics, University of Florida College of Pharmacy, Gainesville, Florida
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Noble DJ, Doyle E, Tramonti G, Law AB, Sundaramurthy A, Brush JP, Keanie J, Wood C, Drewell P, Keough W, McLaren DB. Defining Biochemical Cure After Low Dose Rate Prostate Brachytherapy: External Validation of 4-year Prostate-specific Antigen Nadir as a Predictor of 10- and 15-year Disease-free Survival. Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol) 2021; 34:42-49. [PMID: 34848134 DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2021.11.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2021] [Revised: 10/06/2021] [Accepted: 11/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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AIMS To externally validate a proposed biochemical definition of cure following low dose rate (LDR) brachytherapy for prostate cancer - 4-year post-implant prostate-specific antigen (PSA) ≤0.2 ng/ml - in a UK population, and report the long-term (10- and 15-year) outcomes for patients stratified by National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) risk groups, through analysis of a large, prospectively collected, single-centre database. MATERIALS AND METHODS All patients treated with LDR brachytherapy for prostate cancer at a single UK centre between 2001 and November 2020 (n = 1142) were eligible; 632 patients met the inclusion criteria for the analysis. The primary end point was disease-free survival (DFS), defined as freedom from clinical, radiological or PSA progression requiring androgen deprivation therapy. Four-year PSA was categorised as ≤0.2, >0.2 to ≤0.5, >0.5 to ≤1.0 and >1.0 ng/ml. Kaplan-Meier analysis to 15 years was undertaken for each group, and sensitivity and specificity of 4-year PSA as a surrogate for long-term cure were calculated. Kaplan-Meier analysis to 15 years was repeated, stratifying patients by NCCN risk groups. RESULTS The median cohort age was 63 years; the median follow-up was 9.1 years (range 3.5-18.7). In total, 248 patients were available for analysis at year 10, 46 at year 15. Sixty-four patients (10.1%) relapsed during the study period. The 10-year DFS for 4-year PSA categories ≤0.2, >0.2 to ≤0.5, >0.5 to ≤1.0 and >1.0 ng/ml (95% confidence intervals) were 97.5% (95.4-99.6), 89.0% (82.4-96.1), 81.5% (70.5-94.2) and 41.8% (29.7-58.9), respectively. The 10-year DFS results for NCCN low, favourable-intermediate and unfavourable-intermediate risk disease were 93.1% (89.6-96.7), 92.1% (87.6-96.9) and 75.9% (67.8-84.9), respectively. CONCLUSIONS Patients with 4-year PSA ≤0.2 ng/ml may be considered cured, and could be discharged to general practitioner follow-up. LDR brachytherapy is an excellent treatment option for patients with low and favourable-intermediate risk prostate cancer, but those with unfavourable-intermediate risk disease should be considered for treatment intensification strategies.
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- D J Noble
- Edinburgh Cancer Centre, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK; Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre, MRC Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, Edinburgh, UK
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- Edinburgh Cancer Centre, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK
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- Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre, MRC Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, Edinburgh, UK
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- Edinburgh Cancer Centre, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK
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- Edinburgh Cancer Centre, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK
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- Department of Radiology, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK
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- Department of Radiology, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK
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- Department of Oncology Physics, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK
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- Department of Oncology Physics, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK
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- Department of Oncology Physics, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK
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- Edinburgh Cancer Centre, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK; Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre, MRC Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, Edinburgh, UK.
