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Green EA, Garrick SP, Peterson B, Berger PJ, Galinsky R, Hunt RW, Cho SX, Bourke JE, Nold MF, Nold-Petry CA. The Role of the Interleukin-1 Family in Complications of Prematurity. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24032795. [PMID: 36769133 PMCID: PMC9918069 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24032795] [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] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2022] [Revised: 01/20/2023] [Accepted: 01/22/2023] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Preterm birth is a major contributor to neonatal morbidity and mortality. Complications of prematurity such as bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD, affecting the lung), pulmonary hypertension associated with BPD (BPD-PH, heart), white matter injury (WMI, brain), retinopathy of prematurity (ROP, eyes), necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC, gut) and sepsis are among the major causes of long-term morbidity in infants born prematurely. Though the origins are multifactorial, inflammation and in particular the imbalance of pro- and anti-inflammatory mediators is now recognized as a key driver of the pathophysiology underlying these illnesses. Here, we review the involvement of the interleukin (IL)-1 family in perinatal inflammation and its clinical implications, with a focus on the potential of these cytokines as therapeutic targets for the development of safe and effective treatments for early life inflammatory diseases.
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- Elys A. Green
- Ritchie Centre, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, VIC 3168, Australia
- Department of Paediatrics, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC 3168, Australia
- Monash Newborn, Monash Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, VIC 3168, Australia
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- Ritchie Centre, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, VIC 3168, Australia
- Department of Paediatrics, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC 3168, Australia
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- Ritchie Centre, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, VIC 3168, Australia
- Department of Paediatrics, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC 3168, Australia
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- Ritchie Centre, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, VIC 3168, Australia
- Department of Paediatrics, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC 3168, Australia
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- Ritchie Centre, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, VIC 3168, Australia
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC 3168, Australia
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- Ritchie Centre, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, VIC 3168, Australia
- Department of Paediatrics, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC 3168, Australia
- Monash Newborn, Monash Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, VIC 3168, Australia
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- Ritchie Centre, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, VIC 3168, Australia
- Department of Paediatrics, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC 3168, Australia
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- Department of Pharmacology, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC 3168, Australia
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- Ritchie Centre, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, VIC 3168, Australia
- Department of Paediatrics, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC 3168, Australia
- Monash Newborn, Monash Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, VIC 3168, Australia
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- Ritchie Centre, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, VIC 3168, Australia
- Department of Paediatrics, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC 3168, Australia
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Green EA, Metz D, Galinsky R, Atkinson R, Skuza EM, Clark M, Gunn AJ, Kirkpatrick CM, Hunt RW, Berger PJ, Nold-Petry CA, Nold MF. Anakinra Pilot - a clinical trial to demonstrate safety, feasibility and pharmacokinetics of interleukin 1 receptor antagonist in preterm infants. Front Immunol 2022; 13:1022104. [PMID: 36389766 PMCID: PMC9647081 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.1022104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [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: 08/18/2022] [Accepted: 10/10/2022] [Indexed: 09/29/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), its complication pulmonary hypertension (BPD-PH) and preterm brain and gut injury lead to significant morbidity and mortality in infants born extremely prematurely. There is extensive evidence that the pro-inflammatory cytokine interleukin 1 (IL-1) plays a key role in the pathophysiology of these illnesses. Two decades of clinical use in paediatric and adult medicine have established an excellent safety and efficacy record for IL-1 blockade with IL-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1Ra, medication name anakinra). Building on robust pre-clinical evidence, the Anakinra Pilot trial aims to demonstrate safety and feasibility of administering anakinra to preterm infants, and to establish pharmacokinetics in this population. Its ultimate goal is to facilitate large studies that will test whether anakinra can ameliorate early-life inflammation, thus alleviating multiple complications of prematurity. METHODS AND ANALYSIS Anakinra Pilot is an investigator-initiated, single arm, safety and feasibility dose-escalation trial in extremely preterm infants born between 24 weeks 0 days (240) and 276 weeks of gestational age (GA). Enrolled infants will receive anakinra intravenously over the first 21 days after birth, starting in the first 24 h after birth. In the first phase, dosing is 1 mg/kg every 48 h, and dosage will increase to 1.5 mg/kg every 24 h in the second phase. Initial anakinra dosing was determined through population pharmacokinetic model simulations. During the study, there will be a interim analysis to confirm predictions before undertaking dose assessment. Anakinra therapy will be considered safe if the frequency of adverse outcomes/events does not exceed that expected in infants born at 240-276 weeks GA. CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION https://clinicaltrials.gov/, identifier NCT05280340.
