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Salunkhe RR, O'Sullivan B, Huang SH, Su J, Xu W, Hosni A, Waldron J, Irish J, de Almeida J, Witterick I, Montero E, Gilbert RW, Razak AA, Zhang L, Brown D, Goldstein D, Gullane P, Tong L, Hahn E. Dawn of Staging for Head and Neck Soft Tissue Sarcoma: Validation of the Novel 8 th Edition AJCC T Classification and Proposed Stage Groupings. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2023; 117:S149. [PMID: 37784378 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2023.06.567] [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: 10/04/2023]
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PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE(S) After decades of stagnation, the 8th edition TNM (TNM8) introduced a new T classification for head and neck (HN) soft tissue sarcomas (STS). New size cutoffs of 2 and 4 cm define T1-3, and a novel T4 category is defined by local invasion of adjoining structures. These size cutoffs had been chosen arbitrarily to advance data collection in this unique disease site since literature showed approximately 70% of HN STS did not reach the previous size threshold (5 cm) for the existing T1 category. The definition of the TNM8 T categories also align with mucosal HN cancers. No stage grouping for HN STS was defined since this new classification required more data collection to derive stage groups. This study aims to validate the TNM8 T classification and to propose stage groupings. MATERIALS/METHODS Clinical data of all adult (>16 years) HN STS patients treated from 1988 - 2019 with curative intent in our tertiary cancer center were retrieved from a prospective database, and supplemented with chart review. As per TNM8, cutaneous angiosarcoma, embryonal and alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, Kaposi sarcoma, and dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans were excluded due to their different behavior. Multivariate analysis (MVA) identified prognostic factors for overall survival (OS). Adjusted hazard ratios (AHR) and recursive partitioning analysis (RPA) were used to derive stage groupings. Stage grouping performance for OS was assessed and also compared against the existing TNM8 groups for non-HN STS. RESULTS A total of 221 patients (N1: 2; M1: 2) were included. Of the 219 M0 patients, 63% were males; median tumor size was 3.0 cm (range: 0.3-14.0); the proportion of TNM8 T1-T4 were 35%, 34%, 26%, and 5%, respectively. Median follow up was 5.9 years. Five-year OS was 79%. MVA confirmed the prognostic value of T category (T4 HR 7.73, 95% CI 3.62-16.5) and grade (G2/3 vs G1 HR 3.7, 95% CI 1.82-7.53), in addition to age (HR 1.03, 95% CI 1.01-1.04) (all p<0.001) for OS. AHR model derived T1-3_Grade 1 as stage 1; T1-3_Grade 2/3 as stage II; and T4_any Grade or any T_N1 as stage III (Table 1); the corresponding 5-year OS was 93%, 73%, and 38%, respectively. Both patients with M1 died within 1.5 years after diagnosis and M1 disease was designated stage IV. The AHR-grouping outperformed the RPA and non-HN TNM8 stage grouping for hazard consistency, hazard discrimination, percent variance explained, hazard difference, and sample size balance. CONCLUSION The novel T4 category introduced in TNM8 is associated with a >7 fold increased risk of death. Grade continues to be a critical prognostic factor in HN STS. The TNM8 HN STS T classifications have been validated, and the proposed new stage groupings with TNM8 incorporating grade have excellent performance for OS.
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- R R Salunkhe
- Radiation Medicine Program, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Radiation Medicine Program, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Radiation Medicine Program, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Biostatistics, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Biostatistics, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Radiation Medicine Program, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Radiation Medicine Program, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Saha S, Huang SH, O'Sullivan B, Su J, Xu W, Hosni A, Waldron J, Irish J, de Almeida J, Witterick I, Monteiro E, Gilbert RW, Catton CN, Chung P, Brown D, Goldstein D, Razak AA, Gullane P, Hahn E. Outcomes of Head and Neck Cutaneous Angiosarcoma Treated in the IMRT Era. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2023; 117:e620-e621. [PMID: 37785859 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2023.06.2004] [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: 10/04/2023]
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PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE(S) Clinical behavior, natural history, and varied presentations of cutaneous angiosarcomas of the head and neck region (HN), in conjunction with its rarity, have rendered standardization of treatment elusive. We aimed to assess outcomes and patterns of failure for patients treated with surgery and radiation (Sx+RT), and radiation alone (RT). MATERIALS/METHODS A retrospective review of all HN angiosarcoma patients amenable for upfront Sx or RT in our institution between 2004-2018 was completed. Generally, treatment included Sx when feasible, and RT for large or extensive/ill-defined tumors. Demographic, tumor characteristics, local (LC), regional (RC), distant control (DC), and overall survival (OS), as well as patterns (in-field, marginal, out-of-field) of local failure at 5-year were estimated. Univariate analysis (UVA) was conducted to assess association with outcomes. RESULTS A total of 33 patients were eligible (14 Sx+RT and 19 RT). Tumor locations were: scalp (16, 48%). face (n = 12, 36%), and overlapping (5, 15%). Lesion types were: nodular (n = 23, 70%), flat (n = 4, 12%) and mixed (n = 6, 18%). Tumor size was larger in the RT group (median: 10.00 vs 2.85 cm, p<0.01). RT and Sx+RT patients had otherwise similar baseline characteristics: median age 74.3; male 70%; and ECOG performance status ≤1 85%. RT dose fractionations ranged from 50-70 Gy in 25-35 fractions in the RT group and 50-66 Gy in 25-33 fractions in the Sx+RT group. Four (12%) patients received neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Median follow up was 5.5 years. Five-year LC, RC, DC, and OS for RT vs Sx+RT groups were 68% vs 85% (p = 0.28); 95% vs 86% (p = 0.89); 79% vs 86% (p = 0.39); and 45% vs 55% (p = 0.71), respectively. The in-field/marginal/out-of-field local failure rate at 5 years were 16% vs 7% (p = 0.46), 26% vs 15% (p = 0.41), and 13% vs 0% (p = 0.24) for the RT vs Sx+RT groups, respectively. UVA showed that scalp location and ulceration/bleeding were strong adverse features for OS. Bone invasion was significantly associated with lower DC (Table). Lesion type (nodular/flat/mixed), tumor size, and treatment type (Sx+RT vs RT), were not significantly associated with LC or pattern of local failure. CONCLUSION Scalp tumors, as compared to face, portended poorer prognosis, and ulceration/bleeding and bone invasion were associated with increased distant metastases. Sx+RT was the preferred treatment modality when possible and typically used for smaller and better defined tumors. RT was reserved for larger and extensive/ill-defined disease; despite this, in the IMRT era, RT achieves reasonable rates of control, markedly superior to historical series.
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- S Saha
- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- CHUM (The University of Montreal Hospital Centre), Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Biostatistics, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, University Health Network-University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Radiation Medicine Program, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Doyle P, Workman C, Grice J, Du L, Borgmann A, Baker J, Duncan D, Taylor J, Brown D. Abstract No. 122 Predictive Dosimetry and Outcomes of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Following Liver Resin Microsphere Radioembolization. J Vasc Interv Radiol 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2022.12.173] [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: 02/26/2023] Open
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Hund H, Du L, Matsuoka L, Sze D, Kennedy A, Vaheesan K, Petroziello M, Golzarian J, Wang E, Ghandi R, Collins Z, Brower J, Lee J, Brown D. Abstract No. 79 Comparison of 90Y Radioembolization Outcomes for Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) in TACE-Refractory (T-REF) vs Treatment Naïve (TN) Patients in the RESiN Registry (NCT: 02685631). J Vasc Interv Radiol 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2022.12.125] [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: 02/27/2023] Open
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Bradford DRR, Allik M, McMahon AD, Brown D. Assessing the risk of endogeneity bias in health and mortality inequalities research using composite measures of multiple deprivation which include health-related indicators: A case study using the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation and population health and mortality data. Health Place 2023; 80:102998. [PMID: 36921377 DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2023.102998] [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: 11/29/2022] [Revised: 02/10/2023] [Accepted: 02/24/2023] [Indexed: 03/17/2023]
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The inclusion of health-related indicators in composite measures of multiple deprivation introduces a risk of endogeneity bias when using the latter in health inequalities research. This bias may ultimately result in the inappropriate allocation of healthcare resources and maintenance of preventable health inequalities. Mitigation strategies to avoid this bias include removing the health-related indicators or using single constituent domains (such as income or employment class) in isolation. These strategies have not been widely validated. This study used population-level health and mortality data with a contemporary composite measure of multiple deprivation (Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation; SIMD) to assess these mitigation strategies. The differences between deprivation methods (original, health excluded, and income domain) were negligible. The results of quantitative research on health inequalities are unlikely to be affected by endogeneity bias.
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- D R R Bradford
- MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8TB, United Kingdom.
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- MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8TB, United Kingdom
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- School of Medicine, Dentistry & Nursing, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G2 3JZ, United Kingdom
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- MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8TB, United Kingdom
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Bass E, Connor M, Adzawoloo-Andersson I, Bertonelli Tanaka M, Bhola-Stewart H, Brown D, Eldred-Evans D, Hosking-Jervis F, Jaipuria J, Mendoza R, Pegers E, Leelamany D, Powell L, Ahmad S, Wong K, Tam H, Gordon S, Qazi H, Hrouda D, Mccracken S, Winkler M, Ahmed H. Can we predict when non-targeted systematic prostate biopsies need to be performed? Outcomes from the multicentre RAPIDOnline 3,853 patient cohort. Eur Urol 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/s0302-2838(23)00227-0] [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: 02/12/2023]
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Brown D, Patel R, Witton R. First Dental Steps: a multistranded oral health improvement intervention embedded in the Healthy Child Programme. Perspect Public Health 2023; 143:12-13. [PMID: 36694974 DOI: 10.1177/17579139221122353] [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: 01/26/2023]
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- D Brown
- DCT3 OMFS, Torbay Hospital, Torquay TQ2 7AA, UK
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- Acting Consultant in Dental Public Health, Healthcare Public Health Directorate, NHS England and NHS Improvement South West, South West England, UK
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- Peninsula Dental School, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK
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Barrachina F, Ottino K, Tu LJ, Soberman RJ, Brown D, Breton S, Battistone MA. CX3CR1 deficiency leads to impairment of immune surveillance in the epididymis. Cell Mol Life Sci 2022; 80:15. [PMID: 36550225 PMCID: PMC9948740 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-022-04664-w] [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: 08/16/2022] [Revised: 11/09/2022] [Accepted: 12/09/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Mononuclear phagocytes (MPs) play an active role in the immunological homeostasis of the urogenital tract. In the epididymis, a finely tuned balance between tolerance to antigenic sperm and immune activation is required to maintain epididymal function while protecting sperm against pathogens and stressors. We previously characterized a subset of resident MPs that express the CX3CR1 receptor, emphasizing their role in antigen sampling and processing during sperm maturation and storage in the murine epididymis. Bacteria-associated epididymitis is the most common cause of intrascrotal inflammation and frequently leads to reproductive complications. Here, we examined whether the lack of functional CX3CR1 in homozygous mice (CX3CR1EGFP/EGFP, KO) alters the ability of MPs to initiate immune responses during epididymitis induced by LPS intravasal-epididymal injection. Confocal microscopy revealed that CX3CR1-deficient MPs located in the initial segments of the epididymis displayed fewer luminal-reaching membrane projections and impaired antigen capture activity. Moreover, flow cytometry showed a reduction of epididymal KO MPs with a monocytic phenotype under physiological conditions. In contrast, flow cytometry revealed an increase in the abundance of MPs with a monocytic signature in the distal epididymal segments after an LPS challenge. This was accompanied by the accumulation of CD103+ cells in the interstitium, and the prevention or attenuation of epithelial damage in the KO epididymis during epididymitis. Additionally, CX3CR1 deletion induced downregulation of Gja1 (connexin 43) expression in KO MPs. Together, our study provides evidence that MPs are gatekeepers of the immunological blood-epididymis barrier and reveal the role of the CX3CR1 receptor in epididymal mucosal homeostasis by inducing MP luminal protrusions and by regulating the monocyte population in the epididymis at steady state as well as upon infection. We also uncover the interaction between MPs and CD103+ dendritic cells, presumably through connexin 43, that enhance immune responses during epididymitis. Our study may lead to new diagnostics and therapies for male infertility and epididymitis by identifying immune mechanisms in the epididymis.
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- F Barrachina
- Program in Membrane Biology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA, USA
- Nephrology Division, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA, USA
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- Program in Membrane Biology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA, USA
- Nephrology Division, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA, USA
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- Program in Membrane Biology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA, USA
- Nephrology Division, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA, USA
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- Nephrology Division, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA, USA
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- Program in Membrane Biology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA, USA
- Nephrology Division, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA, USA
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- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec-Research Center, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproduction, Faculty of Medicine, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada
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- Program in Membrane Biology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA, USA.
- Nephrology Division, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA, USA.
