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Morales-Demori R, Montañes E, Erkonen G, Chance M, Anders M, Denfield S. Epidemiology of Pediatric Heart Failure in the USA-a 15-Year Multi-Institutional Study. Pediatr Cardiol 2021; 42:1297-1307. [PMID: 33871685 DOI: 10.1007/s00246-021-02611-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2021] [Accepted: 04/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The epidemiology of pediatric heart failure (HF) has been characterized for congenital heart disease (CHD) and cardiomyopathies (CM), but the impact of CM associated with CHD has not been studied. This study aims to describe the characteristics and outcomes of inpatient pediatric HF patients with CHD, CM, and CHD with CM (CHD + CM) across the USA. We included all HF patients with CM diagnoses with and without CHD using ICD 9/10 codes ≤ 19 years old from January 2004 to September 2019 using the Pediatric Health Information System database. We identified 67,349 unique patients ≤ 19 years old with HF, of which 87% had CHD, 7% had CHD + CM, and 6% had CM. Pediatric HF admissions increased significantly from 2004 to 2018 with an associated increase in extracorporeal circulatory support (ECLS) use. Heart transplantation (HTX) increased only in the CHD and CHD + CM groups. CHD patients required less ECLS with and without HTX; however, they had significantly higher inpatient mortality after those procedures than the other groups (p < 0.001). CM patients were older (median 115 months) and had the lowest inpatient mortality after HTX with and without ECLS (p < 0.05). CHD + CM showed the highest overall inpatient mortality (15%), and cumulative hospital billed charges (median US$ 541,374), all p < 0.001. Pediatric HF admissions have increased from 2004 to 2018. ECLS use and HTX have expanded in this population, with an associated decrease in inpatient mortality in the CHD and CM groups. CHD + CM patients are a growing population with the highest inpatient mortality.
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- Raysa Morales-Demori
- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Critical Care, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, 6651 Main St. MC E1420, Houston, TX, USA.
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Cardiology, Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Critical Care, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, 6651 Main St. MC E1420, Houston, TX, USA
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- Quality Outcomes & Analytics Specialist, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Critical Care, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, 6651 Main St. MC E1420, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Cardiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, USA
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Dzubak AL, Mitra C, Chance M, Kuhn S, Jellison GE, Sefat AS, Krogel JT, Reboredo FA. MnNiO3 revisited with modern theoretical and experimental methods. J Chem Phys 2017; 147:174703. [DOI: 10.1063/1.5000847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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- Allison L. Dzubak
- Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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Swain J, Chance M, Yohannes E. Proteomics of Carcinogen-Induced Tumor Development in Rats Consuming a Normal Diet. J Acad Nutr Diet 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jand.2015.06.097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Bergler-Klein J, Anni H, Yohannes E, Gonye G, Chance M, Rubin E, Hajnoczky G, Eisner V, Csordas G, Liu X. S11 * ALCOHOL AND THE HEART * S11.1 * CLINICAL OVERVIEW OF ALCOHOL EFFECTS ON THE HEART. Alcohol Alcohol 2011. [DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agr101] [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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Schneider DK, Sweet RM, Sullivan M, Stoner-Ma D, Stojanoff V, Soares A, Shi W, Robinson H, Orville A, Liu Q, Lidestri J, Jakoncic J, Héroux A, Hendrickson WA, Chance M, Allaire M, Berman LE. Towards macromolecular crystallography beamlines at NSLS-II. Acta Crystallogr A 2011. [DOI: 10.1107/s0108767311093536] [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: 11/10/2022] Open
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Berman LE, Allaire M, Chance M, Hendrickson W, Héroux A, Jakoncic J, Liu Q, Orville A, Robinson H, Schneider D, Shi W, Soares A, Stojanoff V, Stoner-Ma D, Sullivan M, Sweet R. Pair of canted undulator MX beamlines proposed for NSLS-II. Acta Crystallogr A 2011. [DOI: 10.1107/s0108767311093615] [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: 11/10/2022] Open
