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Frost H, Tooman T, Cowie J, Gillespie N, Ackerman P, Krievs E, Dziedzic K. Advanced Practice Physiotherapists and the implementation of the JIGSAW-E model for the management of osteoarthritis in Scottish primary care settings: a qualitative case study. Physiotherapy 2022; 117:81-88. [PMID: 36244276 DOI: 10.1016/j.physio.2022.08.007] [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: 01/14/2022] [Revised: 07/21/2022] [Accepted: 08/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To explore the acceptability, barriers and enablers of NICE guidelines for osteoarthritis in the Scottish primary care setting using the Joint Implementation of Guidelines for Osteoarthritis in Western Europe (JIGSAW-E) model and investigate the role of Advanced Physiotherapy Practitioners (APPs) in providing evidence-based care. DESIGN A qualitative case study comprised of semi-structured interviews followed by a workshop with participants. SETTING 10 Scottish primary care practices. PARTICIPANTS Six general practitioners (GPs) and eight APPs were interviewed. Twenty-three practitioners attended the workshop including 22 physiotherapists and one GP. RESULTS While both GPs and APPs recognised the need to improve and standardise osteoarthritis care delivery, this study found that APPs were better situated to implement the evidence-based model. Barriers to implementation included lack of time for training, limited appointment time for GPs to consult and discuss medication use with patients, limitation of disease specific guidelines for patients with complex multimorbidity, and system-based barriers such as electronic data collection and high staff turnover. The key enabler was practitioners' motivation to provide optimal, standardised quality care for osteoarthritis. To increase acceptance, ownership and usability for both practitioners and patients, the JIGSAW-E model materials required adaptation to the local context. CONCLUSION This study provides evidence that the JIGSAW-E model is acceptable in Scottish primary care. Furthermore, the evolving roles of GPs and APPs within multidisciplinary primary care teams provides a platform to implement the JIGSAW-E model, where APPs are well placed to provide leadership and training in the delivery of evidence-based care for osteoarthritis.
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- H Frost
- Edinburgh Napier University, The School of Health and Social Care, Scotland, UK; University of Edinburgh, Advanced Care Research Centre (ACRC), Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.
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- University of Edinburgh, Advanced Care Research Centre (ACRC), Edinburgh, Scotland, UK; University of Dundee, School of Medicine, Scotland, UK; University of St Andrews, School of Medicine, St Andrews, Scotland, UK.
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- Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professions Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences & Sport, University of Stirling, Scotland, UK.
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- Edinburgh Napier University, The School of Health and Social Care, Scotland, UK.
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- Department of Physiotherapy, NHS Lothian, St John's Hospital, Livingston, Scotland UK.
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- Dalhousie Medical Practice, Bonnyrigg Health Centre, Midlothian, Scotland, UK.
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- Impact Accelerator Unit, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Keele University, England, UK.
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Frost H, Bond T, Sizmur T, Felipe-Sotelo M. A review of microplastic fibres: generation, transport, and vectors for metal(loid)s in terrestrial environments. Environ Sci Process Impacts 2022; 24:504-524. [PMID: 35348562 DOI: 10.1039/d1em00541c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The laundering of synthetic fabrics has been identified as an important and diffuse source of microplastic (<5 mm) fibre contamination to wastewater systems. Home laundering can release up to 13 million fibres per kg of fabric, which end up in wastewater treatment plants. During treatment, 72-99% of microplastics are retained in the residual sewage sludge, which can contain upwards of 56 000 microplastics per kg. Sewage sludge is commonly disposed of by application to agricultural land as a soil amendment. In some European countries, application rates are up to 91%, representing an important pathway for microplastics to enter the terrestrial environment, which urgently requires quantification. Sewage sludge also often contains elevated concentrations of metals and metalloids, and some studies have quantified metal(loid) sorption onto various microplastics. The sorption of metals and metalloids is strongly influenced by the chemical properties of the sorbate, the solution chemistry, and the physicochemical properties of the microplastics themselves. Plastic-water partition coefficients for the sorption of cadmium, mercury and lead onto microplastics are up to 8, 32, and 217 mL g-1 respectively. Sorptive capacities of microplastics may increase over time, due to environmental degradation processes increasing the specific surface area and surface density of oxygen-containing functional groups. A range of metal(loid)s, including cadmium, chromium, and zinc, have been shown to readily desorb from microplastics under acidic conditions. Sorbed metal(loid)s may therefore become more bioavailable to soil organisms when the microplastics are ingested, due to the acidic gut conditions facilitating desorption. Polyester (polyethylene terephthalate) should be of particular focus for future research, as few quantitative sorption studies currently exist, it is potentially overlooked from density separation studies due to its high density, and it is by far the most widely used fibre in apparel textiles production.
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- H Frost
- Department of Chemistry, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey GU2 7XH, UK.
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH, UK
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- Department of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Reading, Reading, RG6 6DW, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey GU2 7XH, UK.