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Colman K, Andrews RN, Atkins H, Boulineau T, Bradley A, Braendli-Baiocco A, Capobianco R, Caudell D, Cline M, Doi T, Ernst R, van Esch E, Everitt J, Fant P, Gruebbel MM, Mecklenburg L, Miller AD, Nikula KJ, Satake S, Schwartz J, Sharma A, Shimoi A, Sobry C, Taylor I, Vemireddi V, Vidal J, Wood C, Vahle JL. International Harmonization of Nomenclature and Diagnostic Criteria (INHAND): Non-proliferative and Proliferative Lesions of the Non-human Primate ( M. fascicularis). J Toxicol Pathol 2021; 34:1S-182S. [PMID: 34712008 PMCID: PMC8544165 DOI: 10.1293/tox.34.1s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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The INHAND (International Harmonization of Nomenclature and Diagnostic Criteria for
Lesions Project (www.toxpath.org/inhand.asp) is a joint initiative of the Societies of
Toxicologic Pathology from Europe (ESTP), Great Britain (BSTP), Japan (JSTP) and North
America (STP) to develop an internationally accepted nomenclature for proliferative and
nonproliferative lesions in laboratory animals. The purpose of this publication is to
provide a standardized nomenclature for classifying microscopic lesions observed in most
tissues and organs from the nonhuman primate used in nonclinical safety studies. Some of
the lesions are illustrated by color photomicrographs. The standardized nomenclature
presented in this document is also available electronically on the internet
(http://www.goreni.org/). Sources of material included histopathology databases from
government, academia, and industrial laboratories throughout the world. Content includes
spontaneous lesions as well as lesions induced by exposure to test materials. Relevant
infectious and parasitic lesions are included as well. A widely accepted and utilized
international harmonization of nomenclature for lesions in laboratory animals will provide
a common language among regulatory and scientific research organizations in different
countries and increase and enrich international exchanges of information among
toxicologists and pathologists.
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- Karyn Colman
- Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Wake Forest School of Medicine, Department of Radiation Oncology, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
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- Penn State College of Medicine, Department of Comparative Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA
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- Charles River Laboratories Edinburgh Ltd., Tranent, Scotland, UK
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- Roche Pharma Research and Early Development, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Roche Innovation Center Basel, Switzerland
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- Janssen Research & Development, a Division of Janssen Pharmaceutica NV, Beerse, Belgium
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- Department of Pathology, Section on Comparative Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Section on Comparative Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
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- LSIM Safety Institute Corporation, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA
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- Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, Ithaca, NY, USA
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- Shin Nippon Biomedical Laboratories, Ltd., Kagoshima and Tokyo, Japan
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- Covance Laboratories, Inc., Madison, WI, USA
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- Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Ridgefield, CT, USA
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- Lilly Research Laboratories, Indianapolis IN, USA
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Wood C, Anthony K. DMD - BRAIN. Neuromuscul Disord 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2021.07.159] [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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Lee KJ, Chang WCL, Chen X, Valiyaveettil J, Ramirez-Alcantara V, Gavin E, Musiyenko A, Madeira da Silva L, Annamdevula NS, Leavesley SJ, Ward A, Mattox T, Lindsey AS, Andrews J, Zhu B, Wood C, Neese A, Nguyen A, Berry K, Maxuitenko Y, Moyer MP, Nurmemmedov E, Gorman G, Coward L, Zhou G, Keeton AB, Cooper HS, Clapper ML, Piazza GA. Suppression of Colon Tumorigenesis in Mutant Apc Mice by a Novel PDE10 Inhibitor that Reduces Oncogenic β-Catenin. Cancer Prev Res (Phila) 2021; 14:995-1008. [PMID: 34584001 DOI: 10.1158/1940-6207.capr-21-0208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2021] [Revised: 08/12/2021] [Accepted: 09/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Previous studies have reported that phosphodiesterase 10A (PDE10) is overexpressed in colon epithelium during early stages of colon tumorigenesis and essential for colon cancer cell growth. Here we describe a novel non-COX inhibitory derivative of the anti-inflammatory drug, sulindac, with selective PDE10 inhibitory activity, ADT 061. ADT 061 potently inhibited the growth of colon cancer cells expressing high levels of PDE10, but not normal colonocytes that do not express PDE10. The concentration range by which ADT 061 inhibited colon cancer cell growth was identical to concentrations that inhibit recombinant PDE10. ADT 061 inhibited PDE10 by a competitive mechanism and did not affect the activity of other PDE isozymes at concentrations that inhibit colon cancer cell growth. Treatment of colon cancer cells with ADT 061 activated cGMP/PKG signaling, induced phosphorylation of oncogenic β-catenin, inhibited Wnt-induced nuclear translocation of β-catenin, and suppressed TCF/LEF transcription at concentrations that inhibit cancer cell growth. Oral administration of ADT 061 resulted in high concentrations in the colon mucosa and significantly suppressed the formation of colon adenomas in the Apc+/min-FCCC mouse model of colorectal cancer without discernable toxicity. These results support the development of ADT 061 for the treatment or prevention of adenomas in individuals at risk of developing colorectal cancer. PREVENTION RELEVANCE: PDE10 is overexpressed in colon tumors whereby inhibition activates cGMP/PKG signaling and suppresses Wnt/β-catenin transcription to selectively induce apoptosis of colon cancer cells. ADT 061 is a novel PDE10 inhibitor that shows promising cancer chemopreventive activity and tolerance in a mouse model of colon cancer.