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Batchelor D, Abla G, D'Azevedo E, Bateman G, Bernholdt DE, Berry L, Bonoli P, Bramley R, Breslau J, Chance M, Chen J, Choi M, Elwasif W, Foley S, Fu G, Harvey R, Jaeger E, Jardin S, Jenkins T, Keyes D, Klasky S, Kruger S, Ku L, Lynch V, McCune D, Ramos J, Schissel D, Schnack D, Wright J. Advances in simulation of wave interactions with extended MHD phenomena. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009. [DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/180/1/012054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Berman L, Allaire M, Chance M, Hendrickson W, Heroux A, Manjasetty B, Orville A, Robinson H, Saxena A, Schneider D, Shi W, Soares A, Stojanoff V, Sweet R. A proposed suite of macromolecular crystallography facilities for NSLS-II. Acta Crystallogr A 2008. [DOI: 10.1107/s0108767308094427] [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: 11/11/2022] Open
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Sundar S, Agrawal S, Pai K, Chance M, Hommel M. Detection of leishmanial antigen in the urine of patients with visceral leishmaniasis by a latex agglutination test. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005; 73:269-71. [PMID: 16103587] [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: 05/04/2023] Open
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Diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is usually done by demonstration of parasites in tissue smears. However, obtaining these smears may be risky, painful, and difficult. Antibody-based diagnostics are limited by their inability to predict active disease. In this study, a new latex agglutination test (KAtex), which detects parasite antigen in freshly voided and boiled urine, was evaluated in patients with VL before the start (n = 382) and at the end of treatment (n = 273); 185 healthy controls from leishmaniasis-endemic region were also studied. The KAtex result was positive in 87% (95% confidence interval [CI] = 83.3-90.3). However, at the end of treatment only 3% (95% CI = 1.6-6.2) patients were positive. The specificity of the test was 99% and 2 of 185 healthy controls tested positive. Positive and negative predictive values were 0.994 and 0.788, respectively. KAtex is a promising test, and in a simplified and improved format it could be applied meaningfully in the diagnosis of VL.
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- Shyam Sundar
- Kala-Azar Medical Research Center, Department of Medicine, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.
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El Safi SH, Abdel Haleem A, El Basha I, Omer A, Kareem HG, Boelaert M, Chance M, Hommel M. Field evaluation of latex agglutination test for detecting urinary antigens in visceral leishmaniasis in Sudan. East Mediterr Health J 2003. [DOI: 10.26719/2003.9.4.844] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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A latex agglutination test to detect urinary antigens for visceral leishmaniasis [VL] was studied. In 204 patients with suspected VL, KAtex had a sensitivity of 95.2% with good agreement with microscopy smears but poor agreement with 4 different serology tests. It was also positive in 2 confirmed VL cases co-infected with HIV. In all KAtex-positive confirmed cases actively followed up after treatment, the test became negative 1 month after completion of treatment. While KAtex had a specificity of 100% in healthy endemic and non-endemic controls, the direct agglutination test [DAT] was positive in 14% of the KAtex-negative healthy endemic controls. KAtex is a simple addition to the diagnostics of VL particularly at field level and as a complementary test for the diagnosis of VL in smear-negative cases with positive DAT results
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El-Safi SH, Abdel-Haleem A, Hammad A, El-Basha I, Omer A, Kareem HG, Boelaert M, Chance M, Hommel M. Field evaluation of latex agglutination test for detecting urinary antigens in visceral leishmaniasis in Sudan. East Mediterr Health J 2003; 9:844-55. [PMID: 15748081] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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A latex agglutination test to detect urinary antigens for visceral leishmaniasis (VL) was studied. In 204 patients with suspected VL, KAtex had a sensitivity of 95.2% with good agreement with microscopy smears but poor agreement with 4 different serology tests. It was also positive in 2 confirmed VL cases co-infected with HIV. In all K4tex-positive confirmed cases actively followed up after treatment, the test became negative 1 month after completion of treatment. While IC4tex had a specificity of 100% in healthy endemic and non-endemic controls, the direct agglutination test (DAT) was positive in 14% of the KAtex-negative healthy endemic controls. KAtex is a simple addition to the diagnostics of VL particularly at field level and as a complementary test for the diagnosis of VL in smear-negative cases with positive DAT results.