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PHILLIPS L, Fitzpatrick P, Stephenson L, Goodwin L, Frost H, Ward J, Graham D, Ebah L, Mitra S, Landers D. POS-042 THE IN-HOME STUDY: THE FEASIBILITY AND ACCEPTABILITY OF IN-HOME CREATININE MONITORING FOR EARLY DIAGNOSIS OF ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY DURING CHEMOTHERAPY FOR CANCER PATIENTS. Kidney Int Rep 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ekir.2022.01.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Frost H, Cowie J, Tooman T, Dziedzic K. FRI0401 IMPLEMENTATION OF NICE GUIDELINES FOR OSTEOARTHRITIS IN PRIMARY CARE. FEASIBILITY STUDY OF JIGSAW-E IN SCOTLAND. Ann Rheum Dis 2020. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2020-eular.1239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Background:In the UK osteoarthritis (OA) is a common musculoskeletal problem with 8.75 million people seeking treatment in 20151.Evidence-based guidelines are available for the management of OA but implementation into routine daily practice remains complex. The Joint Implementation of Guidelines for Osteoarthritis in Western Europe (JIGSAW-E) model of care was developed and evaluated in England and implemented in Europe with an aim to optimise quality primary care for OA, support self-management and promote use of NICE guidelines2. The intervention includes:1. An OA guidebook for patients2. A model OA consultation for primary care3. Training for practitioners to deliver the model consultation4. Measures of quality care using an e-templateObjectives:To explore the feasibility of implementing the JIGSAW-E model to support people with OA in Scottish primary care.Research questions were informed by the Theoretical Domains Framework with an aim of:1) Exploring knowledge and beliefs about OA and its management in primary care.2) Identifying determinants for change; barriers and facilitators to implementing the JIGSAW-E model in Scotland.Methods:This qualitative study was comprised of 2 phases:Phase 1 included semi-structured interviews with health professionals (GPs and Extended Scope Practitioners) working in primary care. A purposeful sampling approach aimed to provide geographical and professional representation across Scotland. Interviews were recorded, transcribed and analysed using a theoretically-informed thematic framework approach.Phase 2 involved an engagement workshop that allowed for refinement and direct validation of emergent findings.Results:90 invitations were sent to practice managers in primary care. 14 participants from 10 practices across 6 Health Boards in Scotland were recruited for interviews, including 6 GPs and 8 Physiotherapy Extended Scope Practitioners (ESPs). 23 participants attended the engagement workshop (ESPs = 22, GPs =1). Thematic analysis indicated four main themes related to the research questions:1) Most participants were aware of NICE guidelines and believed they provided evidence-based OA care, and yet, for example, prescribing of co-codamol remained high. Physiotherapy ESPs were more likely to follow OA guidelines than GPs.2) Adaptations of the JIGSAW-E model are needed to support OA management in the Scottish context. For example, in addition to adapting the guidebook for local relevance, the e-template was met with resistance due to technological barriers.3) System-based barriers to implementation of the JIGSAW-E model included; lack of overall time for external training for practitioners; limited time in GP/patient appointments to consult and explain medication use and importance of physical activity. In part because patients usually present with multi-morbidities.4) The roll out of ESPs across Scotland in primary care provides a potential key for the delivery of sustainable evidence-based care in the Scottish health system.Conclusion:Overall, participants were in favour of the JIGSAW-E model in Scotland. Contextual adaptation of written materials would increase acceptance, ownership and usability by both practitioners and patients. The evolving role of GPs and ESPs is key to implementation, where ESPs provide leadership in the delivery of evidence-based care for patients with osteoarthritis.References:[1]Arthritis Research UK. State of Musculoskeletal Health 2017.[2]Dziedzic KS et al. Implementation of musculoskeletal Models of Care in primary care settings: Theory, practice, evaluation and outcomes for musculoskeletal health in high-income economies. Best practice & research Clinical rheumatology 2016;30(3):375-97.Acknowledgements:Thanks are due to the JIGSAW-E team, all participants, SISCC and EIT for funding.Disclosure of Interests:None declared
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- A H R W Simpson
- Bone & Joint Research, London, UK; George Harrison Law Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery; Department of Orthopaedics, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- School of Health and Social Care Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh, UK
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- Director, Edinburgh Clinical Trials Unit, (ECTU) Co-Director, Centre for Population Health Sciences, Usher Institute, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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ZusammenfassungBei Kaninchen, die 14 Tage bzw. 3 Wochen mit cholesterinreicher Nahrung gefüttert wurden, konnten ausnahmslos zahlreiche Thrombozyten an der Wand der Bauch aorta und der Aa. carotides mit Hilfe eines Raster-Elektronenmikroskops adhärent gefunden werden. Darüberhinaus zeigten sich vermehrt Endothelabschilferungen und tröpfchenförmige Adhäsionen, die für Fett gehalten werden. Andere Elemente des strömenden Blutes waren nicht festzustellen. Bei Kontrolltieren wurden in den entsprechenden Gefäßen keine Wandadhäsionen gefunden.Es wird angenommen, daß eine alimentäre Hypercholesterinämie zu Fettphago-zytose und erhöhter Adhäsionsbereitschaft der Thrombozyten führt. Darüberhinaus können bei Hypercholesterinämie anscheinend Fetttröpfchen auch direkt an der Gefäßwand adhärent werden.Das weitere Schicksal solcher Wandadhäsionen wird diskutiert.
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Cuncic C, Regehr G, Frost H, Bates J. It's all about relationships : A qualitative study of family physicians' teaching experiences in rural longitudinal clerkships. Perspect Med Educ 2018; 7:100-109. [PMID: 29532346 PMCID: PMC5889386 DOI: 10.1007/s40037-018-0416-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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INTRODUCTION The relationship between preceptor and trainee is becoming recognized as a critical component of teaching, in particular in the negotiation of feedback and in the formation of professional identity. This paper elaborates on the nature of the relationships between preceptor and student that evolve in the context of rural longitudinal integrated clerkships (LICs). METHODS We drew on constructivist grounded theory for the research approach. We interviewed nine LIC family practice preceptors from three sites at one educational institution. We adapted the interview framework based on early findings. We analyzed the data through a constant comparative process. We then drew on concepts of relationship-based learning as sensitizing concepts in a secondary analysis. RESULTS We constructed three themes from the data. First, preceptors developed trusting professional and personal relationships with students over time. These relationships expanded to include friendship, advocacy, and ongoing contact beyond the clerkship year. Second, preceptors' approach to teaching was anchored in the relationship with an understanding of the individual student. Third, preceptors set learning goals collaboratively with their students, based not only on program objectives, but also with the student as a future physician in mind. DISCUSSION Our findings suggest that rural family medicine preceptors developed engaged and trusting relationships with their students over time. These relationships imbued all activities of teaching and learning with an individual and personal focus. This orientation may be a key factor in supporting the learning outcomes demonstrated for students studying in rural LICs.
