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Herrick SJ, Lu W, Oursler J, Beninato J, Gbadamosi S, Durante A, Meyers E. Soft skills for success for job seekers with autism spectrum disorder. JVR 2022. [DOI: 10.3233/jvr-221203] [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: 11/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND: Direct Skills Teaching (DST) is a method for distilling a skill into digestible components for ease of teaching and learning of a new skill. Job retention is a complex phenomenon requiring numerous social competencies that include verbal and non-verbal fluency among others. Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) often struggle with social communication and therefore are at a disadvantage in employment settings; even when otherwise qualified for the position. OBJECTIVE: This preliminary pilot study tested the feasibility of a DST group intervention to assist individuals with ASD with work-related soft skills, with a particular focus on informal conversational skills. METHODS: Eight master’s level Rehabilitation Counseling students facilitated groups of adults with autism spectrum disorder seeking employment. Student facilitators followed the Conversing with Others manualized curriculum, designed to teach workplace based informal conversational soft skills. Participant feedback was sought both pre and post intervention, and student facilitators recorded their observations of each group session. RESULTS: The initial findings support the feasibility of soft-skills training for work-related conversational skills teaching for job seekers with ASD. The results also supported the need for significant adjustments to the intervention as well as any future studies of the small group intervention Conversing with Others. CONCLUSIONS: Workplace conversational skills can be facilitated in a small group setting. Master’s level counselors-in-training, were able to follow a manualized DST soft-skills small group.
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- Samantha J. Herrick
- Department of Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Counseling Professions, School of Health Professions, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ, USA
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- Department of Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Counseling Professions, School of Health Professions, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ, USA
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- Department of Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Counseling Professions, School of Health Professions, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ, USA
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- Department of Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Counseling Professions, School of Health Professions, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ, USA
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- Department of Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Counseling Professions, School of Health Professions, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ, USA
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- Department of Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Counseling Professions, School of Health Professions, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ, USA
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- Veterans Administration, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC, USA
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- E. Meyers
- Department of Bacteriology University of Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin
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- Department of Bacteriology University of Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin
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Noble LJ, Gonzalez IJ, Meruva VB, Callahan KA, Belfort BD, Ramanathan KR, Meyers E, Kilgard MP, Rennaker RL, McIntyre CK. Effects of vagus nerve stimulation on extinction of conditioned fear and post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms in rats. Transl Psychiatry 2017; 7:e1217. [PMID: 28892066 PMCID: PMC5611754 DOI: 10.1038/tp.2017.191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2017] [Revised: 06/05/2017] [Accepted: 07/04/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Exposure-based therapies help patients with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to extinguish conditioned fear of trauma reminders. However, controlled laboratory studies indicate that PTSD patients do not extinguish conditioned fear as well as healthy controls, and exposure therapy has high failure and dropout rates. The present study examined whether vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) augments extinction of conditioned fear and attenuates PTSD-like symptoms in an animal model of PTSD. To model PTSD, rats were subjected to a single prolonged stress (SPS) protocol, which consisted of restraint, forced swim, loss of consciousness, and 1 week of social isolation. Like PTSD patients, rats subjected to SPS show impaired extinction of conditioned fear. The SPS procedure was followed, 1 week later, by auditory fear conditioning (AFC) and extinction. VNS or sham stimulation was administered during half of the extinction days, and was paired with presentations of the conditioned stimulus. One week after completion of extinction training, rats were given a battery of behavioral tests to assess anxiety, arousal and avoidance. Results indicated that rats given SPS 1 week prior to AFC (PTSD model) failed to extinguish the freezing response after eleven consecutive days of extinction. Administration of VNS reversed the extinction impairment and attenuated reinstatement of the conditioned fear response. Delivery of VNS during extinction also eliminated the PTSD-like symptoms, such as anxiety, hyperarousal and social avoidance for more than 1 week after VNS treatment. These results provide evidence that extinction paired with VNS treatment can lead to remission of fear and improvements in PTSD-like symptoms. Taken together, these findings suggest that VNS may be an effective adjunct to exposure therapy for the treatment of PTSD.