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- Kevin J Lee
- Drug Discovery Research Center, Mitchell Cancer Institute, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama
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- Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Drug Discovery Research Center, Mitchell Cancer Institute, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama
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- Drug Discovery Research Center, Mitchell Cancer Institute, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama
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- Gynecologic Oncology Research Division, Mitchell Cancer Institute, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama
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- Gynecologic Oncology Research Division, Mitchell Cancer Institute, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama
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- Gynecologic Oncology Research Division, Mitchell Cancer Institute, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama
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- Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama.,Center for Lung Biology, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama
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- Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama.,Center for Lung Biology, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama.,Department of Pharmacology, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama
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- Drug Discovery Research Center, Mitchell Cancer Institute, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama
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- Drug Discovery Research Center, Mitchell Cancer Institute, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama
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- Drug Discovery Research Center, Mitchell Cancer Institute, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama
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- Drug Discovery Research Center, Mitchell Cancer Institute, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama
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- Drug Discovery Research Center, Mitchell Cancer Institute, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama
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- Drug Discovery Research Center, Mitchell Cancer Institute, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama
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- Drug Discovery Research Center, Mitchell Cancer Institute, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama
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- Drug Discovery Research Center, Mitchell Cancer Institute, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama
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- Drug Discovery Research Center, Mitchell Cancer Institute, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama
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- Department of Drug Discovery and Development, Harrison School of Pharmacy, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama
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- Georgia Cancer Center, Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia
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- Department of Drug Discovery and Development, Harrison School of Pharmacy, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama
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- Department of Pathology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Drug Discovery and Development, Harrison School of Pharmacy, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama.
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Noble D, Doyle E, Tramonti G, Law A, Sundaramurthy A, Brush J, Keanie J, Wood C, Drewell P, Keough W, McLaren D. PD-0809 4-year PSA to predict relapse risk after low dose rate brachytherapy for prostate cancer. Radiother Oncol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(21)07088-2] [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: 11/29/2022]
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Shuttleworth C, Everest D, Wood C, Holmes JP. Sympatric cases of squirrelpox in red and grey squirrels. Vet Rec 2021; 188:358. [PMID: 33960446 DOI: 10.1002/vetr.483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Craig Shuttleworth
- School of Natural Sciences, Bangor University, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2UW
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- APHA Weybridge, New Haw, Addlestone, Surrey, KT15 3NB
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- APHA Shrewsbury, Veterinary Investigation Centre, Harlescott, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY1 4HD
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Carter H, Wood C. 683 A Quality Improvement Project (QIP) To Increase Compliance with Peri-Operative Antibiotic Guidelines in Colorectal Surgery (CS). Br J Surg 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/bjs/znab134.468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Abstract
Introduction
In CS, the correct use of antibiotics is important in order to reduce the risk of surgical site and intra-abdominal infections, whilst balancing risks from overuse of antibiotics. The Commissioning for Quality and Improvement (CQUIN) of 2019/20 identified that antibiotic prophylaxis guideline compliance could be enhanced in CS. This QIP aimed to improve local CS antibiotic prophylaxis and extension guideline compliance.