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- Cary Cuncic
- Centre for Health Education Scholarship, departments of Medicine, Surgery and Family Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
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- Centre for Health Education Scholarship, departments of Medicine, Surgery and Family Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Centre for Health Education Scholarship, departments of Medicine, Surgery and Family Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Centre for Health Education Scholarship, departments of Medicine, Surgery and Family Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Faradji A, Bohbot A, Schmitt-Goguel M, Dumont S, Eischen A, Wiesel M, Stierle A, Follea G, Eber M, Bergerat J, Bartholeyns J, Poindron P, Witz J, Frost H, Oberling F. Apheresis-Elutriation Program for Adoptive Immunotherapy with Autologous Activated Monocytes in Cancer Patients. Int J Artif Organs 2018. [DOI: 10.1177/039139889101400511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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- A. Faradji
- Département d'Onco-Hématologie, CHU Hautepierre, Strasbourg - France
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- Département d'Onco-Hématologie, CHU Hautepierre, Strasbourg - France
- Institut d'Immuno-Hématologie, Hôpital Civil, Strasbourg - France
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- Département d'Onco-Hématologie, CHU Hautepierre, Strasbourg - France
- Institut d'Immuno-Hématologie, Hôpital Civil, Strasbourg - France
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- Département d'Immunologie-Immunopharmacologie, UER Pharmacie, Strasbourg - France
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- Institut d'Immuno-Hématologie, Hôpital Civil, Strasbourg - France
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- Centre Régional de Transfusion Sanguine, Strasbourg - France
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- Centre Régional de Transfusion Sanguine, Strasbourg - France
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- Centre Régional de Transfusion Sanguine, Strasbourg - France
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- Centre Anticancer eux Paul Strauss, Strasbourg - France
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- Département d'Onco-Hématologie, CHU Hautepierre, Strasbourg - France
- Institut d'Immuno-Hématologie, Hôpital Civil, Strasbourg - France
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- Département d'Immunologie-Immunopharmacologie, UER Pharmacie, Strasbourg - France
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- Département d'Immunologie-Immunopharmacologie, UER Pharmacie, Strasbourg - France
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- Département d'Onco-Hématologie, CHU Hautepierre, Strasbourg - France
- Service de Chirurgie Thoracique, Hôpital Civil, Strasbourg - France
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- Ciba-Geigy Limited, Basle - Switzerland
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- Département d'Onco-Hématologie, CHU Hautepierre, Strasbourg - France
- Institut d'Immuno-Hématologie, Hôpital Civil, Strasbourg - France
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Barma M, Donnan PT, McGilchrist MM, Frost H, McMurdo MET, Witham MD. 156Hypernatraemia Presence, But Not Severity Or Recovery Rate, Is Associated With Increased 6-Month Mortality In Hospitalised Older Adults. Age Ageing 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afx060.156] [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: 11/14/2022] Open
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Barma M, Donnan PT, McGilchrist MM, Frost H, McMurdo MET, Witham MD. 57EVALUATION OF C-REACTIVE PROTEIN AS A POSSIBLE MEASURE OF BIOLOGICAL RESILIENCE IN OLDER PEOPLE. Age Ageing 2016. [DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afw033.01] [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: 11/12/2022] Open
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Frost H, Mortensen CR, Secher NH, Nielsen HB. Postoperative volume balance: does stroke volume increase in Trendelenburg's position? Clin Physiol Funct Imaging 2015; 37:314-316. [PMID: 26519213 DOI: 10.1111/cpf.12306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [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: 06/19/2015] [Accepted: 08/18/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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In healthy humans, stroke volume (SV) and cardiac output (CO) do not increase with expansion of the central blood volume by head-down tilt or administration of fluid. Here, we exposed 85 patients to Trendelenburg's position about one hour after surgery while cardiovascular variables were determined non-invasively by Modelflow. In Trendelenburg's position, SV (83 ± 19 versus 89 ± 20 ml) and CO (6·2 ± 1·8 versus 6·8 ± 1·8 l/min; both P<0·05) increased, while heart rate (75 ± 15 versus 76 ± 14 b min-1 ) and mean arterial pressure were unaffected (84 ± 15 versus 84 ± 16 mmHg). For the 33 patients (39%) with a > 10% increase in SV (from 78 ± 16 to 90 ± 17 ml) corresponding to an increase in CO from 5·9 ± 1·5 to 6·9 ± 1·6 l min-1 (P<0·05) when tilted head-down, administration of 250 ml Ringer's lactate solution increased SV (to 88 ± 18 ml) and CO (to 6·8 ± 1·7 l min-1 ). In conclusion, determination of SV and/or CO in Trendelenburg's position can be used to evaluate whether a patient is in need of IV fluid as here exemplified after surgery.
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- H Frost
- Department of Anaesthesia, The Abdominal Center, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Anaesthesia, The Abdominal Center, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Anaesthesia, The Abdominal Center, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Anaesthesia, The Abdominal Center, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Basu U, Goodbrand J, McMurdo MET, Donnan PT, McGilchrist M, Frost H, George J, Witham MD. 40 * ASSOCIATION BETWEEN ALLOPURINOL USE AND HIP FRACTURE IN OLDER PATIENTS DISCHARGED FROM REHABILITATION. Age Ageing 2015. [DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afv030.01] [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: 11/14/2022] Open
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Doyle EM, Sloan JM, Goodbrand J, McMurdo MET, Donnan PT, McGilchrist M, Frost H, Witham MD. 42 * THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RENAL FUNCTION, PHYSICAL FUNCTION AND SURVIVAL IN OLDER PATIENTS DISCHARGED FROM INPATIENT REHABILITATION. Age Ageing 2015. [DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afv031.01] [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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Goodbrand JA, Hughes LD, McMurdo MET, Donnan PT, Frost H, McGilchrist M, Cochrane L, Witham MD. 82 * ASSOCIATION BETWEEN BISPHOSPHONATE THERAPY AND REHABILITATION OUTCOMES IN OLDER PEOPLE. Age Ageing 2014. [DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afu038.7] [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: 11/14/2022] Open
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Goodbrand J, Hughes L, McMurdo M, Donnan P, Frost H, McGilchrist M, Cochrane L, Witham M. Association between bisphosphonate therapy and rehabilitation outcomes in older people. Eur Geriatr Med 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.eurger.2013.07.349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Brett Schrewe
- Centre for Health Education Scholarship, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
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Haw SJ, Frank JW, Frost H, Geddes RV, Jackson CA, Mooney JD. Public health programme and policy options for improving health equitably. J R Coll Physicians Edinb 2011; 41:3-4. [PMID: 21365057 DOI: 10.4997/jrcpe.2011.101] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023] Open
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Stokes S, Kalson N, Earl M, Frost H, Whitehead AG, Tyrrell-Marsh I, Davies A. Bronchial asthma on Mount Kilimanjaro is not a disadvantage. Thorax 2008; 63:936-7. [PMID: 18820122 DOI: 10.1136/thx.2008.102327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Frost H, Lamb SE, Doll HA, Stewart-Brown S, Carver PT. Randomized Controlled Trial of Physiotherapy Compared to Advice for Low Back Pain. physioscience 2005. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-858409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Cai W, Colony JL, Frost H, Hudspeth JP, Kendall PM, Krishnan AM, Makowski T, Mazur DJ, Phillips J, Ripin DHB, Ruggeri SG, Stearns JF, White TD. Investigation of Practical Routes for the Kilogram-Scale Production of cis-3-Methylamino-4-methylpiperidines. Org Process Res Dev 2005. [DOI: 10.1021/op049808k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Weiling Cai
- Chemical Research and Development, Pfizer Global Research Division, Pfizer Inc., Eastern Point Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340, U.S.A
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- Chemical Research and Development, Pfizer Global Research Division, Pfizer Inc., Eastern Point Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340, U.S.A
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- Chemical Research and Development, Pfizer Global Research Division, Pfizer Inc., Eastern Point Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340, U.S.A
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- Chemical Research and Development, Pfizer Global Research Division, Pfizer Inc., Eastern Point Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340, U.S.A
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- Chemical Research and Development, Pfizer Global Research Division, Pfizer Inc., Eastern Point Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340, U.S.A
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- Chemical Research and Development, Pfizer Global Research Division, Pfizer Inc., Eastern Point Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340, U.S.A
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- Chemical Research and Development, Pfizer Global Research Division, Pfizer Inc., Eastern Point Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340, U.S.A
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- Chemical Research and Development, Pfizer Global Research Division, Pfizer Inc., Eastern Point Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340, U.S.A
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- Chemical Research and Development, Pfizer Global Research Division, Pfizer Inc., Eastern Point Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340, U.S.A
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- Chemical Research and Development, Pfizer Global Research Division, Pfizer Inc., Eastern Point Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340, U.S.A
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- Chemical Research and Development, Pfizer Global Research Division, Pfizer Inc., Eastern Point Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340, U.S.A
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- Chemical Research and Development, Pfizer Global Research Division, Pfizer Inc., Eastern Point Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340, U.S.A
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- Chemical Research and Development, Pfizer Global Research Division, Pfizer Inc., Eastern Point Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340, U.S.A
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Taylor S, Frost H, Taylor A, Barker K. Reliability and responsiveness of the shuttle walking test in patients with chronic low back pain. Physiother Res Int 2004; 6:170-8. [PMID: 11725598 DOI: 10.1002/pri.225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [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: 11/10/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Walking is an important functional activity and the shuttle walking test has been shown to be a useful test for patients with chronic airways obstruction and heart failure. The test has been used in low back pain research over recent years and has increasingly been used as an outcome measure to investigate treatment efficacy in patients with low back pain. The aim of the present study was to determine the reliability and responsiveness of the shuttle walking test within a group of patients with low back pain (with or without sciatica). METHOD Reliability of the shuttle walking test was determined on a group of patients with low back pain (n = 44) using the Bland and Altman (1986) limits of agreement and the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC). Responsiveness was assessed using the standardized effect size. The mean distance walked within a patient population (n = 337) was compared with an age- and sex-matched group of healthy subjects (n = 122). RESULTS The shuttle walking test obtained an ICC score of 0.99, whereas the limits of agreement test gave a mean difference of 2.5 m with upper and lower limits of agreement of 52 m and -47 m, respectively. Patients undertaking fitness training reached an effect size of 1.2 compared to a control group of 0.23 and 0.94 for a group undergoing various orthopaedic treatments. CONCLUSIONS The present study has shown that the shuttle walking test is a reliable and responsive test within a group of patients with low back pain, with or without sciatica. It is simple to administer and provides a quick method of measuring one aspect of a patient's physical function.