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- Elys A. Green
- Department of Paediatrics, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- The Ritchie Centre, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- Monash Newborn, Monash Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Paediatrics, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- Monash Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- The Ritchie Centre, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- The Ritchie Centre, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- Monash Newborn, Monash Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- The Ritchie Centre, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Monash Newborn, Monash Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Science, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Physiology, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Monash Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Paediatrics, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- The Ritchie Centre, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- Monash Newborn, Monash Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- The Ritchie Centre, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Paediatrics, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- The Ritchie Centre, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Paediatrics, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- The Ritchie Centre, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- Monash Newborn, Monash Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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Roberts CT, Halibullah I, Bhatia R, Green EA, Kamlin COF, Davis PG, Manley BJ. Outcomes after Introduction of Minimally Invasive Surfactant Therapy in Two Australian Tertiary Neonatal Units. J Pediatr 2021; 229:141-146. [PMID: 33068569 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2020.10.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [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] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2020] [Revised: 10/09/2020] [Accepted: 10/12/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To assess the procedural and clinical outcomes associated with the introduction of minimally invasive surfactant therapy (MIST) into standard care at 2 tertiary Australian neonatal intensive care units. STUDY DESIGN A prospective audit was designed before the introduction of MIST in 2018, with data collected over a period of 18 months. Procedural data were completed by the clinical team performing MIST, including clinical observations, medication use, and adverse events. The audit team collected demographic data and subsequent clinical outcomes from medical records. RESULTS There were 135 MIST procedures recorded in 122 infants. For the included infants, the median gestation was 302/7 weeks (IQR, 276/7 to 322/7 weeks) and birth weight was 1439 g (IQR, 982-1958 g). During the MIST procedure, desaturation to a peripheral oxygen saturation of <80% was common, occurring in 75.2% of procedures. Other adverse events included need for positive pressure ventilation (10.6%) and bradycardia <100 beats per minute (13.3%). The use of atropine premedication was associated with a significantly lower incidence of bradycardia: 8.6% vs 52.9% (P < .01). Senior clinicians demonstrated higher rates of procedural success. The majority of infants (63.9%) treated with MIST did not require subsequent intubation and mechanical ventilation. CONCLUSIONS MIST can be successfully introduced in neonatal units with limited experience of this technique. The use of atropine premedication decreases the incidence of bradycardia during the procedure. Success rates can be optimized by limiting MIST to clinicians with greater competence in endotracheal intubation.
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- Calum T Roberts
- Monash Newborn, Monash Children's Hospital, Clayton, Victoria, Australia; Department of Paediatrics, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia; The Ritchie Centre, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.