Method
In December 2019, an educational session was held to highlight the details of the local guideline and prescribing discrepancies. A3 posters of the guideline were created for accessible reference in operating theatres. Perioperative antibiotic prescription data from all colorectal elective cases in January 2020 were extracted and analysed using descriptive methods.
Results
Out of 93 cases in the sample, 70 (75.3%) were compliant with the prophylaxis guideline. However, metronidazole was commonly used in perianal surgery, which is not recommended. 13 cases required extension of the antibiotic course, of which seven were compliant (53.8%). The main issues included: use of agents and course durations which were not indicated; and a lack of antibiotic switch after a pause in therapy.
Conclusions
To further improve compliance with antibiotic guidelines, targeting historic practice, increasing awareness, and making systemic change is required for the next cycle.
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- H Carter
- University College London Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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- University College London Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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Abdelsalam M, Mecci N, Matin S, Wood C, Karam J, Ahrar K. Abstract No. 587 Magnetic resonance imaging–guided cryoablation of de novo solitary pathologically proven T1a renal tumors. J Vasc Interv Radiol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2021.03.397] [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: 11/16/2022] Open
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Ngalamika O, Munsaka S, Lidenge SJ, West JT, Wood C. Antiretroviral Therapy for HIV-Associated Cutaneous Kaposi's Sarcoma: Clinical, HIV-Related, and Sociodemographic Predictors of Outcome. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 2021; 37:368-372. [PMID: 33386064 PMCID: PMC8112720 DOI: 10.1089/aid.2020.0099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) is an AIDS-defining malignancy that can improve or worsen with antiretroviral therapy (ART). We aimed at identifying clinical, HIV-related, and sociodemographic factors associated with either progression or nonprogression (regression or stable disease) of ART-treated HIV-associated KS in patients with limited cutaneous disease. We conducted a prospective cohort study of ART-treated HIV-associated KS cases. Clinical, HIV-related, and sociodemographic variables were collected at baseline, and patients were followed up to determine treatment outcomes. Cox regression, linear mixed effects model, and Spearman's rank correlation were used for analysis. Half (50%) of the study participants had KS regression or stable disease, whereas the other half (50%) had disease progression during the treatment and follow-up period. Among the data analyzed, presence of KS nodules at baseline (hazard ratio = 5.47; 95% confidence interval = 1.32-22.65; p = .02) was an independent predictor of poor treatment outcome. Progressors and nonprogressors were indistinguishable in the changes they experienced in the HIV plasma viral load and CD4 counts as a result of ART. Even when cutaneous presentation is limited, the presence of nodular morphotype KS lesions should be considered an indicator for combined ART plus chemotherapy. Temporal trends in CD4 counts and HIV viral loads did not correlate with treatment outcome in ART-treated HIV-associated KS.