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- Physiotherapy Department, Royal London Hospital, London.
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Lamb SE, Frost H, Carver T, Stewart-Brown S. Multi-centred Randomised Controlled Trial of Advice versus Physiotherapy for Low Back Pain. Physiotherapy 2002. [DOI: 10.1016/s0031-9406(05)61277-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Brennan ML, Wu W, Fu X, Shen Z, Song W, Frost H, Vadseth C, Narine L, Lenkiewicz E, Borchers MT, Lusis AJ, Lee JJ, Lee NA, Abu-Soud HM, Ischiropoulos H, Hazen SL. A tale of two controversies: defining both the role of peroxidases in nitrotyrosine formation in vivo using eosinophil peroxidase and myeloperoxidase-deficient mice, and the nature of peroxidase-generated reactive nitrogen species. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:17415-27. [PMID: 11877405 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m112400200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 412] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Nitrotyrosine is widely used as a marker of post-translational modification by the nitric oxide ((.)NO, nitrogen monoxide)-derived oxidant peroxynitrite (ONOO(-)). However, since the discovery that myeloperoxidase (MPO) and eosinophil peroxidase (EPO) can generate nitrotyrosine via oxidation of nitrite (NO(2)(-)), several questions have arisen. First, the relative contribution of peroxidases to nitrotyrosine formation in vivo is unknown. Further, although evidence suggests that the one-electron oxidation product, nitrogen dioxide ((*)NO(2)), is the primary species formed, neither a direct demonstration that peroxidases form this gas nor studies designed to test for the possible concomitant formation of the two-electron oxidation product, ONOO(-), have been reported. Using multiple distinct models of acute inflammation with EPO- and MPO-knockout mice, we now demonstrate that leukocyte peroxidases participate in nitrotyrosine formation in vivo. In some models, MPO and EPO played a dominant role, accounting for the majority of nitrotyrosine formed. However, in other leukocyte-rich acute inflammatory models, no contribution for either MPO or EPO to nitrotyrosine formation could be demonstrated. Head-space gas analysis of helium-swept reaction mixtures provides direct evidence that leukocyte peroxidases catalytically generate (*)NO(2) formation using H(2)O(2) and NO(2)(-) as substrates. However, formation of an additional oxidant was suggested since both enzymes promote NO(2)(-)-dependent hydroxylation of targets under acidic conditions, a chemical reactivity shared with ONOO(-) but not (*)NO(2). Collectively, our results demonstrate that: 1) MPO and EPO contribute to tyrosine nitration in vivo; 2) the major reactive nitrogen species formed by leukocyte peroxidase-catalyzed oxidation of NO(2)(-) is the one-electron oxidation product, (*)NO(2); 3) as a minor reaction, peroxidases may also catalyze the two-electron oxidation of NO(2)(-), producing a ONOO(-)-like product. We speculate that the latter reaction generates a labile Fe-ONOO complex, which may be released following protonation under acidic conditions such as might exist at sites of inflammation.
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- Marie-Luise Brennan
- Department of Cell Biology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio 44195, USA
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Frost H, Lamb SE, Robertson S. A randomized controlled trial of exercise to improve mobility and function after elective knee arthroplasty. Feasibility, results and methodological difficulties. Clin Rehabil 2002; 16:200-9. [PMID: 11911518 DOI: 10.1191/0269215502cr483oa] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [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: 11/05/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To assess the feasibility of comparing two types of exercise regime aiming to improve mobility and function following knee arthroplasty. DESIGN A single-blind randomized controlled trial. SUBJECTS Patients with primary, unilateral knee osteoarthritis undergoing elective knee joint replacement. INTERVENTION Home-based traditional exercise group (TEG) or home-based functional exercise group (FEG) following discharge from hospital. OUTCOME MEASURES These included goniometry; a knee-specific pain score, leg extensor power and a walking test. Patients were followed up at three, six and 12 months after surgery. RESULTS Forty-seven patients met the study criteria, 24 were randomized to the TEG and 23 to the FEG. There were marked improvements in mobility, leg extensor power and pain in the year after surgery (MANOVA p < 0.001). There were no statistically significant differences between the two exercise groups. Knee flexion decreased during the follow-up period and had not recovered by 12 months. Retention of patients was a problem, with nearly 50% lost to follow-up at 12 months. These patients were assessed as having low motivation during inpatient rehabilitation (p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS There were trends in favour of the FEG that were of clinical relevance. A definitive study would need a sample size of at least 100 patients in each arm. It is essential to develop strategies to combat loss to follow-up.
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- Queen Margaret University College, Leith, Edinburgh, UK.