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- L J Noble
- Behavior and Brain Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, USA,Behavior and Brain Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas, 800 W Campbell Rd, BSB 14.102E, Richardson, TX 75080, USA. E-mail:
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- Behavior and Brain Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, USA
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- Behavior and Brain Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, USA
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- Behavior and Brain Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, USA
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- Behavior and Brain Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, USA
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- Behavior and Brain Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, USA
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- Behavior and Brain Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, USA
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- Behavior and Brain Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, USA
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- Behavior and Brain Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, USA
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- Behavior and Brain Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, USA
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Manning N, Meyers E, Schmidt J, Claassen J, Connolly E, Lavine S, Meyers P. E-138 early treatment of ruptured aneurysms is associated with improved functional outcomes independent of aneurysm rebleeding. J Neurointerv Surg 2015. [DOI: 10.1136/neurintsurg-2015-011917.212] [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: 11/03/2022]
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Taylor KM, Meyers E, Phipps M, Kishnani PS, Cheng SH, Scheule RK, Moreland RJ. Dysregulation of multiple facets of glycogen metabolism in a murine model of Pompe disease. PLoS One 2013; 8:e56181. [PMID: 23457523 PMCID: PMC3572993 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0056181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2012] [Accepted: 01/07/2013] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Pompe disease, also known as glycogen storage disease (GSD) type II, is caused by deficiency of lysosomal acid α-glucosidase (GAA). The resulting glycogen accumulation causes a spectrum of disease severity ranging from a rapidly progressive course that is typically fatal by 1 to 2 years of age to a slower progressive course that causes significant morbidity and early mortality in children and adults. The aim of this study is to better understand the biochemical consequences of glycogen accumulation in the Pompe mouse. We evaluated glycogen metabolism in heart, triceps, quadriceps, and liver from wild type and several strains of GAA−/− mice. Unexpectedly, we observed that lysosomal glycogen storage correlated with a robust increase in factors that normally promote glycogen biosynthesis. The GAA−/− mouse strains were found to have elevated glycogen synthase (GS), glycogenin, hexokinase, and glucose-6-phosphate (G-6-P, the allosteric activator of GS). Treating GAA−/− mice with recombinant human GAA (rhGAA) led to a dramatic reduction in the levels of glycogen, GS, glycogenin, and G-6-P. Lysosomal glycogen storage also correlated with a dysregulation of phosphorylase, which normally breaks down cytoplasmic glycogen. Analysis of phosphorylase activity confirmed a previous report that, although phosphorylase protein levels are identical in muscle lysates from wild type and GAA−/− mice, phosphorylase activity is suppressed in the GAA−/− mice in the absence of AMP. This reduction in phosphorylase activity likely exacerbates lysosomal glycogen accumulation. If the dysregulation in glycogen metabolism observed in the mouse model of Pompe disease also occurs in Pompe patients, it may contribute to the observed broad spectrum of disease severity.
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- Kristin M. Taylor
- Genzyme, a Sanofi Company, Framingham, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Genzyme, a Sanofi Company, Framingham, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Genzyme, a Sanofi Company, Framingham, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Genzyme, a Sanofi Company, Framingham, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Genzyme, a Sanofi Company, Framingham, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Genzyme, a Sanofi Company, Framingham, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Ashe KM, Taylor KM, Chu Q, Meyers E, Ellis A, Jingozyan V, Klinger K, Finn PF, Cooper CGF, Chuang WL, Marshall J, McPherson JM, Mattaliano RJ, Cheng SH, Scheule RK, Moreland RJ. Inhibition of glycogen biosynthesis via mTORC1 suppression as an adjunct therapy for Pompe disease. Mol Genet Metab 2010; 100:309-15. [PMID: 20554235 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2010.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2010] [Revised: 04/30/2010] [Accepted: 05/01/2010] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Pompe disease, also known as glycogen storage disease (GSD) type II, is caused by deficiency of lysosomal acid alpha-glucosidase (GAA). The resulting glycogen accumulation causes a spectrum of disease severity ranging from a rapidly progressive course that is typically fatal by 1-2years of age to a more slowly progressive course that causes significant morbidity and early mortality in children and adults. Recombinant human GAA (rhGAA) improves clinical outcomes with variable results. Adjunct therapy that increases the effectiveness of rhGAA may benefit some Pompe patients. Co-administration of the mTORC1 inhibitor rapamycin with rhGAA in a GAA knockout mouse reduced muscle glycogen content more than rhGAA or rapamycin alone. These results suggest mTORC1 inhibition may benefit GSDs that involve glycogen accumulation in muscle.