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Shoemark A, Griffin H, Wheway G, Hogg C, Lucas JS, Camps C, Taylor J, Carroll M, Loebinger MR, Chalmers JD, Morris-Rosendahl D, Mitchison HM, De Soyza A, Brown D, Ambrose JC, Arumugam P, Bevers R, Bleda M, Boardman-Pretty F, Boustred CR, Brittain H, Caulfield MJ, Chan GC, Fowler T, Giess A, Hamblin A, Henderson S, Hubbard TJP, Jackson R, Jones LJ, Kasperaviciute D, Kayikci M, Kousathanas A, Lahnstein L, Leigh SEA, Leong IUS, Lopez FJ, Maleady-Crowe F, McEntagart M, Minneci F, Moutsianas L, Mueller M, Murugaesu N, Need AC, O'Donovan P, Odhams CA, Patch C, Perez-Gil D, Pereira MB, Pullinger J, Rahim T, Rendon A, Rogers T, Savage K, Sawant K, Scott RH, Siddiq A, Sieghart A, Smith SC, Sosinsky A, Stuckey A, Tanguy M, Taylor Tavares AL, Thomas ERA, Thompson SR, Tucci A, Welland MJ, Williams E, Witkowska K, Wood SM. Genome sequencing reveals underdiagnosis of primary ciliary dyskinesia in bronchiectasis. Eur Respir J 2022; 60:13993003.00176-2022. [PMID: 35728977 DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00176-2022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [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: 01/25/2022] [Accepted: 05/12/2022] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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BACKGROUND Bronchiectasis can result from infectious, genetic, immunological and allergic causes. 60-80% of cases are idiopathic, but a well-recognised genetic cause is the motile ciliopathy, primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD). Diagnosis of PCD has management implications including addressing comorbidities, implementing genetic and fertility counselling and future access to PCD-specific treatments. Diagnostic testing can be complex; however, PCD genetic testing is moving rapidly from research into clinical diagnostics and would confirm the cause of bronchiectasis. METHODS This observational study used genetic data from severe bronchiectasis patients recruited to the UK 100,000 Genomes Project and patients referred for gene panel testing within a tertiary respiratory hospital. Patients referred for genetic testing due to clinical suspicion of PCD were excluded from both analyses. Data were accessed from the British Thoracic Society audit, to investigate whether motile ciliopathies are underdiagnosed in people with bronchiectasis in the UK. RESULTS Pathogenic or likely pathogenic variants were identified in motile ciliopathy genes in 17 (12%) out of 142 individuals by whole-genome sequencing. Similarly, in a single centre with access to pathological diagnostic facilities, 5-10% of patients received a PCD diagnosis by gene panel, often linked to normal/inconclusive nasal nitric oxide and cilia functional test results. In 4898 audited patients with bronchiectasis, <2% were tested for PCD and <1% received genetic testing. CONCLUSIONS PCD is underdiagnosed as a cause of bronchiectasis. Increased uptake of genetic testing may help to identify bronchiectasis due to motile ciliopathies and ensure appropriate management.
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- Amelia Shoemark
- Respiratory Research Group, Molecular and Cellular Medicine, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK
- Royal Brompton Hospital and NHLI, Imperial College London, London, UK
- Newcastle University and NIHR Biomedical Research Centre for Ageing, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Primary Immunodeficiency Group, Newcastle University Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
- Newcastle University and NIHR Biomedical Research Centre for Ageing, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Human Development and Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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- Royal Brompton Hospital and NHLI, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia Centre, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK
- Clinical and Experimental Sciences Academic Unit, University of Southampton Faculty of Medicine, Southampton, UK
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- Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Clinical Informatics Research Office, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
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- Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Clinical Informatics Research Office, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
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- Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia Centre, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK
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- Respiratory Research Group, Molecular and Cellular Medicine, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK
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- Clinical Genetics and Genomics, Royal Brompton Hospital, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and NHLI, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Genetics and Genomic Medicine Department, University College London, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, UK
- These authors contributed equally to this manuscript
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- Newcastle University and NIHR Biomedical Research Centre for Ageing, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
- These authors contributed equally to this manuscript
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Bishop H, Evans J, Eze JI, Webster C, Humphry RW, Beattie R, White J, Couper J, Allison L, Brown D, Tongue SC. Bacteriological Survey of Fresh Minced Beef on Sale at Retail Outlets in Scotland in 2019: Three Foodborne Pathogens, Hygiene Process Indicators, and Phenotypic Antimicrobial Resistance. J Food Prot 2022; 85:1370-1379. [PMID: 35653627 DOI: 10.4315/jfp-22-051] [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: 02/22/2022] [Accepted: 05/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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ABSTRACT The health and economic burden of foodborne illness is high, with approximately 2.4 million cases occurring annually in the United Kingdom. A survey to understand the baseline microbial quality and prevalence of food-related hazards of fresh beef mince on retail sale could inform risk assessment, management, and communication to ensure the safety of this commodity. In such a survey, a two-stage sampling design was used to reflect variations in population density and the market share of five categories of retail outlets in Scotland. From January to December 2019, 1,009 fresh minced beef samples were collected from 15 geographic areas. The microbial quality of each sample was assessed using aerobic colony count and Escherichia coli count. Samples were cultured for Campylobacter and Salmonella, and PCR was used to detect target genes (stx1 all variants, stx2 a to g, and rfbO157) for Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC). The presence of viable E. coli O157 and STEC in samples with a positive PCR signal was confirmed via culture and isolation. Phenotypic antimicrobial sensitivity patterns of cultured pathogens and 100 E. coli isolates were determined, mostly via disk diffusion. The median aerobic colony count and E. coli counts were 6.4 × 105 (interquartile range, 6.9 × 104 to 9.6 × 106) and <10 CFU/g (interquartile range, <10 to 10) of minced beef, respectively. The prevalence was 0.1% (95% confidence interval [CI], 0 to 0.7%) for Campylobacter, 0.3% (95% CI, 0 to 1%) for Salmonella, 22% (95% CI, 20 to 25%) for PCR-positive STEC, and 4% (95% CI, 2 to 5%) for culture-positive STEC. The evidence for phenotypic antimicrobial resistance detected did not give cause for concern, mainly occurring in a few E. coli isolates as single nonsusceptibilities to first-line active substances. The low prevalence of pathogens and phenotypic antimicrobial resistance is encouraging, but ongoing consumer food safety education is necessary to mitigate the residual public health risk. HIGHLIGHTS
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- H Bishop
- Scotland's Rural College, An Lochran, 10 Inverness Campus, Inverness IV2 5NA, UK
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- Scotland's Rural College, An Lochran, 10 Inverness Campus, Inverness IV2 5NA, UK
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- Scotland's Rural College, An Lochran, 10 Inverness Campus, Inverness IV2 5NA, UK.,Biomathematics & Statistics Scotland, JCMB, The King's Buildings, Edinburgh EH9 3FD, UK
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- Scotland's Rural College, An Lochran, 10 Inverness Campus, Inverness IV2 5NA, UK
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- Scotland's Rural College, An Lochran, 10 Inverness Campus, Inverness IV2 5NA, UK
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- Scientific Services Laboratories of Edinburgh, Glasgow and Tayside Councils, 6 James Lindsay Place, Dundee, DD1 5JJ, 4 Marine Esplanade, Edinburgh EH6 7LU, and Colston Laboratories 64 Everard Drive, Glasgow G21 1XG, UK
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- Scientific Services Laboratories of Edinburgh, Glasgow and Tayside Councils, 6 James Lindsay Place, Dundee, DD1 5JJ, 4 Marine Esplanade, Edinburgh EH6 7LU, and Colston Laboratories 64 Everard Drive, Glasgow G21 1XG, UK
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- Scientific Services Laboratories of Edinburgh, Glasgow and Tayside Councils, 6 James Lindsay Place, Dundee, DD1 5JJ, 4 Marine Esplanade, Edinburgh EH6 7LU, and Colston Laboratories 64 Everard Drive, Glasgow G21 1XG, UK
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- Scottish Microbiological Reference Laboratories (SMiRL) (Edinburgh and Glasgow), Scottish E. coli O157/STEC Reference Laboratory (SERL), Department of Laboratory Medicine, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, 51 Little France Crescent, Old Dalkeith Road, Edinburgh EH16 4SA, and Level 5, New Lister Building, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, 10-16 Alexandra Parade, Glasgow G21 3ER, UK
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- Scottish Microbiological Reference Laboratories (SMiRL) (Edinburgh and Glasgow), Scottish E. coli O157/STEC Reference Laboratory (SERL), Department of Laboratory Medicine, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, 51 Little France Crescent, Old Dalkeith Road, Edinburgh EH16 4SA, and Level 5, New Lister Building, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, 10-16 Alexandra Parade, Glasgow G21 3ER, UK
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- Scotland's Rural College, An Lochran, 10 Inverness Campus, Inverness IV2 5NA, UK
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Ngámbi JW, Selapa MJ, Brown D, Manyelo TG. The effect of varying levels of purified condensed tannins on performance, blood profile, meat quality and methane emission in male Bapedi sheep fed grass hay and pellet-based diet. Trop Anim Health Prod 2022; 54:263. [PMID: 35960378 PMCID: PMC9374631 DOI: 10.1007/s11250-022-03268-7] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2022] [Accepted: 07/29/2022] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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This study determined the effect of purified condensed tannin inclusion levels in a diet on production, haematological indices, blood biochemical components, meat quality and methane emission by yearling indigenous male Bapedi sheep on a grass hay and sheep pellet-based diet in a 28-day trial. The diets contained similar (P > 0.05) nutrients but with different (P < 0.05) purified condensed tannin supplementation levels. A complete randomized design was used. Twenty-four yearling male Bapedi sheep were assigned to four dietary treatments having different purified condensed tannin levels of 0 (GH80P20PCT0), 30 (GH80P20PCT30), 40 (GH80P20PCT40) and 50 (GH80P20PCT50) g/kg DM. A quadratic type of equation was also used to determine condensed tannin supplementation levels for optimal performance and methane emission reduction by sheep. Supplementing diets with purified condensed tannins did not affect (P > 0.05) diet intake, digestibility and live weight gain of male Bapedi sheep. Supplementing diets with purified condensed tannins did not affect (P > 0.05) blood components of male Bapedi sheep. Inclusion of condensed tannins in the diets did not affect (P > 0.05) Bapedi sheep meat pH and sensory attributes. However, supplementing diets with purified condensed tannins decreased (P < 0.05) methane emission by 51 to 60%. A 49.08 g supplementation level with purified condensed tannins per kg DM diet was calculated, with the use of quadratic equations, to result in the lowest methane emission by male Bapedi sheep. The meat of male Bapedi rams on diets containing 30, 40 or 50 g of purified condensed tannins per kg DM contained higher (P < 0.05) antioxidant activities than those from rams fed a diet without purified condensed tannins. These results indicate that purified condensed tannin supplementation levels of 0, 30, 40 or 50 g/kg DM diet had no adverse effects on growth performance, blood profiles and meat sensory attributes of male Bapedi sheep. However, supplementation levels of 30, 40 or 50 g of purified condensed tannins per kg DM diet reduced methane emission by 51 to 60%, and increased sheep meat antioxidant activity values. Supplementing diets with purified condensed tannins has the potential to reduce methane production and emission by sheep. However, long-term studies are recommended to ascertain the present findings.
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- J W Ngámbi
- Department of Agricultural Economics and Animal Production, University of Limpopo, Private Bag X1106, Sovenga, Polokwane, 0727, South Africa
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- Department of Agricultural Economics and Animal Production, University of Limpopo, Private Bag X1106, Sovenga, Polokwane, 0727, South Africa
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- Department of Agricultural Economics and Animal Production, University of Limpopo, Private Bag X1106, Sovenga, Polokwane, 0727, South Africa
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- Department of Agricultural Economics and Animal Production, University of Limpopo, Private Bag X1106, Sovenga, Polokwane, 0727, South Africa.
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Ramshaw G, McKeown A, Lee R, Conlon A, Brown D, Kennedy PJ. Introduction of Technology to Support Young People’s Care and Mental Health—A Rapid Evidence Review. Child Youth Care Forum 2022; 52:509-531. [PMID: 35966643 PMCID: PMC9362215 DOI: 10.1007/s10566-022-09700-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Background Technology and its use within mental health services has advanced dramatically over recent years. Opportunities for mental health services to utilise technology to introduce novel, effective, and more efficient means of delivering assessment, and treatment are increasing. Objective The current rapid-evidence paper reviews evidence regarding the introduction of novel technology to support young people’s mental health and psychological well-being. Methods A rapid evidence review was conducted. PSYCHINFO and CINAHL were searched for research articles between 2016 and 2021 that were specific to young people, mental health, and technology developments within this domain. N = 27 studies which explored the introduction, feasibility, and value of technology for mental health purposes were included in a narrative synthesis. Quality or risk of bias analyses were not completed. Results Overall, technological advancements in young people’s care were considered positive and engaging for young people. Factors including resources, efficiency of care, engagement, therapeutic effectiveness, ethical considerations, therapeutic alliance, and flexibility were considered within this review. Nevertheless, potential barriers include clinician concerns, socioeconomic factors, and motivation. Conclusion Effective and sustained use of technology within young people’s mental health services will depend on the technology’s usability, efficiency, and ability to engage young people. This paper expands on existing research by reviewing a broader range of technology proposed to support young people’s mental health and well-being. This will assist in the application of novel technological advancements by indicating effectiveness, preferences, potential barriers, and recommendations for the feasibility and efficacy of introducing technology into young people’s services.