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Frost H, Lamb SE, Klaber Moffett JA, Fairbank JC, Moser JS. A fitness programme for patients with chronic low back pain: 2-year follow-up of a randomised controlled trial. Pain 1998; 75:273-9. [PMID: 9583763 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3959(98)00005-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [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: 02/07/2023]
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The aim of this study was to assess the long-term effect of a supervised fitness programme on patients with chronic low back pain. The design of the study was a single blind randomised controlled trial with follow-up, by postal questionnaire, 2 years after intervention. The Oswestry Low Back Pain Disability Index was used as the outcome measure to assess daily activity affected by back pain. Eighty-one patients with chronic low back pain, who were referred to the physiotherapy department of a National Health Service orthopaedic hospital, were randomised to either a supervised fitness programme or a control group. Patients in the intervention group and control group were taught specific exercises to be continued at home and referred to a backschool for back care education. In addition, the intervention group attended eight sessions of a supervised fitness programme. Sixty-two patients (76%) with a mean age of 37 years, returned the Oswestry Low Back Pain Disability Index questionnaire. Of these, 29 were in the intervention group and 31 in the control group. Patients in the intervention group demonstrated a mean reduction of 7.7% in the Oswestry Low Back Pain Disability Index score (95% confidence interval of mean paired difference 3.9, 11.6 P < 0.001), compared with only 2.4% in the control group (95% confidence interval of mean paired difference -2.0, 6.9 P > 0.05). Between group comparisons demonstrated a statistically significant difference in disability scores between the treatment and control group (mean difference 5.8, 95% confidence interval 0.3, 11.4 P < 0.04). This study supports the current trend towards a more active treatment approach to low back pain. We have demonstrated clinical effectiveness of a fitness programme 2 years after treatment but this needs to be replicated in a larger study which should include a cost effectiveness analysis, further analysis of objective functional status and a placebo intervention group.
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- H Frost
- Department of Physiotherapy Research, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, NHS Trust, Oxford, UK
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Robertson S, Frost H, Doll H, O'Connor JJ. Leg extensor power and quadriceps strength: an assessment of repeatability in patients with osteoarthritic knees. Clin Rehabil 1998; 12:120-6. [PMID: 9619653 DOI: 10.1191/026921598673072472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [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: 11/05/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To assess the repeatability of two muscle function measures -- leg extensor power (LEP) and isometric quadriceps force (IQF) -- in a population of patients with osteoarthritis of the knee. DESIGN Repeat measures of LEP and IQF at 25 degrees and 50 degrees knee flexion were taken within seven days. Both legs were measured and a numerical rating scale was used to assess pain on the two occasions. SUBJECTS Patients who were on a waiting list for a primary unilateral knee replacement for osteoarthritis were invited to take part in the study. SETTING The physiotherapy department of a National Health Service Orthopaedic Hospital in Oxford, UK. INTERVENTION Subjects were measured using a Kin-Com dynamometer to assess maximum isometric force and a leg extensor power rig to assess maximum single leg explosive power. RESULTS Twenty-six patients (mean age: 72 years; SD: 8 years; range: 50-87 years) were included in the study following informed consent. A weak relationship was found between LEP, IQF and pain scores which reached the 5% significance level for the LEP measures only. The level of repeatability for both measures was found to be acceptable. CONCLUSION Both LEP and IQF are recommended as repeatable measures for assessment of muscle function in patients with osteoarthitis of the knee. However, the LEP rig has the added advantage of being quicker, cheaper and simpler to use in the clinical setting.
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- S Robertson
- Outpatient Department, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre NHS Trust, Oxford, UK
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Frost H. Exercise for patients with low back pain. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 1998; 23:508. [PMID: 9516711 DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199802150-00022] [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] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Klaber Moffett JA, Richardson PH, Frost H, Osborn A. A placebo controlled double blind trial to evaluate the effectiveness of pulsed short wave therapy for osteoarthritic hip and knee pain. Pain 1996; 67:121-127. [PMID: 8895239 DOI: 10.1016/0304-3959(96)03100-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of pulsed short wave (PSW) in the relief of pain in osteoarthritis of the hip and knee. Ninety-two patients, mean age 63 years, (34 men and 58 women) were randomly allocated to one of three groups: (1) Active PSW, using the dosage found in a pilot study to be non-significantly most effective, (2) Placebo PSW, (3) No treatment control group. Nine sessions of treatment were provided over a 3-week period, each application lasting for 15 min. The machine was modified by the manufacturers so that the therapist was able to administer the treatment and carry out assessments without being aware of the treatment allocation. Outcome measures included sensory and affective pain diary reports averaged over days and weeks, self-reported benefit and the General Health Questionnaire. Analysis of variance with repeated measures over time was used to find out if the active treatment had a specific effect, incremental to the placebo effect. There were no significant differences between the active and placebo groups over time. According to the pain diary reports, both active and placebo groups tended to improve slightly during treatment, but worsened after its withdrawal. Patients who were given the placebo application tended to report more benefit than those who had the active treatment, although this did not quite reach statistical significance (P < 0.06). Patients who were not on a waiting list for surgery did significantly better over time than those who were (P < 0.03). There were no significant differences between the groups over time for the other outcome variables. Any treatment effect on this patient population appears to have been largely placebo-mediated. No evidence was found therefore for the specific effectiveness of PSW for treatment of osteoarthritic hip or knee pain.
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- J A Klaber Moffett
- Centre for Health Economics, University of York, York, YO1 5DD, UK UMDS Division of Psychiatry and Psychology, St Thomas' Hospital, London, UK Physiotherapy Research Unit, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford, UK
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Frost H, Moser J, Fairbank J, Moffett J. Authors' reply. West J Med 1995. [DOI: 10.1136/bmj.310.6990.1332c] [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: 11/04/2022]
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Frost H, Klaber Moffett JA, Moser JS, Fairbank JC. Randomised controlled trial for evaluation of fitness programme for patients with chronic low back pain. BMJ 1995; 310:151-4. [PMID: 7833752 PMCID: PMC2548554 DOI: 10.1136/bmj.310.6973.151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 226] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate a progressive fitness programme for patients with chronic low back pain. DESIGN Single blind randomised controlled trial. Assessments were carried out before and after treatment by an observer blinded to the study and included a battery of validated measures. All patients were followed up by postal questionnaire six months after treatment. SETTING Physiotherapy department of orthopaedic hospital. SUBJECTS 81 patients with chronic low back pain referred from orthopaedic consultants for physiotherapy. The patients were randomly allocated to a fitness programme or control group. INTERVENTION Both groups were taught specific exercises to carry out at home and referred to a back-school for education in back care. Patients allocated to the fitness class attended eight exercise classes over four weeks in addition to the home programme and backschool. RESULTS Significant differences between the groups were shown in the changes before and after treatment in scores on the Oswestry low back pain disability index (P < 0.005), pain reports (sensory P < 0.05 and affective P < 0.005), self efficacy reports (P < 0.05), and walking distance (P < 0.005). No significant differences between the groups were found by the general health questionnaire or questionnaire on pain locus of control. A benefit of about 6 percentage points on the disability index was maintained by patients in the fitness group at six months. CONCLUSION There is a role for supervised fitness programmes in the management of moderately disabled patients with chronic low back pain. Further clinical trials, however, need to be established in other centres to confirm these findings.