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- Newborn Research Centre and Neonatal Services, The Royal Women's Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Monash Newborn, Monash Children's Hospital, Clayton, Victoria, Australia; Department of Paediatrics, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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- Monash Newborn, Monash Children's Hospital, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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- Newborn Research Centre and Neonatal Services, The Royal Women's Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Newborn Research Centre and Neonatal Services, The Royal Women's Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Newborn Research Centre and Neonatal Services, The Royal Women's Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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Shaw BH, Stiles LE, Bourne K, Green EA, Shibao CA, Okamoto LE, Garland EM, Gamboa A, Diedrich A, Raj V, Sheldon RS, Biaggioni I, Robertson D, Raj SR. The face of postural tachycardia syndrome - insights from a large cross-sectional online community-based survey. J Intern Med 2019; 286:438-448. [PMID: 30861229 PMCID: PMC6790699 DOI: 10.1111/joim.12895] [Citation(s) in RCA: 144] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND Patients with postural tachycardia syndrome (POTS) experience chronic symptoms of orthostatic intolerance. There are minimal data detailing the demographics, clinical features and clinical course of this condition. This online, community-based survey highlights patients' experience with POTS. It consists of the largest sample of POTS patients reported to date. OBJECTIVES To describe the demographics, past medical history, medications, treatments and diagnostic journey for patients living with POTS. METHODS Postural tachycardia syndrome patients completed an online, community-based, cross-sectional survey. Participants were excluded if they had not received a diagnosis of POTS from a physician. The questions focused on the patient experience and journey, rather than physiological responses. RESULTS The final analysis included 4835 participants. POTS predominantly affects white (93%) females (94%) of childbearing age, with approximately half developing symptoms in adolescence (mode 14 years). POTS is a chronic multisystem disorder involving a broad array of symptoms, with many patients diagnosed with comorbidities in addition to POTS. POTS patients often experience lengthy delays [median (interquartile range) 24 (6-72) months] and misdiagnosis, but the diagnostic delay is improving. POTS patients can present with a myriad of symptoms most commonly including lightheadedness (99%), tachycardia (97%), presyncope (94%), headache (94%) and difficulty concentrating (94%). CONCLUSIONS These data provide important insights into the background, clinical features and diagnostic journey of patients suffering from POTS. These data should serve as an essential step for moving forward with future studies aimed at early and accurate diagnoses of these patients leading to appropriate treatments for their symptoms.
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- B H Shaw
- Department of Cardiac Sciences, Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Department of Neurology, Stony Brook University School of Medicine, Stony Brook, NY, USA.,Dysautonomia International, East Moriches, NY, USA
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- Department of Cardiac Sciences, Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Autonomic Dysfunction Center, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Autonomic Dysfunction Center, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Autonomic Dysfunction Center, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Autonomic Dysfunction Center, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Autonomic Dysfunction Center, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Autonomic Dysfunction Center, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Cardiac Sciences, Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.,Department of Psychiatry, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Department of Cardiac Sciences, Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Autonomic Dysfunction Center, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Autonomic Dysfunction Center, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Cardiac Sciences, Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.,Autonomic Dysfunction Center, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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Millet I, Wong FS, Gurr W, Wen L, Zawalich W, Green EA, Flavell RA, Sherwin RS. Targeted expression of the anti-apoptotic gene CrmA to NOD pancreatic islets protects from autoimmune diabetes. J Autoimmun 2005; 26:7-15. [PMID: 16338119 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaut.2005.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2005] [Revised: 10/21/2005] [Accepted: 10/25/2005] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The activation of apoptosis is a critical mechanism by which pancreatic beta cells are destroyed in type 1 diabetes (T1DM). Strategies aimed at interfering with the apoptotic pathways could therefore be of potential therapeutic value. To this end, we generated NOD transgenic mice with targeted expression of the anti-apoptotic gene Cytokine response modifier A (CrmA) to pancreatic beta cells using the rat insulin promoter and the reverse tetracycline transactivator to express CrmA in a temporally controlled manner. Two lines of transgenic mice were studied whose expression of CrmA occurred only after feeding doxycycline food. Islet expression of CrmA partially protected pancreatic beta cells from the cytokine-mediated cytotoxicity in vitro and reduced modestly the spontaneous development of diabetes in NOD mice in vivo. In addition, beta cells from NOD CrmA mice were significantly protected from the destruction by diabetogenic T cells after adoptive transfer. More strikingly, NODCrmA mice were significantly resistant to the diabetogenic activity of a potent insulin-specific CD8 T-cell clone. Since these adoptive transfer models mainly represent the effector phase rather than the initiation phase of autoimmune diabetes, our data suggest that the latter is more sensitive to CrmA protection. We conclude that anti-apoptotic genes such as CrmA might be potential candidates to enhance islet graft survival in T1DM.