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- S H El-Safi
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan
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The detection of antigen in the urine is increasingly being used for diagnosis of parasitic infections. A urinary antigen has recently been demonstrated in visceral leishmaniasis (VL), using a latex agglutination test. The results of our study show that the detected antigen is: heat-stable, precipitates with acetone and ethanol but not TCA, is sensitive to periodate and acid hydrolysis but not to pronase E, lipase, or neuraminidase. The antigen is a low molecular weight glycoconjugate that can be extracted by phenol-water, partitions into the aqueous phase when extracted with Triton X-114 or chloroform/methanol, and can be labelled by biotin hydrazide. Since this urinary antigen cannot be characterised by conventional SDS-PAGE and Western blotting, we used an affinity transfer blotting system in which antigens were captured onto nitro-cellulose paper previously coated with a specific antibody. Using this system a low molecular weight antigen (LMWA) spanning an area of the nitro-cellulose membrane corresponding to molecular weight of 5-20 kDa was detected in the urine of VL patients (from Nepal, Sudan, Brazil, Yemen and Spain) and of experimentally infected animals. No LMWA was detected in the urine of patients with malaria, schistosomiasis, or other nonparasitic diseases including typhoid and brucellosis. Immunoprecipitation, using antibody-coated latex, followed by immunoblotting showed that the LMWA is the target antigen in the previously described latex agglutination test ('KATEX'). The antigen is detectable in both the promastigote and amastigote stages of the parasite. Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) against Leishmania glycoconjugates strongly react with this molecule. These results suggest that the detected antigen is highly specific and diagnostic for VL.
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- Bahador Sarkari
- Division of Molecular Biology and Immunology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke place, L3 5QA, Liverpool, UK
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Noyes H, Pratlong F, Chance M, Ellis J, Lanotte G, Dedet JP. A previously unclassified trypanosomatid responsible for human cutaneous lesions in Martinique (French West Indies) is the most divergent member of the genus Leishmania ss. Parasitology 2002; 124:17-24. [PMID: 11811799 DOI: 10.1017/s0031182001008927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [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: 11/06/2022]
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Two cases of skin lesions similar to those caused by Leishmania parasites have been reported from Martinique. Parasites isolated from these lesions were unlike Leishmania reference strains by isoenzyme analysis and electron microscopy and were assumed to be monoxenous trypanosomatids which normally only infect invertebrates. Both strains have now been retyped by isoenzyme analysis and found to be identical to each other and distantly related to all other Leishmania species. The sequence of the 18S ribosomal RNA gene and partial sequences of the DNA polymerase alpha and RNA polymerase II largest subunit genes were obtained. These sequences indicated that the Martinique parasites clustered with L. enriettii and were basal to all other euleishmania. However, support for both the position basal to all euleishmania and the clustering with L. enriettii was low. The Martinique parasites may cluster with L. (Leishmania) or L. (Viannia) or form a novel clade within the euleishmania either with or without L. enriettii.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- DNA Polymerase I/chemistry
- DNA Polymerase I/genetics
- DNA, Protozoan/chemistry
- DNA, Protozoan/genetics
- DNA, Protozoan/isolation & purification
- DNA, Ribosomal/chemistry
- DNA, Ribosomal/genetics
- DNA, Ribosomal/isolation & purification
- Electrophoresis, Starch Gel
- Humans
- Isoenzymes/metabolism
- Leishmania/classification
- Leishmania/enzymology
- Leishmania/genetics
- Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous/parasitology
- Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous/pathology
- Martinique
- Phylogeny
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- RNA Polymerase II/chemistry
- RNA Polymerase II/genetics
- Sequence Alignment
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
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- H Noyes
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Liverpool, UK.
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Traditional approaches for macromolecular structure elucidation, including NMR, crystallography and cryo-EM have made significant progress in defining the structures of protein-protein complexes. A substantial number of macromolecular structures, however, have not been examined with atomic detail due to sample size and heterogeneity, or resolution limitations of the technique; therefore, the general applicability of each method is greatly reduced. Synchrotron footprinting attempts to bridge the gap in these methods by monitoring changes in accessible surface areas of discrete macromolecular moieties. As evidenced by our previous studies on RNA folding and DNA-protein interactions, the three-dimensional structure is probed by examining the reactions of these moieties with hydroxyl radicals generated by synchrotron X-rays. Here we report the application of synchrotron footprinting to the investigation of protein- protein interactions, as the novel technique has been utilized to successfully map the contact sites of gelsolin segment-1 in the gelsolin segment 1/actin complex. Footprinting results demonstrate that phenylalanine 104, located on the actin binding helix of gelsolin segment 1, is protected from hydroxyl radical modification in the presence of actin. This change in reactivity results from the specific protection of gelsolin segment-1, consistent with the substantial decrease in solvent accessibility of F104 upon actin binding, as calculated from the crystal structural of the gelsolin segment 1/actin complex. The results presented here establish synchrotron footprinting as a broadly applicable method to probe structural features of macromolecular complexes that are not amenable to conventional approaches.