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- H Frost
- Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Headington, Oxford
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Bezault J, Walsh C, Tarcsay L, Frost H, Liebes L, Furmanski P. Analysis of the antimetastatic effects of synthetic muramyl tripeptide (CGP 19835A) encapsulated in liposomes in combination with other immunomodulatory agents and chemotherapeutic drugs. In Vivo 1993; 7:487-91. [PMID: 8193265] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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The synthetic molecule muramyl tripeptide (CGP 19835A) encapsulated in liposomes is effective in increasing the survival of mice with spontaneous experimental lung metastases induced by the RENCA renal adenocarcinoma and B16 melanoma tumor models. The present study was aimed at extending the effects of CGP 19835A to another highly metastatic carcinoma model and at evaluating the efficacy of combination therapy with standard cytotoxic agents and other immunomodulators. C57BL/6 mice received whole tumor implants of PancO2, a spontaneously metastasizing pancreatic adenocarcinoma, subcutaneously in the hind leg. Therapeutic effects were measured by increased survival which is a direct function of the growth of spontaneous lung metastases in this system. No therapeutic efficacy was observed with CGP 19835A alone or in combination with any of a series of cytotoxic or biological agents, including cis-platinurn (cis-Pt), mitomycin C (MMC), adriamycin (ADR), cyclophosphamide (CP), interferon gamma (IFN gamma), and interleukin 2 (IL-2). In accord with previous studies, when the B16-F10 melanoma was used as an experimental metastatic tumor model, CGP 19835A, alone and in combination with CP, significantly reduced the number of pulmonary metastases. Cis-Pt, however, partially negated the effects of CGP 19835A when a combination of the two agents was used. The results indicate that CGP 19835A is an effective therapeutic agent in some models of spontaneous or experimental lung metastases, but not others, and that the effects of CGP 19835A are not enhanced by the accompanying cytotoxic drugs tested here.
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- New York University, Department of Biology, New York 10003
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Frohmüller S, Saeger HD, Loff S, Feifel G, Kreissler-Haag D, Schönleben K, Beermann C, Gathmann I, Demiéville HN, Friederich P, Frost H, Schlag P. MTP-PE in liposomes as post-operative adjuvant therapy for colon cancer (Dukes' C): A pilot adjuvant phase II trial. Eur J Cancer 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/0959-8049(93)91115-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Landmann R, Obrist R, Denz H, Ludwig C, Frost H, Wesp M, Rordorf C, Towbin H, Gygax D, Tarcsay L. Pharmacokinetics and immunomodulatory effects on monocytes during prolonged therapy with liposomal muramyltripeptide. Biotherapy 1993; 7:1-12. [PMID: 8068481 DOI: 10.1007/bf01878149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The macrophage activator muramyl tripeptide-phosphatidyl ethanolamine (MTP-PE) was infused in liposomal form in 14 metastatic cancer patients (4 mg i.v. during 30 min twice weekly for 12 weeks). Clinical, pharmacokinetic and immunological parameters were studied before and 0.5, 2, 4, 24 and 72h after start of drug infusion in week 1, 4, 8 and 12. No tumor regressions were seen. Tumors progressed in 11 patients, in 4 of them within 2 months; 3 patients had stable disease. The intensity and frequency of side effects (fever and nausea) diminished from week 1 to 12. The rate of disappearance of total and free MTP-PE from blood was rapid and mean serum concentration-time curves remained unchanged throughout 12 study weeks. MTP-PE caused a marked increase of serum TNFa, IL-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1ra) and IL-6 in week 1, but not thereafter. In contrast, MTP-PE caused a persistent, 2-fold increase in serum neopterin and young forms of granulocytes (bands) during week 1 to 12. Before therapy, monocyte tumor cytotoxicity and in-vitro monocyte derived TNFa, IL-1 beta and IL-6 production were low in 9 patients (group L, < 15%) and high in 5 patients (group H, > 40%). Monocyte cytotoxicity and in-vitro cytokine production was transiently enhanced in week 1 in group L, it declined under therapy in group H. In conclusion, MTP-PE induced marked initial immunomodulation; the extent of the ex vivo monocyte cytokine and tumor cytotoxic response was dependent on pre-therapy cell activity. A decrease of the cytokine and IL-1ra response during prolonged therapy contrasted with a persistent increase of neopterin and juvenile blood granulocytes. The long lasting biologic effects may be relevant to direct future clinical studies with liposomal MTP-PE in an adjuvant setting.
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- Department of Research, University Hospital, Basle, Switzerland
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MTP-PE in liposomes is a BRM which can be given relatively safely to patients with cancer. The maximum tolerated dose appears to be higher than the optimal dose inducing immunomodulatory effects such as cytokine induction and monocyte/macrophage activation. The most consistently induced cytokines measured in the plasma of patients a few hours after MTP-PE are TNF and IL-6. Indirect evidence supports the assumption that increased levels of TNF and IL-6 are signs of macrophage activation occurring in situ in tissues taking up liposomal MTP-PE shortly after injection. These tissues are mainly lungs, liver and spleen, as shown in 4 patients injected with radiolabelled liposomes containing MTP-PE. Assuming that activated monocytes and macrophages cannot eliminate gross tumor load, the main targets for MTP-PE are micrometastases after removal of the primary tumor. Thus, adjuvant treatment using liposomal MTP-PE in combination with chemotherapy is a major goal for the future.
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- H Frost
- Clinical Research and Development, CIBA-GEIGY Limited, Basel, Switzerland
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Faradji A, Bohbot A, Frost H, Schmitt-Goguel M, Siffert JC, Dufour P, Eber M, Lallot C, Wiesel ML, Bergerat JP. Phase I study of liposomal MTP-PE-activated autologous monocytes administered intraperitoneally to patients with peritoneal carcinomatosis. J Clin Oncol 1991; 9:1251-60. [PMID: 2045866 DOI: 10.1200/jco.1991.9.7.1251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [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: 12/30/2022] Open
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We have conducted a phase I study with autologous monocytes activated ex vivo and administered intraperitoneally in nine patients with peritoneal carcinomatosis. Blood monocytes were collected by leukapheresis and then purified by counterflow elutriation (up to 10(9) cells, with a purity of greater than 90%). Ex vivo activation was obtained by incubating these cells with 1 micrograms liposomal MTP-PE/10(6) monocytes for 18 hours in hydrophobic culture bags at 37 degrees C in 5% carbon dioxide humidified air. The activated monocytes were then infused in the peritoneal cavity once a week for 5 consecutive weeks through an implanted peritoneal infusion system, Port-A-Cath (Pharmacia Deltec, St Paul, MN), on an intrapatient dose-escalating schedule (10(7) to 10(9) monocytes). No severe adverse reactions occurred. Toxicity was mild, the chief acute reactions being fever (27%), chills (13%), and abdominal pain (25%). None of the side effects led to dose reduction. No consistent change in hemostatic function, liver function, or renal function was observed. Significant increases in granulocyte counts, neopterine, and acute phase reactants (fibrinogen, C-reactive protein) occurred in the peripheral blood. In vitro monocyte activation was demonstrated by the relapse of procoagulant activity and monokines (interleukin-1 [IL-1], IL-6, and tumor necrosis factor-alpha [TNF alpha]) in the supernatants of cultured monocytes. Evidence for in vivo monocyte activation was provided by the increase of these monokines in the peritoneal fluids. Kinetic studies with indium-111 (111In)-labeled activated autologous monocytes in five patients suggest that these infused monocytes may remain in the peritoneal cavity for up to 7 days. This locoregional immunotherapeutic approach seems to be encouraging in view of adjuvant therapeutic modality in ovarian cancer patients with minimal residual intraabdominal disease following second-look laparotomy.