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- Karen M Ashe
- Genzyme Corporation, 49 New York Avenue, Framingham, MA 01701-9322, USA
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Sinha P, Ostrovsky Y, Meyers E. Parsing visual scenes via dynamic cues. J Vis 2010. [DOI: 10.1167/6.6.95] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Meyers E, Hung C, Freedman D, Miller E, Kreiman G. Decoding of ITC cell activity closely predicts human visual similarity judgments. J Vis 2010. [DOI: 10.1167/7.9.106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Meyers E, Ostrovsky Y, Sinha P. Visual de-fragmentation via high spatial frequencies. J Vis 2010. [DOI: 10.1167/5.8.353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Meyers E, Cox DD, Sinha P. Neural responses to contextually defined faces. J Vis 2010. [DOI: 10.1167/3.9.101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Failures that occur in titanium-ceramic restorations are of concern in clinical dentistry. The purpose of this study was to nondestructively characterize the internal cracks and nonadherent defects at the titanium-porcelain interface using scanning acoustic microscopy. Titanium samples coated with porcelain without a bonding agent, with sputter coated palladium or chromium as an oxygen diffusion barrier on the titanium, and with the use of a porcelain bonding agent (control group) were compared. The scanning acoustic microscopy analyses were correlated with four-point bending test results. The group that was initially coated with palladium had fewer interfacial defects and a higher load to failure than the control group, and the group that did not contain the bonding agent had a higher void area and a lower load to failure than the control group. The use of chromium produced no differences from the control group. Samples after a four-point bending test were also analyzed by scanning electron microscopy. The scanning electron microscopy was not able to characterize interfacial defects at the fractured titanium-ceramic interface for some of the samples. The validity of nondestructive analysis at the Ti-ceramic interface using scanning acoustic microscopy was demonstrated in this study.
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- R R Wang
- Department of Restorative Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106-4950, USA.
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McLennan AG, Meyers E, Adams DG. The cyanobacterium Anabaena flos-aquae possesses diadenosine 5',5'''-P1,P4-tetraphosphate (Ap4A) phosphorylase activity. Biochem Soc Trans 1996; 24:417S. [PMID: 8878961 DOI: 10.1042/bst024417s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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- A G McLennan
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Liverpool, U.K
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Patel PS, Huang S, Fisher S, Pirnik D, Aklonis C, Dean L, Meyers E, Fernandes P, Mayerl F. Bacillaene, a novel inhibitor of procaryotic protein synthesis produced by Bacillus subtilis: production, taxonomy, isolation, physico-chemical characterization and biological activity. J Antibiot (Tokyo) 1995; 48:997-1003. [PMID: 7592068 DOI: 10.7164/antibiotics.48.997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Bacillaene, a novel polyene antibiotic, was discovered and isolated from fermentation broths of a strain of Bacillus subtilis. The novel antibiotic has a nominal molecular weight of 580 and an empirical formula of C35H48O7. Bacillaene is active against a broad spectrum of bacteria in agar-plate diffusion assays. Studies in vitro indicate that the antibiotic inhibits prokaryotic protein synthesis but not eukaryotic protein synthesis. Cell survival studies performed with strains of Escherichia coli indicate that the antibiotic is a bacteriostatic agent.
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- P S Patel
- Department of Biomolecular Screening, Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceutical Research Institute, Princeton, New Jersey, USA
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Terry BJ, Liu WC, Cianci CW, Proszynski E, Fernandes P, Bush K, Meyers E. Inhibition of herpes simplex virus type 1 DNA polymerase by the natural product oosporein. J Antibiot (Tokyo) 1992; 45:286-8. [PMID: 1556024 DOI: 10.7164/antibiotics.45.286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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- B J Terry
- Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceutical Research Institute, Princeton, New Jersey
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Johnson JH, Meyers E, O'Sullivan J, Phillipson DW, Robinson G, Trejo WH, Wells JS. Culpin, a novel hydroquinone antibiotic of fungal origin. J Antibiot (Tokyo) 1989; 42:1515-7. [PMID: 2808138 DOI: 10.7164/antibiotics.42.1515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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- J H Johnson
- Squibb Institute for Medical Research, Princeton, New Jersey 08543-4000
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- J E Biskupiak
- Squibb Institute for Medical Research, Princeton, N.J. 08543
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Meyers E, Bisacchi GS, Dean L, Liu WC, Minassian B, Slusarchyk DS, Sykes RB, Tanaka SK, Trejo W. Xylocandin: a new complex of antifungal peptides. I. Taxonomy, isolation and biological activity. J Antibiot (Tokyo) 1987; 40:1515-9. [PMID: 3693121 DOI: 10.7164/antibiotics.40.1515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Xylocandin is a complex of novel peptides with potent antifungal activity that is produced by Pseudomonas cepacia ATCC 39277. The complex was isolated from the fermentation broth by extraction with butanol-methanol, 9:1, followed by collection of the precipitate formed upon concentration of the solvent extract. Purification was effected by chromatography on reversed phase and size exclusion gels followed by TLC on silica gel. These techniques afforded eight components: A1, A2, B1, B2, C1, C2, D1 and D2. A mixture of the two closely related components, xylocandins A1 and A2, displayed potent anticandidal and antidermatophytic activities in vitro. The activity was diminished by the presence of serum or vaginal washings. No antibacterial activity was demonstrable.