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Fernandez E, Sifrim A, Chappell J, Demeulemeester J, Van der Haegen M, Brown D, Theunis K, Van Herck J, Vandereyken K, Ponting C, Vermeesch J, Peeraer K, Debrock S, Pasque V, Voet T. O-236 A multi-omics genome-plus-transcriptome single-cell atlas of human pre-implantation development reveals the impact of chromosome instability on cell function within the embryo. Hum Reprod 2022. [DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deac106.018] [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: 11/14/2022] Open
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Abstract
Study question
Which are the transcriptional signatures of chromosome instability (CIN) on the human pre-implantation embryo biology at single-cell level?
Summary answer
CIN-perturbed cells show gene expression dosage effects as well as signatures of developmental delay and cell competition within the developing human embryo.
What is known already
According to studies analysing whole human embryos at single-cell resolution, as much as 90% of the Day3-4 and up to 100% of the Day6-12 carry one or more cells with mitotic abnormalities. Intriguingly, embryonic CIN does not necessarily preclude normal offspring, since ∼30% of mosaic blastocysts detected by preimplantation genetic testing for aneuploidy (PGT-A) can result in healthy live births. A model of post-implantation human development revealed cell selection mechanisms that deplete aneuploid cells from the germ layers. However, single-cell multi-omics approaches have not yet been applied to resolve the transcriptional signatures of CIN in human embryos.
Study design, size, duration
Cryopreserved human embryos donated for research were dissociated into single cells between Day1-7 post-fertilization. Cells were processed by scG&T-seq generating 295 genomes and 576 transcriptomes. This data was integrated with published single-cell RNA-seq data, totalling 2105 single-cell transcriptomes from 172 embryos. Inference of cells' DNA copy number (CN) from gene expression was benchmarked using G&T-seq data and used for cells lacking DNA-seq data.
Participants/materials, setting, methods
Effects of aneuploidies on gene expression, regulatory programs, lineage specification and developmental progression rates were studied by integrative analysis on single-cell whole genome copy number and whole transcriptome data.
Main results and the role of chance
On the genomic level, we observed frequent acquired numerical and structural chromosomal aberrations. Deletions were more frequent than duplications and were equally spread across pre-implantation stages and cell lineages. Although 88% of the embryos contained aneuploid cells, 63% still contained euploid cells. On the transcriptome level, we disclosed 248 active transcription factors (TFs), including key regulators of cell identity, that constitute 10 major gene regulatory modules driving pre-implantation development. By integrating single-cell DNA-plus-RNA information, we unveil that changes in genes’ CN directly result in transcriptional changes in the same direction, and we disclose aberrant gene regulation. Moreover, we observed cell competition instigating well before ICM/TE cell lineages specification. Common transcriptomic signatures within CIN-perturbed cells were identified. Interestingly, in TE, cell competition signatures co-existed with up-regulation of pro-proliferative and implantation-related genes.
Limitations, reasons for caution
Our study is based on single-cell whole genome expression data from disaggregated IVF pre-implantation embryos.
Wider implications of the findings
Our analyses suggest that while unfit CIN-perturbed cells might be eliminated by cell competition mechanisms, these might be tolerated and potentially beneficial in TE. Thus, encouraging the transfer of mosaic embryos after PGT-A. Besides, we provide a unique comprehensive data resource for future work.
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- E Fernandez
- KU Leuven, Center of Human Genetics , Leuven, Belgium
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- KU Leuven, Center of Human Genetics , Leuven, Belgium
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- KU Leuven, Stem Cell Institute , Leuven, Belgium
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- KU Leuven, Center of Human Genetics , Leuven, Belgium
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- KU Leuven, Center of Human Genetics , Leuven, Belgium
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- KU Leuven, Center of Human Genetics , Leuven, Belgium
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- KU Leuven, Center of Human Genetics , Leuven, Belgium
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- University of Oxford, MRC Functional Genomics Unit , Oxford, United Kingdom
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- KU Leuven, Center of Human Genetics , Leuven, Belgium
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- UZ Leuven, Leuven University Fertility Centre , Leuven, Belgium
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- UZ Leuven, Leuven University Fertility Centre , Leuven, Belgium
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- KU Leuven, Stem Cell Institute , Leuven, Belgium
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- KU Leuven, Center of Human Genetics , Leuven, Belgium
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Emmons E, Krebs H, Gandhi R, Collins Z, O’Hara R, Akhter N, Wang E, Grilli C, Brower J, Peck S, Petroziello M, Aal AA, Golzarian J, Kennedy A, Matsuoka L, Sze D, Brown D. Abstract No. 1 ▪ ABSTRACT OF THE YEAR Survival outcomes and toxicities following Y-90 radioembolization of colorectal cancer metastatic to the liver: 498-patient analysis from the RESiN registry (NCT: 02685631). J Vasc Interv Radiol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2022.03.074] [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: 11/28/2022] Open
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Frantz S, Wu H, Adeniran O, Wong T, Borgmann T, Matsuoka L, Geevarghese S, Alexopoulos S, Shingina A, Meranze S, Baker J, Garbett S, Brown D. Abstract No. 10 Six-year evaluation of same-day discharge following conventional transarterial chemoembolization (cTACE) of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). J Vasc Interv Radiol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2022.03.083] [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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Rohr A, Collins Z, Hodson A, Zhang K, Krebs H, Ghandi R, O’Hara R, Akhter N, Wang E, Grilli C, Brower J, Peck S, Petroziello M, Aal AA, Golzarian J, Brown D. Abstract No. 32 Multi-institutional review of patients receiving Y-90 transarterial radioembolization (TARE) with hepatic tumors status post partial hepatectomy. J Vasc Interv Radiol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2022.03.113] [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: 10/18/2022] Open
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Goswami P, Adeniran O, Frantz S, Matsuoka L, Du L, Gandhi R, Collins Z, Matrana M, Petroziello M, Brower J, Sze D, Kennedy A, Golzarian J, Wang E, Brown D. Abstract No. 196 Overall survival and toxicities of advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) Barcelona clinic liver cancer C (BCLC-C) patients following Y-90 radioembolization: assessment from the RESiN Registry (NCT: 02685631). J Vasc Interv Radiol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2022.03.277] [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: 11/27/2022] Open
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Robinson T, Zhang K, Matsuoka L, Sze D, Kennedy A, Gandhi R, Kouri B, Collins Z, O’Hara R, Kokabi N, Grilli C, Wang E, Lee J, Brown D. Abstract No. 304 Evaluation of survival and toxicity of cholangiocarcinoma treated with Y-90 radioembolization: outcomes assessment from the radiation emitting SIR-Spheres in non-resectable tumor registry. J Vasc Interv Radiol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2022.03.385] [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: 11/17/2022] Open
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Vajapeyam S, Brown D, Ziaei A, Wu S, Vezina G, Stern J, Panigrahy A, Patay Z, Tamrazi B, Jones J, Haque S, Enterline D, Cha S, Jones B, Yeom K, Onar-Thomas A, Dunkel I, Fouladi M, Fangusaro J, Poussaint T. ADC Histogram Analysis of Pediatric Low-Grade Glioma Treated with Selumetinib: A Report from the Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2022; 43:455-461. [PMID: 35210278 PMCID: PMC8910799 DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a7433] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2021] [Accepted: 01/01/2022] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Selumetinib is a promising MAP (mitogen-activated protein) kinase (MEK) 1/2 inhibitor treatment for pediatric low-grade gliomas. We hypothesized that MR imaging-derived ADC histogram metrics would be associated with survival and response to treatment with selumetinib. MATERIALS AND METHODS Children with recurrent, refractory, or progressive pediatric low-grade gliomas who had World Health Organization grade I pilocytic astrocytoma with KIAA1549-BRAF fusion or the BRAF V600E mutation (stratum 1), neurofibromatosis type 1-associated pediatric low-grade gliomas (stratum 3), or sporadic non-neurofibromatosis type 1 optic pathway and hypothalamic glioma (OPHG) (stratum 4) were treated with selumetinib for up to 2 years. Quantitative ADC histogram metrics were analyzed for total and enhancing tumor volumes at baseline and during treatment. RESULTS Each stratum comprised 25 patients. Stratum 1 responders showed lower values of SD of baseline ADC_total as well as a larger decrease with time on treatment in ADC_total mean, mode, and median compared with nonresponders. Stratum 3 responders showed a greater longitudinal decrease in ADC_total. In stratum 4, higher baseline ADC_total skewness and kurtosis were associated with shorter progression-free survival. When all 3 strata were combined, responders showed a greater decrease with time in ADC_total mode and median. Compared with sporadic OPHG, neurofibromatosis type 1-associated OPHG had lower values of ADC_total mean, mode, and median as well as ADC_enhancement mean and median and higher values of ADC_total skewness and kurtosis at baseline. The longitudinal decrease in ADC_total median during treatment was significantly greater in sporadic OPHG compared with neurofibromatosis type 1-associated OPHG. CONCLUSIONS ADC histogram metrics are associated with progression-free survival and response to treatment with selumetinib in pediatric low-grade gliomas.
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- S. Vajapeyam
- From the Department of Radiology (S.V., T.Y.P.), Boston Children’s Hospital,Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Radiology (D.B.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Radiology (A.Z.), Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Biostatistics (S.W., A.O.-T.), St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Department of Radiology (G.V.), Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, DC
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- Department of Radiology (J.S.S.), Ann and Robert H Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Radiology (A.P.), Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Diagnostic Imaging (Z.P.), St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Department of Radiology (B.T.), Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Radiology (J.Y.J., M.F.), Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio
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- Department of Radiology (S.S.H., I.J.D.), Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Department of Radiology (D.S.E.), Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina
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- Department of Radiology (S.C.), University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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- Department of Radiology (B.V.J.), Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Department of Radiology (K.W.Y.), Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
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- Department of Biostatistics (S.W., A.O.-T.), St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Department of Radiology (S.S.H., I.J.D.), Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Department of Radiology (J.Y.J., M.F.), Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology, and Stem Cell Transplantation (J.R.F.), Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
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- From the Department of Radiology (S.V., T.Y.P.), Boston Children’s Hospital,Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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McColl L, Brace H, Brown D. An audit of the implementation of a pilot first contact practitioner service in South Tyneside. Physiotherapy 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.physio.2021.12.075] [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: 10/19/2022]
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Eaton AF, Brown D, Merkulova M. Author Correction: The evolutionary conserved TLDc domain defines a new class of (H +)V-ATPase interacting proteins. Sci Rep 2021; 11:23481. [PMID: 34848813 PMCID: PMC8633271 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-02955-z] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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- A F Eaton
- Program in Membrane Biology and Division of Nephrology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02114, USA
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- Program in Membrane Biology and Division of Nephrology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02114, USA
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- Program in Membrane Biology and Division of Nephrology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02114, USA. .,Program in Membrane Biology and Division of Nephrology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Simches Research Center, 128 Cambridge St., Boston, MA, 02114, USA.
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Eaton AF, Brown D, Merkulova M. The evolutionary conserved TLDc domain defines a new class of (H +)V-ATPase interacting proteins. Sci Rep 2021; 11:22654. [PMID: 34811399 PMCID: PMC8608904 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-01809-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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: 06/09/2021] [Accepted: 11/02/2021] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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We recently found that nuclear receptor coactivator 7 (Ncoa7) and Oxr1 interact with the proton-pumping V-ATPase. Ncoa7 and Oxr1 belong to a group of proteins playing a role in the oxidative stress response, that contain the conserved “TLDc” domain. Here we asked if the three other proteins in this family, i.e., Tbc1d24, Tldc1 and Tldc2 also interact with the V-ATPase and if the TLDc domains are involved in all these interactions. By co-immunoprecipitation, endogenous kidney Tbc1d24 (and Ncoa7 and Oxr1) and overexpressed Tldc1 and Tldc2, all interacted with the V-ATPase. In addition, purified TLDc domains of Ncoa7, Oxr1 and Tldc2 (but not Tbc1d24 or Tldc1) interacted with V-ATPase in GST pull-downs. At the amino acid level, point mutations G815A, G845A and G896A in conserved regions of the Ncoa7 TLDc domain abolished interaction with the V-ATPase, and S817A, L926A and E938A mutations resulted in decreased interaction. Furthermore, poly-E motifs upstream of the TLDc domain in Ncoa7 and Tldc2 show a (nonsignificant) trend towards enhancing the interaction with V-ATPase. Our principal finding is that all five members of the TLDc family of proteins interact with the V-ATPase. We conclude that the TLDc motif defines a new class of V-ATPase interacting regulatory proteins.