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- S C Goldsmith
- Center for Synchrotron Biosciences, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
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Forehand R, Pelton J, Chance M, Armistead L, Morse E, Morse PS, Stock M. Orphans of the AIDS epidemic in the United States: transition-related characteristics and psychosocial adjustment at 6 months after mother's death. AIDS Care 1999; 11:715-22. [PMID: 10716012 DOI: 10.1080/09540129947622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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: 10/27/2022]
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This study has two purposes: (1) to describe the characteristics related to the transition to orphanhood for children whose mothers die from AIDS and (2) to examine the psychosocial adjustment of these children at six months following maternal death. Twenty orphans and a control sample of 40 children from the same neighbourhoods, as well as their mothers or care-givers, served as participants. Two assessments occurred: (1) prior to the death of the mother in the orphan group and (2) six months after her death. The results indicated that relatives, particularly maternal grandparents, became the new care-giver of the orphans, no more than one residential move had occurred following the mother's death, and the new care-givers were providing a stable home environment. Child psychosocial adjustment did not change following maternal death.
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- R Forehand
- University of Georgia, Athens 30602, USA.
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The rapid mixing synchrotron X-ray footprinting technique described in this article allows nucleic acid folding and ligand binding reactions to be followed on a millisecond time resolution with single nucleotide resolution. In principle, the change in .OH protection of every nucleotide in a nucleic acid hundreds of nucleotides long can be monitored separately. In addition, a wide range of solution conditions are compatible with the radiolytic generation of .OH. These characteristics of synchrotron X-ray footprinting create opportunities for conducting thermodynamic and kinetic studies of nucleic acids that are both comprehensive and detailed. Kinetic footprinting studies of a number of systems have been initiated by the Center for Synchrotron Biosciences using this technique.
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- B Sclavi
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, Bronx, New York 10461, USA
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Noyes H, Chance M, Ponce C, Ponce E, Maingon R. Leishmania chagasi: genotypically similar parasites from Honduras cause both visceral and cutaneous leishmaniasis in humans. Exp Parasitol 1997; 85:264-73. [PMID: 9085923 DOI: 10.1006/expr.1996.4133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [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: 02/04/2023]
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In the Mediterranean region Leishmania infantum causes both visceral and cutaneous leishmaniasis. These two pathologies tend to be caused by distinct parasite zymodemes. We have studied 33 isolates of Leishmania, 2 from sandflies, 5 from visceral cases, and 26 from cutaneous cases in Honduras, to determine if there is a correlation between pathology and parasite type in the New World similar to that in the Mediterranean region. Nine of the 26 cutaneous cases were caused by L. mexicana parasites, which have not been previously reported from Honduras; the remaining 17 cutaneous cases were due to L. chagasi. Only minor differences were found between the Honduran L. chagasi parasites by random amplified polymorphic DNA, differential display, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, and schizodemes. This suggests that in Honduras the parasite type may not be the only factor determining the clinical outcome of L. chagasi infections.
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- H Noyes
- Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK
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Kalayjian RC, Skowron G, Emgushov RT, Chance M, Spell SA, Borum PR, Webb LS, Mayer KH, Jackson JB, Yen-Lieberman B. A phase I/II trial of intravenous L-2-oxothiazolidine-4-carboxylic acid (procysteine) in asymptomatic HIV-infected subjects. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr (1988) 1994; 7:369-74. [PMID: 7907662] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Twenty-four asymptomatic, HIV-1-seropositive subjects with CD4 cell counts of > or = 400/microliters participated in a Phase I/II, dose escalation trial of intravenous L-2-oxothiazolidine-4-carboxylic acid (OTC: Procysteine). Four groups of six subjects each were consecutively assigned to receive OTC at an initial dose of 3, 10, 30, or 100 mg/kg, followed by the same dose given twice weekly for 6 weeks. Increases in whole-blood glutathione were observed in the highest dosage group after 6 weeks of therapy. No effects on changes in CD4 cell counts, viral load, or proviral DNA frequency were observed among the four dosage groups, although a decline in beta 2-microglobulin levels was apparent in the highest dosage group. One subject withdrew due to headaches; other probable adverse events including rash, flushing, pruritus, lightheadedness, and diminished concentration were self-limited.