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- Owen Ngalamika
- Dermatology and Venereology Section, Adult Hospital of the University Teaching Hospitals, University of Zambia School of Medicine, Lusaka, Zambia
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Health Sciences, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia
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- Ocean Road Cancer Institute, Academic and Research Unit, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
- Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Clinical Oncology Department, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
- Nebraska Center for Virology, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
- School of Biological Sciences, and University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
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- Nebraska Center for Virology, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
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- Nebraska Center for Virology, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
- School of Biological Sciences, and University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
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Li M, Wood C, Keller‐Wood M. Chronic Maternal Hypercortisolemia Results in Adverse Birth Outcomes and Alters Cardiac Function at the Time of Birth. FASEB J 2021. [DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.2021.35.s1.02470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Mengchen Li
- PharmacodynamicsUniversity of FloridaGainesvilleFL
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- Physiology and Functional GenomicsUniversity of FloridaGainesvilleFL
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Poppe LK, Kankasa C, Wood C, West JT. Relationships Between Maternal Antibody Responses and Early Childhood Infection With Kaposi Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus. J Infect Dis 2021; 222:1723-1730. [PMID: 32459337 DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiaa288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2020] [Accepted: 05/21/2020] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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While mother-to-child transmission is believed to play in important role in early childhood infection with Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV), the maternal immune response remains largely uncharacterized. This study aimed to characterize the longitudinal humoral response to KSHV in a cohort of HIV-infected Zambian mothers without KS and identify potential factors that may influence transmission. In total, 86/124 (69.4%) mothers were found to be KSHV seropositive. Longitudinal KSHV titers were fairly stable over time, although seroreversion was still common. Of the total 124 mothers, 81 had at least 1 child KSHV seroconvert during the 2 years analyzed, while the remaining 43 mothers had KSHV-seronegative children. Mothers of KSHV-negative children had higher geometric mean titers than mothers of KSHV-positive children; however, there was no difference in the presence of neutralizing antibodies. This suggests that a strong anti-KSHV immune response, and potentially nonneutralizing antibodies, may reduce transmission.
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- Lisa K Poppe
- Nebraska Center for Virology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA.,School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
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- Pediatric Center of Excellence, University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia
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- Nebraska Center for Virology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA.,School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA.,Department of Biochemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
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- Nebraska Center for Virology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA.,Department of Biochemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
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Tso FY, Lidenge SJ, Poppe LK, Peña PB, Privatt SR, Bennett SJ, Ngowi JR, Mwaiselage J, Belshan M, Siedlik JA, Raine MA, Ochoa JB, Garcia-Diaz J, Nossaman B, Buckner L, Roberts WM, Dean MJ, Ochoa AC, West JT, Wood C. Presence of antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) against SARS-CoV-2 in COVID-19 plasma. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0247640. [PMID: 33661923 PMCID: PMC7932539 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0247640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2020] [Accepted: 02/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Neutralizing-antibody (nAb) is the major focus of most ongoing COVID-19 vaccine trials. However, nAb response against SARS-CoV-2, when present, decays rapidly. Given the myriad roles of antibodies in immune responses, it is possible that antibodies could also mediate protection against SARS-CoV-2 via effector mechanisms such as antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC), which we sought to explore here. Methods Plasma of 3 uninfected controls and 20 subjects exposed to, or recovering from, SARS-CoV-2 infection were collected from U.S. and sub-Saharan Africa. Immunofluorescence assay was used to detect the presence of SARS-CoV-2 specific IgG antibodies in the plasma samples. SARS-CoV-2 specific neutralizing capability of these plasmas was assessed with SARS-CoV-2 spike pseudotyped virus. ADCC activity was assessed with a calcein release assay. Results SARS-CoV-2 specific IgG antibodies were detected in all COVID-19 subjects studied. All but three COVID-19 subjects contained nAb at high potency (>80% neutralization). Plasma from 19/20 of COVID-19 subjects also demonstrated strong ADCC activity against SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoprotein, including two individuals without nAb against SARS-CoV-2. Conclusion Both neutralizing and non-neutralizing COVID-19 plasmas can mediate ADCC. Our findings argue that evaluation of potential vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 should include investigation of the magnitude and durability of ADCC, in addition to nAb.
