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Dando O, McGeachan R, McQueen J, Baxter P, Rockley N, McAlister H, Prasad A, He X, King D, Rose J, Jones PB, Tulloch J, Chandran S, Smith C, Hardingham G, Spires-Jones TL. Synaptic gene expression changes in frontotemporal dementia due to the MAPT 10+16 mutation. medRxiv 2024:2024.04.09.24305501. [PMID: 38645146 PMCID: PMC11030522 DOI: 10.1101/2024.04.09.24305501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/23/2024]
Abstract
Mutations in the MAPT gene encoding tau protein can cause autosomal dominant neurodegenerative tauopathies including frontotemporal dementia (often with Parkinsonism). In Alzheimer's disease, the most common tauopathy, synapse loss is the strongest pathological correlate of cognitive decline. Recently, PET imaging with synaptic tracers revealed clinically relevant loss of synapses in primary tauopathies; however, the molecular mechanisms leading to synapse degeneration in primary tauopathies remain largely unknown. In this study, we examined post-mortem brain tissue from people who died with frontotemporal dementia with tau pathology (FTDtau) caused by the MAPT intronic exon 10+16 mutation, which increases splice variants containing exon 10 resulting in higher levels of tau with four microtubule binding domains. We used RNA sequencing and histopathology to examine temporal cortex and visual cortex, to look for molecular phenotypes compared to age, sex, and RNA integrity matched participants who died without neurological disease (n=12 per group). Bulk tissue RNA sequencing reveals substantial downregulation of gene expression associated with synaptic function. Upregulated biological pathways in human MAPT 10+16 brain included those involved in transcriptional regulation, DNA damage response, and neuroinflammation. Histopathology confirmed increased pathological tau accumulation in FTDtau cortex as well as a loss of presynaptic protein staining, and region-specific increased colocalization of phospho-tau with synapses in temporal cortex. Our data indicate that synaptic pathology likely contributes to pathogenesis in FTDtau caused by the MAPT 10+16 mutation.
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- Owen Dando
- UK Dementia Research Institute at The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- UK Dementia Research Institute at The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- UK Dementia Research Institute at The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- UK Dementia Research Institute at The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- UK Dementia Research Institute at The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- UK Dementia Research Institute at The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- UK Dementia Research Institute at The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- UK Dementia Research Institute at The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- UK Dementia Research Institute at The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- UK Dementia Research Institute at The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- UK Dementia Research Institute at The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Colom-Cadena M, Toombs J, Simzer E, Holt K, McGeachan R, Tulloch J, Jackson RJ, Catterson JH, Spires-Jones MP, Rose J, Waybright L, Caggiano AO, King D, Gobbo F, Davies C, Hooley M, Dunnett S, Tempelaar R, Meftah S, Tzioras M, Hamby ME, Izzo NJ, Catalano SM, Durrant CS, Smith C, Dando O, Spires-Jones TL. Transmembrane protein 97 is a potential synaptic amyloid beta receptor in human Alzheimer's disease. Acta Neuropathol 2024; 147:32. [PMID: 38319380 PMCID: PMC10847197 DOI: 10.1007/s00401-023-02679-6] [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: 08/09/2023] [Revised: 12/24/2023] [Accepted: 12/24/2023] [Indexed: 02/07/2024]
Abstract
Synapse loss correlates with cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease, and soluble oligomeric amyloid beta (Aβ) is implicated in synaptic dysfunction and loss. An important knowledge gap is the lack of understanding of how Aβ leads to synapse degeneration. In particular, there has been difficulty in determining whether there is a synaptic receptor that binds Aβ and mediates toxicity. While many candidates have been observed in model systems, their relevance to human AD brain remains unknown. This is in part due to methodological limitations preventing visualization of Aβ binding at individual synapses. To overcome this limitation, we combined two high resolution microscopy techniques: array tomography and Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) to image over 1 million individual synaptic terminals in temporal cortex from AD (n = 11) and control cases (n = 9). Within presynapses and post-synaptic densities, oligomeric Aβ generates a FRET signal with transmembrane protein 97. Further, Aβ generates a FRET signal with cellular prion protein, and post-synaptic density 95 within post synapses. Transmembrane protein 97 is also present in a higher proportion of post synapses in Alzheimer's brain compared to controls. We inhibited Aβ/transmembrane protein 97 interaction in a mouse model of amyloidopathy by treating with the allosteric modulator CT1812. CT1812 drug concentration correlated negatively with synaptic FRET signal between transmembrane protein 97 and Aβ. In human-induced pluripotent stem cell derived neurons, transmembrane protein 97 is present in synapses and colocalizes with Aβ when neurons are challenged with human Alzheimer's brain homogenate. Transcriptional changes are induced by Aβ including changes in genes involved in neurodegeneration and neuroinflammation. CT1812 treatment of these neurons caused changes in gene sets involved in synaptic function. These data support a role for transmembrane protein 97 in the synaptic binding of Aβ in human Alzheimer's disease brain where it may mediate synaptotoxicity.
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- Martí Colom-Cadena
- Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences and UK Dementia Research Institute, The University of Edinburgh, 1 George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9JZ, UK
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- Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences and UK Dementia Research Institute, The University of Edinburgh, 1 George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9JZ, UK
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- Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences and UK Dementia Research Institute, The University of Edinburgh, 1 George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9JZ, UK
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- Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences and UK Dementia Research Institute, The University of Edinburgh, 1 George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9JZ, UK
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- Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences and UK Dementia Research Institute, The University of Edinburgh, 1 George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9JZ, UK
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- Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences and UK Dementia Research Institute, The University of Edinburgh, 1 George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9JZ, UK
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- Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences and UK Dementia Research Institute, The University of Edinburgh, 1 George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9JZ, UK
- MassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02129, USA
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- Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences and UK Dementia Research Institute, The University of Edinburgh, 1 George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9JZ, UK
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- Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences and UK Dementia Research Institute, The University of Edinburgh, 1 George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9JZ, UK
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- Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences and UK Dementia Research Institute, The University of Edinburgh, 1 George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9JZ, UK
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- Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences and UK Dementia Research Institute, The University of Edinburgh, 1 George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9JZ, UK
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- Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences and UK Dementia Research Institute, The University of Edinburgh, 1 George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9JZ, UK
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- Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences and UK Dementia Research Institute, The University of Edinburgh, 1 George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9JZ, UK
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- Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences and UK Dementia Research Institute, The University of Edinburgh, 1 George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9JZ, UK
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- Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences and UK Dementia Research Institute, The University of Edinburgh, 1 George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9JZ, UK
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- Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences and UK Dementia Research Institute, The University of Edinburgh, 1 George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9JZ, UK
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- Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences and UK Dementia Research Institute, The University of Edinburgh, 1 George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9JZ, UK
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- Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences and UK Dementia Research Institute, The University of Edinburgh, 1 George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9JZ, UK
- Scottish Brain Sciences, Edinburgh, EH12 9DQ, UK
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- Cognition Therapeutics Inc., Pittsburgh, PA, 15203, USA
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- Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences and UK Dementia Research Institute, The University of Edinburgh, 1 George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9JZ, UK
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- Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences and Sudden Death Brain Bank, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH16 4HB, UK
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- Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences and UK Dementia Research Institute, The University of Edinburgh, 1 George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9JZ, UK
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- Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences and UK Dementia Research Institute, The University of Edinburgh, 1 George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9JZ, UK.
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McGeachan RI, King D. Clinical course in corticobasal syndrome and corticobasal degeneration: implications for diagnosis and management. Brain Commun 2023; 5:fcad321. [PMID: 38090278 PMCID: PMC10715777 DOI: 10.1093/braincomms/fcad321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2023] [Revised: 10/24/2023] [Accepted: 11/21/2023] [Indexed: 12/19/2023] Open
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This scientific commentary relates to 'Clinical course of pathologically confirmed corticobasal degeneration and corticobasal syndrome', by Aiba et al. (https://doi.org/10.1093/braincomms/fcad296).
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- Robert I McGeachan
- Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH89JZ, UK
- UK Dementia Research Institute, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH16 4SB, UK
- The Hospital for Small Animals, Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH259RG, UK
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- Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH89JZ, UK
- UK Dementia Research Institute, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH16 4SB, UK
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Brown E, Jr GAF, Shelton A, Johnson T, Chen C, Shaheen S, Holden TL, Dao VA, Bien JYE, King D, Vitzthum L, Kirilcuk N, Morris A, Kin C, Dawes A, Sheth V, Chang DT, Pollom E. A Technology-Informed Approach to Clinical Trial Equity. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2023; 117:e8. [PMID: 37786184 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2023.06.664] [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) Despite efforts to increase participation of diverse communities in clinical trials, ethnic/racial minorities remain underrepresented. One such determinant may be lack of access to a comprehensive cancer center that conducts clinical research. Historically, our institution has had low accrual from rural regions further away from our cancer center, with Hispanic or Latino (HL) patients (pts) being especially underrepresented in our clinical research. In this study, we explored the impact of a clinical trial that allowed pts to receive chemotherapy (chemo) with their local oncologist. We hypothesize that allowing pts to receive chemo locally will lead to higher rates of enrollment from populations under-represented in clinical trials. MATERIALS/METHODS We conducted a study for pts with rectal cancer to undergo short-course radiation followed by 4 months of chemo with the option to pursue watch and wait if pts achieve a clinical complete response. Radiation was administered at our institution while pts could receive standard-of-care chemo closer to home with their local oncologist. For pts who received chemo locally, the research coordinator and co-investigators held video visits with the pts prior to each chemo infusion to review adverse events (AE), labs, and chemo dosing. We compared demographic data of pts on this trial with that of pts enrolled across all adult therapeutic oncologic clinical trials over the same time period at our institution. Distance to our institution was calculated based on pts' primary residence zip code. Protocol compliance with AE reporting for pts who received chemo locally was assessed by chart review. RESULTS Between May 2020 and January 2023, 24/35 enrolled pts completed both radiation and chemo on trial. 13/24 pts (54%) received chemo locally. Of the 24 pts, 16 were White (67%), 7 Asian (29%), 1 Native Hawaiian/ Pacific Islander (4%). Of all enrolled patients, 4 were HL (16.7%), compared to our institutional average of 16.5%. All enrolled HL pts received their chemo locally. The average distance traveled by non-HL pts from their home to our institution was 87.7 miles (range 5.1 - 308). In contrast, HL pts traveled an average of 147.8 miles (range 110 - 249), 68% further than their non-HL counterparts. There was 100% compliance with AE reporting among those pts who received their chemo locally. CONCLUSION Although the percentage of HL participation in our study was consistent with our institutional average, all HL pts enrolled on the trial received treatment locally and lived substantially further from our institution than non-HL. By allowing pts to receive this part of treatment locally, we provided pts who live further away an opportunity to engage in clinical research without the associated financial and time toxicities related with traveling for treatment. By decentralizing clinical trials and leveraging telemedicine, we can promote the participation of under-represented groups in clinical trials.
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- E Brown
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA
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- Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA
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- Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA
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- Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA
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- Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA
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- Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA
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- Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA
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- Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA
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- Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara Medical Center, Santa Clara, CA
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- Department of Medical Oncology/Hematology, Northwell Health Cancer Institute, New Hyde Park, NY
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA
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- Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA
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- Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA
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- Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA
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- Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA
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- Department of Radiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA
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Sidiqi BU, Nosrati JD, Wu V, Kobritz M, La Gamma N, Whelan RL, Parashar B, King D, Tchelebi L, Herman JM. The Prevalence and Management of Synchronous Prostate and Rectal Cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2023; 117:e339. [PMID: 37785185 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2023.06.2398] [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) Synchronous prostate and rectal cancer is rare and guidelines for co-management are not well established. This case series explores the prevalence of synchronous diagnosis and different treatment paradigms to propose a standardized approach to management. MATERIALS/METHODS We retrospectively reviewed all radiation treatments between 1/2017 and 12/2022 for curative intent treatment to both prostate and rectal cancer. Synchronous was defined as rectal or prostate cancer diagnosed within a 6-month period of each other. We collected baseline characteristics and treatment paradigms including the sequencing of chemoradiation (CRT), chemotherapy (CT), prostate boost, and surgery. RESULTS There were 10 out of 2204 total treated patients with prostate or rectal primary noted to have a synchronous diagnosis (0.45%). Table 1 shows characteristics and treatment approach for all patients with 50% receiving CRT and 50% CT alone first. At a median FU of 21.4 months, 2 patients did not complete therapy due to patient choice and both had progression of disease (POD). After completion of CRT, 6 patients underwent rectal surgery with 2 pathological complete response, and 2 patients proceeded with a Watch and Wait approach with clinical complete response on MRI. Prostate boost was delivered equally as often pre-surgery as post-surgery with both SBRT, EBRT and Seed Implant used. There was no grade 3+ RT related toxicity in the patients who completed all therapy. CONCLUSION This series represents one of the largest synchronous prostate and rectal cancer cohorts treated with curative intent. Future collaborative work is needed to develop guidelines in the treatment of synchronous prostate and rectal cancers. Although a rare diagnosis, the heterogeneity of approaches has led us to propose a standardized approach to management of synchronous diagnosis with upfront chemotherapy followed by EBRT inclusive of prostate and rectum followed by boost via brachytherapy (SBRT in non-candidates).