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- I Millet
- Department of Internal Medicine and Immunobiology, Section of Endocrinology, Yale University School of Medicine, P.O. Box 208020, 333 Cedar Street, TAC S141, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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Lowe CE, Cooper JD, Chapman JM, Barratt BJ, Twells RCJ, Green EA, Savage DA, Guja C, Ionescu-Tîrgovişte C, Tuomilehto-Wolf E, Tuomilehto J, Todd JA, Clayton DG. Cost-effective analysis of candidate genes using htSNPs: a staged approach. Genes Immun 2005; 5:301-5. [PMID: 15029236 DOI: 10.1038/sj.gene.6364064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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We have previously shown that the selection of haplotype tag single nucleotide polymorphisms (htSNPs) and their statistical analysis in a multi-locus transmission/disequilibrium test (TDT) results in a more cost-effective genotyping strategy in disease association studies of genes by minimising redundancy due to linkage disequilibrium between SNPs. Further savings can be achieved by the use of a two-stage genotyping strategy. This approach is illustrated here in conjunction with the multi-locus TDT in determining whether common alleles of the immune regulatory genes RANK and its ligand TRANCE (RANKL) are associated with type 1 diabetes (T1D). A saving of approximately 75% of potential genotyping reactions could be made with minimal loss of power. There was little evidence from our analysis for association between the TRANCE and RANK genes and T1D in the populations tested.
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- C E Lowe
- Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation/Wellcome Trust Diabetes and Inflammation Laboratory, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge, Wellcome Trust/MRC Building, Cambridge, UK
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Green EA, Flavell RA. Cytokine regulation of diabetes in experimental models. Curr Dir Autoimmun 2002; 4:193-217. [PMID: 11569403 DOI: 10.1159/000060538] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/21/2023]
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- E A Green
- Section of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, USA
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Christen U, Wolfe T, Möhrle U, Hughes AC, Rodrigo E, Green EA, Flavell RA, von Herrath MG. A dual role for TNF-alpha in type 1 diabetes: islet-specific expression abrogates the ongoing autoimmune process when induced late but not early during pathogenesis. J Immunol 2001; 166:7023-32. [PMID: 11390446 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.166.12.7023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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We report here that islet-specific expression of TNF-alpha can play a dual role in autoimmune diabetes, depending on its precise timing in relation to the ongoing autoimmune process. In a transgenic model (rat insulin promoter-lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus) of virally induced diabetes, TNF-alpha enhanced disease incidence when induced through an islet-specific tetracycline-dependent promoter system early during pathogenesis. Blockade of TNF-alpha during this phase prevented diabetes completely, suggesting its pathogenetic importance early in disease development. In contrast, TNF-alpha expression abrogated the autoimmune process when induced late, which was associated with a reduction of autoreactive CD8 lymphocytes in islets and their lytic activities. Thus, the fine-tuned kinetics of an autoreactive process undergo distinct stages that respond in a differential way to the presence of TNF-alpha. This observation has importance for understanding the complex role of inflammatory cytokines in autoimmunity.
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MESH Headings
- Administration, Oral
- Animals
- Apoptosis/genetics
- Apoptosis/immunology
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/pathology
- Cell Movement/immunology
- Cytotoxicity, Immunologic/genetics
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1/genetics
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1/immunology
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1/pathology
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1/prevention & control
- Disease Models, Animal
- Doxycycline/administration & dosage
- Gene Expression Regulation/immunology
- Incidence
- Insulin/genetics
- Islets of Langerhans/immunology
- Islets of Langerhans/metabolism
- Islets of Langerhans/pathology
- Lymphocyte Count
- Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis/genetics
- Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis/immunology
- Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis/virology
- Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus/immunology
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Transgenic
- Promoter Regions, Genetic/immunology
- Rats
- Time Factors
- Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/antagonists & inhibitors
- Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/biosynthesis
- Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/genetics
- Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/physiology
- Viral Load
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- U Christen
- Department of Neuropharmacology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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The inflammatory cytokine tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFalpha) has been linked to the development of several autoimmune diseases. By adapting the tetracycline-regulated gene transcription system, we generated a murine model where islet-specific expression of TNFalpha could be repressed/derepressed within 48 hr following introduction/removal of tetracycline in the drinking water. Here we describe the temporal importance of TNFalpha in diabetes development in mice expressing islet-specific B7-1 and TNFalpha. We show that the duration of TNFalpha-mediated inflammation, not the putative maturity of the immune system at the time of TNFalpha expression, determines diabetes progression. Further, we have described an interval between 21 and 25 days following initiation of TNFalpha expression where the fate of islet-reactive T cells is decided.