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- For Yue Tso
- Nebraska Center for Virology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States of America
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States of America
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- Nebraska Center for Virology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States of America
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States of America
- Ocean Road Cancer Institute, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
- Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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- Nebraska Center for Virology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States of America
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States of America
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- Nebraska Center for Virology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States of America
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States of America
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- Nebraska Center for Virology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States of America
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States of America
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- Nebraska Center for Virology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States of America
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States of America
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- Ocean Road Cancer Institute, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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- Ocean Road Cancer Institute, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
- Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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- Nebraska Center for Virology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States of America
- Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, Creighton University, Omaha, NE, United States of America
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- Department of Exercise Science and Pre-Health Professions, Creighton University, Omaha, NE, United States of America
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- Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, Creighton University, Omaha, NE, United States of America
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- Department of Surgery, Ochsner Medical Center, New Orleans, LA, United States of America
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- Department of Internal Medicine Ochsner Medical Center, New Orleans, LA, United States of America
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- Department of Internal Medicine Ochsner Medical Center, New Orleans, LA, United States of America
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- Department of Internal Medicine Ochsner Medical Center, New Orleans, LA, United States of America
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- Department of Internal Medicine Ochsner Medical Center, New Orleans, LA, United States of America
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- Louisiana State University Cancer Center, New Orleans, LA, United States of America
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- Louisiana State University Cancer Center, New Orleans, LA, United States of America
- Department of Pediatrics LSU Health, New Orleans, LA, United States of America
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- Nebraska Center for Virology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States of America
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States of America
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- Nebraska Center for Virology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States of America
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States of America
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States of America
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Julius P, Siyumbwa SN, Moonga P, Maate F, Kaile T, Kang G, West JT, Wood C, Angeletti PC. Clinical and Pathologic Presentation of Primary Ocular Surface Tumors among Zambians. Ocul Oncol Pathol 2021; 7:108-120. [PMID: 33869164 PMCID: PMC8024974 DOI: 10.1159/000511610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2020] [Accepted: 09/09/2020] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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AIM This study aimed to characterize the clinical and pathologic presentation of ocular surface tumors (OSTs) and to more precisely differentiate the grades of ocular surface squamous neoplasia (OSSN) and benign lesions among Zambians. METHODS Two-hundred sixty-five Zambian patients presenting with ocular surface growths, suspicious for OSSN, were recruited between November 2017 and November 2019 to a cross-sectional study to investigate their lesions. Sociodemographic data were collected, HIV infection status and vision tests were performed, and lesions were measured and documented. Lesions >2 mm in diameter were excised and sent for pathology analysis. In addition to the biopsies, tears, blood, and buccal swabs were collected. CD4+ T-cell counts were measured by flow cytometry. Lesions were classified according to the WHO guidelines. χ2 and bivariate correlations were used to analyze variable associations and strengths with phi/Cramer's V and correlation coefficients, respectively. Binary logistics was used to adjust for covariance. RESULTS In this study, 68.3% of the participants were found to be HIV positive. The most frequent diagnoses were invasive OSSN (45.3%), preinvasive OSSN (29.1%), and pterygium (22.6%). Invasive OSSN comprised keratinizing squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) (87.5%), basaloid SCC (3.3%), and spindle cell carcinoma (3.3%). Unusual carcinomas, not described previously, included hybrid SCC (5.0%) and acantholytic SCC (0.8%). Invasive OSSN had advanced tumor (T3/T4) staging (93.3%) at diagnosis. Lymphadenopathy was rare (2.3%), and metastasis was absent. Patients were mostly female (59.2%). Median age was 36 (interquartile ranges 33-41) years (ranges 18-81). Patients with invasive OSSN were more likely to present with pain (p = 0.007), redness (p = 0.034), excessive tearing (p = 0.0001), discharge (p = 0.011), bleeding (p = 0.007), reduced vision (p = 0.0001), fungating lesion (p = 0.001), and blindness (p = 0.005); location at temporal limbus (p = 0.0001), inferior limbus (p = 0.0001), or circumlimbal (p = 0.001); and extension to cornea (p = 0.006) and forniceal palpebral conjunctiva (p = 0.001). Invasive OSSN was associated with any smoking habit and alcohol consumption (p = 0.04 and 0.03, respectively). HIV positivity was strongly associated with OSSN (74.6% OSSN vs. 49.3% benign lesions; p = 0.0001; phi: 0.237 [p = 0.0001]). CONCLUSION OSTs are very common in Zambia and are strongly associated with HIV coinfection. Patients with OSSN were more likely to be HIV positive than those with pterygia. Despite the commonality of OSTs in sub-Saharan Africa, these cancers have historically been poorly characterized.