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- B U Sidiqi
- Department of Radiation Medicine, Northwell Health Cancer Institute, New Hyde Park, NY
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- Department of Radiation Medicine, Northwell Health Cancer Institute, New Hyde Park, NY
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- Division of Medical Oncology/Hematology, Northwell Health Cancer Institute, New Hyde Park, NY
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- Division of Surgery, Northwell Health Cancer Institute, New Hyde Park, NY
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- Division of Surgery, Northwell Health Cancer Institute, New Hyde Park, NY
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- Division of Surgery, Northwell Health Cancer Institute, New Hyde Park, NY
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- Department of Radiation Medicine, Northwell Health Cancer Institute, New Hyde Park, NY
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- Department of Medical Oncology/Hematology, Northwell Health Cancer Institute, New Hyde Park, NY
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- Department of Radiation Medicine, Northwell Health Cancer Institute, New Hyde Park, NY
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- Department of Radiation Medicine, Northwell Health Cancer Institute, New Hyde Park, NY
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Tzioras M, Daniels MJD, Davies C, Baxter P, King D, McKay S, Varga B, Popovic K, Hernandez M, Stevenson AJ, Barrington J, Drinkwater E, Borella J, Holloway RK, Tulloch J, Moss J, Latta C, Kandasamy J, Sokol D, Smith C, Miron VE, Káradóttir RT, Hardingham GE, Henstridge CM, Brennan PM, McColl BW, Spires-Jones TL. Human astrocytes and microglia show augmented ingestion of synapses in Alzheimer's disease via MFG-E8. Cell Rep Med 2023; 4:101175. [PMID: 37652017 PMCID: PMC10518633 DOI: 10.1016/j.xcrm.2023.101175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [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: 08/19/2022] [Revised: 01/30/2023] [Accepted: 08/07/2023] [Indexed: 09/02/2023]
Abstract
Synapse loss correlates with cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Data from mouse models suggests microglia are important for synapse degeneration, but direct human evidence for any glial involvement in synapse removal in human AD remains to be established. Here we observe astrocytes and microglia from human brains contain greater amounts of synaptic protein in AD compared with non-disease controls, and that proximity to amyloid-β plaques and the APOE4 risk gene exacerbate this effect. In culture, mouse and human astrocytes and primary mouse and human microglia phagocytose AD patient-derived synapses more than synapses from controls. Inhibiting interactions of MFG-E8 rescues the elevated engulfment of AD synapses by astrocytes and microglia without affecting control synapse uptake. Thus, AD promotes increased synapse ingestion by human glial cells at least in part via an MFG-E8 opsonophagocytic mechanism with potential for targeted therapeutic manipulation.
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- Makis Tzioras
- UK Dementia Research Institute, the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, UK; Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, UK
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- UK Dementia Research Institute, the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, UK; Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, UK
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- UK Dementia Research Institute, the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, UK; Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, UK
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- UK Dementia Research Institute, the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, UK; Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, UK
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- UK Dementia Research Institute, the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, UK; Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, UK
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- UK Dementia Research Institute, the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, UK; Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, UK
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- Wellcome - MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 0AW, UK
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- UK Dementia Research Institute, the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, UK; Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, UK
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- UK Dementia Research Institute, the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, UK; Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, UK
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- UK Dementia Research Institute, the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, UK; Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, UK
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- UK Dementia Research Institute, the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, UK; Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, UK
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- UK Dementia Research Institute, the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, UK; Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, UK
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- UK Dementia Research Institute, the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, UK; Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, UK
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- MRC Centre for Reproductive Health, the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH16 4TJ, UK
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- UK Dementia Research Institute, the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, UK; Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, UK
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- MRC Centre for Reproductive Health, the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH16 4TJ, UK; The Roslin Institute, the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH25 9RG, UK
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- UK Dementia Research Institute, the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, UK; Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, UK
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH16 4SA, UK
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH16 4SA, UK
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- Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH16 4SB, UK
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- UK Dementia Research Institute, the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, UK; MRC Centre for Reproductive Health, the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH16 4TJ, UK; Barlo Multiple Sclerosis Centre at St. Michael's Hospital, Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science, Toronto, ON M5B 1T8, Canada
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- UK Dementia Research Institute, the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, UK; Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, UK
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH16 4SA, UK; Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH16 4SB, UK
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- UK Dementia Research Institute, the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, UK; Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, UK.
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- UK Dementia Research Institute, the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, UK; Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, UK.
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King D. Oral health training for carers. Br Dent J 2023; 235:231-232. [PMID: 37620456 DOI: 10.1038/s41415-023-6240-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2023] [Accepted: 07/06/2023] [Indexed: 08/26/2023]
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- D King
- Bollington, Cheshire, United Kingdom.
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King D, Holt K, Toombs J, He X, Dando O, Okely JA, Tzioras M, Rose J, Gunn C, Correia A, Montero C, McAlister H, Tulloch J, Lamont D, Taylor AM, Harris SE, Redmond P, Cox SR, Henstridge CM, Deary IJ, Smith C, Spires-Jones TL. Synaptic resilience is associated with maintained cognition during ageing. Alzheimers Dement 2023; 19:2560-2574. [PMID: 36547260 DOI: 10.1002/alz.12894] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [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: 04/22/2022] [Revised: 09/01/2022] [Accepted: 09/19/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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INTRODUCTION It remains unclear why age increases risk of Alzheimer's disease and why some people experience age-related cognitive decline in the absence of dementia. Here we test the hypothesis that resilience to molecular changes in synapses contribute to healthy cognitive ageing. METHODS We examined post-mortem brain tissue from people in mid-life (n = 15), healthy ageing with either maintained cognition (n = 9) or lifetime cognitive decline (n = 8), and Alzheimer's disease (n = 13). Synapses were examined with high resolution imaging, proteomics, and RNA sequencing. Stem cell-derived neurons were challenged with Alzheimer's brain homogenate. RESULTS Synaptic pathology increased, and expression of genes involved in synaptic signaling decreased between mid-life, healthy ageing and Alzheimer's. In contrast, brain tissue and neurons from people with maintained cognition during ageing exhibited decreases in synaptic signaling genes compared to people with cognitive decline. DISCUSSION Efficient synaptic networks without pathological protein accumulation may contribute to maintained cognition during ageing.
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- Declan King
- UK Dementia Research Institute and Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences at the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- UK Dementia Research Institute and Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences at the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- UK Dementia Research Institute and Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences at the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- UK Dementia Research Institute and Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences at the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- UK Dementia Research Institute and Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences at the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Lothian Birth Cohorts, Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- UK Dementia Research Institute and Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences at the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- UK Dementia Research Institute and Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences at the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- UK Dementia Research Institute and Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences at the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- UK Dementia Research Institute and Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences at the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- UK Dementia Research Institute and Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences at the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- UK Dementia Research Institute and Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences at the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- UK Dementia Research Institute and Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences at the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- FingerPrints Proteomics Facility, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK
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- Lothian Birth Cohorts, Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Lothian Birth Cohorts, Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Lothian Birth Cohorts, Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Lothian Birth Cohorts, Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Lothian Birth Cohorts, Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Neuropathology, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- UK Dementia Research Institute and Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences at the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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Saunders TS, Pozzolo FE, Heslegrave A, King D, McGeachan RI, Spires-Jones MP, Harris SE, Ritchie C, Muniz-Terrera G, Deary IJ, Cox SR, Zetterberg H, Spires-Jones TL. Predictive blood biomarkers and brain changes associated with age-related cognitive decline. Brain Commun 2023; 5:fcad113. [PMID: 37180996 PMCID: PMC10167767 DOI: 10.1093/braincomms/fcad113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2022] [Revised: 12/28/2022] [Accepted: 04/05/2023] [Indexed: 04/08/2023] Open
Abstract
Growing evidence supports the use of plasma levels of tau phosphorylated at threonine 181, amyloid-β, neurofilament light and glial fibrillary acidic protein as promising biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease. While these blood biomarkers are promising for distinguishing people with Alzheimer's disease from healthy controls, their predictive validity for age-related cognitive decline without dementia remains unclear. Further, while tau phosphorylated at threonine 181 is a promising biomarker, the distribution of this phospho-epitope of tau in the brain is unknown. Here, we tested whether plasma levels of tau phosphorylated at threonine 181, amyloid-β, neurofilament light and fibrillary acidic protein predict cognitive decline between ages 72 and 82 in 195 participants in the Lothian birth cohorts 1936 study of cognitive ageing. We further examined post-mortem brain samples from temporal cortex to determine the distribution of tau phosphorylated at threonine 181 in the brain. Several forms of tau phosphorylated at threonine 181 have been shown to contribute to synapse degeneration in Alzheimer's disease, which correlates closely with cognitive decline in this form of dementia, but to date, there have not been investigations of whether tau phosphorylated at threonine 181 is found in synapses in Alzheimer's disease or healthy ageing brain. It was also previously unclear whether tau phosphorylated at threonine 181 accumulated in dystrophic neurites around plaques, which could contribute to tau leakage to the periphery due to impaired membrane integrity in dystrophies. Brain homogenate and biochemically enriched synaptic fractions were examined with western blot to examine tau phosphorylated at threonine 181 levels between groups (n = 10-12 per group), and synaptic and astrocytic localization of tau phosphorylated at threonine 181 were examined using array tomography (n = 6-15 per group), and localization of tau phosphorylated at threonine 181 in plaque-associated dystrophic neurites with associated gliosis were examined with standard immunofluorescence (n = 8-9 per group). Elevated baseline plasma tau phosphorylated at threonine 181, neurofilament light and fibrillary acidic protein predicted steeper general cognitive decline during ageing. Further, increasing tau phosphorylated at threonine 181 over time predicted general cognitive decline in females only. Change in plasma tau phosphorylated at threonine 181 remained a significant predictor of g factor decline when taking into account Alzheimer's disease polygenic risk score, indicating that the increase of blood tau phosphorylated at threonine 181 in this cohort was not only due to incipient Alzheimer's disease. Tau phosphorylated at threonine 181 was observed in synapses and astrocytes in both healthy ageing and Alzheimer's disease brain. We observed that a significantly higher proportion of synapses contain tau phosphorylated at threonine 181 in Alzheimer's disease relative to aged controls. Aged controls with pre-morbid lifetime cognitive resilience had significantly more tau phosphorylated at threonine 181 in fibrillary acidic protein-positive astrocytes than those with pre-morbid lifetime cognitive decline. Further, tau phosphorylated at threonine 181 was found in dystrophic neurites around plaques and in some neurofibrillary tangles. The presence of tau phosphorylated at threonine 181 in plaque-associated dystrophies may be a source of leakage of tau out of neurons that eventually enters the blood. Together, these data indicate that plasma tau phosphorylated at threonine 181, neurofilament light and fibrillary acidic protein may be useful biomarkers of age-related cognitive decline, and that efficient clearance of tau phosphorylated at threonine 181 by astrocytes may promote cognitive resilience.
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- Tyler S Saunders
- UK Dementia Research Institute and Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences at the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH8 9JZ, UK
- Edinburgh Dementia Prevention & Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH4 2XU, UK
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- UK Dementia Research Institute and Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences at the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH8 9JZ, UK
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- United Kingdom UK Dementia Research Institute at University College London, UCL Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London, WC1N 3BG, UK
- Department of Neurodegenerative Disease, UCL Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London, WC1N 3BG, UK
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- UK Dementia Research Institute and Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences at the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH8 9JZ, UK
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- UK Dementia Research Institute and Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences at the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH8 9JZ, UK
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- UK Dementia Research Institute and Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences at the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH8 9JZ, UK
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- Lothian Birth Cohort studies, Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH8 9AD, UK
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- Edinburgh Dementia Prevention & Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH4 2XU, UK
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- Edinburgh Dementia Prevention & Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH4 2XU, UK
- Department of Social Medicine, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio 45701, USA
- Latin American Institute for Brain Health (BrainLat), Universidad Adolfo Ibanez, Santiago 3485, Chile
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- Lothian Birth Cohort studies, Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH8 9AD, UK
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- Lothian Birth Cohort studies, Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH8 9AD, UK
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- United Kingdom UK Dementia Research Institute at University College London, UCL Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London, WC1N 3BG, UK
- Department of Neurodegenerative Disease, UCL Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London, WC1N 3BG, UK
- Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry, Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, S-431 80 Molndal, Sweden
- Clinical Neurochemistry Laboratory, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, S-431 80 Molndal, Sweden
- Hong Kong Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong, China
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- UK Dementia Research Institute and Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences at the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH8 9JZ, UK
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Connolly E, Thomson K, King D, Schilling K, Ryan J, Grimison P, Zhou D, Zhang B, Strach M, Baker A, Sibbald T, Bhadri V. 115TiP MYTH Study: Methotrexate for AYA in the home: A study of safety, feasibility, patient acceptability and cost effectiveness of an ambulatory model for AYA osteosarcoma patients. ESMO Open 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.esmoop.2023.101152] [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: 04/05/2023] Open
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Saunders T, Gunn C, Blennow K, Kvartsberg H, Zetterberg H, Shenkin SD, Cox SR, Deary IJ, Smith C, King D, Spires-Jones T. Neurogranin in Alzheimer's disease and ageing: A human post-mortem study. Neurobiol Dis 2023; 177:105991. [PMID: 36623608 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2023.105991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [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: 07/18/2022] [Revised: 12/20/2022] [Accepted: 01/05/2023] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
Abstract
Neurogranin (Ng), a post-synaptic protein involved in memory formation, has been investigated as a biomarker in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in Alzheimer's disease (AD) and ageing. CSF Ng levels are elevated in AD relative to healthy controls and correlate with cognition; however, few studies have focused on Ng abundance in the brain. Synapse loss in the brain correlates closely with cognitive decline in AD making synaptic biomarkers potentially important for tracking disease progression, but the links between synaptic protein changes in CSF and brain remain incompletely understood. In the current study, Ng abundance was examined in post-mortem human brain tissue across AD, healthy ageing (HA), and mid-life (ML) cohorts. Ng levels were quantified in three brain regions associated with cognitive change found during ageing and neurodegenerative diseases, namely the middle temporal gyrus, primary visual cortex and the posterior hippocampus using immunohistochemistry. To support immunohistochemical analysis, total homogenate and biochemically enriched synaptic fractions from available temporal gyrus tissues were examined by immunoblot. Finally, we examined whether Ng is associated with lifetime cognitive ageing. Ng levels were significantly reduced in AD relative to HA and ML cases across all regions. Additionally Ng was significantly reduced in HA in comparison to ML in the primary visual cortex. Immunoblotting confirms reduced Ng levels in AD cases supporting immunohistochemical results. Interestingly, there was also a significant reduction of synapse-associated Ng in our group who had lifetime cognitive decline in comparison to the group with lifetime cognitive resilience indicating loss of neurogranin in remaining synapses during ageing is associated with cognitive decline. Our findings indicate that increases in CSF Ng reflect loss of brain neurogranin and support the use of CSF Ng as a biomarker of AD and potentially of cognitive decline in healthy ageing.