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- A F Eaton
- Program in Membrane Biology and Division of Nephrology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02114, USA
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- Program in Membrane Biology and Division of Nephrology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02114, USA
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- Program in Membrane Biology and Division of Nephrology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02114, USA. .,Program in Membrane Biology and Division of Nephrology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Simches Research Center, 128 Cambridge St., Boston, MA, 02114, USA.
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Hahn E, Barot S, O'Sullivan B, Huang S, Gupta A, Hosni A, Razak A, Waldron J, Irish J, Gullane P, Brown D, Gilbert R, de Almeida J, Laperriere N, Hodgson D, Shultz D. Adult Head and Neck Rhabdomyosarcoma: Management, Outcomes, and the Impact of IMRT on Locoregional Control. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2021.07.978] [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: 10/20/2022]
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Allik M, Brown D, Leyland AH, Henderson M. Comparing health outcomes of care experienced children to children not in care in Scotland 2009-2016. Eur J Public Health 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckab164.868] [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: 11/14/2022] Open
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Background
Internationally, there is little quantitative evidence on how the health of children who have experienced social care compares to children in the general population. Invariably, available evidence suggests that care experience is related to poorer health, but often this is based on small sample sizes or without comparison to children who have not been in care. The Children's Health in Care in Scotland (CHiCS) study provides the first Scotland-wide evidence on health outcomes of care experienced children (CEC) compared to children in the general population (CGP).
Methods
We undertook an individual level administrative data linkage of social care, morbidity, prescribing, death and birth records from August 2009 to July 2016. The CEC cohort was defined as all school-age children who were in social care in 2009/2010 (n = 13,831) and the CGP cohort includes school-age children who were not in care (n = 649,771). Age-standardized rates per 1000 person-years were calculated for hospitalisation by cause, prescription types and cause of death for both cohorts.
Results
Initial results show that CEC experienced higher average rates of mortality, prescriptions, and different types of hospitalisations during the study period (not adjusted). There are substantial differences in the types of prescriptions and reasons for hospital admission between the cohorts; CEC are more likely to be prescribed antidepressants (rate of 260.2 per 1000 person-years for CEC compared to 114.4 for GCP) and to attend psychiatric outpatient appointments (rate of 163.2 compared to 32.6). Care experienced young women have higher rates of medical abortions (rate of 11.3 compared to 6.1).
Conclusions
The results from this study indicate that CEC are more likely to contact the health services, particularly for mental and sexual/reproductive health reasons, and these problems may track into adulthood. Interventions to reduce inequalities in health for CEC should focus on these areas.
Key messages
CEC had higher rates of mortality, prescriptions, and hospitalisations during the study period. CEC are more likely to contact the health services for mental and sexual/reproductive health reasons.
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- M Allik
- MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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- MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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- MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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- School of Social Work and Social Policy, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
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Brown D, Tsampoukas G. 817 Loss of Libido in A Man with An Incidental Leydig Cell Tumour Of the Testis: A Rare Tumour Discovered Following an Isolated Common Complaint. Br J Surg 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/bjs/znab259.325] [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: 11/12/2022]
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Introduction
Leydig cell tumours (LCTs) are rare testicular stromal neoplasms classically presenting with a painless testicular mass or swelling in adults. Symptoms secondary to hypogonadism may occur resulting from the hormonal activity of these tumours. Loss of libido is described in LCTs in conjunction with other symptoms; however, no case has reported this as the sole presenting feature.
Case report
We describe the case of a 42-year-old man presenting to his General Practitioner with loss of libido and no other features suspicious of testicular cancer. Ultrasound performed due to an unrelated epididymal cyst detected an incidental mass confirmed as a benign LCT following radical orchidectomy. Biochemical markers remained normal throughout and following treatment his libido returned to normal.
Conclusions
This case may serve as a reminder for clinicians to maintain a high index of suspicion for testicular neoplasms in patients with features of hypogonadism in the absence of classical features for testicular cancer.
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- D Brown
- Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford, United Kingdom
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- Princess Alexandra Hospital, Harlow, United Kingdom
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Watts G, Wayne M, Weichert J, Welti J, Welty-Rieger L, Williams J, Williams MRJ, Wilson GW, Wobisch M, Wood DR, Wyatt TR, Xie Y, Yamada R, Yang S, Yasuda T, Yatsunenko YA, Ye W, Ye Z, Yin H, Yip K, Youn SW, Yu JM, Zennamo J, Zhao TG, Zhou B, Zhu J, Zich J, Zielinski K, Zielinski M, Zieminska D, Zivkovic L. Odderon Exchange from Elastic Scattering Differences between pp and pp[over ¯] Data at 1.96 TeV and from pp Forward Scattering Measurements. Phys Rev Lett 2021; 127:062003. [PMID: 34420329 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.127.062003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [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] [Received: 12/07/2020] [Revised: 02/19/2021] [Accepted: 06/10/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
Abstract
We describe an analysis comparing the pp[over ¯] elastic cross section as measured by the D0 Collaboration at a center-of-mass energy of 1.96 TeV to that in pp collisions as measured by the TOTEM Collaboration at 2.76, 7, 8, and 13 TeV using a model-independent approach. The TOTEM cross sections, extrapolated to a center-of-mass energy of sqrt[s]=1.96 TeV, are compared with the D0 measurement in the region of the diffractive minimum and the second maximum of the pp cross section. The two data sets disagree at the 3.4σ level and thus provide evidence for the t-channel exchange of a colorless, C-odd gluonic compound, also known as the odderon. We combine these results with a TOTEM analysis of the same C-odd exchange based on the total cross section and the ratio of the real to imaginary parts of the forward elastic strong interaction scattering amplitude in pp scattering for which the significance is between 3.4σ and 4.6σ. The combined significance is larger than 5σ and is interpreted as the first observation of the exchange of a colorless, C-odd gluonic compound.
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Affiliation(s)
- V M Abazov
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
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- University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019, USA
| | - B S Acharya
- Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai-400 005, India
| | - M Adams
- University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60607, USA
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- Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, USA
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- The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
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- Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, St. Petersburg 188300, Russia
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- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
| | - G A Alves
- LAFEX, Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 22290, Brazil
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- INRNE-BAS, Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1784 Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, USA
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- CERN, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
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- Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 20550, Brazil
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- INRNE-BAS, Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1784 Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana 71272, USA
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- Czech Technical University in Prague, 116 36 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kiev 01601, Ukraine
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- Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kiev 01601, Ukraine
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- AGH University of Science and Technology, 30-059 Krakow, Poland
- CERN, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
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- Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá 111711, Colombia
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- LPC, Université Blaise Pascal, CNRS/IN2P3, Clermont, F-63178 Aubière Cedex, France
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, USA
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- Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai-400 005, India
| | - E Barberis
- Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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- University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, USA
| | - J Barreto
- Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 20550, Brazil
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-Sur-Yvette, France
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- University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60607, USA
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- University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, USA
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- Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 20550, Brazil
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- INFN Sezione di Bari, 70126 Bari, Italy
- Dipartimento Interateneo di Fisica di Bari, 70126 Bari, Italy
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- Panjab University, Chandigarh 160014, India
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- LPNHE, Universités Paris VI and VII, CNRS/IN2P3, F-75005 Paris, France
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- Physikalisches Institut, Universität Freiburg, 79085 Freiburg, Germany
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- Helsinki Institute of Physics, 00014 University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YB, United Kingdom
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- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-Sur-Yvette, France
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- Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
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- Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois 60115, USA
| | - S Blessing
- Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, USA
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- University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588, USA
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA
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- Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Tomsk State University, Tomsk 634050, Russia
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- Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YB, United Kingdom
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- Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kiev 01601, Ukraine
| | - E Bossini
- Università degli Studi di Siena and Gruppo Collegato INFN di Siena, 53100 Siena, Italy
- CERN, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
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- Università degli Studi di Siena and Gruppo Collegato INFN di Siena, 53100 Siena, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Genova, 16146 Genova, Italy
- Università degli Studi di Genova, 16146 Genova, Italy
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- University of Texas, Arlington, Texas 76019, USA
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- II. Physikalisches Institut, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, 37073 Göttingen, Germany
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- University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- LPNHE, Universités Paris VI and VII, CNRS/IN2P3, F-75005 Paris, France
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- Institut für Physik, Universität Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YB, United Kingdom
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- Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 20550, Brazil
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA
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- University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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- Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, USA
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- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-Sur-Yvette, France
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- University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, USA
| | - S W Cho
- Korea Detector Laboratory, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Korea
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- Korea Detector Laboratory, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Korea
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
| | - D Claes
- University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588, USA
| | - J Clutter
- University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, USA
| | - M Cooke
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
| | - M Corcoran
- Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, USA
| | - F Couderc
- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-Sur-Yvette, France
| | - M-C Cousinou
- CPPM, Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS/IN2P3, F-13288 Marseille Cedex 09, France
| | - M Csanád
- Eötvös University, 1117 Budapest, Pázmány P. sétány 1/A, Hungary
- Wigner Research Centre for Physics, RMI, 1121 Budapest, Hungary
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- Wigner Research Centre for Physics, RMI, 1121 Budapest, Hungary
- MATE Institute of Technology KRC, 3200 Gyöngyös, Hungary
| | - J Cuth
- Institut für Physik, Universität Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
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- Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas 75275, USA
| | - A Das
- Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas 75275, USA
| | - G Davies
- Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
| | - M Deile
- CERN, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
| | - S J de Jong
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Radboud University Nijmegen, 6525 AJ Nijmegen, Netherlands
| | | | - F De Leonardis
- INFN Sezione di Bari, 70126 Bari, Italy
- Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettrica e dell'Informazione-Politecnico di Bari, 70125 Bari, Italy
| | - F Déliot
- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-Sur-Yvette, France
| | - R Demina
- University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA
| | - D Denisov
- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
| | - S P Denisov
- Institute for High Energy Physics, Protvino, Moscow region 142281, Russia
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
| | - C Deterre
- The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588, USA
| | - H T Diehl
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
| | - M Diesburg
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
| | - A Dominguez
- University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588, USA
| | - M Doubek
- Czech Technical University in Prague, 116 36 Prague 6, Czech Republic
| | - A Drutskoy
- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow 117259, Russia
| | - D Druzhkin
- Tomsk State University, Tomsk 634050, Russia
- CERN, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
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- Delhi University, Delhi-110 007, India
| | - L V Dudko
- Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
| | - A Duperrin
- CPPM, Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS/IN2P3, F-13288 Marseille Cedex 09, France
| | - S Dutt
- Panjab University, Chandigarh 160014, India
| | - M Eads
- Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois 60115, USA
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- Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
| | - K Eggert
- Case Western Reserve University, Department of Physics, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
| | - J Ellison
- University of California Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, USA
| | - V D Elvira
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
| | - Y Enari
- LPNHE, Universités Paris VI and VII, CNRS/IN2P3, F-75005 Paris, France
| | - V Eremin
- Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg 194021, Russian Federation
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- Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
| | - A Evdokimov
- University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60607, USA
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- Institute for High Energy Physics, Protvino, Moscow region 142281, Russia
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- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-Sur-Yvette, France
| | - L Feng
- Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois 60115, USA
| | - T Ferbel
- University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA
| | - F Ferro
- INFN Sezione di Genova, 16146 Genova, Italy
| | - F Fiedler
- Institut für Physik, Universität Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Radboud University Nijmegen, 6525 AJ Nijmegen, Netherlands
| | - W Fisher
- Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
| | - H E Fisk
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
| | - L Forthomme
- Helsinki Institute of Physics, 00014 University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Department of Physics, 00014 University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
| | - M Fortner
- Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois 60115, USA
| | - H Fox
- Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YB, United Kingdom
| | - J Franc
- Czech Technical University in Prague, 116 36 Prague 6, Czech Republic
| | - S Fuess
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
| | - P H Garbincius
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
| | - F Garcia
- Helsinki Institute of Physics, 00014 University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow 117259, Russia
| | - W Geng
- CPPM, Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS/IN2P3, F-13288 Marseille Cedex 09, France
- Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
| | - V Georgiev
- University of West Bohemia, 301 00 Pilsen, Czech Republic
| | - C E Gerber
- University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60607, USA
| | - Y Gershtein
- Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08855, USA
| | - S Giani
- CERN, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
| | - G Ginther
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
| | - O Gogota
- Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kiev 01601, Ukraine
| | - G Golovanov
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
| | - P D Grannis
- State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA
| | - S Greder
- IPHC, Université de Strasbourg, CNRS/IN2P3, F-67037 Strasbourg, France
| | - H Greenlee
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
| | - G Grenier
- IPNL, Université Lyon 1, CNRS/IN2P3, F-69622 Villeurbanne Cedex, France and Université de Lyon, F-69361 Lyon CEDEX 07, France
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- LPC, Université Blaise Pascal, CNRS/IN2P3, Clermont, F-63178 Aubière Cedex, France
| | - J-F Grivaz
- LAL, Univ. Paris-Sud, CNRS/IN2P3, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91898 Orsay Cedex, France
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- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-Sur-Yvette, France
| | - S Grünendahl
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- AGH University of Science and Technology, 30-059 Krakow, Poland
| | - T Guillemin
- LAL, Univ. Paris-Sud, CNRS/IN2P3, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91898 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
| | - P Gutierrez
- University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019, USA
| | - J Haley
- Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma 74078, USA
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- University of West Bohemia, 301 00 Pilsen, Czech Republic
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- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, People's Republic of China
| | - K Harder
- The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
| | - A Harel
- University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA
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- Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
| | - T Head
- The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
| | - T Hebbeker
- III. Physikalisches Institut A, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
| | - D Hedin
- Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois 60115, USA
| | - H Hegab
- Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma 74078, USA
| | - A P Heinson
- University of California Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, USA
| | - U Heintz
- Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
| | - C Hensel
- LAFEX, Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 22290, Brazil
| | | | - K Herner
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
| | - G Hesketh
- The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, USA
| | - T Hoang
- Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, USA
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- State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA
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- Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito 170157, Ecuador
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- Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, USA
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- Institut für Physik, Universität Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany
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- University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
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- University of Texas, Arlington, Texas 76019, USA
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- Czech Technical University in Prague, 116 36 Prague 6, Czech Republic
- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-Sur-Yvette, France
| | - V Hynek
- Czech Technical University in Prague, 116 36 Prague 6, Czech Republic
| | - I Iashvili
- State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14260, USA
| | - Y Ilchenko
- Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas 75275, USA