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- Peter Julius
- Department of Pathology and Microbiology, School of Medicine, Lusaka, Zambia
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- University Teaching Hospital, Eye Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia
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- Department of Pathology and Microbiology, School of Medicine, Lusaka, Zambia
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- Department of Pathology and Microbiology, School of Medicine, Lusaka, Zambia
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- Nebraska Center for Virology and the School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
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- Nebraska Center for Virology and the Department of Biochemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
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- Nebraska Center for Virology and the School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
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- Nebraska Center for Virology and the School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA,*Peter C. Angeletti, Nebraska Center for Virology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 4240 Fair St., Lincoln, NE 68583-0900 (USA),
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King WP, Amos J, Azer M, Baker D, Bashir R, Best C, Bethke E, Boppart SA, Bralts E, Corey RM, Dietkus R, Durack G, Elbel S, Elliott G, Fava J, Goldenfeld N, Goldstein MH, Hayes C, Herndon N, Jamison S, Johnson B, Johnson H, Johnson M, Kolaczynski J, Lee T, Maslov S, McGregor DJ, Milner D, Moller R, Mosley J, Musser A, Newberger M, Null D, O’Bryan L, Oelze M, O’Leary J, Pagano A, Philpott M, Pianfetti B, Pille A, Pizzuto L, Ricconi B, Rubessa M, Rylowicz S, Shipley C, Singer AC, Stewart B, Switzky R, Tawfick S, Wheeler M, White K, Widloski EM, Wood E, Wood C, Wooldridge AR. Emergency ventilator for COVID-19. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0244963. [PMID: 33378363 PMCID: PMC7773325 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0244963] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2020] [Accepted: 12/18/2020] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the world in 2020 by spreading at unprecedented rates and causing tens of thousands of fatalities within a few months. The number of deaths dramatically increased in regions where the number of patients in need of hospital care exceeded the availability of care. Many COVID-19 patients experience Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), a condition that can be treated with mechanical ventilation. In response to the need for mechanical ventilators, designed and tested an emergency ventilator (EV) that can control a patient's peak inspiratory pressure (PIP) and breathing rate, while keeping a positive end expiratory pressure (PEEP). This article describes the rapid design, prototyping, and testing of the EV. The development process was enabled by rapid design iterations using additive manufacturing (AM). In the initial design phase, iterations between design, AM, and testing enabled a working prototype within one week. The designs of the 16 different components of the ventilator were locked by additively manufacturing and testing a total of 283 parts having parametrically varied dimensions. In the second stage, AM was used to produce 75 functional prototypes to support engineering evaluation and animal testing. The devices were tested over more than two million cycles. We also developed an electronic monitoring system and with automatic alarm to provide for safe operation, along with training materials and user guides. The final designs are available online under a free license. The designs have been transferred to more than 70 organizations in 15 countries. This project demonstrates the potential for ultra-fast product design, engineering, and testing of medical devices needed for COVID-19 emergency response.