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- Tyler Saunders
- UK Dementia Research Institute and Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences at the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, United Kingdom; Edinburgh Dementia Prevention & Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH4 2XU, United Kingdom
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- UK Dementia Research Institute and Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences at the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, United Kingdom
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- Inst. of Neuroscience and Physiology, University of Gothenburg, Mölndal, Sweden; Clinical Neurochemistry Laboratory, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, S-431 80 Mölndal, Sweden
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- Inst. of Neuroscience and Physiology, University of Gothenburg, Mölndal, Sweden; Clinical Neurochemistry Laboratory, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, S-431 80 Mölndal, Sweden
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- UK Dementia Research Institute at University College London, UCL Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG, United Kingdom; Department of Neurodegenerative Disease, UCL Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG, United Kingdom; Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry, Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, S-431 80 Mölndal, Sweden; Clinical Neurochemistry Laboratory, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, S-431 80 Mölndal, Sweden; Hong Kong Centre for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong, China
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- Ageing and Health Research Group, Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom; Lothian Birth Cohorts, Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Lothian Birth Cohorts, Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Lothian Birth Cohorts, Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Academic Neuropathology, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- UK Dementia Research Institute and Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences at the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, United Kingdom
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- UK Dementia Research Institute and Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences at the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, United Kingdom.
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Sidiqi B, Parakrama R, Demyan L, Eckstein J, Nosrati J, Chitti B, Pasha S, Pinto D, Zavadsky T, Zou X, Patruni S, Kapusta A, Weiss M, King D, Herman J, Ghaly M. Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) in a Standardized Neoadjuvant Therapy Pathway for Pancreatic Cancer across a Geographically Large and Diverse Healthcare System. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2022.07.1122] [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: 10/31/2022]
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Saunders TS, Gadd DA, Spires‐Jones TL, King D, Ritchie C, Muniz‐Terrera G. Associations between cerebrospinal fluid markers and cognition in ageing and dementia: A systematic review. Eur J Neurosci 2022; 56:5650-5713. [PMID: 35338546 PMCID: PMC9790745 DOI: 10.1111/ejn.15656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2021] [Revised: 03/08/2022] [Accepted: 03/13/2022] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
Abstract
A biomarker associated with cognition in neurodegenerative dementias would aid in the early detection of disease progression, complement clinical staging and act as a surrogate endpoint in clinical trials. The current systematic review evaluates the association between cerebrospinal fluid protein markers of synapse loss and neuronal injury and cognition. We performed a systematic search which revealed 67 studies reporting an association between cerebrospinal fluid markers of interest and neuropsychological performance. Despite the substantial heterogeneity between studies, we found some evidence for an association between neurofilament-light and worse cognition in Alzheimer's diseases, frontotemporal dementia and typical cognitive ageing. Moreover, there was an association between cerebrospinal fluid neurogranin and cognition in those with an Alzheimer's-like cerebrospinal fluid biomarker profile. Some evidence was found for cerebrospinal fluid neuronal pentraxin-2 as a correlate of cognition across dementia syndromes. Due to the substantial heterogeneity of the field, no firm conclusions can be drawn from this review. Future research should focus on improving standardization and reporting as well as establishing the importance of novel markers such as neuronal pentraxin-2 and whether such markers can predict longitudinal cognitive decline.
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- Tyler S. Saunders
- UK Dementia Research InstituteThe University of EdinburghEdinburghUK,Center for Discovery Brain SciencesThe University of EdinburghEdinburghUK,Center for Clinical Brain SciencesThe University of EdinburghEdinburghUK,Center for Dementia PreventionThe University of EdinburghEdinburghUK
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- Center for Genomic and Experimental Medicine, Institute of Genetics and Molecular MedicineUniversity of EdinburghEdinburghUK
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- UK Dementia Research InstituteThe University of EdinburghEdinburghUK,Center for Discovery Brain SciencesThe University of EdinburghEdinburghUK
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- UK Dementia Research InstituteThe University of EdinburghEdinburghUK,Center for Discovery Brain SciencesThe University of EdinburghEdinburghUK
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- Center for Clinical Brain SciencesThe University of EdinburghEdinburghUK,Center for Dementia PreventionThe University of EdinburghEdinburghUK
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- Center for Clinical Brain SciencesThe University of EdinburghEdinburghUK,Center for Dementia PreventionThe University of EdinburghEdinburghUK
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Stevenson AJ, McCartney DL, Gadd DA, Shireby G, Hillary RF, King D, Tzioras M, Wrobel N, McCafferty S, Murphy L, McColl BW, Redmond P, Taylor AM, Harris SE, Russ TC, McIntosh AM, Mill J, Smith C, Deary IJ, Cox SR, Marioni RE, Spires‐Jones TL. A comparison of blood and brain-derived ageing and inflammation-related DNA methylation signatures and their association with microglial burdens. Eur J Neurosci 2022; 56:5637-5649. [PMID: 35362642 PMCID: PMC9525452 DOI: 10.1111/ejn.15661] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2021] [Revised: 03/18/2022] [Accepted: 03/29/2022] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
Abstract
Inflammation and ageing-related DNA methylation patterns in the blood have been linked to a variety of morbidities, including cognitive decline and neurodegenerative disease. However, it is unclear how these blood-based patterns relate to patterns within the brain and how each associates with central cellular profiles. In this study, we profiled DNA methylation in both the blood and in five post mortem brain regions (BA17, BA20/21, BA24, BA46 and hippocampus) in 14 individuals from the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936. Microglial burdens were additionally quantified in the same brain regions. DNA methylation signatures of five epigenetic ageing biomarkers ('epigenetic clocks'), and two inflammatory biomarkers (methylation proxies for C-reactive protein and interleukin-6) were compared across tissues and regions. Divergent associations between the inflammation and ageing signatures in the blood and brain were identified, depending on region assessed. Four out of the five assessed epigenetic age acceleration measures were found to be highest in the hippocampus (β range = 0.83-1.14, p ≤ 0.02). The inflammation-related DNA methylation signatures showed no clear variation across brain regions. Reactive microglial burdens were found to be highest in the hippocampus (β = 1.32, p = 5 × 10-4 ); however, the only association identified between the blood- and brain-based methylation signatures and microglia was a significant positive association with acceleration of one epigenetic clock (termed DNAm PhenoAge) averaged over all five brain regions (β = 0.40, p = 0.002). This work highlights a potential vulnerability of the hippocampus to epigenetic ageing and provides preliminary evidence of a relationship between DNA methylation signatures in the brain and differences in microglial burdens.
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- Anna J. Stevenson
- Centre for Genomic and Experimental Medicine, Institute of Genetics and Molecular MedicineUniversity of EdinburghEdinburghUK
- Centre for Discovery Brain SciencesUniversity of EdinburghEdinburghUK
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- Centre for Genomic and Experimental Medicine, Institute of Genetics and Molecular MedicineUniversity of EdinburghEdinburghUK
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- Centre for Genomic and Experimental Medicine, Institute of Genetics and Molecular MedicineUniversity of EdinburghEdinburghUK
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- University of Exeter Medical SchoolUniversity of ExeterExeterUK
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- Centre for Genomic and Experimental Medicine, Institute of Genetics and Molecular MedicineUniversity of EdinburghEdinburghUK
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- Centre for Discovery Brain SciencesUniversity of EdinburghEdinburghUK
- UK Dementia Research InstituteUniversity of EdinburghEdinburghUK
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- Centre for Discovery Brain SciencesUniversity of EdinburghEdinburghUK
- UK Dementia Research InstituteUniversity of EdinburghEdinburghUK
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- Edinburgh Clinical Research FacilityWestern General HospitalEdinburghUK
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- Edinburgh Clinical Research FacilityWestern General HospitalEdinburghUK
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- Edinburgh Clinical Research FacilityWestern General HospitalEdinburghUK
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- Centre for Discovery Brain SciencesUniversity of EdinburghEdinburghUK
- UK Dementia Research InstituteUniversity of EdinburghEdinburghUK
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- Lothian Birth CohortsUniversity of EdinburghEdinburghUK
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- Lothian Birth CohortsUniversity of EdinburghEdinburghUK
- Department of PsychologyUniversity of EdinburghEdinburghUK
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- Lothian Birth CohortsUniversity of EdinburghEdinburghUK
- Alzheimer Scotland Dementia Research Centre, 7 George SquareUniversity of EdinburghEdinburghUK
- Division of PsychiatryUniversity of Edinburgh, Royal Edinburgh HospitalEdinburghUK
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- Division of PsychiatryUniversity of Edinburgh, Royal Edinburgh HospitalEdinburghUK
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- University of Exeter Medical SchoolUniversity of ExeterExeterUK
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- Centre for Clinical Brain SciencesUniversity of EdinburghEdinburghUK
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- Lothian Birth CohortsUniversity of EdinburghEdinburghUK
- Department of PsychologyUniversity of EdinburghEdinburghUK
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- Lothian Birth CohortsUniversity of EdinburghEdinburghUK
- Department of PsychologyUniversity of EdinburghEdinburghUK
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- Centre for Genomic and Experimental Medicine, Institute of Genetics and Molecular MedicineUniversity of EdinburghEdinburghUK
- Lothian Birth CohortsUniversity of EdinburghEdinburghUK
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- Centre for Discovery Brain SciencesUniversity of EdinburghEdinburghUK
- UK Dementia Research InstituteUniversity of EdinburghEdinburghUK
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Allevato M, Oliana O, King D, Mora F, Blade M, Hauzman E, Pandian Z, Vlismas A, Trew G. Ongoing clinical pregnancy after the transfer of a one pronuclei (1PN) euploid embryo tested for bi-parental DNA inheritance with the Parent of Origin Test (PoOt). Reprod Biomed Online 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2022.08.051] [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]
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Nocente M, Kiptily V, Tardocchi M, Bonofiglo PJ, Craciunescu T, Molin AD, De La Luna E, Eriksson J, Garcia J, Ghani Z, Gorini G, Hägg L, Kazakov Y, Lerche E, Maggi CF, Mantica P, Marcer G, Maslov M, Putignano O, Rigamonti D, Salewski M, Sharapov S, Siren P, Stancar Z, Zohar A, Beaumont P, Crombe K, Ericsson G, Garcia-Munoz M, Keeling D, King D, Kirov K, Nave MFF, Ongena J, Patel A, Perez von Thun C. Fusion product measurements by nuclear diagnostics in the Joint European Torus deuterium-tritium 2 campaign (invited). Rev Sci Instrum 2022; 93:093520. [PMID: 36182523 DOI: 10.1063/5.0101767] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2022] [Accepted: 08/20/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
Abstract
A new deuterium-tritium experimental, DTE2, campaign has been conducted at the Joint European Torus (JET) between August 2021 and late December 2021. Motivated by significant enhancements in the past decade at JET, such as the ITER-like wall and enhanced auxiliary heating power, the campaign achieved a new fusion energy world record and performed a broad range of fundamental experiments to inform ITER physics scenarios and operations. New capabilities in the area of fusion product measurements by nuclear diagnostics were available as a result of a decade long enhancement program. These have been tested for the first time in DTE2 and a concise overview is provided here. Confined alpha particle measurements by gamma-ray spectroscopy were successfully demonstrated, albeit with limitations at neutron rates higher than some 1017 n/s. High resolution neutron spectroscopy measurements with the magnetic proton recoil instrument were complemented by novel data from a set of synthetic diamond detectors, which enabled studies of the supra-thermal contributions to the neutron emission. In the area of escaping fast ion diagnostics, a lost fast ion detector and a set of Faraday cups made it possible to determine information on the velocity space and poloidal distribution of the lost alpha particles for the first time. This extensive set of data provides unique information for fundamental physics studies and validation of the numerical models, which are key to inform the physics and scenarios of ITER.