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- R C Kalayjian
- Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Ohio
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Maingon R, Feliciangeli D, Guzman B, Rodriguez N, Convit J, Adamson R, Chance M, Petralanda I, Dougherty M, Ward R. Cutaneous leishmaniasis in Tachira State, Venezuela. Ann Trop Med Parasitol 1994; 88:29-36. [PMID: 8192512 DOI: 10.1080/00034983.1994.11812831] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Cutaneous and mucocutaneous leishmaniases are widely spread in the mountainous Andean regions of South America. In Venezuela, these regions consist of the coffee-growing states of Trujillo, Merida and Tachira. Entomological and parasitological investigations in three geographically different climatic zones (Lomas Bajas, Delicias and La Grita) in Tachira state have shown a predominance of the sandfly species Lutzomyia spinicrassa (verrucarum group) and two Leishmania species, Leishmania mexicana and Leishmania braziliensis. Two transmission cycles appear to occur: a peridomestic cycle in Lomas Bajas and a sylvatic one in Delicias and La Grita.
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- R Maingon
- School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, U.K
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Roberts DW, Kaita R, Levinton F, Asakura N, Bell R, Chance M, Duperrex P, Gammel G, Hatcher R, Holland A, Kaye S, Kessel C, Kugel H, LeBlanc B, Manickam J, Okabayashi M, Paul S, Pomphrey N, Powell E, Sauthoff N, Sesnic S, Takahashi H, White R. Effect of internal magnetic structure on energetic ion confinement in tokamaks. Phys Rev Lett 1993; 71:1011-1014. [PMID: 10055426 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.71.1011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Maingon R, Feliciangeli D, Ward R, Chance M, Adamson R, Rodriguez N, Convit J, Petralanda I, Hernandez A, Segovia M. Molecular approaches applied to the epidemiology of leishmaniasis in Venezuela. Arch Inst Pasteur Tunis 1993; 70:309-24. [PMID: 7802485] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Leishmaniasis is on the increase in Venezuela (ca 30,000 new cases per year) due to deterioration in health management, increased risk groups among inmunosuppressed individuals and increased human penetration into the ecological habitats of sandfly vectors. An STD2-funded project (1989-1992) focused on the Andean state of Táchira, which showed the highest annual index of new cases (ca 200-250). The project aimed at contributing to vector/parasite identification through a combination of molecular and well established field techniques: Newly developed molecular methods distinguished among Lu. spinicrassa, Lu. youngi and Lu. townsendi. These three species of the Verrucarum group are sympatric in the Northeast of the state and could be successfully identified by CHA, DNA probes and RAPD. A Le. braziliensis specific KDNA probe used with squash blots indicated that Lu. spinicrassa is the main vector and that Le. braziliensis is the main parasite species in Táchira state, Venezuela. PCR and the Le. brasiliensis specific DNA probe, schizodemes, isoenzymes and polyclonal antibodies agreed as taxonomic criteria for classification of Leishmania isolated from parasitologically confirmed cases in Tachira. Considerable degree of antigen heterogeneity in Venezuelan Le. braziliensis complex and Le. mexicana complex isolates from Tachira suggests multiple candidate antigens for improving the specificity of immunological diagnosis. The methods developed and tested in Táchira state should be valuable in order to help solving other outstanding epidemiological problems such as following of the epidemiological impact of intervention and vector control measures in highly endemic areas. Future work (STD3 funded, 1993-1996) aims to apply these molecular techniques to a vector control pilot study in Lara state, an area showing the highest incidence of new cases in the country.