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- E A Green
- Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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It is speculated that presentation of self-peptides to autoreactive T cells normally results in T cell tolerance. In autoimmune conditions, breakdown in the tolerization process results in activation of self-reactive T cells and an immune attack on host tissues. Our understanding of the immune cells and signaling pathways that contribute to this breakdown in T cell tolerization mechanisms is beginning to be deciphered. In particular, the elucidation of the mechanisms that contribute to the release of host antigen, the identification of the antigen-presenting cells that present the host peptides to self-reactive T cells and the role of members of the tumor necrosis factor receptor/ligand families that contribute to inappropriate activation of self-reactive T cells is advancing. The accumulating data from these studies will hopefully provide new ideas for combating autoimmunity.
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- E A Green
- Section of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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In the past decade, a wealth of information has accumulated through studies in non-obese diabetic (NOD) mice regarding the molecular and cellular events that participate in the progression to diabetes in insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM). One molecule that has received considerable attention is the inflammatory cytokine tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha). TNF-alpha has been demonstrated to have a positive or negative effect on the progression to diabetes in NOD mice, although the mechanism by which TNF-alpha exerts these differential outcomes is unknown. Here we describe a new NOD model for analyzing the role of TNF-alpha in IDDM, TNF-alpha-NOD mice. TNF-alpha-NOD mice express TNF-alpha solely in their islets from neonatal life onwards, and develop accelerated progression to diabetes. This rapid progression to diabetes is related to earlier and more aggressive infiltration of the islets with immune cells and an enhancement in the presentation of islet antigen in situ in the islets by islet-infiltrating antigen-presenting cells to T cells. Although adoptive transfer studies demonstrated that TNF-alpha can enhance presentation of islet antigen to both effector CD4+ and CD8+ T cells, further investigations in TNF-alpha-NOD mice deficient in either CD4+ or CD8+ T cells demonstrated that diabetes progression is dependent on CD8+ T cells, with CD4+ T cells playing a lesser role. The data accumulating from TNF-alpha-NOD mice, described in this review, indicates novel pathways by which inflammatory stimuli can precipitate autoimmunity, and suggests newer approaches in the design of therapeutic treatments that prevent beta-cell destruction in IDDM.
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- E A Green
- Section of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- E A Green
- Section of Immunobiology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06510, USA
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The relationship of inflammation to autoimmunity has been long observed, but the underlying mechanisms are unclear. Here, we demonstrate that islet-specific expression of TNFalpha in neonatal nonobese diabetic mice accelerated diabetes. In neonatal transgenic mice, disease was preceded by apoptosis of some beta cells, upregulation of MHC class I molecules on residual islet cells, and influx and activation of both antigen-presenting cells bearing MHC-islet peptide complexes and T cells. Infiltrating dendritic cells/macrophages, but not B cells, from neonatal islets activated islet-specific T cells in vitro. Thus, inflammation can trigger autoimmunity by recruiting and activating dendritic cells/macrophages to present self-antigens to autoreactive T cells.