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- M Nocente
- Department of Physics, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan 20126, Italy
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- United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, Culham Centre for Fusion Energy, Culham Science Centre, Abingdon OX14 3DB, United Kingdom
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- Institute for Plasma Science and Technology, National Research Council, Milan 20125, Italy
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- Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton, New Jersey 08540, USA
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- Institute of Atomic Physics, Magurele-Bucharest 077125, Romania
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- Institute for Plasma Science and Technology, National Research Council, Milan 20125, Italy
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- Laboratorio Nacional de Fusión, CIEMAT, Madrid 28040, Spain
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Uppsala SE-75120, Sweden
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- CEA, IRFM, Saint Paul lez Durance 13115, France
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- United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, Culham Centre for Fusion Energy, Culham Science Centre, Abingdon OX14 3DB, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan 20126, Italy
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Uppsala SE-75120, Sweden
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- Laboratory for Plasma Physics, LPP ERM/KMS, Brussels 1000, Belgium
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- Laboratory for Plasma Physics, LPP ERM/KMS, Brussels 1000, Belgium
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- United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, Culham Centre for Fusion Energy, Culham Science Centre, Abingdon OX14 3DB, United Kingdom
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- Institute for Plasma Science and Technology, National Research Council, Milan 20125, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan 20126, Italy
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- United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, Culham Centre for Fusion Energy, Culham Science Centre, Abingdon OX14 3DB, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan 20126, Italy
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- Institute for Plasma Science and Technology, National Research Council, Milan 20125, Italy
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- Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby 2800, Denmark
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- United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, Culham Centre for Fusion Energy, Culham Science Centre, Abingdon OX14 3DB, United Kingdom
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- United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, Culham Centre for Fusion Energy, Culham Science Centre, Abingdon OX14 3DB, United Kingdom
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- United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, Culham Centre for Fusion Energy, Culham Science Centre, Abingdon OX14 3DB, United Kingdom
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- Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana 1000, Slovenia
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- United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, Culham Centre for Fusion Energy, Culham Science Centre, Abingdon OX14 3DB, United Kingdom
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- Laboratory for Plasma Physics, LPP ERM/KMS, Brussels 1000, Belgium
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Uppsala SE-75120, Sweden
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- Department of Atomic, Molecular and Nuclear Physics, University of Seville, Seville 41012, Spain
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- United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, Culham Centre for Fusion Energy, Culham Science Centre, Abingdon OX14 3DB, United Kingdom
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- United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, Culham Centre for Fusion Energy, Culham Science Centre, Abingdon OX14 3DB, United Kingdom
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- United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, Culham Centre for Fusion Energy, Culham Science Centre, Abingdon OX14 3DB, United Kingdom
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- Instituto de Plasmas e Fusao Nuclear, IST, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa 1049-001, Portugal
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- Laboratory for Plasma Physics, LPP ERM/KMS, Brussels 1000, Belgium
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- United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, Culham Centre for Fusion Energy, Culham Science Centre, Abingdon OX14 3DB, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion, Warsaw 01-497, Poland
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Kibirige CN, Manak M, King D, Abel B, Hack H, Wooding D, Liu Y, Fernandez N, Dalel J, Kaye S, Imami N, Jagodzinski L, Gilmour J. Author Correction: Development of a sensitive, quantitative assay with broad subtype specificity for detection of total HIV-1 nucleic acids in plasma and PBMC. Sci Rep 2022; 12:11792. [PMID: 35821052 PMCID: PMC9276778 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-16308-x] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- C N Kibirige
- IAVI, Human Immunology Laboratory, Imperial College London, Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust, 369 Fulham Road, London, SW10 9NH, UK.
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- Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Bethesda, MD, USA.,U.S. Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, 503 Robert Grant Ave, Silver Spring, MD, 20910, USA.,Turesol Consulting, 314 S. Henderson Road, King of Prussia, PA, 19406, USA
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- IAVI, Human Immunology Laboratory, Imperial College London, Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust, 369 Fulham Road, London, SW10 9NH, UK
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- IAVI, Human Immunology Laboratory, Imperial College London, Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust, 369 Fulham Road, London, SW10 9NH, UK
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- Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Bethesda, MD, USA.,U.S. Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, 503 Robert Grant Ave, Silver Spring, MD, 20910, USA.,Diagnostics and Countermeasures Branch, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, 503 Robert Grant Ave, Silver Spring, MD, 20910, USA
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- IAVI, Human Immunology Laboratory, Imperial College London, Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust, 369 Fulham Road, London, SW10 9NH, UK
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- Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Bethesda, MD, USA.,U.S. Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, 503 Robert Grant Ave, Silver Spring, MD, 20910, USA.,Diagnostics and Countermeasures Branch, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, 503 Robert Grant Ave, Silver Spring, MD, 20910, USA
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- IAVI, Human Immunology Laboratory, Imperial College London, Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust, 369 Fulham Road, London, SW10 9NH, UK
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- IAVI, Human Immunology Laboratory, Imperial College London, Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust, 369 Fulham Road, London, SW10 9NH, UK
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- Molecular Diagnostics Unit, Imperial College London, Jeferiss Trust Laboratory, St. Mary's Campus, Norfolk Place, London, W2 1PG, UK
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- Centre for Immunology and Vaccinology, Imperial College London, Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust, 369 Fulham Road, London, SW10 9NH, UK
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- U.S. Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, 503 Robert Grant Ave, Silver Spring, MD, 20910, USA.,Diagnostics and Countermeasures Branch, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, 503 Robert Grant Ave, Silver Spring, MD, 20910, USA
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- IAVI, Human Immunology Laboratory, Imperial College London, Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust, 369 Fulham Road, London, SW10 9NH, UK
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Parakrama R, Sidiqi B, Demyan L, Pasha S, Pinto D, Zavadsky T, Zou X, Patruni S, Kapusta A, Standring O, Weiss M, Herman J, King D. P-10 Standardization of a neoadjuvant therapy (NAT) pathway for pancreatic cancer across a geographically large and diverse healthcare system improves patient care and successful completion of NAT. Ann Oncol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2022.04.102] [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: 11/01/2022] Open
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Abrams D, Albataineh H, Aljawrneh BS, Alsalmi S, Androic D, Aniol K, Armstrong W, Arrington J, Atac H, Averett T, Gayoso CA, Bai X, Bane J, Barcus S, Beck A, Bellini V, Bhatt H, Bhetuwal D, Biswas D, Blyth D, Boeglin W, Bulumulla D, Butler J, Camsonne A, Carmignotto M, Castellanos J, Chen JP, Cohen EO, Covrig S, Craycraft K, Cruz-Torres R, Dongwi B, Duran B, Dutta D, Fuchey E, Gal C, Gautam TN, Gilad S, Gnanvo K, Gogami T, Gomez J, Gu C, Habarakada A, Hague T, Hansen JO, Hattawy M, Hauenstein F, Higinbotham DW, Holt RJ, Hughes EW, Hyde C, Ibrahim H, Jian S, Joosten S, Karki A, Karki B, Katramatou AT, Keith C, Keppel C, Khachatryan M, Khachatryan V, Khanal A, Kievsky A, King D, King PM, Korover I, Kulagin SA, Kumar KS, Kutz T, Lashley-Colthirst N, Li S, Li W, Liu H, Liuti S, Liyanage N, Markowitz P, McClellan RE, Meekins D, Beck SMT, Meziani ZE, Michaels R, Mihovilovic M, Nelyubin V, Nguyen D, Nycz M, Obrecht R, Olson M, Owen VF, Pace E, Pandey B, Pandey V, Paolone M, Papadopoulou A, Park S, Paul S, Petratos GG, Petti R, Piasetzky E, Pomatsalyuk R, Premathilake S, Puckett AJR, Punjabi V, Ransome RD, Rashad MNH, Reimer PE, Riordan S, Roche J, Salmè G, Santiesteban N, Sawatzky B, Scopetta S, Schmidt A, Schmookler B, Segal J, Segarra EP, Shahinyan A, Širca S, Sparveris N, Su T, Suleiman R, Szumila-Vance H, Tadepalli AS, Tang L, Tireman W, Tortorici F, Urciuoli GM, Wojtsekhowski B, Wood S, Ye ZH, Ye ZY, Zhang J. Measurement of the Nucleon F_{2}^{n}/F_{2}^{p} Structure Function Ratio by the Jefferson Lab MARATHON Tritium/Helium-3 Deep Inelastic Scattering Experiment. Phys Rev Lett 2022; 128:132003. [PMID: 35426713 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.128.132003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2021] [Revised: 01/23/2022] [Accepted: 02/09/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
Abstract
The ratio of the nucleon F_{2} structure functions, F_{2}^{n}/F_{2}^{p}, is determined by the MARATHON experiment from measurements of deep inelastic scattering of electrons from ^{3}H and ^{3}He nuclei. The experiment was performed in the Hall A Facility of Jefferson Lab using two high-resolution spectrometers for electron detection, and a cryogenic target system which included a low-activity tritium cell. The data analysis used a novel technique exploiting the mirror symmetry of the two nuclei, which essentially eliminates many theoretical uncertainties in the extraction of the ratio. The results, which cover the Bjorken scaling variable range 0.19<x<0.83, represent a significant improvement compared to previous SLAC and Jefferson Lab measurements for the ratio. They are compared to recent theoretical calculations and empirical determinations of the F_{2}^{n}/F_{2}^{p} ratio.
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- D Abrams
- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, USA
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- Texas A & M University, Kingsville, Texas 78363, USA
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- North Carolina A & T State University, Greensboro, North Carolina 27411, USA
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- Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 44240, USA
- King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- University of Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
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- California State University, Los Angeles, California 90032, USA
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- Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, USA
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, USA
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- William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, USA
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, USA
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- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy
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- Mississippi State University, Mississipi State, Mississippi 39762, USA
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- Mississippi State University, Mississipi State, Mississippi 39762, USA
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- Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia 23669, USA
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- Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Florida International University, Miami, Florida 33199, USA
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- Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia 23529, USA
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- Jefferson Lab, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Jefferson Lab, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Florida International University, Miami, Florida 33199, USA
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- Jefferson Lab, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Jefferson Lab, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy
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- Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, USA
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- Mississippi State University, Mississipi State, Mississippi 39762, USA
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- University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, USA
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, USA
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- Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia 23669, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, USA
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- Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8576, Japan
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- Jefferson Lab, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, USA
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- Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia 23669, USA
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- Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 44240, USA
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- Jefferson Lab, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia 23529, USA
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- Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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- Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia 23529, USA
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- Cairo University, Cairo, Giza 12613 Egypt
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, USA
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- Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, USA
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- Mississippi State University, Mississipi State, Mississippi 39762, USA
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- Ohio University, Athens, Ohio 45701, USA
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- Jefferson Lab, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Jefferson Lab, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia 23529, USA
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- Stony Brook, State University of New York, New York 11794, USA
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- Florida International University, Miami, Florida 33199, USA
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa, 56127 Pisa, Italy
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- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
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- Ohio University, Athens, Ohio 45701, USA
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- Nuclear Research Center-Negev, Beer-Sheva 84190, Israel
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 117312 Moscow, Russia
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- Stony Brook, State University of New York, New York 11794, USA
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- Stony Brook, State University of New York, New York 11794, USA
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- University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire 03824, USA
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- University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan S4S 0A2, Canada
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- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, USA
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, USA
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- Florida International University, Miami, Florida 33199, USA
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- Jefferson Lab, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, USA
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- Jefferson Lab, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana 1000, Slovenia
- Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz 55122, Germany
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, USA
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, USA
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- Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 44240, USA
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- University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, USA
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- Saint Norbert College, De Pere, Wisconsin 54115, USA
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- William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, USA
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- University of Rome Tor Vergata and INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy
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- Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia 23669, USA
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- Center for Neutrino Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA
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- Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Stony Brook, State University of New York, New York 11794, USA
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- William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, USA
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- University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Institute of Physics and Technology, 61108 Kharkov, Ukraine
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, USA
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- University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, USA
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- Norfolk State University, Norfolk, Virginia 23504, USA
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- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey 08855, USA
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- Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia 23529, USA
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- Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Ohio University, Athens, Ohio 45701, USA
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Roma, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire 03824, USA
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- Jefferson Lab, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- University of Perugia and INFN, Sezione di Perugia, 06123 Perugia, Italy
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Jefferson Lab, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Yerevan Physics Institute, Yerevan 375036, Armenia
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- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana 1000, Slovenia
- Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, USA
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- Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 44240, USA
- Shandong Institute of Advanced Technology, Jinan, Shandong 250100, China
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- Jefferson Lab, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey 08855, USA
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- Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia 23669, USA
- Jefferson Lab, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan 49855, USA
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Roma, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- Jefferson Lab, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, USA
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- University of Illinois-Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60607, USA
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- Stony Brook, State University of New York, New York 11794, USA
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Hecimovich M, King D, Murphy M, Koyama K. An investigation into the measurement properties of the King-Devick Eye Tracking system. Journal of Concussion 2022. [DOI: 10.1177/20597002221082865] [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: 11/16/2022] Open
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Objectives Eye tracking has been gaining increasing attention as a possible assessment and monitoring tool for concussion. The King-Devick test (K-DT) was expanded to include an infrared video-oculography-based eye tracker (K-D ET). Therefore, the aim was to provide evidence on the reliability of the K-D ET system under an exercise condition. Methods Participants (N = 61; 26 male, 35 female; age range 19-25) were allocated to an exercise or sedentary group. Both groups completed a baseline K-D ET measurement and then either two 10-min exercise or sedentary interventions with repeated K-D ET measurements between interventions. Results The test-retest reliability of the K-D ET ranged from good to excellent for the different variables measured. The mean ± SD of the differences for the total number of saccades was 1.04 ± 4.01 and there was an observable difference (p = 0.005) in the trial number. There were no observable differences for the intervention (p = 0.768), gender (p = 0.121) and trial (p = 0.777) for average saccade’s velocity. The mean ± SD of the difference of the total fixations before and after intervention across both trials was 1.04 ± 3.63 and there was an observable difference in the trial number (p = 0.025). The mean ± SD of the differences for the Inter-Saccadic Interval and the fixation polyarea before and after intervention across both trials were 1.86 ± 22.99 msec and 0.51 ± 59.11 mm2 and no observable differences for the intervention, gender and trial. Conclusion The results provide evidence on the reliability of the K-D ET, and the eye-tracking components and demonstrate the relationship between completion time and other variables of the K-D ET system. This is vital as the use of the K-DT may be increasing and the combination of the K-DT and eye tracking as one single package highlights the need to specifically measure the reliability of this combined unit.