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- E Meyers
- Squibb Institute for Medical Research, Princeton, New Jersey 08543-4000
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Magnesium balance, and plasma and urinary levels, were studied in spontaneously hypertensive (SHR), Wistar Kyoto (WKY) and in Wistar (WI) rats. We found few differences in the measured parameters between WKY and WI rats, but the SHR rat which similarly maintained Mg balance has lower plasma Mg levels and less urinary Mg excretion. These abnormalities could favor establishment or maintenance of hypertension.
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Meyers E, Cooper R, Dean L, Johnson JH, Slusarchyk DS, Trejo WH, Singh PD. Catacandins, novel anticandidal antibiotics of bacterial origin. J Antibiot (Tokyo) 1985; 38:1642-8. [PMID: 4093330 DOI: 10.7164/antibiotics.38.1642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Two novel antibiotics, catacandin A and catacandin B, were isolated from the fermentation broth of the bacterium, Lysobacter gummosus, by extraction and adsorption, reverse-phase and gel filtration chromatography. On the basis of their physico-chemical properties, they are acyltetramic acids that are easily distinguishable from others in this class. Catacandin A and catacandin B possess good anticandidal activity.
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Boucher MC, Meyers E. Effects of nitrous oxide anesthesia on intraocular air volume. Can J Ophthalmol 1983; 18:246-7. [PMID: 6627118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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To study the effect of nitrous oxide on the rate of absorption of intraocular air one eye of each of 20 rabbits was injected with 4 ml of air following lensectomy and total vitrectomy. After 24 hours the eyes of the 10 rabbits anesthetized with N2O had absorbed 25% more of the air than the eyes of the 10 rabbits anesthetized without N2O. These results suggest that the use of nitrous oxide for general anesthesia when air must be injected into the eye may be inadvisable.
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Meyers E, Cooper R, Trejo WH, Georgopapadakou N, Sykes RB. EM5519, a new broad-spectrum antibiotic produced by Pseudomonas fluorescens. J Antibiot (Tokyo) 1983; 36:190-3. [PMID: 6403499 DOI: 10.7164/antibiotics.36.190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Bush K, Freudenberger JS, Slusarchyk DS, Sykes RB, Meyers E. Activity of sulfa drugs and dihydrofolate reductase inhibitors against Candida albicans. Experientia 1982; 38:436-7. [PMID: 7044814 DOI: 10.1007/bf01952625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Growth of Candida albicans can be inhibited by sulfa drugs which prevent biosynthesis of folic acid. The dihydrofolate reductase (E.C. 1.5.1.3) inhibitors aminopterin and methotrexate also exhibit anticandidal activity, but trimethoprim does not. Kinetic evaluations with C. albicans dihydrofolate reductase indicate that methotrexate and aminopterin are tight-binding inhibitors whereas trimethoprim binds poorly.
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Ionomycin, a new polyether antibiotic with a high affinity for calcium ions, is obtained in pure form from fermentation broths of Streptomyces conglobatus sp. nov. Trejo by solvent extraction. It is unique amongst known polyether antibiotics in that it has a UV absorption maximum at 300 nm. thereby distinguishing it from other antibiotics of its class. The Ca salt has the molecular formula C41H70O9Ca. Ionomycin is a narrow spectrum antibiotic being active against Gram-positive bacteria.
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Charles AG, Norr KL, Block CR, Meyering S, Meyers E. Obstetric and psychological effects of psychoprophylactic preparation for childbirth. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1978; 131:44-52. [PMID: 645782 DOI: 10.1016/0002-9378(78)90472-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Medical records, personal interviews about the childbirth experience, and self-administered attitudinal and socioeconomic data were obtained 1 to 3 days post partum in a large metropolitan hospital, for 249 women, 95 of whom had taken psychoprophylaxis training for childbirth prior to delivery. When controlled by parity, psychoprophylactic preparation was not related to any obstetric differences except for lower levels of anesthesia for both primiparas and multiparas and lower levels of analgesia among multiparas only. Preparation was significantly related to lower levels of pain and higher levels of enjoyment during childbirth, and these psychological benefits did not diminish when controlled for parity, socioeconomic status, and four sets of psychological and attitudinal characteristics.