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- William P. King
- Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States of America
- Carle Illinois College of Medicine, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States of America
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- Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States of America
- Carle Illinois College of Medicine, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States of America
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- Applied Research Institute, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States of America
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- Fast Radius, Chicago, IL, United States of America
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- Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States of America
- Carle Illinois College of Medicine, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States of America
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- Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States of America
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- Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States of America
- Carle Illinois College of Medicine, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States of America
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- Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States of America
- Carle Illinois College of Medicine, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States of America
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- Siebel Center for Design, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States of America
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- Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States of America
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- Siebel Center for Design, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States of America
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- Tekmill, Champaign, IL, United States of America
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- Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States of America
- Creative Thermal Solutions, Urbana, IL, United States of America
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- Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States of America
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- Siebel Center for Design, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States of America
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- Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States of America
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- Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States of America
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States of America
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States of America
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- Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States of America
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- Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States of America
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- Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States of America
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- Carle Illinois College of Medicine, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States of America
- Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana, IL, United States of America
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- Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States of America
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- Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States of America
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- Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States of America
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- Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States of America
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- Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States of America
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- College of Agricultural, Consumer, and Animal Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States of America
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- Creative Thermal Solutions, Urbana, IL, United States of America
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- Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States of America
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- Siebel Center for Design, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States of America
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- Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States of America
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- Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States of America
- Siebel Center for Design, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States of America
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- Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States of America
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- Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States of America
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- Fast Radius, Chicago, IL, United States of America
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- Fast Radius, Chicago, IL, United States of America
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- Creative Thermal Solutions, Urbana, IL, United States of America
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- College of Agricultural, Consumer, and Animal Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States of America
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- Fast Radius, Chicago, IL, United States of America
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States of America
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- Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States of America
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- Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana, IL, United States of America
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- Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States of America
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- Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States of America
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- College of Agricultural, Consumer, and Animal Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States of America
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- Carle Illinois College of Medicine, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States of America
- Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana, IL, United States of America
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- Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States of America
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- Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States of America
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- Fast Radius, Chicago, IL, United States of America
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- Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States of America
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Tso FY, Lidenge SJ, Peña PB, Clegg AA, Ngowi JR, Mwaiselage J, Ngalamika O, Julius P, West JT, Wood C. High prevalence of pre-existing serological cross-reactivity against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) in sub-Saharan Africa. Int J Infect Dis 2020; 102:577-583. [PMID: 33176202 PMCID: PMC7648883 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.10.104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 164] [Impact Index Per Article: 41.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2020] [Revised: 10/27/2020] [Accepted: 10/31/2020] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
Abstract
Objective Significant morbidity and mortality have occurred in the USA, Europe, and Asia due to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), whereas the numbers of infections and deaths in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) have remained comparatively low. It has been hypothesized that exposure of the population in SSA to other coronaviruses prior to the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in some degree of cross-protection against SARS-CoV-2 infection and pathogenesis. We evaluated this hypothesis by comparing SARS-CoV-2 cross-reactive antibodies in pre-pandemic plasma samples collected from SSA and the USA. Method Pre-COVID-19 pandemic plasma samples from SSA and the USA were collected and tested by immunofluorescence assay against the spike and nucleocapsid proteins of all known human coronaviruses (HCoVs). Results The prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 serological cross-reactivity was significantly higher in samples from SSA compared with the USA. Most of these cross-reactive samples cross-recognized the SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein and the spike proteins of other HCoVs. Nucleocapsid proteins from HCoV-NL63 and HCoV-229E were detected in most samples, thereby implicating prior exposure to these two HCoVs as the likely source of cross-reactive antibodies against SARS-CoV-2. Conclusion The low incidences of SARS-CoV-2 infection and disease in SSA appear to be correlated with the pre-pandemic serological cross-recognition of HCoVs, which are substantially more prevalent in SSA than the USA.
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- For Yue Tso
- Nebraska Center for Virology, Lincoln, NE, USA; School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA
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- Nebraska Center for Virology, Lincoln, NE, USA; School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA; Ocean Road Cancer Institute, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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- Nebraska Center for Virology, Lincoln, NE, USA; School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA
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- Nebraska Center for Virology, Lincoln, NE, USA; School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA
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- Ocean Road Cancer Institute, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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- Ocean Road Cancer Institute, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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- Dermatology and Venereology Section, University Teaching Hospitals, University of Zambia School of Medicine, Lusaka, Zambia
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- Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Zambia School of Medicine, Lusaka, Zambia
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- Nebraska Center for Virology, Lincoln, NE, USA; Department of Biochemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA
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- Nebraska Center for Virology, Lincoln, NE, USA; School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA; Department of Biochemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA.
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