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- M. Hecimovich
- Division of Athletic Training, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa, USA
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- Sports Performance Research Institute New Zealand (SPRINZ) at AUT Millennium, Faculty of Health and Environmental Science, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand
- Traumatic Brain injury Network (TBIN), Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand
- Department of Science and Technology, University of New England, Sydney, Australia
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- School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia
- SportsMed Subiaco, St John of God Health Care, Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine
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Kibirige CN, Manak M, King D, Abel B, Hack H, Wooding D, Liu Y, Fernandez N, Dalel J, Kaye S, Imami N, Jagodzinski L, Gilmour J. Author Correction: Development of a sensitive, quantitative assay with broad subtype specificity for detection of total HIV-1 nucleic acids in plasma and PBMC. Sci Rep 2022; 12:1980. [PMID: 35105930 PMCID: PMC8807713 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-06286-5] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- C. N. Kibirige
- grid.428062.a0000 0004 0497 2835IAVI, Human Immunology Laboratory, Imperial College London, Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust, 369 Fulham Road, London, SW10 9NH UK
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- grid.201075.10000 0004 0614 9826Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Bethesda, MD USA ,grid.507680.c0000 0001 2230 3166U.S. Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, 503 Robert Grant Ave., Silver Spring, MD 20910 USA ,Present Address: Turesol Consulting, 314 S. Henderson Road, King of Prussia, PA 19406 USA
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- grid.428062.a0000 0004 0497 2835IAVI, Human Immunology Laboratory, Imperial College London, Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust, 369 Fulham Road, London, SW10 9NH UK
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- grid.428062.a0000 0004 0497 2835IAVI, Human Immunology Laboratory, Imperial College London, Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust, 369 Fulham Road, London, SW10 9NH UK
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- grid.201075.10000 0004 0614 9826Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Bethesda, MD USA ,grid.507680.c0000 0001 2230 3166U.S. Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, 503 Robert Grant Ave., Silver Spring, MD 20910 USA ,grid.507680.c0000 0001 2230 3166Diagnostics and Countermeasures Branch, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, 503 Robert Grant Ave, Silver Spring, MD 20910 USA
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- grid.428062.a0000 0004 0497 2835IAVI, Human Immunology Laboratory, Imperial College London, Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust, 369 Fulham Road, London, SW10 9NH UK
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- grid.201075.10000 0004 0614 9826Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Bethesda, MD USA ,grid.507680.c0000 0001 2230 3166U.S. Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, 503 Robert Grant Ave., Silver Spring, MD 20910 USA ,grid.507680.c0000 0001 2230 3166Diagnostics and Countermeasures Branch, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, 503 Robert Grant Ave, Silver Spring, MD 20910 USA
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- grid.428062.a0000 0004 0497 2835IAVI, Human Immunology Laboratory, Imperial College London, Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust, 369 Fulham Road, London, SW10 9NH UK
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- grid.428062.a0000 0004 0497 2835IAVI, Human Immunology Laboratory, Imperial College London, Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust, 369 Fulham Road, London, SW10 9NH UK
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- grid.7445.20000 0001 2113 8111Molecular Diagnostics Unit, Imperial College London, Jefferiss Trust Laboratory, St. Mary’s Campus, Norfolk Place, London, W2 1PG UK
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- grid.428062.a0000 0004 0497 2835Centre for Immunology and Vaccinology, Imperial College London, Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust, 369 Fulham Road, London, SW10 9NH UK
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- grid.507680.c0000 0001 2230 3166U.S. Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, 503 Robert Grant Ave., Silver Spring, MD 20910 USA ,grid.507680.c0000 0001 2230 3166Diagnostics and Countermeasures Branch, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, 503 Robert Grant Ave, Silver Spring, MD 20910 USA
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- grid.428062.a0000 0004 0497 2835IAVI, Human Immunology Laboratory, Imperial College London, Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust, 369 Fulham Road, London, SW10 9NH UK
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Kibirige CN, Manak M, King D, Abel B, Hack H, Wooding D, Liu Y, Fernandez N, Dalel J, Kaye S, Imami N, Jagodzinski L, Gilmour J. Development of a sensitive, quantitative assay with broad subtype specificity for detection of total HIV-1 nucleic acids in plasma and PBMC. Sci Rep 2022; 12:1550. [PMID: 35091568 PMCID: PMC8799642 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-03016-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2021] [Accepted: 10/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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An LTR-based quantitative PCR (qPCR) assay was modified and optimized for the quantification of total HIV-1 nucleic acids in plasma and PBMC. TaqMan qPCR primers and probes were designed against the NCBI/LANL HIV-1 compendium database by analyzing sequences used in assays for sensitive cross-clade detection of HIV-1 as reported in the literature and elucidating regions of improved cross-subtype specificity. Inosine and mixed nucleotide bases were included at polymorphic sites. Real-time RT-qPCR and qPCR were performed on plasma viral RNA and cellular lysates. A step-up amplification approach to allow binding of primers across polymorphic regions showed improved sensitivity compared to universal cycling. Unlike a lead competing laboratory-developed assay, all major HIV-1 subtypes, and a wide range of recombinants from a 127-member diversity panel were detected and accurately quantified in spiked plasmas. Semi-nested PCR increased detection sensitivity even further. The assay was able to detect down to 88 copies/mL of HIV-1 in plasma with 95% efficiency or the equivalent of a single infected cell. The PCR assay will be valuable in studies that monitor very low viral levels including residual or break through HIV-1 in patients receiving antiretroviral therapy, in HIV-1 cure, and in other research studies.
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- C N Kibirige
- IAVI, Human Immunology Laboratory, Imperial College London, Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust, 369 Fulham Road, London, SW10 9NH, UK.
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- Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Bethesda, MD, USA
- U.S. Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, 503 Robert Grant Ave., Silver Spring, MD, 20910, USA
- Turesol Consulting, 314 S. Henderson Road, King of Prussia, PA, 19406, USA
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- IAVI, Human Immunology Laboratory, Imperial College London, Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust, 369 Fulham Road, London, SW10 9NH, UK
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- IAVI, Human Immunology Laboratory, Imperial College London, Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust, 369 Fulham Road, London, SW10 9NH, UK
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- Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Bethesda, MD, USA
- U.S. Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, 503 Robert Grant Ave., Silver Spring, MD, 20910, USA
- Diagnostics and Countermeasures Branch, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, 503 Robert Grant Ave, Silver Spring, MD, 20910, USA
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- IAVI, Human Immunology Laboratory, Imperial College London, Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust, 369 Fulham Road, London, SW10 9NH, UK
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- Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Bethesda, MD, USA
- U.S. Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, 503 Robert Grant Ave., Silver Spring, MD, 20910, USA
- Diagnostics and Countermeasures Branch, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, 503 Robert Grant Ave, Silver Spring, MD, 20910, USA
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- IAVI, Human Immunology Laboratory, Imperial College London, Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust, 369 Fulham Road, London, SW10 9NH, UK
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- IAVI, Human Immunology Laboratory, Imperial College London, Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust, 369 Fulham Road, London, SW10 9NH, UK
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- Molecular Diagnostics Unit, Imperial College London, Jefferiss Trust Laboratory, St. Mary's Campus, Norfolk Place, London, W2 1PG, UK
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- Centre for Immunology and Vaccinology, Imperial College London, Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust, 369 Fulham Road, London, SW10 9NH, UK
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- U.S. Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, 503 Robert Grant Ave., Silver Spring, MD, 20910, USA
- Diagnostics and Countermeasures Branch, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, 503 Robert Grant Ave, Silver Spring, MD, 20910, USA
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- IAVI, Human Immunology Laboratory, Imperial College London, Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust, 369 Fulham Road, London, SW10 9NH, UK
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Bouquet J, Auberger N, Ashmus R, King D, Bordes A, Fontelle N, Nakagawa S, Madden Z, Proceviat C, Kato A, Désiré J, Vocadlo DJ, Blériot Y. Structural variation of the 3-acetamido-4,5,6-trihydroxyazepane iminosugar through epimerization and C-alkylation leads to low micromolar HexAB and NagZ inhibitors. Org Biomol Chem 2021; 20:619-629. [PMID: 34940771 DOI: 10.1039/d1ob02280f] [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: 11/21/2022]
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We report the synthesis of seven-membered iminosugars derived from a 3S-acetamido-4R,5R,6S-trihydroxyazepane scaffold and their evaluation as inhibitors of functionally related exo-N-acetylhexosaminidases including human O-GlcNAcase (OGA), human lysosomal β-hexosaminidase (HexAB), and Escherichia coli NagZ. Capitalizing on the flexibility of azepanes and the active site tolerances of hexosaminidases, we explore the effects of epimerization of stereocenters at C-3, C-5 and C-6 and C-alkylation at the C-2 or C-7 positions. Accordingly, epimerization at C-6 (L-ido) and at C-5 (D-galacto) led to selective HexAB inhibitors whereas introduction of a propyl group at C-7 on the C-3 epimer furnished a potent NagZ inhibitor.
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- J Bouquet
- Université de Poitiers, IC2MP, UMR CNRS 7285, OrgaSynth Team, Glyco group, 4 rue Michel Brunet, 86073 Poitiers cedex 09, France.
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- Université de Poitiers, IC2MP, UMR CNRS 7285, OrgaSynth Team, Glyco group, 4 rue Michel Brunet, 86073 Poitiers cedex 09, France.
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- Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, British Columbia, V5S 1P6, Canada.
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- Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, British Columbia, V5S 1P6, Canada.
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- Université de Poitiers, IC2MP, UMR CNRS 7285, OrgaSynth Team, Glyco group, 4 rue Michel Brunet, 86073 Poitiers cedex 09, France.
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- Université de Poitiers, IC2MP, UMR CNRS 7285, OrgaSynth Team, Glyco group, 4 rue Michel Brunet, 86073 Poitiers cedex 09, France.
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- Department of Hospital Pharmacy, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930-0194, Japan.
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- Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, British Columbia, V5S 1P6, Canada.
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- Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, British Columbia, V5S 1P6, Canada.
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- Department of Hospital Pharmacy, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930-0194, Japan.
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- Université de Poitiers, IC2MP, UMR CNRS 7285, OrgaSynth Team, Glyco group, 4 rue Michel Brunet, 86073 Poitiers cedex 09, France.
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- Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, British Columbia, V5S 1P6, Canada.
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- Université de Poitiers, IC2MP, UMR CNRS 7285, OrgaSynth Team, Glyco group, 4 rue Michel Brunet, 86073 Poitiers cedex 09, France.
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Allen SK, Brown V, White D, King D, Hunt J, Wainwright J, Emery A, Hodge E, Kehinde A, Prabhu P, Rockall TA, Preston SR, Sultan J. ASO Visual Abstract: Multi-modal Prehabilitation During Neoadjuvant Therapy Before Esophagogastric Cancer Resection: Effect on Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test Performance, Muscle Mass, and Quality of Life-A Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial. Ann Surg Oncol 2021. [PMID: 34797478 DOI: 10.1245/s10434-021-11062-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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- S K Allen
- Department of General Surgery, The Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust Hospital, Guildford, UK.,Minimal Access Therapy Training Unit (MATTU), Guildford, UK
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- Department of General Surgery, The Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust Hospital, Guildford, UK.,Minimal Access Therapy Training Unit (MATTU), Guildford, UK
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- Department of General Surgery, The Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust Hospital, Guildford, UK.,Minimal Access Therapy Training Unit (MATTU), Guildford, UK
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- Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, School of Biosciences and Medicine, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK
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- Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, School of Biosciences and Medicine, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK
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- Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, School of Biosciences and Medicine, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK
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- Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, School of Biosciences and Medicine, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK
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- The Fountain Centre, St Luke's Cancer Centre, Guildford, UK
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- The Fountain Centre, St Luke's Cancer Centre, Guildford, UK
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- Department of Anaesthetics, The Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust Hospital, Guildford, UK
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- Department of General Surgery, The Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust Hospital, Guildford, UK.,Minimal Access Therapy Training Unit (MATTU), Guildford, UK
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- Department of General Surgery, The Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust Hospital, Guildford, UK
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- Department of General Surgery, The Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust Hospital, Guildford, UK.
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Grossman C, Barr C, King D, McKenney C, Koenick S, Chang R. Management and cleanup of legacy radium-contaminated sites in the United States. J Radiol Prot 2021; 41:S230-S253. [PMID: 34426564 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6498/abe98a] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2020] [Accepted: 02/24/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The hazards associated with radium-containing materials were largely unknown when they were first introduced into household and other products over a century ago. Radium was also originally thought to have beneficial health properties, leading to confusion amongst the public about the safety of radium in household products and food items. When the adverse health effects associated with radium were discovered and became well known, radium products became unpopular and were prohibited in some countries. In the United States, after the hazards associated with radium became known, radium was first regulated by individual states in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Later, the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) was given a role in the regulation of discrete sources of radium with the passage of the Energy Policy Act of 2005. After passage of the Act, the NRC began to systematically identify sites around the country where radium was used and reached out to site owners to determine whether existing radium contamination could pose a risk to public health and safety and the environment. The NRC devised a graded approach in response to its new regulatory responsibilities to address potential public health and safety issues at legacy radium sites. By September 2019, the NRC had dispositioned all the sites that were identified as having potential contamination from historical radium within its regulatory purview in non-Agreement States. The staff worked with site owners and federal, state and local officials, as needed, to properly disposition the sites to ensure that each site either meets the applicable criteria for unrestricted use or has controls in place to limit access during remediation so that no site poses an unacceptable risk to public health and safety and the environment.
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- C Grossman
- United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555
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- United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555
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- Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Oak Ridge, TN 37830
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- United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555
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- United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555
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- United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555
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Kurucu H, Colom-Cadena M, Davies C, Wilkins L, King D, Rose J, Tzioras M, Tulloch JH, Smith C, Spires-Jones TL. Inhibitory synapse loss and accumulation of amyloid beta in inhibitory presynaptic terminals in Alzheimer's disease. Eur J Neurol 2021; 29:1311-1323. [PMID: 34331352 DOI: 10.1111/ene.15043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [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: 06/22/2021] [Revised: 07/27/2021] [Accepted: 07/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Synapse degeneration in Alzheimer's disease (AD) correlates strongly with cognitive decline. There is well-established excitatory synapse loss in AD with known contributions of pathological amyloid beta (Aβ) to excitatory synapse dysfunction and loss. Despite clear changes in circuit excitability in AD and model systems, relatively little is known about pathology in inhibitory synapses. METHODS Here human postmortem brain samples (n = 5 control, 10 AD cases) from temporal and occipital cortices were examined to investigate whether inhibitory synapses and neurons are lost in AD and whether Aβ may contribute to inhibitory synapse degeneration. Inhibitory neurons were counted in all six cortical layers using stereology software, and array tomography was used to examine synapse density and the accumulation of Aβ in synaptic terminals. RESULTS Differing inhibitory neuron densities were observed in the different cortical layers. The highest inhibitory neuron density was observed in layer 4 in both brain regions and the visual cortex had a higher inhibitory neuron density than the temporal cortex. There was significantly lower inhibitory neuron density in AD than in control cases in all six cortical layers. High-resolution array tomography imaging revealed plaque-associated loss of inhibitory synapses and accumulation of Aβ in a small subset of inhibitory presynaptic terminals with the most accumulation near amyloid plaques. CONCLUSIONS Inhibitory neuron and synapse loss in AD may contribute to disrupted excitatory/inhibitory balance and cognitive decline. Future work is warranted to determine whether targeting inhibitory synapse loss could be a useful therapeutic strategy.