| | - R Illingworth
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, USA
| | - A S Ito
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- LAL, Univ. Paris-Sud, CNRS/IN2P3, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91898 Orsay Cedex, France
| | - M Janda
- Czech Technical University in Prague, 116 36 Prague 6, Czech Republic
| | - A Jayasinghe
- University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019, USA
| | - M S Jeong
- Korea Detector Laboratory, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Korea
| | - R Jesik
- Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
| | - P Jiang
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, People's Republic of China
| | - K Johns
- University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA
| | - E Johnson
- Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
| | - M Johnson
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
| | - J Joshi
- University of California Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, USA
| | - A W Jung
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA) and Institut de Física d'Altes Energies (IFAE), 08193 Bellaterra (Barcelona), Spain
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- CPPM, Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS/IN2P3, F-13288 Marseille Cedex 09, France
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- CERN, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
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- Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 182 21 Prague, Czech Republic
- CERN, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
| | - I Katsanos
- University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588, USA
| | - M Kaur
- Panjab University, Chandigarh 160014, India
| | - B Kaynak
- Istanbul University, 34134 Vezneciler, Istanbul, Turkey
| | - R Kehoe
- Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas 75275, USA
| | - S Kermiche
- CPPM, Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS/IN2P3, F-13288 Marseille Cedex 09, France
| | - N Khalatyan
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
| | - A Khanov
- Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma 74078, USA
| | - A Kharchilava
- State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14260, USA
| | - Y N Kharzheev
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
| | - I Kiselevich
- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow 117259, Russia
| | - J M Kohli
- Panjab University, Chandigarh 160014, India
| | - J Kopal
- CERN, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
| | - A V Kozelov
- Institute for High Energy Physics, Protvino, Moscow region 142281, Russia
| | - J Kraus
- University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
| | - A Kumar
- State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14260, USA
| | - V Kundrát
- Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 182 21 Prague, Czech Republic
| | - A Kupco
- Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 182 21 Prague, Czech Republic
| | - T Kurča
- IPNL, Université Lyon 1, CNRS/IN2P3, F-69622 Villeurbanne Cedex, France and Université de Lyon, F-69361 Lyon CEDEX 07, France
| | - V A Kuzmin
- Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
| | - S Lami
- INFN Sezione di Pisa, 56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - S Lammers
- Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
| | - G Latino
- Università degli Studi di Siena and Gruppo Collegato INFN di Siena, 53100 Siena, Italy
| | - P Lebrun
- IPNL, Université Lyon 1, CNRS/IN2P3, F-69622 Villeurbanne Cedex, France and Université de Lyon, F-69361 Lyon CEDEX 07, France
| | - H S Lee
- Korea Detector Laboratory, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Korea
| | - S W Lee
- Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA
| | - W M Lee
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
| | - X Le
- University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA
| | - J Lellouch
- LPNHE, Universités Paris VI and VII, CNRS/IN2P3, F-75005 Paris, France
| | - D Li
- LPNHE, Universités Paris VI and VII, CNRS/IN2P3, F-75005 Paris, France
| | - H Li
- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, USA
| | - L Li
- University of California Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, USA
| | - Q Z Li
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
| | - J K Lim
- Korea Detector Laboratory, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Korea
| | - D Lincoln
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
| | - C Lindsey
- University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, USA
| | - R Linhart
- University of West Bohemia, 301 00 Pilsen, Czech Republic
| | - J Linnemann
- Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
| | - V V Lipaev
- Institute for High Energy Physics, Protvino, Moscow region 142281, Russia
| | - R Lipton
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
| | - H Liu
- Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas 75275, USA
| | - Y Liu
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, People's Republic of China
| | - A Lobodenko
- Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, St. Petersburg 188300, Russia
| | - M Lokajicek
- Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 182 21 Prague, Czech Republic
| | - M V Lokajíček
- Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 182 21 Prague, Czech Republic
| | - R Lopes de Sa
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
| | - L Losurdo
- Università degli Studi di Siena and Gruppo Collegato INFN di Siena, 53100 Siena, Italy
| | | | | | - A L Lyon
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
| | - A K A Maciel
- LAFEX, Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 22290, Brazil
| | - M Macrí
- INFN Sezione di Genova, 16146 Genova, Italy
| | - R Madar
- Physikalisches Institut, Universität Freiburg, 79085 Freiburg, Germany
| | | | - M Malawski
- AGH University of Science and Technology, 30-059 Krakow, Poland
| | - H B Malbouisson
- Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 20550, Brazil
| | - S Malik
- University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588, USA
| | - V L Malyshev
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
| | - J Mansour
- II. Physikalisches Institut, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, 37073 Göttingen, Germany
| | | | - R McCarthy
- State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA
| | - C L McGivern
- The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
| | - M M Meijer
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Radboud University Nijmegen, 6525 AJ Nijmegen, Netherlands
| | - A Melnitchouk
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
| | - D Menezes
- Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois 60115, USA
| | - P G Mercadante
- Universidade Federal do ABC, Santo André, SP 09210, Brazil
| | - M Merkin
- Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
| | - A Meyer
- III. Physikalisches Institut A, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
| | - J Meyer
- II. Physikalisches Institut, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, 37073 Göttingen, Germany
| | - F Miconi
- IPHC, Université de Strasbourg, CNRS/IN2P3, F-67037 Strasbourg, France
| | - N Minafra
- University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, USA
| | - S Minutoli
- INFN Sezione di Genova, 16146 Genova, Italy
| | - J Molina
- Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 20550, Brazil
| | - N K Mondal
- Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai-400 005, India
| | - M Mulhearn
- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, USA
| | - L Mundim
- Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 20550, Brazil
| | - T Naaranoja
- Helsinki Institute of Physics, 00014 University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Department of Physics, 00014 University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
| | - E Nagy
- CPPM, Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS/IN2P3, F-13288 Marseille Cedex 09, France
| | - M Narain
- Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
| | - R Nayyar
- University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA
| | - H A Neal
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
| | - J P Negret
- Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá 111711, Colombia
| | - F Nemes
- Wigner Research Centre for Physics, RMI, 1121 Budapest, Hungary
- CERN, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
| | - P Neustroev
- Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, St. Petersburg 188300, Russia
| | - H T Nguyen
- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, USA
| | - H Niewiadomski
- Case Western Reserve University, Department of Physics, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
| | - T Novák
- MATE Institute of Technology KRC, 3200 Gyöngyös, Hungary
| | - T Nunnemann
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 80539 München, Germany
| | - V Oguri
- Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 20550, Brazil
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- Helsinki Institute of Physics, 00014 University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Department of Physics, 00014 University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
| | - J Orduna
- Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
| | - M Oriunno
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94025, USA
| | - N Osman
- CPPM, Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS/IN2P3, F-13288 Marseille Cedex 09, France
| | - K Österberg
- Helsinki Institute of Physics, 00014 University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Department of Physics, 00014 University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
| | - A Pal
- University of Texas, Arlington, Texas 76019, USA
| | | | - N Parashar
- Purdue University Calumet, Hammond, Indiana 46323, USA
| | - V Parihar
- Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
| | - S K Park
- Korea Detector Laboratory, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Korea
| | - R Partridge
- Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
| | - N Parua
- Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
| | - R Pasechnik
- Department of Astronomy and Theoretical Physics, Lund University, SE-223 62 Lund, Sweden
| | - V Passaro
- INFN Sezione di Bari, 70126 Bari, Italy
- Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettrica e dell'Informazione-Politecnico di Bari, 70125 Bari, Italy
| | - A Patwa
- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
| | - B Penning
- Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
| | - M Perfilov
- Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
| | - Z Peroutka
- University of West Bohemia, 301 00 Pilsen, Czech Republic
| | - Y Peters
- The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
| | - K Petridis
- The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
| | - G Petrillo
- University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA
| | - P Pétroff
- LAL, Univ. Paris-Sud, CNRS/IN2P3, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91898 Orsay Cedex, France
| | - M-A Pleier
- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
| | - V M Podstavkov
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
| | - A V Popov
- Institute for High Energy Physics, Protvino, Moscow region 142281, Russia
| | - W L Prado da Silva
- Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 20550, Brazil
| | - M Prewitt
- Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, USA
| | - D Price
- The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
| | - J Procházka
- Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 182 21 Prague, Czech Republic
| | - N Prokopenko
- Institute for High Energy Physics, Protvino, Moscow region 142281, Russia
| | - J Qian
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
| | - A Quadt
- II. Physikalisches Institut, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, 37073 Göttingen, Germany
| | - B Quinn
- University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
| | - M Quinto
- INFN Sezione di Bari, 70126 Bari, Italy
- Dipartimento Interateneo di Fisica di Bari, 70126 Bari, Italy
| | - T G Raben
- University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, USA
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- LAFEX, Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 22290, Brazil
| | - P N Ratoff
- Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YB, United Kingdom
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- Institute for High Energy Physics, Protvino, Moscow region 142281, Russia
| | - I Ripp-Baudot
- IPHC, Université de Strasbourg, CNRS/IN2P3, F-67037 Strasbourg, France
| | - F Rizatdinova
- Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma 74078, USA
| | - E Robutti
- INFN Sezione di Genova, 16146 Genova, Italy
| | - R F Rodrigues
- Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 20550, Brazil
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YB, United Kingdom
| | - C Royon
- University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, USA
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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- Helsinki Institute of Physics, 00014 University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Department of Physics, 00014 University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- LPSC, Université Joseph Fourier Grenoble 1, CNRS/IN2P3, Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble, F-38026 Grenoble Cedex, France
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- Institute for High Energy Physics, Protvino, Moscow region 142281, Russia
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- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 80539 München, Germany
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- Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 20550, Brazil
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- LAFEX, Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 22290, Brazil
| | - G Savage
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
| | - M Savitskyi
- Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kiev 01601, Ukraine
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- Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana 71272, USA
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- Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
| | - R D Schamberger
- State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA
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- Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, St. Petersburg 188300, Russia
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- Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
- Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331, USA
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- Institut für Physik, Universität Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany
| | - C Schwanenberger
- The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
| | - R Schwienhorst
- Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, USA
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- University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019, USA
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- II. Physikalisches Institut, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, 37073 Göttingen, Germany
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- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-Sur-Yvette, France
| | - S Shaw
- The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
| | - A A Shchukin
- Institute for High Energy Physics, Protvino, Moscow region 142281, Russia
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- Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kiev 01601, Ukraine
| | - V Simak
- Czech Technical University in Prague, 116 36 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- University of West Bohemia, 301 00 Pilsen, Czech Republic
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- University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019, USA
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- University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA
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- CERN, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
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- CERN, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
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- University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588, USA
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- Langston University, Langston, Oklahoma 73050, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- III. Physikalisches Institut A, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
| | - K Soustruznik
- Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Center for Particle Physics, 116 36 Prague 1, Czech Republic
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- LPSC, Université Joseph Fourier Grenoble 1, CNRS/IN2P3, Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble, F-38026 Grenoble Cedex, France
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- Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kiev 01601, Ukraine
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- Wigner Research Centre for Physics, RMI, 1121 Budapest, Hungary
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- Institute for High Energy Physics, Protvino, Moscow region 142281, Russia
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- University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019, USA
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- The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, USA
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- Eötvös University, 1117 Budapest, Pázmány P. sétány 1/A, Hungary
- Wigner Research Centre for Physics, RMI, 1121 Budapest, Hungary
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- Wigner Research Centre for Physics, RMI, 1121 Budapest, Hungary
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- Case Western Reserve University, Department of Physics, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
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- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-Sur-Yvette, France
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
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- University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA
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- State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA
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- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-Sur-Yvette, France
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- Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- Università degli Studi di Siena and Gruppo Collegato INFN di Siena, 53100 Siena, Italy
| | - O Urban
- University of West Bohemia, 301 00 Pilsen, Czech Republic
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- Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, St. Petersburg 188300, Russia
| | - S Uvarov
- Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, St. Petersburg 188300, Russia
| | - S Uzunyan
- Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois 60115, USA
| | - V Vacek
- Czech Technical University in Prague, 116 36 Prague 6, Czech Republic
| | - R Van Kooten
- Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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- University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60607, USA
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- University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA
| | - I A Vasilyev
- Institute for High Energy Physics, Protvino, Moscow region 142281, Russia
| | - O Vavroch
- University of West Bohemia, 301 00 Pilsen, Czech Republic
| | - A Y Verkheev
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
| | | | - M Verzocchi
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-Sur-Yvette, France
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- Czech Technical University in Prague, 116 36 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, USA
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- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, People's Republic of China
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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- University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
| | - J Weichert
- Institut für Physik, Universität Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Helsinki Institute of Physics, 00014 University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Department of Physics, 00014 University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, USA
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- University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, USA
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- Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana 71272, USA
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- Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
| | - T R Wyatt
- The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
| | - Y Xie
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
| | - S Yang
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, People's Republic of China
| | - T Yasuda
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
| | - Y A Yatsunenko
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
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- State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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- State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14260, USA
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- The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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- University of West Bohemia, 301 00 Pilsen, Czech Republic
| | - K Zielinski
- AGH University of Science and Technology, 30-059 Krakow, Poland
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- University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA
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- Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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- LPNHE, Universités Paris VI and VII, CNRS/IN2P3, F-75005 Paris, France
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Brown D, Chick J, Johnson G, Ingraham C, Monroe E, Valji K, Shin D. Abstract No. 69 Bifurcated hepatocaval stent reconstruction for treatment of hepatic venous outflow obstruction in orthotopic liver transplantation. J Vasc Interv Radiol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2021.03.490] [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: 10/21/2022] Open
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Hunter-Jones J, Gilliam S, Davis C, Brown D, Green D, Hunter C, Carswell A, Hansen N. Process and Outcome Evaluation of a Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy Intervention for Cisgender and Transgender African American Women Living with HIV/AIDS. AIDS Behav 2021; 25:592-603. [PMID: 32886219 DOI: 10.1007/s10461-020-03017-7] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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There is a need for evidence-based contextualized mental health interventions for persons living with HIV/AIDS. In the current study, the primary researcher conducted open trials with African American women living with HIV/AIDS (AAWLWHA) to examine the acceptability and feasibility of Project UPLIFT, a mindfulness-based cognitive therapy intervention that has demonstrated effectiveness in persons living with epilepsy. Women were recruited for a tele-delivered phone intervention group separated by gender identity, as well as participated in pre- and post-test assessments. Additionally, data on acceptability was collected. Both cis- and transgender women were highly satisfied with the intervention and demonstrated improvement in depressive and stress symptoms. The intervention seemed to be particularly feasible for cisgender women, though more qualitative mental health research may be warranted with transgender women. The current research has implications for the utility of mindfulness-based interventions such as UPLIFT, with AAWLWHA.