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- R Maingon
- Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom
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Park W, Parker S, Biglari H, Chance M, Chen L, Cheng CZ, Hahm TS, Lee WW, Kulsrud R, Monticello D, Sugiyama L, White R. Three‐dimensional hybrid gyrokinetic‐magnetohydrodynamics simulation. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1992. [DOI: 10.1063/1.860011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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Munger MA, Chance M, Nair R, Prescott AW, Nara AR, Simonson MS, Green JA, Posvar EL. Evaluation of quinapril on regional blood flow and cardiac function in patients with congestive heart failure. J Clin Pharmacol 1992; 32:70-6. [PMID: 1740540 DOI: 10.1002/j.1552-4604.1992.tb03791.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [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: 12/28/2022]
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Quinapril, a nonsulfhydryl ACE inhibitor, was evaluated in ten New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class (FC) II-III CHF patients to determine its effects on regional blood flow [effective renal plasma flow (ERPF), renal blood flow (RBF), renal vascular resistance (RVR), hepatic blood flow (HBF), hepatic vascular resistance (HVR), segmental limb pressure (SLP), creatinine clearance (CRCL)] and cardiac function [left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF)]. Previous vasodilator therapy was withdrawn 2 weeks before baseline measurements. Stable regimens of digoxin and diuretics were continued throughout the study. ERPF was assessed using p-aminohippurate (PAH), HBF by indocyanine green (ICG) clearance, and LVEF by radionuclide scintography. Segmental limb pressures were measured by Doppler flow detection. Measurements were performed at baseline (B) and after 4 weeks of quinapril therapy (10 mg BID). Quinapril increased renal (P less than 0.05) and hepatic blood flow (P = 0.06) and significantly reduced renal and hepatic vascular resistance. Glomerular filtration rate and left ventricular ejection fraction were unchanged. Mean arterial pressure and brachial segmental pressures decreased without change in heart rate. Noninvasive cardiovascular assessments indicate that quinapril improves regional blood flow while exhibiting no change in left ventricular ejection fraction, in patients with NYHA FC II-III CHF.
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- M A Munger
- Division of Cardiology, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Ohio
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Bunker G, Petersson L, Sjöberg BM, Sahlin M, Chance M, Chance B, Ehrenberg A. Extended X-ray absorption fine structure studies on the iron-containing subunit of ribonucleotide reductase from Escherichia coli. Biochemistry 1987; 26:4708-16. [PMID: 3311152 DOI: 10.1021/bi00389a017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [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: 01/05/2023]
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Iron K-edge X-ray absorption spectra were obtained on the protein B2, the small subunit of ribonucleotide reductase from Escherichia coli. Protein B2 contains a binuclear iron center with many properties in common with the iron center of oxidized hemerythrins. The extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) measurements on protein B2 were analyzed and compared with published data for oxyhemerythrin. In protein B2 there are, in the first coordination shell around each Fe atom, five or six oxygen or nitrogen atoms that are directly coordinated ligands. In oxyhemerythrin there are six ligands to each iron. As in oxyhemerythrin, one of the ligands in the first shell of protein B2 is at a short distance, about 1.78 A, confirming the existence of a mu-oxo bridge. The other atoms of the first shell are at an average distance of 2.04 A, which is about 0.1 A shorter than in oxyhemerythrin. In protein B2 the Fe-Fe distance is in the range 3.26-3.48 A, and the bridging angle falls between 130 and 150 degrees. On the basis of these data, there is no direct evidence for any histidine ligands in protein B2, but the noise level leaves way for the possibility of a maximum of about three histidines for each Fe pair. The X-ray absorption spectrum of a hydroxyurea-treated sample was not significantly different from that of the native protein B2, which implies that no significant alteration in the structure of the iron site occurs upon destruction of the tyrosine radical.