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- Hatice Kurucu
- University of Edinburgh Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences and UK Dementia Research Institute, Edinburgh, UK
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- University of Edinburgh Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences and UK Dementia Research Institute, Edinburgh, UK
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- University of Edinburgh Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences and UK Dementia Research Institute, Edinburgh, UK
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- University of Edinburgh Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences and UK Dementia Research Institute, Edinburgh, UK
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- University of Edinburgh Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences and UK Dementia Research Institute, Edinburgh, UK
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- University of Edinburgh Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences and UK Dementia Research Institute, Edinburgh, UK
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- University of Edinburgh Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences and UK Dementia Research Institute, Edinburgh, UK
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- University of Edinburgh Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences and UK Dementia Research Institute, Edinburgh, UK
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- Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences and Sudden Death Brain Bank, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- University of Edinburgh Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences and UK Dementia Research Institute, Edinburgh, UK
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King D, Skehel PA, Dando O, Emelianova K, Barron R, Wishart TM. Microarray profiling emphasizes transcriptomic differences between hippocampal in vivo tissue and in vitro cultures. Brain Commun 2021; 3:fcab152. [PMID: 34396110 PMCID: PMC8361418 DOI: 10.1093/braincomms/fcab152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2021] [Revised: 05/17/2021] [Accepted: 05/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Primary hippocampal cell cultures are routinely used as an experimentally accessible model platform for the hippocampus and brain tissue in general. Containing multiple cell types including neurons, astrocytes and microglia in a state that can be readily analysed optically, biochemically and electrophysiologically, such cultures have been used in many in vitro studies. To what extent the in vivo environment is recapitulated in primary cultures is an on-going question. Here, we compare the transcriptomic profiles of primary hippocampal cell cultures and intact hippocampal tissue. In addition, by comparing profiles from wild type and the PrP 101LL transgenic model of prion disease, we also demonstrate that gene conservation is predominantly conserved across genetically altered lines.
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- Declan King
- Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, UK Dementia Research Institute, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, UK
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- Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, UK Dementia Research Institute, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9XD, UK
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- Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, UK Dementia Research Institute, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9XD, UK
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- Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, UK Dementia Research Institute, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9XD, UK
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- School of Health Sciences, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh EH21 6UU, UK
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- College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Midlothian EH25 9RG, UK
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King D, Hume PA, Clark T, Foskett A, Barnes MJ. Training injury incidence in an amateur women's rugby union team in New Zealand over two consecutive seasons. J Sci Med Sport 2020; 24:544-548. [PMID: 33243595 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2020.11.005] [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] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2020] [Revised: 11/03/2020] [Accepted: 11/04/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To describe the training injury incidence in amateur women's rugby union in New Zealand over two consecutive seasons. DESIGN A prospective cohort observational study METHODS: A total of 69 amateur women's rugby 15s team playerswere observed. Training exposure and training injury incidence were calculated. RESULTS The 38 training injuries resulted in a total injury incidence of 11.4 (8.3-15.6) per 1,000 training-hours. There were 12 injuries that resulted in a time-loss injury incidence of 3.6 (95% CI: 2.0-6.3) per 1,000 training-hours. Forwards recorded more total (RR: 1.8 [95% CI: 0.9-3.5]; p=0.0516) and time-loss (RR: 2.0 [95% CI: 0.6-6.6]; p=0.2482) injuries than Backs. The tackle was the most common injury cause for total (3.0 [95% CI: 1.6-5.6] per 1,000 training-hours.) injuries, but collisions (1.5 [95% CI: 0.6-3.6] per 1,000 training-hours.) with the ground or another person were the most common cause for time-loss injuries.The training injuries occurred most often to the lower limb and during the latter part of training sessions. These injuries were mostly minor in nature resulting in minimal time-loss away from training. DISCUSSION The time-loss injury incidence (3.6 per 1,000 training-hours.) for the amateur women's rugby 15s team players was higher than that reported for National (1.2 per 1,000 training-hours.) and Rugby World Cup for women (0.2 to 3.0 per 1,000 training-hours.) competitions. CONCLUSION The training injury incidence in amateur women's rugby union in New Zealand was higher than that reported for national and international rugby union injury incidences.
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- D King
- School of Sport, Exercise and Nutrition, Massey University, New Zealand; School of Science and Technology, University of New England, Australia; Sports Performance Research Institute New Zealand (SPRINZ), Faculty of Health and Environmental Science, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand; Traumatic Brain Injury Network (TBIN), Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand.
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- Sports Performance Research Institute New Zealand (SPRINZ), Faculty of Health and Environmental Science, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand; National Institute of Stroke and Applied Neuroscience (NISAN), Faculty of Health and Environmental Science, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand; Traumatic Brain Injury Network (TBIN), Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
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- International College of Management Sydney, Australia
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- School of Sport, Exercise and Nutrition, Massey University, New Zealand
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- School of Sport, Exercise and Nutrition, Massey University, New Zealand
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Li Q, Marcu DC, Palazzo O, Turner F, King D, Spires-Jones TL, Stefan MI, Busch KE. High neural activity accelerates the decline of cognitive plasticity with age in Caenorhabditis elegans. eLife 2020; 9:59711. [PMID: 33228848 PMCID: PMC7685709 DOI: 10.7554/elife.59711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2020] [Accepted: 10/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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The ability to learn progressively declines with age. Neural hyperactivity has been implicated in impairing cognitive plasticity with age, but the molecular mechanisms remain elusive. Here, we show that chronic excitation of the Caenorhabditis elegans O2-sensing neurons during ageing causes a rapid decline of experience-dependent plasticity in response to environmental O2 concentration, whereas sustaining lower activity of O2-sensing neurons retains plasticity with age. We demonstrate that neural activity alters the ageing trajectory in the transcriptome of O2-sensing neurons, and our data suggest that high-activity neurons redirect resources from maintaining plasticity to sustaining continuous firing. Sustaining plasticity with age requires the K+-dependent Na+/Ca2+ (NCKX) exchanger, whereas the decline of plasticity with age in high-activity neurons acts through calmodulin and the scaffold protein Kidins220. Our findings demonstrate directly that the activity of neurons alters neuronal homeostasis to govern the age-related decline of neural plasticity and throw light on the mechanisms involved.
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- Qiaochu Li
- Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, Edinburgh Medical School: Biomedical Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, Edinburgh Medical School: Biomedical Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, Edinburgh Medical School: Biomedical Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Edinburgh Genomics (Genome Science), Ashworth Laboratories, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, Edinburgh Medical School: Biomedical Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.,United Kingdom Dementia Research Institute, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, Edinburgh Medical School: Biomedical Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.,United Kingdom Dementia Research Institute, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, Edinburgh Medical School: Biomedical Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.,ZJU-UoE Institute, Zhejiang University, Haining, China
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- Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, Edinburgh Medical School: Biomedical Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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King D, Hume PA, Clark TN, Pearce AJ. Use of the King-Devick test for the identification of concussion in an amateur domestic women's rugby union team over two competition seasons in New Zealand. J Neurol Sci 2020; 418:117162. [PMID: 33017712 DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2020.117162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2020] [Revised: 09/01/2020] [Accepted: 09/26/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the use of the King-Devick (K-D) test for sideline assessment of concussive injuries in a New Zealand amateur women's rugby union team. DESIGN Prospective cohort observational. METHODS All players were K-D tested during pre-season using a tablet (iPad; Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA). Differences in K-D scores and test-retest reliability were calculated for baseline test scores, baseline, and post-injury (concussion) sideline assessment and baseline and post-season testing scores for tests by year and as a combined score. RESULTS One training-related (0.3 per 1000 training-hrs) and nine match-related (16.1 per 1000 match-hrs) concussions were recorded. The K-D post-injury (concussion) sideline test score were significantly slower than established baseline (-4.4 [-5.8 to -3.4] s; χ2(1) = 42.2; p < 0.0001; t(9) = -4.0; p = 0.0029; d = -0.8). There was good-to-excellent reliability of the K-D test for baseline (ICC: 0.84 to 0.89), post-injury (concussion) sideline assessment (ICC: 0.82 to 0.97) and post-season evaluation (ICC: 0.79 to 0.83). DISCUSSION By utilising the baseline to post-injury (concussion) assessment comparisons, any player with a post-injury (concussion) assessment slowing of their K-D test time, regardless of whether the player has, or has not had a witnessed insult, should be withheld from any further participation until they are evaluated by a medical professional trained in the management of concussion. CONCLUSION This study has provided additional evidence to support the use of the K-D test as a frontline method of assessing concussion with good to excellent reliability of the test for baseline, side-line assessment and post-season evaluation.
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- D King
- Sport Performance Research Institute New Zealand (SPRINZ), Faculty of Health and Environment Science, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand; School of Science and Technology, University of New England, Armidale, NSW, Australia; School of Sport, Exercise and Nutrition, Massey University, New Zealand.
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- School of Science and Technology, University of New England, Armidale, NSW, Australia; National Institute of Stroke and Applied Neuroscience (NISAN), Faculty of Health and Environment Science, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand
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- International College of Management Sydney, Manly, New South Wales, Australia
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- College of Science, Health and Engineering, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Cruz-Torres R, Nguyen D, Hauenstein F, Schmidt A, Li S, Abrams D, Albataineh H, Alsalmi S, Androic D, Aniol K, Armstrong W, Arrington J, Atac H, Averett T, Ayerbe Gayoso C, Bai X, Bane J, Barcus S, Beck A, Bellini V, Benmokhtar F, Bhatt H, Bhetuwal D, Biswas D, Blyth D, Boeglin W, Bulumulla D, Camsonne A, Castellanos J, Chen JP, Cohen EO, Covrig S, Craycraft K, Dongwi B, Duer M, Duran B, Dutta D, Fuchey E, Gal C, Gautam TN, Gilad S, Gnanvo K, Gogami T, Golak J, Gomez J, Gu C, Habarakada A, Hague T, Hansen O, Hattawy M, Hen O, Higinbotham DW, Hughes E, Hyde C, Ibrahim H, Jian S, Joosten S, Kamada H, Karki A, Karki B, Katramatou AT, Keppel C, Khachatryan M, Khachatryan V, Khanal A, King D, King P, Korover I, Kutz T, Lashley-Colthirst N, Laskaris G, Li W, Liu H, Liyanage N, Markowitz P, McClellan RE, Meekins D, Mey-Tal Beck S, Meziani ZE, Michaels R, Mihovilovič M, Nelyubin V, Nuruzzaman N, Nycz M, Obrecht R, Olson M, Ou L, Owen V, Pandey B, Pandey V, Papadopoulou A, Park S, Patsyuk M, Paul S, Petratos GG, Piasetzky E, Pomatsalyuk R, Premathilake S, Puckett AJR, Punjabi V, Ransome R, Rashad MNH, Reimer PE, Riordan S, Roche J, Sargsian M, Santiesteban N, Sawatzky B, Segarra EP, Schmookler B, Shahinyan A, Širca S, Skibiński R, Sparveris N, Su T, Suleiman R, Szumila-Vance H, Tadepalli AS, Tang L, Tireman W, Topolnicki K, Tortorici F, Urciuoli G, Weinstein LB, Witała H, Wojtsekhowski B, Wood S, Ye ZH, Ye ZY, Zhang J. Probing Few-Body Nuclear Dynamics via ^{3}H and ^{3}He (e,e^{'}p)pn Cross-Section Measurements. Phys Rev Lett 2020; 124:212501. [PMID: 32530643 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.124.212501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2020] [Revised: 03/12/2020] [Accepted: 04/30/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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We report the first measurement of the (e,e^{'}p) three-body breakup reaction cross sections in helium-3 (^{3}He) and tritium (^{3}H) at large momentum transfer [⟨Q^{2}⟩≈1.9 (GeV/c)^{2}] and x_{B}>1 kinematics, where the cross section should be sensitive to quasielastic (QE) scattering from single nucleons. The data cover missing momenta 40≤p_{miss}≤500 MeV/c that, in the QE limit with no rescattering, equals the initial momentum of the probed nucleon. The measured cross sections are compared with state-of-the-art ab initio calculations. Overall good agreement, within ±20%, is observed between data and calculations for the full p_{miss} range for ^{3}H and for 100≤p_{miss}≤350 MeV/c for ^{3}He. Including the effects of rescattering of the outgoing nucleon improves agreement with the data at p_{miss}>250 MeV/c and suggests contributions from charge-exchange (SCX) rescattering. The isoscalar sum of ^{3}He plus ^{3}H, which is largely insensitive to SCX, is described by calculations to within the accuracy of the data over the entire p_{miss} range. This validates current models of the ground state of the three-nucleon system up to very high initial nucleon momenta of 500 MeV/c.