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- Department of Medical Hematology and Oncology, University Hospital Hautepierre, Strasbourg, France
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Murray JL, Kleinerman ES, Cunningham JE, Tatom JR, Andrejcio K, Lepe-Zuniga J, Lamki LM, Rosenblum MG, Frost H, Gutterman JU. Phase I trial of liposomal muramyl tripeptide phosphatidylethanolamine in cancer patients. J Clin Oncol 1989; 7:1915-25. [PMID: 2479721 DOI: 10.1200/jco.1989.7.12.1915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [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: 01/01/2023] Open
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Twenty-eight evaluable patients with metastatic cancer refractory to standard therapy received escalating doses of muramyl tripeptide phosphatidylethanolamine (MTP-PE) (.05 to 12 mg/m2) in phosphatidylserine (PC):phosphatidylcholine (PS) liposomes (lipid:MTP-PE) ratio 250:1). Liposomal MTP-PE (L-MTP-PE) was infused over 1 hour twice weekly; doses were escalated within individual patients every 3 weeks as tolerated for a total treatment duration of 9 weeks. Routine clinical laboratory parameters, acute phase reactants and various immunologic tests were monitored at various time points during treatment. Toxicity was moderate (less than or equal to grade II) in 24 patients with chief side effects being chills (80% of patients), fever (70%), malaise (60%), and nausea (55%). In four patients L-MTP-PE treatment was deescalated due to severe malaise and recurrent fever higher than 38.8 degrees C. The maximum-tolerated dose (MTD) was 6 mg/m2. Significant (P less than .05) increases in WBC count, absolute granulocyte count, ceruloplasmin, beta 2-microglobulin, c-reactive protein, monocyte tumoricidal activity, and serum IL-1 beta were found. Significant decreases in serum cholesterol were also observed. Clearance of intravenously (iv)-infused technetium-99 (99mTc)-labeled liposomes containing MTP-PE in four patients was biphasic; gamma camera scans revealed uptake of radiolabel in liver, spleen, lung, nasopharynx, thyroid gland, and tumor (two patients). No objective tumor regression was seen. In view of its definite immunobiologic activity and lack of major toxicity, additional phase II and adjuvant trials of L-MTP-PE are warranted.
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- Department of Clinical Immunology, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston 77030
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Higgins PG, Barrow GI, Galbraith AW, Frost H, Tyrrell DA. A note on the failure of CGP 19835 A (MTP-PE) to influence the course of influenza A2 infection in human volunteers. Antiviral Res 1989; 12:49-52. [PMID: 2596839 DOI: 10.1016/0166-3542(89)90067-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [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: 01/01/2023]
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A single dose of the immunomodulator CGP A (MTP-PE) given intranasally to human volunteers 24 h prior to challenge with influenza A2 virus failed to protect against infection or ameriolate any subsequent illness.
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- P G Higgins
- MRC Common Cold Unit, Harvard Hospital, Salisbury, Wiltshire, U.K
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Delespesse G, Sarfati M, Hofstetter H, Frost H, Kilchherr E, Suter U. Human Fc epsilon R II and IgE-binding factors. Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 1989; 88:18-22. [PMID: 2523355 DOI: 10.1159/000234741] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The low-affinity receptor for IgE (Fc epsilon R II) is mainly expressed on B lymphocytes, although it may also be found on some monocytes, eosinophils, and platelets. The presence of Fc epsilon R II on T cells is still controversial, but our results demonstrate that it is expressed on some HTLV-I-transformed T lymphocytes, and they strongly suggest that it may be found on a small proportion of normal T cells. Fc epsilon R II is a 45-KD glycoprotein containing one N-linked carbohydrate of complex type, O-linked carbohydrates, and sialic acid residues. Fc II is cleaved into soluble fragments with molecular weights of 37, 33, 25, and 12 KD, the first three retain the ability of binding to IgE, i.e., they are IgE-binding factors (IgE-BFs). The enzymes involved in their proteolytic cleavage are cell bound. The cDNA coding for Fc epsilon R II was cloned and functionally expressed. The predicted sequence has no homology with that of murine IgE-BFs which are of T cell origin. However, there is a striking homology with several animal lectins, and since the IgE-binding site is located in the homology region, it is possible that it binds to IgE via the carbohydrates expressed on the Fc region of this immunoglobulin. The expression of Fc epsilon R II on B cells and the release of IgE-BFs are upregulated by interleukin 4 and suppressed by gamma and alpha interferons.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- University of Montreal, Notre-Dame Hospital, Canada
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Delespesse G, Sarfati M, Hofstetter H, Suter U, Nakajima T, Peleman R, Letellier M, Kilchherr E, Frost H. Structure, function and clinical relevance of the low affinity receptor for IgE. Immunol Invest 1988; 17:363-87. [PMID: 2974019 DOI: 10.3109/08820138809049845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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- G Delespesse
- University of Montreal, Notre-Dame Hospital, Montreal, Canada
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Sarfati M, Bron D, Lagneaux L, Fonteyn C, Frost H, Delespesse G. Elevation of IgE-binding factors in serum of patients with B cell-derived chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Blood 1988; 71:94-8. [PMID: 2961381] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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One hundred nineteen sera from patients with various lymphoproliferative diseases and normal sera were tested by a solid-phase radioimmunoassay (RIA) for their content in IgE-binding factor (IgE-BF), a soluble glycoprotein binding to IgE and derived from low-affinity IgE receptors (Fc epsilon R). Fc epsilon R, recently identified as CD23, are known to be expressed on the surface of B cells at the intermediate stage of differentiation. The results indicate that in all cases of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) tested (n = 40), IgE-BF levels (45 to 8,656 U/mL) were 3-fold to 500-fold higher than in 24 controls (15.5 +/- 2 U/mL). With a few exceptions, serum IgE-BF levels could differentiate patients with CLL from those with other leukemias or lymphomas. In vitro studies indicated that B lymphocytes isolated from CLL patients produced 8 to 50 times more IgE-BF than did normal B cells (P less than 0.001). IgE-BF level was correlated with the Rai stage of the disease (P = 0.002) and the lymphocyte count (P = 0.041). IgE-BF was purified to homogeneity from one CLL serum sample by a combination of affinity chromatography and reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). this IgE-BF proved identical to IgE-BF isolated from the culture supernatant of RPMI 8866 cells, a B lymphoblastoid cell line bearing Fc epsilon R and secreting IgE-BF. Indeed, the two molecules had the same mol wt (25 to 27 kd), the same isoelectric point, and the same tryptic map. We suggest that determination of serum IgE-BF might prove useful for clinical monitoring of CLL.