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- J Hunter-Jones
- School of Social Work, University of North Carolina Wilmington, 601 S. College Rd, Wilmington, NC, 28403, USA.
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- College of Public Health, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
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- School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- College of Public Health, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
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- Counselor Education and Supervision, University of Holy Cross, New Orleans, LA, USA
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- Student Support Services, Mercer University, Macon, GA, USA
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- College of Public Health, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
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Degeling C, Williams J, Carter SM, Moss R, Massey P, Gilbert GL, Shih P, Braunack-Mayer A, Crooks K, Brown D, McVernon J. Priority allocation of pandemic influenza vaccines in Australia - Recommendations of 3 community juries. Vaccine 2021; 39:255-262. [PMID: 33317870 PMCID: PMC7733601 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.12.010] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2020] [Revised: 11/26/2020] [Accepted: 12/02/2020] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Pandemic planning has historically been oriented to respond to an influenza virus, with vaccination strategy being a key focus. As the current COVID-19 pandemic plays out, the Australian government is closely monitoring progress towards development of SARS-CoV2 vaccines as a definitive intervention. However, as in any pandemic, initial supply will likely be exceeded by demand due to limited manufacturing output. METHODS We convened community juries in three Australian locations in 2019 to assess public acceptability and perceived legitimacy of influenza pandemic vaccination distribution strategies. Preparatory work included literature reviews on pandemic vaccine allocation strategies and on vaccine allocation ethics, and simulation modelling studies. We assumed vaccine would be provided to predefined priority groups. Jurors were then asked to recommend one of two strategies for distributing remaining early doses of vaccine: directly vaccinate people at higher risk of adverse outcomes from influenza; or indirectly protect the general population by vaccinating primary school students, who are most likely to spread infection. RESULTS Thirty-four participants of diverse backgrounds and ages were recruited through random digit dialling and topic-blinded social media advertising. Juries heard evidence and arguments supporting different vaccine distribution strategies, and questioned expert presenters. All three community juries supported prioritising school children for influenza vaccination (aiming for indirect protection), one by 10-2 majority and two by consensus. Justifications included that indirect protection benefits more people and is likely to be more publicly acceptable. CONCLUSIONS In the context of an influenza pandemic, informed citizens were not opposed to prioritising groups at higher risks of adverse outcomes, but if resources and epidemiological conditions allow, achieving population benefits should be a strategic priority. These insights may inform future SARS-CoV-2 vaccination strategies.
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- C Degeling
- Australian Centre for Health Engagement, Evidence and Values, School of Health & Society, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia.
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- Sydney Health Ethics, School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- Australian Centre for Health Engagement, Evidence and Values, School of Health & Society, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia
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- Modelling and Simulation Unit, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- Hunter New England Local Health District, Population Health, Wallsend, New South Wales, Australia; College of Medicine and Dentistry, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia
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- Sydney Health Ethics, School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia; Marie Bashir Institute for Emerging Infections, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- Australian Centre for Health Engagement, Evidence and Values, School of Health & Society, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia
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- Australian Centre for Health Engagement, Evidence and Values, School of Health & Society, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia
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- Hunter New England Local Health District, Population Health, Wallsend, New South Wales, Australia; Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Casuarina, Darwin, Australia
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- Modelling and Simulation Unit, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia; Victorian Infectious Diseases Laboratory Epidemiology Unit at The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, The University of Melbourne and Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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- Modelling and Simulation Unit, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia; Victorian Infectious Diseases Laboratory Epidemiology Unit at The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, The University of Melbourne and Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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Cohen M, Perl H, Steffen E, Planer B, Kushnir A, Hudome S, Brown D, Myers M. Micro-premature infants in New Jersey show improved mortality and morbidity from 2000-2018. J Neonatal Perinatal Med 2021; 14:583-590. [PMID: 33843700 PMCID: PMC8673536 DOI: 10.3233/npm-200599] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2020] [Revised: 02/05/2021] [Accepted: 03/20/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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BACKGROUND Micro-premature newborns, gestational age (GA) ≤ 25 weeks, have high rates of mortality and morbidity. Literature has shown improving outcomes for extremely low gestational age newborns (ELGANs) GA ≤ 29 weeks, but few studies have addressed outcomes of ELGANs ≤ 25 weeks. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the trends in outcomes for ELGANs born in New Jersey, from 2000 to 2018 and to compare two subgroups: GA 23 to 25 weeks (E1) and GA 26 to 29 weeks (E2). METHODS Thirteen NICUs in NJ submitted de-identified data. Outcomes for mortality and morbidity were calculated. RESULTS Data from 12,707 infants represents the majority of ELGANs born in NJ from 2000 to 2018. There were 3,957 in the E1 group and 8,750 in the E2 group. Mortality decreased significantly in both groups; E1, 43.2% to 30.2% and E2, 7.6% to 4.5% over the 19 years. The decline in E1 was significantly greater than in E2. Most morbidities also showed significant improvement over time in both groups. Survival without morbidity increased from 14.5% to 30.7% in E1s and 47.2% to 69.9% in E2s. Similar findings held for 501-750 and 751-1000g birth weight strata. CONCLUSIONS Significant declines in both mortality and morbidity have occurred in ELGANs over the last two decades. These rates of improvements for the more immature ELGANs of GA 230 to 256 weeks were greater than for the more mature group in several outcomes. While the rates of morbidity and mortality remain high, these results validate current efforts to support the micro-premature newborn.
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- Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, USA
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- Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, HUMC, Hackensack, NJ, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Saint Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, NJ, USA
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- Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, HUMC, Hackensack, NJ, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Cooper Children’s Regional Hospital, Camden, NJ, USA
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- Unterberg Children’s Hospital at Monmouth M.C., Long Branch, NJ, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, USA
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Brown D, Oldfield L, Zhang Y, Scheuermann R. Contemporary circulating enterovirus D68 strains have acquired the capacity for viral entry and replication in human neuronal cells. Int J Infect Dis 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.11.068] [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: 10/22/2022] Open
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Ehmen C, Medialdea-Carrera R, Brown D, de Filippis AMB, de Sequeira PC, Nogueira RMR, Brasil P, Calvet GA, Blessmann J, Mallmann AM, Sievertsen J, Rackow A, Schmidt-Chanasit J, Emmerich P, Schmitz H, Deschermeier C, Mika A. Accurate detection of Zika virus IgG using a novel immune complex binding ELISA. Trop Med Int Health 2020; 26:89-101. [PMID: 33012038 DOI: 10.1111/tmi.13505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [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: 01/14/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Accurate serological assays are urgently needed to support public health responses to Zika virus (ZIKV) infection with its potential to cause foetal damage during pregnancy. Current flavivirus serology for ZIKV infections lacks specificity due to cross-reacting antibodies from closely related other flaviviruses. In this study, we evaluated novel serological tests for accurate ZIKV IgG detection. METHODS Our ELISAs are based on immune complex binding. The high specificity is achieved by the simultaneous incubation of labelled ZIKV antigen and unlabelled flavivirus homolog protein competitors. Two assays were validated with a panel of 406 human samples from PCR-confirmed ZIKV patients collected in Brazil (n = 154), healthy blood donors and other infections from Brazil, Europe, Canada and Colombia (n = 252). RESULTS The highest specificity (100% [252/252, 95% confidence interval (CI) 98.5-100.0]) was shown by the ZIKV ED3 ICB ELISA using the ED3 antigen of the ZIKV envelope. A similar test using the NS1 antigen (ZIKV NS1 ICB ELISA) was slightly less specific (92.1% [232/252, 95% CI 88.0-95.1]). The commercial Euroimmun ZIKV ELISA had a specificity of only 82.1% (207/252, 95% CI 76.8-86.7). Sensitivity was high (93-100%) from day 12 after onset of symptoms in all three tests. Seroprevalence of ZIKV IgG was analysed in 87 samples from Laos (Asia) confirming that the ED3 ELISA showed specific reactions in other populations. CONCLUSIONS The novel ED3 ICB ELISA will be useful for ZIKV-specific IgG detection for seroepidemiological studies and serological diagnosis for case management in travellers and in countries where other flavivirus infections are co-circulating.
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- C Ehmen
- Diagnostics Development Laboratory, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany
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- Health Protection Research Unit in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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- Flavivirus Reference Laboratory, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Flavivirus Reference Laboratory, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Acute Febrile Illnesses Laboratory, Evandro Chagas National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Acute Febrile Illnesses Laboratory, Evandro Chagas National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Department for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany
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- Diagnostics Development Laboratory, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany
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- Diagnostics Development Laboratory, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany
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- Diagnostics Development Laboratory, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department for Virology, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department for Virology, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany.,Department of Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Center of Internal Medicine II, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
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- Department for Virology, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany
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- Diagnostics Development Laboratory, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany
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- Diagnostics Development Laboratory, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany
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Background
Digoxin, one of the first treatments for symptoms of congestive heart failure (CHF), is currently used in the management of persistent CHF symptoms as well as for ventricular rate control in atrial fibrillation. Current guidelines suggest digoxin as an adjunct to optimal medical therapy for symptomatic improvement in CHF. However, the data regarding the effect of digoxin use on mortality continue to be conflicting.
Purpose
The aim of this retrospective study was to evaluate the association of digoxin therapy with mortality in patients with ischemic heart failure defined by severe left ventricular (LV) dysfunction and coronary artery disease (CAD) in the Surgical Treatment for Ischemic Heart Failure (STICH) trial.