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- R Cruz-Torres
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
- University of Education, Hue University, Hue City, Vietnam
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- Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia 23529, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire 03824, USA
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, USA
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- Texas A & M University, Kingsville, Texas 78363, USA
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- King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- University of Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
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- California State University, Los Angeles, California 90032, USA
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, USA
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- The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23185, USA
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- The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23185, USA
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, USA
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- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37966, USA
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- The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23185, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- INFN Sezione di Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy
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- Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15282, USA
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- Mississippi State University, Mississippi 39762, USA
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- Mississippi State University, Mississippi 39762, USA
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- Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia 23669, USA
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Florida International University, Miami, Florida 33199, USA
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- Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia 23529, USA
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- Jefferson Lab, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Florida International University, Miami, Florida 33199, USA
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- Jefferson Lab, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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- Jefferson Lab, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37966, USA
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- Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia 23669, USA
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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- Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, USA
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- Mississippi State University, Mississippi 39762, USA
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- University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, USA
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, USA
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- Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia 23669, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, USA
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- Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8577, Japan
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- M. Smoluchowski Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, PL-30348 Kraków, Poland
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- Jefferson Lab, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, USA
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- Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia 23669, USA
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- Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 44240, USA
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- Jefferson Lab, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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- Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia 23529, USA
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- Cairo University, 12613 Cairo, Egypt
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, USA
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- Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, USA
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Kitakyushu 804-8550, Japan
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- Mississippi State University, Mississippi 39762, USA
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- Ohio University, Athens, Ohio 45701, USA
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- Jefferson Lab, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia 23529, USA
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- Stony Brook, State University of New York, New York 11794, USA
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- Florida International University, Miami, Florida 33199, USA
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- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
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- Ohio University, Athens, Ohio 45701, USA
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- Nuclear Research Center-Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
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- Stony Brook, State University of New York, New York 11794, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- University of Regina, Regina, SK S4S 0A2, Canada
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- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, USA
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- Florida International University, Miami, Florida 33199, USA
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- Jefferson Lab, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, USA
- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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- Jefferson Lab, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, DE-55128 Mainz, Germany
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, USA
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- Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia 23669, USA
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- Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 44240, USA
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- University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, USA
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- Saint Norbert College, De Pere, Wisconsin 54115, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23185, USA
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- Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia 23669, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Stony Brook, State University of New York, New York 11794, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23185, USA
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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- Institute of Physics and Technology, Kharkov 61108, Ukraine
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, USA
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- University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, USA
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- Norfolk State University, Norfolk, Virginia 23504, USA
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- Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901, USA
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- Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia 23529, USA
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Ohio University, Athens, Ohio 45701, USA
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- Florida International University, Miami, Florida 33199, USA
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- University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire 03824, USA
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- Jefferson Lab, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Yerevan Physics Institute, 0036 Yerevan, Armenia
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- University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Jožef Stefan Institute, SI-1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- M. Smoluchowski Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, PL-30348 Kraków, Poland
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- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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- Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 44240, USA
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- Jefferson Lab, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901, USA
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- Jefferson Lab, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan 49855, USA
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- M. Smoluchowski Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, PL-30348 Kraków, Poland
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- INFN Sezione di Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy
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- Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia 23529, USA
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- M. Smoluchowski Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, PL-30348 Kraków, Poland
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- Jefferson Lab, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, USA
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- University of Illinois-Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60607, USA
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- Stony Brook, State University of New York, New York 11794, USA
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Hesse R, Hurtado ML, Jackson RJ, Eaton SL, Herrmann AG, Colom-Cadena M, Tzioras M, King D, Rose J, Tulloch J, McKenzie CA, Smith C, Henstridge CM, Lamont D, Wishart TM, Spires-Jones TL. Comparative profiling of the synaptic proteome from Alzheimer's disease patients with focus on the APOE genotype. Acta Neuropathol Commun 2019; 7:214. [PMID: 31862015 PMCID: PMC6925519 DOI: 10.1186/s40478-019-0847-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2019] [Accepted: 11/13/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Degeneration of synapses in Alzheimer's disease (AD) strongly correlates with cognitive decline, and synaptic pathology contributes to disease pathophysiology. We recently observed that the strongest genetic risk factor for sporadic AD, apolipoprotein E epsilon 4 (APOE4), is associated with exacerbated synapse loss and synaptic accumulation of oligomeric amyloid beta in human AD brain. To begin to understand the molecular cascades involved in synapse loss in AD and how this is mediated by APOE, and to generate a resource of knowledge of changes in the synaptic proteome in AD, we conducted a proteomic screen and systematic in silico analysis of synaptoneurosome preparations from temporal and occipital cortices of human AD and control subjects with known APOE gene status. We examined brain tissue from 33 subjects (7-10 per group). We pooled tissue from all subjects in each group for unbiased proteomic analyses followed by validation with individual case samples. Our analysis identified over 5500 proteins in human synaptoneurosomes and highlighted disease, brain region, and APOE-associated changes in multiple molecular pathways including a decreased abundance in AD of proteins important for synaptic and mitochondrial function and an increased abundance of proteins involved in neuroimmune interactions and intracellular signaling.
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Pickett EK, Herrmann AG, McQueen J, Abt K, Dando O, Tulloch J, Jain P, Dunnett S, Sohrabi S, Fjeldstad MP, Calkin W, Murison L, Jackson RJ, Tzioras M, Stevenson A, d'Orange M, Hooley M, Davies C, Colom-Cadena M, Anton-Fernandez A, King D, Oren I, Rose J, McKenzie CA, Allison E, Smith C, Hardt O, Henstridge CM, Hardingham GE, Spires-Jones TL. Amyloid Beta and Tau Cooperate to Cause Reversible Behavioral and Transcriptional Deficits in a Model of Alzheimer's Disease. Cell Rep 2019; 29:3592-3604.e5. [PMID: 31825838 PMCID: PMC6915767 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2019.11.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2018] [Revised: 08/16/2019] [Accepted: 11/11/2019] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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A key knowledge gap blocking development of effective therapeutics for Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the lack of understanding of how amyloid beta (Aβ) peptide and pathological forms of the tau protein cooperate in causing disease phenotypes. Within a mouse tau-deficient background, we probed the molecular, cellular, and behavioral disruption triggered by the influence of wild-type human tau on human Aβ-induced pathology. We find that Aβ and tau work cooperatively to cause a hyperactivity behavioral phenotype and to cause downregulation of transcription of genes involved in synaptic function. In both our mouse model and human postmortem tissue, we observe accumulation of pathological tau in synapses, supporting the potential importance of synaptic tau. Importantly, tau reduction in the mice initiated after behavioral deficits emerge corrects behavioral deficits, reduces synaptic tau levels, and substantially reverses transcriptional perturbations, suggesting that lowering synaptic tau levels may be beneficial in AD.
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- Eleanor K Pickett
- The University of Edinburgh Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, 1 George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, UK
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- The University of Edinburgh Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, 1 George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, UK
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- The University of Edinburgh Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, 1 George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, UK; UK Dementia Research Institute at Edinburgh, George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, UK
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- The University of Edinburgh Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, 1 George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, UK
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- The University of Edinburgh Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, 1 George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, UK; UK Dementia Research Institute at Edinburgh, George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, UK
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- The University of Edinburgh Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, 1 George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, UK; UK Dementia Research Institute at Edinburgh, George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, UK
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- The University of Edinburgh Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, 1 George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, UK
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- The University of Edinburgh Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, 1 George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, UK
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- The University of Edinburgh Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, 1 George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, UK
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- The University of Edinburgh Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, 1 George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, UK
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- The University of Edinburgh Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, 1 George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, UK
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- The University of Edinburgh Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, 1 George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, UK
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- The University of Edinburgh Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, 1 George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, UK; MassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA
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- The University of Edinburgh Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, 1 George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, UK; UK Dementia Research Institute at Edinburgh, George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, UK
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- The University of Edinburgh Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, 1 George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, UK; UK Dementia Research Institute at Edinburgh, George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, UK
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- The University of Edinburgh Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, 1 George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, UK
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- The University of Edinburgh Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, 1 George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, UK; UK Dementia Research Institute at Edinburgh, George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, UK
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- The University of Edinburgh Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, 1 George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, UK; UK Dementia Research Institute at Edinburgh, George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, UK
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- The University of Edinburgh Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, 1 George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, UK; UK Dementia Research Institute at Edinburgh, George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, UK
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- The University of Edinburgh Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, 1 George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, UK; UK Dementia Research Institute at Edinburgh, George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, UK
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- The University of Edinburgh Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, 1 George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, UK; UK Dementia Research Institute at Edinburgh, George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, UK
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- The University of Edinburgh Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, 1 George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, UK
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- The University of Edinburgh Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, 1 George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, UK; UK Dementia Research Institute at Edinburgh, George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, UK
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- Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences and Sudden Death Brain Bank, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH16 4SB, UK
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- The University of Edinburgh Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, 1 George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, UK
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- Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences and Sudden Death Brain Bank, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH16 4SB, UK
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- McGill University Department of Psychology, Montreal QC H3A 1B1, Canada; The University of Edinburgh Simons Initiative for the Developing Brain, George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, UK
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- The University of Edinburgh Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, 1 George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, UK
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- The University of Edinburgh Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, 1 George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, UK; UK Dementia Research Institute at Edinburgh, George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, UK
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- The University of Edinburgh Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, 1 George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, UK; UK Dementia Research Institute at Edinburgh, George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, UK.
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King D, Platek M, Whelan M, Bampton T. Perception of Galactagogue Usage in Stimulating Breast Milk Production in Breastfeeding Mothers: A Qualitative Research Study. J Acad Nutr Diet 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jand.2019.08.160] [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: 11/26/2022]
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Piron L, Challis C, Felton R, King D, Lennholm M, Lomas P, Piron C, Rimini F, Valcarcel D. The dud detector: An empirically-based real-time algorithm to save neutron and T budgets during JET DT operation. Fusion Engineering and Design 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2019.02.077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Bachanek-Bankowska K, Di Nardo A, Wadsworth J, King D, Knowles N. A47 Reconstructing the evolutionary history of pandemic foot-and-mouth disease viruses: The impact of recombination within the emerging O/ME-SA/Ind-2001 lineage. Virus Evol 2019. [PMCID: PMC6735776 DOI: 10.1093/ve/vez002.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is a highly contagious disease of livestock affecting animal production and trade throughout Asia and Africa. Understanding FMD virus (FMDV) global movements and evolution can help to reconstruct the disease spread between endemic regions and predict the risks of incursion into FMD-free countries. Global expansion of a single FMDV lineage is rare but can result in severe economic consequences. Using extensive sequence data, we have reconstructed the global space-time transmission history of the O/ME-SA/Ind-2001 lineage (which normally circulates in the Indian sub-continent) providing evidence of at least fifteen independent escapes during 2013–7 that have led to outbreaks in North Africa, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and the Far East and the FMD-free islands of Mauritius. We demonstrated that sequence heterogeneity of this emerging FMDV lineage is accommodated within two co-evolving divergent sublineages, and that recombination by exchange of capsid-coding sequences can impact upon the reconstructed evolutionary histories. Thus, we recommend that only sequences encoding the outer capsid proteins should be used for broad-scale phylogeographical reconstruction. These data emphasize the importance of the Indian subcontinent as a source of FMDV that can spread across large distances and illustrates the impact of FMDV genome recombination on FMDV molecular epidemiology.
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- The Pirbright Institute, Pirbright, Woking, Surrey, UK
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- The Pirbright Institute, Pirbright, Woking, Surrey, UK
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- The Pirbright Institute, Pirbright, Woking, Surrey, UK
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- The Pirbright Institute, Pirbright, Woking, Surrey, UK
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- Liver Unit, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Liver Unit, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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Donohue MJ, King D, Pfaller S, Mistry JH. The sporadic nature of Legionella pneumophila, Legionella pneumophila Sg1 and Mycobacterium avium occurrence within residences and office buildings across 36 states in the United States. J Appl Microbiol 2019; 126:1568-1579. [PMID: 30891905 PMCID: PMC6850209 DOI: 10.1111/jam.14196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [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: 09/17/2018] [Revised: 12/19/2018] [Accepted: 12/21/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Aim Premise plumbing may disseminate the bacteria Legionella pneumophila and Mycobacterium avium, the causative agents for legionellosis and pulmonary nontuberculous mycobacterium disease respectively. Methods and Results Using quantitative PCR, the occurrence and persistence of L. pneumophila, L. pneumophila serogroup (Sg)1 and M. avium were evaluated in drinking water samples from 108 cold water taps (residences: n = 43) and (office buildings: n = 65). Mycobacterium avium, L. pneumophila and L. pneumophila Sg1 were detected 45, 41 and 25% of all structures respectively. Two occurrence patterns were evaluated: sporadic (a single detection from the three samplings) and persistent (detections in two or more of the three samples). Conclusions The micro‐organism's occurrence was largely sporadic. Office buildings were prone to microbial persistence independent of building age and square footage. Microbial persistence at residences was observed in those older than 40 years for L. pneumophila and was rarely observed for M. avium. The microbial occurrence was evenly distributed between structure types but there were differences in density and persistence. Significance of and Impact of the Study The study is important because residences are often suspected to be the source when a case of disease is reported. These data demonstrate that this may not be the case for a sporadic incidence.
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- National Exposure Research Laboratory, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- National Exposure Research Laboratory, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- National Exposure Research Laboratory, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Region 6, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Dallas, TX, USA
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Cummins C, Welch M, King D, Shorter K, Murphy A. The association between external workloads and injury risk in professional rugby league players. J Sci Med Sport 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2018.09.045] [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: 10/28/2022]
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Hecimovich M, King D, Dempsey A, Gittins M, Murphy M. In situ use of the King-Devick Eye Tracking and changes seen with youth Sport Related Concussion: Saccadic and blinks counts. J Sci Med Sport 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2018.09.090] [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: 10/28/2022]
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Najem MA, Tedder M, King D, Bernstein D, Trouncer R, Meehan C, Bidmead AM. In-vivo EPID dosimetry for IMRT and VMAT based on through-air predicted portal dose algorithm. Phys Med 2018; 52:143-153. [PMID: 30139603 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2018.07.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [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] [Received: 04/19/2018] [Revised: 07/02/2018] [Accepted: 07/24/2018] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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We have adapted the methodology of Berry et al. (2012) for Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT) and Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT) treatments at a fixed source to imager distance (SID) based on the manufacturer's through-air portal dose image prediction algorithm. In order to fix the SID a correction factor was introduced to account for the change in air gap between patient and imager. Commissioning data, collected with multiple field sizes, solid water thicknesses and air gaps, were acquired at 150 cm SID on the Varian aS1200 EPID. The method was verified using six IMRT and seven VMAT plans on up to three different phantoms. The method's sensitivity and accuracy were investigated by introducing errors. A global 3%/3 mm gamma was used to assess the differences between the predicted and measured portal dose images. The effect of a varying air gap on EPID signal was found to be significant - varying by up to 30% with field size, phantom thickness, and air gap. All IMRT plans passed the 3%/3 mm gamma criteria by more than 95% on the three phantoms. 23 of 24 arcs from the VMAT plans passed the 3%/3 mm gamma criteria by more than 95%. This method was found to be sensitive to a range of potential errors. The presented approach provides fast and accurate in-vivo EPID dosimetry for IMRT and VMAT treatments and can potentially replace many pre-treatment verifications.