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- E A Green
- Section of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- E A Green
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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1. Like many indigenous populations, Australian Aboriginal people have developed high rates of obesity, non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) and cardiovascular and renal disease following the transition from a traditional to an 'urbanized' lifestyle. These conditions tend to cluster as part of the insulin resistance syndrome. 2. The prevalence of overweight people and obesity in Australian Aboriginal populations ranges from 0% in communities with a traditionally orientated lifestyle to well over 50% in the worst affected communities. There is a predominantly central pattern of fat deposition in both men and women, which is associated with greater insulin resistance and cardiovascular risk than is peripheral fat deposition. 3. Data from four previously published, population-based surveys in Aboriginal communities were combined to give a cohort of 1079 subjects of 15 years and older. Several conditions of the insulin resistance syndrome had a strong, positive association with increasing body mass index (BMI): NIDDM (both cross-sectionally and longitudinally), hypertension, dyslipidaemia and albuminuria. Remaining lean (BMI < 20 kg/m2) protected even older Aboriginal people from these conditions to a large extent. 4. Community based programmes to increase physical activity and improve dietary quality are likely to be the major means by which conditions associated with insulin resistance can be prevented in Aboriginal populations.
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- K G Rowley
- Deakin Institute of Human Nutrition, Deakin University, Malvern, Australia.
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An oligonucleotide, encoding a short epitope peptide tag, termed Pk, was inserted at the 3'-end of the gene coding B-subunit of Escherichia coli heat-labile enterotoxin (LTB). The presence of the Pk epitope on LTB-Pk was used to construct novel macromolecular assemblies comprising LTB-Pk, an anti-Pk mAb, (mAb SV5-P-k) and Pk-linked recombinant SIV proteins. The 1:1:1 stoichiometry of such complexes was ensured by binding LTB-Pk to one arm of mAb SV5-P-k and an SIV-Pk antigen to the other arm of the antibody. Such SIV-mAb-LTB macromolecular complexes bound to GM1-ganglioside in vitro, and when immunized systemically into mice were highly immunogenic, inducing both humoral and cell-mediated responses to the recombinant SIV antigens.
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- E A Green
- School of Biological and Medical Sciences, University of St. Andrews, Fife, UK
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Hanke T, Botting C, Green EA, Szawlowski PW, Rud E, Randall RE. Expression and purification of nonglycosylated SIV proteins, and their use in induction and detection of SIV-specific immune responses. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 1994; 10:665-74. [PMID: 8074930 DOI: 10.1089/aid.1994.10.665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [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: 01/28/2023] Open
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Two commercially available expression vectors were modified to generate plasmids pGEXcPk and pQ9cPk. Proteins expressed from pGEXcPk and pQ9cPk had a short oligopeptide tag termed Pk at their carboxy termini and either glutathione S-transferase (GST) or a small histidine (His) tag, respectively, at their N termini. GST fusion proteins can be purified on immobilized glutathione and proteins coupled to the His tag selectively bind to Ni(2+)-NTA columns. The Pk tag is recognized by monoclonal antibody (MAb) SV5-P-k, previously produced in our laboratory. Thus proteins expressed from the pGEXcPk and pQ9cPk vectors can be purified in a two-step procedure, first via the N-terminal tag and second via the C-terminal tag. The combination of two affinity purification steps significantly improves the antigen purity and selects for full-size proteins. Moreover, by using the MAbSV5-P-k in the second purification step, Pk-linked antigens can be assembled directly into solid matrix-antibody-antigen (SMAA) complexes for use as vaccines. The genes for nef, endonuclease, p15, p17, p27, protease, Rev, reverse transcriptase (rt), tat, vif, vpr, and vpx of simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV mac 251) were cloned and expressed as both GST-SIV-Pk and His-SIV-Pk proteins. Multivalent SMAA complexes were made that contained His-p17-Pk, His-p27-Pk, His-rt-Pk, His-vpx-Pk, and His-vpr-Pk. Following two immunizations of mice with this mixture, antibodies could be detected to all five SIV antigens. When compared to single-protein immunizations, the immunogenicity of some of the proteins in this cocktail was either enhanced or decreased. Mice were also immunized with His-p17-Pk or His-p17-Pk-antibody complexes in the presence or absence of alum. The antibody-antigen complexes induced two- to four-fold higher antibody levels than antigen alone but did not appear to be more immunogenic in inducing lymphoproliferative responses. Sera from SIV-infected macaques were tested for the presence of antibodies reacting with the recombinant proteins by Western blot analysis. Antibodies to endonuclease, p15, p17, p27, rt, and vif were readily detected, antibodies against protease and vpx were present at much lower levels, but no antibodies were detected to nef, rev, tat, or vpr. Thus, we have developed a comprehensive range of reagents (available on request) that can be used to examine immune responses to SIV in both mice and monkeys.