Methods
STICH randomized 1012 patients with CAD and LV ejection fraction<35% to coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery and medical therapy vs. medical therapy alone. Factors predictive of digoxin use were identified with a binomial logistic regression model. Multivariable Cox proportional hazards modelling was performed with digoxin use modelled as a segmented time-dependent covariate. The model was adjusted for baseline clinical characteristics (including age, race, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes mellitus, peripheral vascular disease, NYHA heart failure class, previous myocardial infarction, atrial fibrillation, creatinine level, smoking status, and STICH treatment group) and stratified based on sex. All covariates were verified to meet the proportional hazards assumption. The primary outcome was all-cause mortality. Secondary outcomes included death and hospitalization due to cardiovascular causes. Relative risks were expressed as adjusted hazard ratios (aHR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI).
Results
Of the 1012 patients, 351 (35% [36% of male patients and 27% of female patients]) reported digoxin use for some duration during the study period. Significant predictors of digoxin use included minority status, NYHA class, previous myocardial infarction, and baseline diagnosis of hypertension, diabetes, or atrial fibrillation. At a mean follow-up of 9.8 years, 566 patients (55.7%) experienced all-cause mortality and 387 patients (38.1%) died due to cardiovascular causes. The adjusted Cox proportional hazards model demonstrated that digoxin use was independently associated with an increased risk of all-cause mortality (aHR 1.22, 95% CI: 1.00–1.49, P=0.049). Digoxin use was also associated with increased risk of cardiovascular death (aHR 1.29, 95% CI: 1.02–1.64, P=0.032). There was no impact of digoxin on hospitalization for cardiovascular causes.
Conclusion
Use of digoxin in patients with ischemic heart failure was associated with an increased risk of both all-cause and cardiovascular death.
Funding Acknowledgement
Type of funding source: None
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- L Pandya
- Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, United States of America
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- Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, United States of America
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Rivera M, Brown D. Systematic review and meta-analysis of placebo-controlled invasive interventions for the management of chronic stable angina. Eur Heart J 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/ehaa946.1256] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Background
The benefits of invasive therapies for chronic stable angina are in large part supported by open label studies comparing invasive procedures to medical therapy alone. Placebo effects are frequently unaccounted for as control arms rarely receive placebo (sham) interventions.
This review pools studies comparing invasive therapies for chronic stable angina to placebo interventions and aims to measure the true effects of different invasive interventions.
Methods
We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of double blinded randomized placebo-controlled trials of invasive therapies for the management of chronic stable angina. The outcomes of interest were change in exercise tolerance time, change in Canadian cardiovascular society angina grade and rate of post-procedural complications including myocardial infarction and all-cause mortality.
Results
Six randomized placebo-controlled trials were included, with a total of 742 participants. Median follow-up ranged from 6 weeks to 16 months. Contrary to data reported in individual studies, pooled analysis favored invasive therapies over placebo procedures: exercise tolerance time was higher (standard mean difference (SMD) 35.2 seconds [4.4- 66.0]), angina scores were more likely to improve by ≥1 class (Odds Ratio (OR) 2.16 [1.05- 4.46]) and by ≥2 classes (OR 1.76 [1.13- 2.74]). There was no difference in post-procedural myocardial infarction (incidence rate ratio (IRR) 2.91 [0.61–13.93]) and all-cause mortality (IRR 0.39 [0.35–4.27]).
Conclusions
This meta-analysis of placebo-controlled trials for chronic stable angina found a beneficial effect from invasive therapies. This favorable effect has not been seen in individual studies. Our findings suggest that sample sizes should be adjusted upwards in placebo-controlled studies to detect true treatment effects independent of the placebo effect.
Funding Acknowledgement
Type of funding source: None
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- M Rivera
- Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, United States of America
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- Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, United States of America
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Brown D, Negris O, Warren C, Herbert L, Bozen A, Assa'ad A, Mahdavinia M, Tobin M, Sharma H, Gupta R. A043 FOOD ALLERGY-RELATED BULLYING AND SCHOOL POLICY AMONG BLACK AND WHITE CHILDREN IN THE FORWARD STUDY. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anai.2020.08.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Ashley C, Brown D, Lakhman Y, Nincevic J, Stylianou A, Wu M, Selenica P, Patel J, Berger M, Leitao M, Sonoda Y, Jewell E, Reis-Filho J, Abu-Rustum N, Aghajanian C, Cadoo K, Weigelt B. Mutation detection in cell-free DNA using ultra-high depth sequencing in prospectively collected newly diagnosed endometrial cancer patients. Gynecol Oncol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2020.06.079] [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: 10/23/2022]
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Moukarzel L, Ferrando L, Paula A, Brown D, Geyer F, Pareja F, Piscuoglio S, Papanastasiou A, Fusco N, Marchio C, Abu-Rustum N, Murali R, Brogi E, Wen H, Norton L, Soslow R, Vincent-Salomon A, Reis-Filho J, Weigelt B. Uterine carcinosarcomas and metaplastic breast carcinomas: Genetically related cancers? Gynecol Oncol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2020.05.587] [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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Samuels-Kalow M, Dorner S, Cash R, Dutta S, White B, Ciccolo G, Brown D, Camargo C. 104 Associations between Neighborhood Disadvantage Measures and COVID-19 Case Clusters. Ann Emerg Med 2020. [PMCID: PMC7598564 DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2020.09.115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Mendelsohn AC, Sanmarco LM, Spallanzani RG, Brown D, Quintana FJ, Breton S, Battistone MA. From initial segment to cauda: a regional characterization of mouse epididymal CD11c + mononuclear phagocytes based on immune phenotype and function. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2020; 319:C997-C1010. [PMID: 32991210 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00392.2020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Successful sperm maturation and storage rely on a unique immunological balance that protects the male reproductive organs from invading pathogens and spermatozoa from a destructive autoimmune response. We previously characterized one subset of mononuclear phagocytes (MPs) in the murine epididymis, CX3CR1+ cells, emphasizing their different functional properties. This population partially overlaps with another subset of understudied heterogeneous MPs, the CD11c+ cells. In the present study, we analyzed the CD11c+ MPs for their immune phenotype, morphology, and antigen capturing and presenting abilities. Epididymides from CD11c-EYFP mice, which express enhanced yellow fluorescent protein (EYFP) in CD11c+ MPs, were divided into initial segment (IS), caput/corpus, and cauda regions. Flow cytometry analysis showed that CD11c+ MPs with a macrophage phenotype (CD64+ and F4/80+) were the most abundant in the IS, whereas those with a dendritic cell signature [CD64- major histocompatibility complex class II (MHCII)+] were more frequent in the cauda. Immunofluorescence revealed morphological and phenotypic differences between CD11c+ MPs in the regions examined. To assess the ability of CD11c+ cells to take up antigens, CD11c-EYFP mice were injected intravenously with ovalbumin. In the IS, MPs expressing macrophage markers were most active in taking up the antigens. A functional antigen-presenting coculture study was performed, whereby CD4+ T cells were activated after ovalbumin presentation by CD11c+ epididymal MPs. The results demonstrated that CD11c+ MPs in all regions were capable of capturing and presenting antigens. Together, this study defines a marked regional variation in epididymal antigen-presenting cells that could help us understand fertility and contraception but also has larger implications in inflammation and disease pathology.
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- A C Mendelsohn
- Program in Membrane Biology, Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Ann Romney Center for Neurological Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Immunology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Program in Membrane Biology, Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Ann Romney Center for Neurological Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.,Broad Institute of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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- Program in Membrane Biology, Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.,Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproduction, Université Laval, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec Research Center, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
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- Program in Membrane Biology, Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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Falde S, Gali B, Brown D, Holets S, Weise L, Amsbaugh A, Oeckler R, Cortes-Puentes G. MECHANICAL VENTILATION GUIDED BY TRANSPULMONARY AND AIRWAY DRIVING PRESSURES IN THE SETTING OF INTRAABDOMINAL HYPERTENSION. Chest 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2020.05.424] [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] Open
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Jaimes C, Vajapeyam S, Brown D, Kao PC, Ma C, Greenspan L, Gupta N, Goumnerova L, Bandopahayay P, Dubois F, Greenwald NF, Zack T, Shapira O, Beroukhim R, Ligon KL, Chi S, Kieran MW, Wright KD, Poussaint TY. MR Imaging Correlates for Molecular and Mutational Analyses in Children with Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2020; 41:874-881. [PMID: 32381545 DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a6546] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2019] [Accepted: 03/16/2020] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Recent advances in molecular techniques have characterized distinct subtypes of diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomas. Our aim was the identification of MR imaging correlates of these subtypes. MATERIALS AND METHODS Initial MRIs from subjects with diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomas recruited for a prospective clinical trial before treatment were analyzed. Retrospective imaging analyses included FLAIR/T2 tumor volume, tumor volume enhancing, the presence of cyst and/or necrosis, median, mean, mode, skewness, kurtosis of ADC tumor volume based on FLAIR, and enhancement at baseline. Molecular subgroups based on EGFR and MGMT mutations were established. Histone mutations were also determined (H3F3A, HIST1H3B, HIST1H3C). Univariate Cox proportional hazards regression was used to test the association of imaging predictors with overall and progression-free survival. Wilcoxon rank sum, Kruskal-Wallis, and Fisher exact tests were used to compare imaging measures among groups. RESULTS Fifty patients had biopsy and MR imaging. The median age at trial registration was 6 years (range, 3.3-17.5 years); 52% were female. On the basis of immunohistochemical results, 48 patients were assigned to 1 of 4 subgroups: 28 in MGMT-/epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-, 14 in MGMT-/EGFR+, 3 in MGMT+/EGFR-, and 3 in MGMT+/EGFR+. Twenty-three patients had histone mutations in H3F3A, 8 in HIST1H3B, and 3 in HIST1H3C. Enhancing tumor volume was near-significantly different across molecular subgroups (P = .04), after accounting for the false discovery rate. Tumor volume enhancing, median, mode, skewness, and kurtosis ADC T2-FLAIR/T2 were significantly different (P ≤ .048) between patients with H3F3A and HIST1H3B/C mutations. CONCLUSIONS MR imaging features including enhancement and ADC histogram parameters are correlated with molecular subgroups and mutations in children with diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomas.