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- Joint Department of Physics, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust and The Institute of Cancer Research, Fulham Road, London SW3 6JJ, UK.
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- Medical Physics Department, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London SE1 7EH, UK
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- Joint Department of Physics, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust and The Institute of Cancer Research, Fulham Road, London SW3 6JJ, UK
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- Joint Department of Physics, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust and The Institute of Cancer Research, Fulham Road, London SW3 6JJ, UK
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- Joint Department of Physics, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust and The Institute of Cancer Research, Fulham Road, London SW3 6JJ, UK
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- Joint Department of Physics, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust and The Institute of Cancer Research, Fulham Road, London SW3 6JJ, UK
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- Joint Department of Physics, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust and The Institute of Cancer Research, Fulham Road, London SW3 6JJ, UK
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Chernoff N, Hill DJ, Chorus I, Diggs DL, Huang H, King D, Lang JR, Le TT, Schmid JE, Travlos GS, Whitley EM, Wilson RE, Wood CR. Cylindrospermopsin toxicity in mice following a 90-d oral exposure. J Toxicol Environ Health A 2018; 81:549-566. [PMID: 29693504 PMCID: PMC6764423 DOI: 10.1080/15287394.2018.1460787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2018] [Accepted: 02/26/2018] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Cylindrospermopsin (CYN) is a toxin associated with numerous species of freshwater cyanobacteria throughout the world. It is postulated to have caused an episode of serious illnesses in Australia through treated drinking water, as well as lethal effects in livestock exposed to water from farm ponds. Toxicity included effects indicative of both hepatic and renal dysfunction. In humans, symptoms progressed from initial hepatomegaly, vomiting, and malaise to acidosis and hypokalemia, bloody diarrhea, and hyperemia in mucous membranes. Laboratory animal studies predominantly involved the intraperitoneal (i.p.) route of administration and confirmed this pattern of toxicity with changes in liver enzyme activities and histopathology consistent with hepatic injury and adverse renal effects. The aim of this study was designed to assess subchronic oral exposure (90 d) of purified CYN from 75 to 300 µg/kg/d in mouse. At the end of the dosing period, examinations of animals noted (1) elevated organ to body weight ratios of liver and kidney at all dose levels, (2) treatment-related increases in serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT) activity, (3) decreased blood urea nitrogen (BUN) and cholesterol concentrations in males, and (4) elevated monocyte counts in both genders. Histopathological alterations included hepatocellular hypertrophy and cord disruption in the liver, as well as renal cellular hypertrophy, tubule dilation, and cortical tubule lesions that were more prominent in males. A series of genes were differentially expressed including Bax (apoptosis), Rpl6 (tissue regeneration), Fabp4 (fatty acid metabolism), and Proc (blood coagulation). Males were more sensitive to many renal end points suggestive of toxicity. At the end of exposure, toxicity was noted at all dose levels, and the 75 µg/kg group exhibited significant effects in liver and kidney/body weight ratios, reduced BUN, increased serum monocytes, and multiple signs of histopathology indicating that a no-observed-adverse-effect level could not be determined for any dose level.
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- N Chernoff
- a National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory , US Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development , Research Triangle Park , NC , USA
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- a National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory , US Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development , Research Triangle Park , NC , USA
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- b Division of Drinking-Water and Swimming-Pool Hygiene , Umweltbundesamt , Berlin , Germany
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- c NHEERL , Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education Internship/Research Participation Program at the US Environmental Protection Agency , Research Triangle Park , NC , USA
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- d North Carolina State University , Raleigh , NC , USA
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- e Cellular and Molecular Pathology Branch , National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences , Research Triangle Park , NC , USA
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- c NHEERL , Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education Internship/Research Participation Program at the US Environmental Protection Agency , Research Triangle Park , NC , USA
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- c NHEERL , Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education Internship/Research Participation Program at the US Environmental Protection Agency , Research Triangle Park , NC , USA
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- a National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory , US Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development , Research Triangle Park , NC , USA
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- e Cellular and Molecular Pathology Branch , National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences , Research Triangle Park , NC , USA
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- f Pathogenesis , LLC , Gainesville , FL , USA
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- e Cellular and Molecular Pathology Branch , National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences , Research Triangle Park , NC , USA
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- a National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory , US Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development , Research Triangle Park , NC , USA
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Elderly people have a greater need for domestic heating given the time they spend at home and the decline in the body thermoregulation that occurs with ageing. The use of domestic heating by 200 mentally competent newly admitted elderly in patients was evaluated by means of a questionnaire survey. Most patients (69%) were aware of the addition of value added tax (VAT) to their fuel bill and 31 % said they had reduced the amount of heating they use because of this. A third of patients (29.5%) said they had difficulty keeping warm prior to this admission. The majority of patients said they could not manage to keep warm in the winter without financial hardship. In addition, 29% said they had reduced the amount spent on food in order to pay for fuel bills. This study suggests that cold may contribute to hospital admissions in elderly patients. This should have implications for government spending and taxation policy on domestic heating.
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- R Morgan
- Withington Hospital, Manchester, England
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Kerry G, Gokani S, Ash J, Rasasingam D, Zargaran A, Mittal A, Mobasheri M, King D, Darzi A, Purkayastha S. The use of Digital Education for Patients on the Bariatric Surgery Pathway. Int J Surg 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2017.08.048] [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]
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Piccardo P, King D, Brown D, Barron RM. Variable tau accumulation in murine models with abnormal prion protein deposits. J Neurol Sci 2017; 383:142-150. [PMID: 29246602 PMCID: PMC6381323 DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2017.10.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2017] [Revised: 10/04/2017] [Accepted: 10/25/2017] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The conversion of cellular prion protein (PrP) into a misfolded isoform is central to the development of prion diseases. However, the heterogeneous phenotypes observed in prion disease may be linked with the presence of other misfolded proteins in the brain. While hyperphosphorylated tau (p.tau) is characteristic of Alzheimer's disease (AD), p.tau is also observed in human prion diseases. To explore this association in the absence of potential effects due to aging, drug treatment, agonal stage and postmortem delay we analyzed p.tau and PrP immunopositivity in mouse models. Analyses were performed on mice inoculated with prion agents, and mice with PrP amyloid in the absence of prion disease. We observed that p.tau was consistently present in animals with prion infectivity (models that transmit disease upon serial passage). In contrast, p.tau was very rarely observed or absent in mice with PrP amyloid plaques in the absence of prion replication. These data indicate that the formation of p.tau is not linked to deposition of misfolded PrP, but suggest that the interaction between replication of infectivity and host factors regulate the formation of p.tau and may contribute to the heterogeneous phenotype of prion diseases.
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- Pedro Piccardo
- The Roslin Institute and R(D)SVS, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Midlothian EH25 9RG, Scotland, United Kingdom.
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- The Roslin Institute and R(D)SVS, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Midlothian EH25 9RG, Scotland, United Kingdom
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- The Roslin Institute and R(D)SVS, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Midlothian EH25 9RG, Scotland, United Kingdom
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- The Roslin Institute and R(D)SVS, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Midlothian EH25 9RG, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Davison E, Pless Kaiser A, Wachen J, King L, King D, Moye J. LATER-ADULTHOOD TRAUMA REENGAGEMENT: FINDINGS FROM DISCUSSION GROUPS WITH OLDER COMBAT VETERANS. Innov Aging 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/geroni/igx004.236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- E.H. Davison
- National Center for PTSD, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts,
- Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts,
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- National Center for PTSD, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts,
- Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts,
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- National Center for PTSD, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts,
- Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts,
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- National Center for PTSD, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts,
- Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts,
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- National Center for PTSD, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts,
- Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts,
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- National Center for PTSD, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts,
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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King D. Restorative dentistry: Incredulous restorations. Br Dent J 2017; 222:142. [DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.2017.100] [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: 11/09/2022]
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Evans-Lacko S, Takizawa R, Brimblecombe N, King D, Knapp M, Maughan B, Arseneault L. Childhood bullying victimization is associated with use of mental health services over five decades: a longitudinal nationally representative cohort study. Psychol Med 2017; 47:127-135. [PMID: 27677437 DOI: 10.1017/s0033291716001719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND Research supports robust associations between childhood bullying victimization and mental health problems in childhood/adolescence and emerging evidence shows that the impact can persist into adulthood. We examined the impact of bullying victimization on mental health service use from childhood to midlife. METHOD We performed secondary analysis using the National Child Development Study, the 1958 British Birth Cohort Study. We conducted analyses on 9242 participants with complete data on childhood bullying victimization and service use at midlife. We used multivariable logistic regression models to examine associations between childhood bullying victimization and mental health service use at the ages of 16, 23, 33, 42 and 50 years. We estimated incidence and persistence of mental health service use over time to the age of 50 years. RESULTS Compared with participants who were not bullied in childhood, those who were frequently bullied were more likely to use mental health services in childhood and adolescence [odds ratio (OR) 2.53, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.88-3.40] and also in midlife (OR 1.30, 95% CI 1.10-1.55). Disparity in service use associated with childhood bullying victimization was accounted for by both incident service use through to age 33 years by a subgroup of participants, and by persistent use up to midlife. CONCLUSIONS Childhood bullying victimization adds to the pressure on an already stretched health care system. Policy and practice efforts providing support for victims of bullying could help contain public sector costs. Given constrained budgets and the long-term mental health impact on victims of bullying, early prevention strategies could be effective at limiting both individual distress and later costs.
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- S Evans-Lacko
- Personal Social Services Research Unit,London School of Economics and Political Science,Houghton Street,London WC2A 2AE,UK
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry,Graduate School of Medicine,The University of Tokyo,7-3-1, Hongo,Bunkyo-ku,Tokyo 113-8655,Japan
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- Personal Social Services Research Unit,London School of Economics and Political Science,Houghton Street,London WC2A 2AE,UK
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- Personal Social Services Research Unit,London School of Economics and Political Science,Houghton Street,London WC2A 2AE,UK
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- Personal Social Services Research Unit,London School of Economics and Political Science,Houghton Street,London WC2A 2AE,UK
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- SGDP Research Centre,Institute of Psychiatry,Psychology & Neuroscience,King's College London,De Crespigny Park,London SE5 8AF,UK
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- SGDP Research Centre,Institute of Psychiatry,Psychology & Neuroscience,King's College London,De Crespigny Park,London SE5 8AF,UK
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King D, Hume P, Gissane C, Brughelli M, Clark T. The Influence of Head Impact Threshold for Reporting Data in Contact and Collision Sports: Systematic Review and Original Data Analysis. Sports Med 2016; 46:151-69. [PMID: 26545363 DOI: 10.1007/s40279-015-0423-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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BACKGROUND Head impacts and resulting head accelerations cause concussive injuries. There is no standard for reporting head impact data in sports to enable comparison between studies. OBJECTIVE The aim was to outline methods for reporting head impact acceleration data in sport and the effect of the acceleration thresholds on the number of impacts reported. METHODS A systematic review of accelerometer systems utilised to report head impact data in sport was conducted. The effect of using different thresholds on a set of impact data from 38 amateur senior rugby players in New Zealand over a competition season was calculated. RESULTS Of the 52 studies identified, 42% reported impacts using a >10-g threshold, where g is the acceleration of gravity. Studies reported descriptive statistics as mean ± standard deviation, median, 25th to 75th interquartile range, and 95th percentile. Application of the varied impact thresholds to the New Zealand data set resulted in 20,687 impacts of >10 g, 11,459 (45% less) impacts of >15 g, and 4024 (81% less) impacts of >30 g. DISCUSSION Linear and angular raw data were most frequently reported. Metrics combining raw data may be more useful; however, validity of the metrics has not been adequately addressed for sport. Differing data collection methods and descriptive statistics for reporting head impacts in sports limit inter-study comparisons. Consensus on data analysis methods for sports impact assessment is needed, including thresholds. Based on the available data, the 10-g threshold is the most commonly reported impact threshold and should be reported as the median with 25th and 75th interquartile ranges as the data are non-normally distributed. Validation studies are required to determine the best threshold and metrics for impact acceleration data collection in sport. CONCLUSION Until in-field validation studies are completed, it is recommended that head impact data should be reported as median and interquartile ranges using the 10-g impact threshold.
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- D King
- Sports Performance Research Institute New Zealand, School of Sport and Recreation, Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand. .,Emergency Department, Hutt Valley District Health Board, Private Bag 31-907, Lower Hutt, New Zealand.
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- Sports Performance Research Institute New Zealand, School of Sport and Recreation, Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand
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- School of Sport, Health and Applied Science, St Mary's University, Twickenham, Middlesex, UK
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- Sports Performance Research Institute New Zealand, School of Sport and Recreation, Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Faculty of Human Performance, Australian College of Physical Education, Sydney Olympic Park, NSW, Australia
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Lyman G, King D, Evuarhehe O, Powers D, Harrow B. Systematic review of the efficacy and safety of neurokinin-1 receptor antagonists for chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting: identification of the relevant clinical trials. Ann Oncol 2016. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdw390.11] [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: 11/13/2022] Open
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