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- T Hanke
- School of Biological and Medical Sciences, Division of Cell and Molecular Biology, University of St. Andrews, Fife, U.K
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We report the first prospective evaluation of middle ear barotrauma in experienced recreational scuba divers. In this pilot study, tympanometric and otoscopic evaluations were performed daily on two experienced scuba divers engaged in multi-day repetitive diving. Middle ear pressures decreased in proportion to diving frequency, demonstrating eustachian tube dysfunction which promptly reversed upon cessation of diving Otoscopic evidence of traumatic injury to the middle ear occurred in proportion to diving frequency, and also readily reversed upon cessation of diving. Tympanic membrane compliance remained normal, often despite pronounced otoscopic abnormalities. Otologic symptoms and impairment of acuity were not observed. Tympanometry appears to be a valuable modality for the verification of middle ear hemorrhage or tympanic membrane rupture. This preliminary data should assist investigators in planning more comprehensive studies of middle ear barotrauma, including clinical trials of treatment and prophylactic interventions for this common condition.
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- S M Green
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Riverside General Hospital, California
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Garside P, Felstein MV, Green EA, Mowat AM. The role of interferon alpha/beta in the induction of intestinal pathology in mice. Immunol Suppl 1991; 74:279-83. [PMID: 1748474 PMCID: PMC1384605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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We have investigated the role of interferon-alpha/beta (IFN-alpha/beta) and IFN-dependent effector cells in causing enteropathy in mice. The IFN-inducer polyinosinic:polycytydylic acid (poly I:C) augmented the natural killer (NK) cell activation normally seen in neonatal (CBA x BALB/c)F1 mice with graft-versus-host reaction (GVHR) and exacerbated the systemic and intestinal consequences of GVHR. Poly I:C itself produced a similar pattern of intestinal pathology when administered to normal mice. The effects of poly I:C on NK cell activity and intestinal architecture in normal mice could be reproduced by a single injection of purified IFN-alpha/beta and the intestinal lesions caused by IFN-alpha/beta were prevented by in vivo depletion of NK cells with anti-asialo GM1. These results indicate that IFN-alpha/beta may play an important role in immunologically mediated enteropathies by virtue of its ability to activate NK cells.
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- P Garside
- Department of Immunology, University of Glasgow, Western Infirmary
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Transport and hydrolysis of glucagon in the rabbit proximal nephron were studied. Iodinated glucagon (0.34 +/- 0.02 pg/nl, mean +/- SE) was microperfused (16.0 +/- 1.1 nl/min) in vitro through proximal straight nephron segments for 30 min. Radiolabeled material, primarily 125I-tyrosine, appeared in the bathing medium in a linear fashion as a function of time (0.406 pg glucagon X mm tubule length-1 X min-1). Hydrolysis of glucagon by proximal tubule homogenates was pH dependent, with a large peak of activity observed at pH 7.0-7.4 and a smaller one at pH 3.0. Analytical cell fractionation studies of proximal tubule cells revealed glucagon-hydrolyzing activity associated with the brush border and cytosol at pH 7.4. Less than 3% of activity was found associated with the contraluminal membrane. Substantial catabolism was observed at lysosomes on lowering the pH to 5.0. Incubation of glucagon directly in the presence of isolated renal cortical microvilli confirmed the presence of a high-capacity glucagon-degrading hydrolase. In addition to glucagon-hydrolyzing activity associated with the proximal nephron, noncortical activity was observed that was not accounted for by proximal tubule hydrolases. The data suggest several mechanisms for renal extraction of glucagon, including hydrolysis by enzymes at the brush border of the proximal tubule, prior to reabsorption of metabolites there. Conversely, enzymes associated with the contraluminal membrane of the proximal nephron probably contribute little to its hydrolysis. Nonproximal extracortical degradation of glucagon may account for its previously observed peritubular hydrolysis.