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- M Sarfati
- University of Montreal, Notre-Dame Hospital, Québec, Canada
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Sarfati M, Nakajima T, Frost H, Kilccherr E, Delespesse G. Purification and partial biochemical characterization of IgE-binding factors secreted by a human B lymphoblastoid cell line. Immunol Suppl 1987; 60:539-45. [PMID: 3495483 PMCID: PMC1453284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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IgE-binding factors (IgE-BFs) were purified from the culture supernatant of RPMI-8866 cells, a human lymphoblastoid B-cell line expressing IgE receptors. The material, purified by affinity-chromatography on immunoadsorbents coupled to IgE or to monoclonal antibody against IgE receptor, was comprised of two major components with apparent molecular weight (MW) of 25,000-27,000 and 12,000, as determined by SDS-PAGE and silver staining. Only the 25,000-27,000 MW molecules were identified as IgE-BFs, as demonstrated by their reactivity with MabER in the Western blot and the immunoprecipitation assays, and their ability to inhibit rosette formation of U937 cells with IgE- but not with IgG-coated erythrocytes. IgE-BFs were purified to homogeneity by combining affinity-chromatography and either DEAE-ion exchange or reverse-phase chromatography on an HPLC system. Chromatofocusing analysis demonstrated the microheterogeneity of IgE-BFs that were comprised of molecules with isoelectric points ranging from 5.0 to 4.4. IgE-BFs were sensitive to treatment with O-glycosidase but not with N-glycanase. These molecules were resistant to heat and to pH ranging from 2 to 9; their immunoreactivity was lost after treatment with trypsin and pepsin. Papain digestion of purified IgE-BFs generated 14,000-16,000 MW molecules that were still binding to IgE and to MabER.
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Lüdin C, Hofstetter H, Sarfati M, Levy CA, Suter U, Alaimo D, Kilchherr E, Frost H, Delespesse G. Cloning and expression of the cDNA coding for a human lymphocyte IgE receptor. EMBO J 1987; 6:109-14. [PMID: 3034567 PMCID: PMC553364 DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1987.tb04726.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Low-affinity receptors (Fc epsilon R) and secreted factors (IgE-BF) which bind to immunoglobulins of the IgE isotype play a key role in the regulation of human IgE synthesis. We report here the cloning of a cDNA coding for the Fc epsilon R of the human B-lymphoblast cell line RPMI 8866. The nucleotide sequence of this cDNA predicts a polypeptide with 321 amino acids and a mol. wt of 36,281 daltons. A functional Fc epsilon R capable of binding IgE was expressed in Chinese hamster ovary cells after stable transformation with the cDNA which had been cloned into a mammalian expression vector. Amino acid sequence analysis of IgE-BF purified from RPMI 8866 cells revealed an amino-terminal sequence of 19 residues which coincides with the predicted amino acid sequence of the Fc epsilon R, starting at residues 148 and 150. A computer search with the translated amino acid sequence of the Fc epsilon R revealed a domain of 120 amino acids having striking homology to the human asialoglycoprotein receptors.
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The recently developed dot immunobinding assay is operationally simple and facilitates performance of multiple simultaneous assays. Here, its use as the basis for determination of total and allergen-specific IgE is established. For total IgE, the same commercially available polyclonal anti-human IgE was used on the solid phase and as a peroxidase conjugate in the liquid phase. After incubation with a chromogenic substrate, IgE was determined from the color intensity of the resulting dots with a scanning reflectance densitometer. The limit of sensitivity was 50 pg/ml of IgE. Standardized conditions gave the dynamic range 50 to 2500 IU/ml in serum. The IgE measured was not subject to interference by serum components, was labile at 56 degrees C, was soluble at 30% saturation (NH4)2SO4, and was unaffected by anti-human immunoglobulins of other specificity. Coefficients of variation were 0.05 within run, and were 0.1 between run. Comparison with data on sera obtained with the PRIST method yielded a correlation coefficient of 0.96 and a linear regression of slope 1.15. Assays for allergen-specific IgE were established with bee venom and dust mite allergens in the solid phase. The same peroxidase-conjugated antibody was used as for total IgE. Comparisons with comparable RAST assays were performed.
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Frost H, Swanborg RH. Suppression of experimental allergic encephalomyelitis with thoracic duct lymphocytes. Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 1980; 63:153-8. [PMID: 6158482 DOI: 10.1159/000232621] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Thoracic duct lymphocytes (TDL) from Lewis rats immunized 9-10 days previously with basic protein in complete Freund's adjuvant (BP-CFA) failed to induce experimental allergic encephalomyelitis (EAE) in syngeneic recipients. This contrasts with the successful transfer of EAE by lymph node cell suspensions from donors immunized 9 days previously with BP-CFA. Only minor EAE was induced passively by TDL from rats immunized 11-12 days before with BP-CFA. TDL collected 9-20 days after BP-CFA immunization, however, were successful in transferring specific suppression of EAE tested by the lack of disease in the recipients immunized actively with BP-CFA 1 week after the TDL transfer. The data indicate that the thoracic duct contains specific suppressor cells shortly before, during and after the development of clinical EAE.
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Frost H, Braun DG. Clonotype patterns of antibodies released by single lymph nodes. Scand J Immunol 1979; 9:563-7. [PMID: 462125 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3083.1979.tb03285.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Experimental primary, secondary and tertiary stimulation with streptococcal vaccine of isolated lymph nodes in vivo in the sheep model induces largely persistence of anti-group polysaccharide antibody clonotype patterns with the rare occurrence of additional clonotypes demonstrable after secondary stimulation persisting during the tertiary stimulus. It is not clear whether these additional clonotypes are the products of mutants or whether they pre-existed and were demonstrable only after a secondary stimulus, because of threshold concentrations required for identification. Further, isolated contralateral popliteal and prescapular lymph nodes of individual sheep share completely overlapping clonotype patterns during experimental primary anti-polysaccharide antibody responses indicating an identical repertoire of specific clonotypes under this condition of responsiveness.
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