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- G Bunker
- Institute for Structural and Functional Studies, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
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Powers L, Chance B, Chance M, Campbell B, Friedman J, Khalid S, Kumar C, Naqui A, Reddy KS, Zhou Y. Kinetic, structural, and spectroscopic identification of geminate states of myoglobin: a ligand binding site on the reaction pathway. Biochemistry 1987; 26:4785-96. [PMID: 3663626 DOI: 10.1021/bi00389a028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [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: 01/06/2023]
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Elementary steps or geminate states in the reaction of gaseous ligands with transport proteins delineate the trajectory of the ligand and its rebinding to the heme. By use of kinetic studies of the 765-nm optical "conformation" band, three geminate states were identified for temperatures less than approximately 100 K. MbCO, which is accumulated by photolysis between 1.2 and approximately 10 K, was characterized by our previous optical and X-ray absorption studies [Chance, B., Fischetti, R., & Powers, L. (1983) Biochemistry 22, 3820-3829]. Between 10 and approximately 100 K, geminate states that are also identified that have recombination rates of approximately 10(3) s-1 and approximately 10(-5) s-1 (40 K). Thus, it is possible to maintain a steady-state nearly homogeneous population of the slowest recombining geminate state, Mb, by regulated continuous illumination (optical pumping). Both X-ray absorption and resonance Raman studies under similar conditions of optical pumping show that the heme structure around the iron in Mb is similar to that of MbCO. In both geminate states, the iron-proximal histidine distance remains unchanged (+/- 0.02 A) from that of MbCO while the iron to pyrrole nitrogen average distance has not fully relaxed to that of the deoxy state. In MbCO the CO remains close to iron but not bound, and the Fe...CO angle, which is bent in MbCO (127 +/- 4 degrees C), is decreased by approximately 15 degrees [Powers, L., Sessler, J. L., Woolery, G. L., & Chance, B. (1984) Biochemistry 23, 5519-5523]. The CO molecule in Mb, however, has moved approximately 0.7 A further from iron. Computer graphics modeling of the crystal structure of MbCO places the CO in a crevice in the heme pocket that is just large enough for the CO molecule end-on. Above approximately 100 K resonance Raman studies show that this structure relaxes to the deoxy state.
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- L Powers
- AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey 07974
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Bol K, Buchenauer D, Chance M, Couture P, Fishman H, Fonck R, Gammel G, Grek B, Ida K, Itami K, Jaehnig K, Jahns G, Johnson D, Kaita R, Kaye S, Kugel H, LeBlanc B, Manickam J, McGuire K, Ohyabu N, Okabayashi M, Powell E, Reusch M, Schmidt G, Sesnic S, Takahashi H, Tenney F. High- beta plasmas in the PBX tokamak. Phys Rev Lett 1986; 57:1891-1894. [PMID: 10033576 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.57.1891] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Chance M, Powers L, Poulos T, Chance B. Cytochrome c peroxidase compound ES is identical with horseradish peroxide compound I in iron-ligand distances. Biochemistry 1986; 25:1266-70. [PMID: 3008825 DOI: 10.1021/bi00354a011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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X-ray absorption studies of compound ES of cytochrome c peroxidase show a short iron-oxygen distance of 1.67 +/- 0.04 A, an iron-histamine distance of 1.91 +/- 0.03 A, and an iron-pyrrole nitrogen average distance of 2.02 +/- 0.02 A. This is identical within the error with the reported structure of horseradish peroxidase compound I [Chance, B., Powers, L., Ching, Y., Poulos, T., Yamazaki, I., & Paul, K. G. (1984) Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 235, 596-611]. Comparisons of the structures of myoglobin peroxide [Chance, M., Powers, L., Kumar, C., & Chance, B. (1986) Biochemistry (preceding paper in this issue)], compound ES, and the intermediates of horseradish peroxidase reveal the possible mechanisms for the stabilization of the free radical species generated during catalysis. The proximal histidine regulates the structure and function of the pyrrole nitrogens and the heme, allowing for the formation and maintenance of the characteristic intermediates.
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Chance M, Powers L, Kumar C, Chance B. X-ray absorption studies of myoglobin peroxide reveal functional differences between globins and heme enzymes. Biochemistry 1986; 25:1259-65. [PMID: 3964675 DOI: 10.1021/bi00354a010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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X-ray absorption studies of myoglobin peroxide show that although it is not identical with compound I or II of horseradish peroxidase [Chance, B., Powers, L., Ching, Y., Poulos, T., Yamazaki, I., & Paul, K. G. (1984) Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 235, 596-611], it has some structural features in common with both. As seen in compound I, the Fe-O distance is short, but the iron-pyrrole nitrogen distance is contracted with a longer iron-histidine distance like compound II. The iron has a higher oxidation state than Fe3+, suggesting an oxyferryl ion type species. Comparison of the structures of various peroxidase and myoglobin compounds points out systematic differences that may explain the catalytic activity of the pi cation radical as well as some of the differences between globins and heme enzymes.
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