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Brown WE, Szanto J, Meyers E, Kawamura T, Arima K. Taeniacidal activity of streptothricin antibiotic complex S15-1 (SQ 21,704). J Antibiot (Tokyo) 1977; 30:886-9. [PMID: 563393 DOI: 10.7164/antibiotics.30.886] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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The taxonomic description of Streptomyces laurentii, a new species related to but distinguishable from the S. fradiae group, is presented. This new species produces thiostrepton but bears no taxonomic relationship to the known producers of the antibiotic: S. azureus, S. hawaiiensis, and Streptomyces X-14b.
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Meyers E, Pansy FE, Basch HI, McRipley RJ, Slusarchyk DS, Graham SF, Trejo WH. EM49, a new peptide antibiotic. 3. biological characterization in vitro and in vivo. J Antibiot (Tokyo) 1973; 26:457-62. [PMID: 4209832 DOI: 10.7164/antibiotics.26.457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Meyers E, Brown WE, Principe PA, Rathnum ML, Parker WL. EM49, a new peptide antibiotic. I. Fermentation, isolation, and preliminary characterization. J Antibiot (Tokyo) 1973; 26:444-8. [PMID: 4209531 DOI: 10.7164/antibiotics.26.444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Meyers E, Slusarchyk DS, Pansy FE, Basch HI, Trejo WH. Biological characterization of diumycin, a phosphorus-containing glycolipid antibiotic. J Antibiot (Tokyo) 1972; 25:163-70. [PMID: 5034812 DOI: 10.7164/antibiotics.25.163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Liu WC, Parker L, Slusarchyk S, Greenwood GL, Grahm SF, Meyers E. Isolation, characterization, and structure of rabelomycin, a new antibiotic. J Antibiot (Tokyo) 1970; 23:437-41. [PMID: 5459625 DOI: 10.7164/antibiotics.23.437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Meyers E, Miraglia GJ, Smith DA, Basch HI, Pansy FE, Trejo WH, Donovick R. Biological characterization of prasinomycin, a phosphorus-containing antibiotic. Appl Microbiol 1968; 16:603-8. [PMID: 5647519 PMCID: PMC547477 DOI: 10.1128/am.16.4.603-608.1968] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Prasinomycin, a new antibiotic from the green spore streptomycete, Streptomyces prasinus, primarily inhibits the growth of gram-positive microorganisms. Like penicillin, it is effective only against growing cells. Though primarily bacteriostatic at levels about the minimal inhibitory concentration, it is bactericidal at higher levels. Neither synergism nor antagonism could be demonstrated for prasinomycin with a variety of other antibiotics. It is highly active upon subcutaneous administration to mice infected with Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pyogenes C203, or Diplococcus pneumoniae. Prasinomycin has a unique prophylactic action whereby one dose protects mice against experimental infections for as long as 2 months. It is more effective against S. aureus infections in mice when administered subcutaneously 20 hr prior to infection than when given in divided doses 1 hr before and 4 hr after infection.
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Meyers E, Smith DA, Donovick R. Bioautographic technique for a rapid survey of microbial populations for the production of antibiotics and other metabolites. Appl Microbiol 1968; 16:10-2. [PMID: 4865897 PMCID: PMC547294 DOI: 10.1128/am.16.1.10-12.1968] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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A method is described for the detection of microorganisms capable of producing antibiotics or other metabolites. The microbial population under study was bioautographed against any desired indicator organism. This was easily accomplished by lifting the entire agar layer out of a petri dish on which the microbial population was grown and transferring it to an agar surface seeded with an indicator organism. The use of this technique in the search for metabolites other than antibiotics is pointed out. The advantages of the method, over previously reported methods, are discussed.
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Weisenborn FL, Bouchard JL, Smith D, Pansy F, Maestrone G, Miraglia G, Meyers E. The prasinomycins: antibiotics containing phosphorus. Nature 1967; 213:1092-4. [PMID: 5339816 DOI: 10.1038/2131092a0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Gregg NM, Beavis WR, Heseltine M, Machin AK, Vickery D, Meyers E. THE OCCURRENCE OF CONGENITAL DEFECTS IN CHILDREN FOLLOWING MATERNAL RUBELLA DURING PREGNANCY. Med J Aust 1945. [DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1945.tb96480.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Affiliation(s)
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- Australian Army Medical CorpsAustralia
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