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- C Jaimes
- From the Departments of Radiology (C.J., S.V., T.Y.P.).,Fetal-Neonatal Neuroimaging and Developmental Science Center (C.J.), Division of Newborn Medicine; Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.,Harvard Medical School (C.J., S.V., C.M., P.B., F.D., R.B., K.L.L., S.C., K.D.W., T.Y.P.), Boston, Massachusetts
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- From the Departments of Radiology (C.J., S.V., T.Y.P.).,Harvard Medical School (C.J., S.V., C.M., P.B., F.D., R.B., K.L.L., S.C., K.D.W., T.Y.P.), Boston, Massachusetts
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- Tumor Imaging Metrics Core (D.B.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Pediatrics, Division of Oncology (P.-C.K., C.M., L.G., P.B., R.B., S.C., K.D.W.).,Dana Farber Cancer Institute (P.-C.K., C.M., L.G., P.B., F.D., O.S., R.B., K.L.L., S.C., K.D.W.), Boston, Massachusetts
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- Pediatrics, Division of Oncology (P.-C.K., C.M., L.G., P.B., R.B., S.C., K.D.W.).,Dana Farber Cancer Institute (P.-C.K., C.M., L.G., P.B., F.D., O.S., R.B., K.L.L., S.C., K.D.W.), Boston, Massachusetts.,Harvard Medical School (C.J., S.V., C.M., P.B., F.D., R.B., K.L.L., S.C., K.D.W., T.Y.P.), Boston, Massachusetts
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- Pediatrics, Division of Oncology (P.-C.K., C.M., L.G., P.B., R.B., S.C., K.D.W.).,Dana Farber Cancer Institute (P.-C.K., C.M., L.G., P.B., F.D., O.S., R.B., K.L.L., S.C., K.D.W.), Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery (N.G.), University of California San Francisco Benioff Children's Hospital, San Francisco, California.,University of California San Francisco School of Medicine (N.G., T.Z.), San Francisco, California
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- Pediatrics, Division of Oncology (P.-C.K., C.M., L.G., P.B., R.B., S.C., K.D.W.).,Dana Farber Cancer Institute (P.-C.K., C.M., L.G., P.B., F.D., O.S., R.B., K.L.L., S.C., K.D.W.), Boston, Massachusetts.,Harvard Medical School (C.J., S.V., C.M., P.B., F.D., R.B., K.L.L., S.C., K.D.W., T.Y.P.), Boston, Massachusetts
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- Dana Farber Cancer Institute (P.-C.K., C.M., L.G., P.B., F.D., O.S., R.B., K.L.L., S.C., K.D.W.), Boston, Massachusetts.,Harvard Medical School (C.J., S.V., C.M., P.B., F.D., R.B., K.L.L., S.C., K.D.W., T.Y.P.), Boston, Massachusetts
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- Stanford University School of Medicine (N.F.G.), Palo Alto, California
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- University of California San Francisco School of Medicine (N.G., T.Z.), San Francisco, California
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- Dana Farber Cancer Institute (P.-C.K., C.M., L.G., P.B., F.D., O.S., R.B., K.L.L., S.C., K.D.W.), Boston, Massachusetts.,Broad Institute of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University (O.S.), Cambridge, Massachusetts
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- Pediatrics, Division of Oncology (P.-C.K., C.M., L.G., P.B., R.B., S.C., K.D.W.).,Dana Farber Cancer Institute (P.-C.K., C.M., L.G., P.B., F.D., O.S., R.B., K.L.L., S.C., K.D.W.), Boston, Massachusetts.,Harvard Medical School (C.J., S.V., C.M., P.B., F.D., R.B., K.L.L., S.C., K.D.W., T.Y.P.), Boston, Massachusetts
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- Dana Farber Cancer Institute (P.-C.K., C.M., L.G., P.B., F.D., O.S., R.B., K.L.L., S.C., K.D.W.), Boston, Massachusetts.,Department of Pathology (K.L.L.), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.,Harvard Medical School (C.J., S.V., C.M., P.B., F.D., R.B., K.L.L., S.C., K.D.W., T.Y.P.), Boston, Massachusetts
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- Pediatrics, Division of Oncology (P.-C.K., C.M., L.G., P.B., R.B., S.C., K.D.W.).,Dana Farber Cancer Institute (P.-C.K., C.M., L.G., P.B., F.D., O.S., R.B., K.L.L., S.C., K.D.W.), Boston, Massachusetts.,Harvard Medical School (C.J., S.V., C.M., P.B., F.D., R.B., K.L.L., S.C., K.D.W., T.Y.P.), Boston, Massachusetts
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- Clinical Trials Division (M.W.K.), Bristol-Myers-Squibb, New York, New York
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- Pediatrics, Division of Oncology (P.-C.K., C.M., L.G., P.B., R.B., S.C., K.D.W.).,Dana Farber Cancer Institute (P.-C.K., C.M., L.G., P.B., F.D., O.S., R.B., K.L.L., S.C., K.D.W.), Boston, Massachusetts.,Harvard Medical School (C.J., S.V., C.M., P.B., F.D., R.B., K.L.L., S.C., K.D.W., T.Y.P.), Boston, Massachusetts
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- From the Departments of Radiology (C.J., S.V., T.Y.P.) .,Harvard Medical School (C.J., S.V., C.M., P.B., F.D., R.B., K.L.L., S.C., K.D.W., T.Y.P.), Boston, Massachusetts
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Vajapeyam S, Brown D, Billups C, Patay Z, Vezina G, Shiroishi MS, Law M, Baxter P, Onar-Thomas A, Fangusaro JR, Dunkel IJ, Poussaint TY. Advanced ADC Histogram, Perfusion, and Permeability Metrics Show an Association with Survival and Pseudoprogression in Newly Diagnosed Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma: A Report from the Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2020; 41:718-724. [PMID: 32241771 DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a6499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2019] [Accepted: 02/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma is a lethal childhood brain cancer with dismal prognosis and MR imaging is the primary methodology used for diagnosis and monitoring. Our aim was to determine whether advanced diffusion, perfusion, and permeability MR imaging metrics predict survival and pseudoprogression in children with newly diagnosed diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma. MATERIALS AND METHODS A clinical trial using the poly (adenosine diphosphate ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitor veliparib concurrently with radiation therapy, followed by maintenance therapy with veliparib + temozolomide, in children with diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma was conducted by the Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium. Standard MR imaging, DWI, dynamic contrast-enhanced perfusion, and DSC perfusion were performed at baseline and approximately every 2 months throughout treatment. ADC histogram metrics of T2-weighted FLAIR and enhancing tumor volume, dynamic contrast-enhanced permeability metrics for enhancing tumors, and tumor relative CBV from DSC perfusion MR imaging were calculated. Baseline values, post-radiation therapy changes, and longitudinal trends for all metrics were evaluated for associations with survival and pseudoprogression. RESULTS Fifty children were evaluable for survival analyses. Higher baseline relative CBV was associated with shorter progression-free survival (P = .02, Q = 0.089) and overall survival (P = .006, Q = 0.055). Associations of higher baseline mean transfer constant from the blood plasma into the extravascular extracellular space with shorter progression-free survival (P = .03, Q = 0.105) and overall survival (P = .03, Q = 0.102) trended toward significance. An increase in relative CBV with time was associated with shorter progression-free survival (P < .001, Q < 0.001) and overall survival (P = .004, Q = 0.043). Associations of longitudinal mean extravascular extracellular volume fraction with progression-free survival (P = .03, Q = 0.104) and overall survival (P = .03, Q = 0.105) and maximum transfer constant from the blood plasma into the extravascular extracellular space with progression-free survival (P = .03, Q = 0.102) trended toward significance. Greater increases with time were associated with worse outcomes. True radiologic progression showed greater post-radiation therapy decreases in mode_ADC_FLAIR compared with pseudoprogression (means, -268.15 versus -26.11, P = .01.) CONCLUSIONS: ADC histogram, perfusion, and permeability MR imaging metrics in diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma are useful in predicting survival and pseudoprogression.
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- S Vajapeyam
- From the Radiology (S.V., T.Y.P.), Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- DF/HCC Tumor Imaging Metrics Core (D.B.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Diagnostic Imaging (Z.P.), St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Radiology (G.V.), Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC
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- Radiology (M.S.S.), Keck Medical Center of USC, Los Angeles, California
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- Neuroscience (M.L.), Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Cancer and Hematology Center (P.B.), Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas
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- Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center (J.R.F.), Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Pediatrics (I.J.D.), Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- From the Radiology (S.V., T.Y.P.), Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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Patel S, Murthy R, Sheth R, Goldfarb P, Rice K, Lyon J, Lu G, Redstone E, Agarwala S, Rosemurgy A, Brown D, Wachter E. Abstract No. 509 Oncolytic immunotherapy of hepatic tumors with intralesional rose bengal disodium. J Vasc Interv Radiol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2019.12.570] [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: 11/27/2022] Open
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Wen J, Cable C, North D, Watchmaker J, Imani-Shikhabadi R, Hevert E, Holzwanger D, Baker J, Matsuoka L, Alexopoulos S, Borgmann T, Banovac F, Brown D. Abstract No. 531 Combining neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio with serum albumin and bilirubin s superior to calculated albumin/bilirubin grade in predicting overall survival and progression-free survival following chemoembolization of hepatocellular carcinoma. J Vasc Interv Radiol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2019.12.592] [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: 10/25/2022] Open
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Shen W, Bacha J, Kanekal S, Sankar N, ZhenZhong W, Yoshida Y, Ozawa T, Yao T, Parsa A, Raizer J, Cheng S, Stegh A, Giles F, Pedersen H, Sakaria J, Butowski N, James C, Brown D. A41 EO1001: A First-in-Class Irreversible Pan-ErbB Inhibitor with Excellent Brain Penetration. J Thorac Oncol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2019.12.125] [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: 11/24/2022]
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Knight MT, Newman MC, Benzinger MJ, Neufang KL, Agin JR, McAllister JS, Ramos M, Carter M, Duran B, Hagan K, Hansen R, Rudolph C, Quinley S, Updaw A, Neufang K, Brook L, Lucia L, Koeritzer B, Tomer J, Smith T, Brown D, Lobo C, Tobin P, O’Brien-Gammon L, Boleszcczuk P. Comparison of the Petrifilm Dry Rehydratable Film and Conventional Culture Methods for Enumeration of Yeasts and Molds in Foods: Collaborative Study. J AOAC Int 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/jaoac/80.4.806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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A collaborative study was performed involving 18 laboratories and 6 food types to compare 3M Petrifilm yeast and mold count plates with the method described in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Bacteriological Analytical Manual. Four species of mold and 2 species of yeast were used to inoculate the following foods: hot dogs, corn meal, ketchup, orange juice, yogurt, and cake mix. Each collaborator received 15 samples of each food type: 5 low-level inoculations, 5 high- level inoculations, and 5 uninoculated samples. There was no significant difference between the means of the 2 methods for any product or inoculation level. The Petrifilm yeast and mold count plate method for enumeration of yeasts and molds in foods has been adopted first action by AOAC INTERNATIONAL.
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- Q Laboratories, Inc., 2014 Harrison Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45214
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- Q Laboratories, Inc., 2014 Harrison Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45214
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- 3M Microbiology Products, 3M Center Bldg. 270-3N-04, St. Paul, MN 55144
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- 3M Microbiology Products, 3M Center Bldg. 270-3N-04, St. Paul, MN 55144
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Curiale MS, Gangar V, D’onorio A, Gambrel-Lenarz S, Mcallister JS, Bailey B, Bednar AM, Bowen B, Brown D, Bulthaus M, Cash J, Cirigliano M, Cox M, D’onorio A, David OE, Fraser J, Frye K, Gangar V, Gambrel-Lenarz S, Hanlin J, Helbig T, Johnson J, Jost-Keating K, Kora L, Koeritzer R, Kozlowski S, Kraemer M, Lally S, Lambeth B, Lawlor K, Lewandowski V, Lopez S, McDonald S, Mclntyre S, Naq M, Pierson M, Reinhard J, Richter D, Saunders L, Simpson P, Smoot L, Tong MS, Warburton D, Williams H, Wilson-Perry A, Yuan J. High-Sensitivity Dry Rehydratable Film Method for Enumeration of Coliforms in Dairy Products: Collaborative Study. J AOAC Int 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/jaoac/80.3.505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [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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A dry-film coliform count plate that is inoculated with 5 mL sample was compared with the Violet Red Bile Agar plate method in a collaborative study by 18 laboratories. Products analyzed were 2% milk, chocolate milk, cream, vanilla ice cream, cottage cheese, and cheese. Collaborators tested blind duplicate uninoculated samples and samples inoculated at low, medium, and high level. Significantly (P< 0.05) higher numbers of coliforms were recovered by the dry-film method from 2% milk samples at the 3 inoculum levels, the chocolate milk at the low- and high-inoculum levels, and the cream at the high-inoculum level. Significantly higher counts were obtained by the agar method for cottage cheese samples at the low-inoculum level. The repeatability standard deviation for the dry-film method was significantly higher for the high-inoculum level chocolate milk sample and the medium-inoculum level cottage cheese. The same statistic was significantly higher for the agar method at all 3 inoculum levels in the 2% milk and the medium-inoculum level cream. The high-sensitivity dry rehydratable film method for enumeration of coliforms in dairy products has been adopted first action by AOAC INTERNATIONAL.
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- Michael S Curiale
- Silliker Laboratories Group, Inc., Corporate Research Center, 160 Armory Dr, South Holland, IL 60473
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- Silliker Laboratories Group, Inc., Corporate Research Center, 160 Armory Dr, South Holland, IL 60473
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- Silliker Laboratories Group, Inc., Corporate Research Center, 160 Armory Dr, South Holland, IL 60473
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Fleming M, Chadwick M, Brown D, Capote R, Ge Z, Herman M, Ignatyuk A, Ivanova T, Iwamoto O, Koning A, Plompen A, Trkov A. Results of the Collaborative International Evaluated Library Organisation (CIELO) Project. EPJ Web Conf 2020. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202023915003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Simulation of nuclear systems requires complete data that represents the relevant nuclear physics. This requires many types of experimental measurements, theoretical physics, semi-empirical models and software systems, as well as experts to integrate and guide the process. This discipline is collectively known as nuclear data, and separate programmes within various European countries, the USA, Japan, Russia, and other OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) member countries have been operating for many decades. The NEA Working Party on International Nuclear Data Evaluation Co-operation (WPEC) exists to improve the quality and completeness of nuclear data by bringing together representatives of the major nuclear data evaluation projects of NEA member countries and selected Invitees. The Sub- and Expert Groups of the WPEC typically focus on specific technical topics, while the Collaborative International Evaluated Library Organisation Pilot Project (CIELO) was established to generate complete evaluations for a selection of the most important isotopes for criticality in nuclear technologies: 235,238U, 239Pu, 56Fe, 16O and 1H.
This project stimulated numerous activities, resulting in major contributions to the Special Issue of the Nuclear Data Sheets journal and the production of a suite of new nuclear data evaluations that have been incorporated in major nuclear data libraries ENDF and JEFF. The outcomes of these evaluations include significant harmonisa-tion of discrepancies between the independent programmes, improvement in the performance for international standard nuclear criticality and neutron transmission benchmarks, complete uncertainties for nearly all parameters and the utilisation of modern data storage technologies. This work has leveraged the considerable, parallel experimental work in collecting improved experimental measurements to support nuclear data and highlighted high-priority areas for further study. A productive and durable framework for international evaluation has been established which will build upon the lessons learned. These will continue through new WPEC groups and a new IAEA evaluation network, which has been initiated in response to the success of the CIELO project. This article summaries some performance feedback on the CIELO evaluations, including recent results, and will describe ongoing and future, planned CIELO-related collaborations to further advance our understanding.
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