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Sattler FR, Hall S, Hanna CE, Green EA. Efficacy of amdinocillin and lack of nephrotoxicity when combined with a second beta-lactam antibiotic for therapy of serious gram-negative bacillary infections. Am J Med 1983; 75:106-12. [PMID: 6310997 DOI: 10.1016/0002-9343(83)90104-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Seventy-eight patients with serious gram-negative bacillary infections were assigned at random to receive either amdinocillin or an aminoglycoside. In addition, each patient was also given a broad-spectrum penicillin or cephalosporin antibiotic. The clinical response to treatment was comparable in the two groups. Cures were effected in 35 (92 percent) of 38 patients treated with amdinocillin and a beta-lactam antibiotic, compared with 37 (93 percent) of 40 patients who were treated with an aminoglycoside/beta-lactam combination. For the entire group, only five (7 percent) of the 75 infecting organisms were resistant in vitro to the treatment beta-lactam or amdinocillin combination, and similarly only two (3 percent) organisms were resistant to the treatment aminoglycoside (p = 0.44). Although drug-related toxicity occurred with equal frequency in the two groups, six patients treated with an aminoglycoside experienced nephrotoxicity compared with none of the patients who received amdinocillin (p = 0.034). Thus, amdinocillin plus a broad-spectrum beta-lactam antibiotic may provide suitable empiric therapy for many patients with presumed gram-negative infection and so avoid the risk of aminoglycoside-induced nephrotoxicity.
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Harrison FA, Chambers SG, Green EA. Autotransplantation of the ovary to the neck in the sow: normal cyclic activity and plasma hormone levels [proceedings]. J Endocrinol 1979; 83:46P. [PMID: 521721] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The soil fumigants methyl bromide, chloropircrin and Basamid or mixtures of Basamid and chloropicrin proved to be of no use in filling T. trichiura ova in soil. However, on untreated plots the eggs died at a rate such than only 20% of the ova remained viable after 18 months.
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Green EA. A childhood wish fulfilled. Queens Nurs J 1976; 18:304-6. [PMID: 1045394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Lynch DM, Green EA, McFadzean JA, Pugh IM. Trichuris trichiura infestations in the United Kingdom and treatment with difetarsone. Br Med J 1972; 4:73-6. [PMID: 5077469 PMCID: PMC1786249 DOI: 10.1136/bmj.4.5832.73] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [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: 01/13/2023]
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Stool specimens were examined for the parasite Trichuris trichiura from 1,860 patients in 17 hospitals for the mentally subnormal in the U.K. It was found in 10 of these hospitals, and an overall incidence of 13.2% was recorded. Most cases occurred in the South, where the overall incidence was 36.3%.Difetarsone was used in the treatment of infestations in two hospitals, and proved to be very well tolerated, cure rates of 81 to 88% being obtained.
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Green EA, Taylor RH. The assessment and care of the deaf-blind child. Physiotherapy 1971; 57:415-7. [PMID: 5097735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Green EA, Taylor RH. A therapeutic play apparatus for the handicapped child. Physiotherapy 1971; 57:220-1. [PMID: 4253299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Green EA, Taylor RH. The remedial use of plastazote with severely handicapped children. Physiotherapy 1971; 57:68-70. [PMID: 4251345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Campbell ED, Green EA. Treatment of cerebral palsy in the severely subnormal. Rheumatol Phys Med 1970; 10:416-20. [PMID: 5484946 DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/10.8.416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Green EA, Taylor RH. A purpose-designed chair for severely handicapped children. Physiotherapy 1969; 55:376-7. [PMID: 4242115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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