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Chatterjee R, Ali B, Nguyen SH, Chen R, Sada YH. Malignant Insulinoma Arising From Nonfunctioning Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor. ACG Case Rep J 2023; 10:e00954. [PMID: 38445216 PMCID: PMC10914231 DOI: 10.14309/crj.0000000000000954] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2022] [Accepted: 12/09/2022] [Indexed: 03/07/2024] Open
Abstract
Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors are rare neoplasms characterized into nonfunctioning (NF-PNET) and functioning (F-PNET) subtypes. F-PNETs typically involve overt symptoms related to excessive hormone secretion but may rarely present first as NF-PNETs with delayed transformation. We present a patient with known NF-PNET with liver metastases who developed hypoglycemia 2 years after initial diagnosis due to malignant insulinoma. Hypoglycemia was refractory to continuous dextrose but improved temporarily after diazoxide and hepatic artery embolization. Malignant insulinomas are usually metastatic at presentation and portend poor prognosis. Hypoglycemia may be medically managed with steroids, somatostatin analogues, and diazoxide, along with therapies to reduce tumor burden.
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- Ritodhi Chatterjee
- Department of Internal Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
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- Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
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- Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
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- Section of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
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Ali B, Chatterjee R, Chen R, La B, Nguyen S, Tetlay M, Vasudevan M, Villareal D. ODP315 Hypoglycemia: Neuroendocrine Tumor of the Pancreas with Liver Metastasis and Transformation to Insulinoma. J Endocr Soc 2022. [PMCID: PMC9625669 DOI: 10.1210/jendso/bvac150.1024] [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] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) are rare, can be found in any part of the body including the gastrointestinal tract, lung, and pancreas and have potential for metastasis. Clinical Case A 39-year-old male with stage IV high grade neuroendocrine tumor of the pancreas with metastasis to the liver and lymph nodes whose disease progressed despite treatment with systemic therapy who presented with severe hypoglycemia. Diagnosis and management of his hypoglycemia was difficult. For the diagnosis, patient's serum blood glucose did not always correlate with his capillary blood glucose via finger sticks, which lead to a delay in his diagnosis. Also, his diagnosis was not straight forward as he did not respond adequately to the glucagon following a serum glucose of less than 55 mg/dL (normal 70-110 mg/dL) during a diagnostic fast. Once critical labs were obtained, it took days for the results. In the interim, his hypoglycemia was managed with dextrose infusions at 10%, 20% and as high as 50%, frequent meals, and high dose steroids, yet he still had daily symptomatic hypoglycemia. A diagnosis of insulinoma was made with the following critical lab results: insulin 70.4 uIU/mL (2.6-24.9), C-peptide 12.6 ng/mL (1.1-4.4), proinsulin 407.6 pmol/L (0. 0-10. 0), beta-hydroxybutyrate <0. 050 mmol/L (0. 02-0.27), insulin antibodies <5. 0 uU/mL, negative sulfonylurea screen, insulin-growth factor-1 (IGF-1) 77 ng/mL (90-278), and insulin-growth factor binding protein three (IGF-BP3) 2133 ug/L (2571-5982). Patient was treated with both diazoxide and hepatic artery embolization to reduce tumor burden. His dose of diazoxide was titrated to maintain normoglycemia. He had mild tumor lysis syndrome that did not require dialysis. His hypoglycemia resolved within a few days of treatment and was discharged from the hospital with a continuous glucose monitor (CGM), diazoxide and hydrocortisone. It is our belief that transformation of the liver lesions to insulinoma was the cause of his hypoglycemia. Conclusion We recommend that patients with metastases from their neuroendocrine tumor who develop hypoglycemia be evaluated for insulinoma and if found should be treated with diazoxide and if not surgical candidates to consider hepatic artery embolization. Presentation: No date and time listed
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Christmann CR, Figg WD, Chatterjee R, Lavere PF, Mehta N. Tertiary Syphilis Masquerading as Oropharyngeal Cancer. Cureus 2022; 14:e28912. [PMID: 36237821 PMCID: PMC9547047 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.28912] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Syphilis is re-emerging in the United States. Treponema pallidum, the spirochete bacterium responsible for syphilis, has immunoevasive properties that facilitate pathogenesis and widespread tissue involvement. Host immune status, particularly the presence of HIV/AIDS, can influence the presentation and severity of the disease. Patients co-infected with HIV and syphilis may develop atypical lesions, including those involving the oropharynx. Any immunocompromised patient with tongue lesions and lymphadenopathy is presumed to have a wide differential diagnosis, and tissue sampling with histopathologic analysis is indicated. We present a patient with gumma of the tongue as the initial manifestation of tertiary syphilis.
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Jorstad SG, Marscher AP, Raiteri CM, Villata M, Weaver ZR, Zhang H, Dong L, Gómez JL, Perel MV, Savchenko SS, Larionov VM, Carosati D, Chen WP, Kurtanidze OM, Marchini A, Matsumoto K, Mortari F, Aceti P, Acosta-Pulido JA, Andreeva T, Apolonio G, Arena C, Arkharov A, Bachev R, Banfi M, Bonnoli G, Borman GA, Bozhilov V, Carnerero MI, Damljanovic G, Ehgamberdiev SA, Elsässer D, Frasca A, Gabellini D, Grishina TS, Gupta AC, Hagen-Thorn VA, Hallum MK, Hart M, Hasuda K, Hemrich F, Hsiao HY, Ibryamov S, Irsmambetova TR, Ivanov DV, Joner MD, Kimeridze GN, Klimanov SA, Knött J, Kopatskaya EN, Kurtanidze SO, Kurtenkov A, Kuutma T, Larionova EG, Leonini S, Lin HC, Lorey C, Mannheim K, Marino G, Minev M, Mirzaqulov DO, Morozova DA, Nikiforova AA, Nikolashvili MG, Ovcharov E, Papini R, Pursimo T, Rahimov I, Reinhart D, Sakamoto T, Salvaggio F, Semkov E, Shakhovskoy DN, Sigua LA, Steineke R, Stojanovic M, Strigachev A, Troitskaya YV, Troitskiy IS, Tsai A, Valcheva A, Vasilyev AA, Vince O, Waller L, Zaharieva E, Chatterjee R. Rapid quasi-periodic oscillations in the relativistic jet of BL Lacertae. Nature 2022; 609:265-268. [PMID: 36071186 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-05038-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2022] [Accepted: 06/28/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
Abstract
Blazars are active galactic nuclei (AGN) with relativistic jets whose non-thermal radiation is extremely variable on various timescales1-3. This variability seems mostly random, although some quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs), implying systematic processes, have been reported in blazars and other AGN. QPOs with timescales of days or hours are especially rare4 in AGN and their nature is highly debated, explained by emitting plasma moving helically inside the jet5, plasma instabilities6,7 or orbital motion in an accretion disc7,8. Here we report results of intense optical and γ-ray flux monitoring of BL Lacertae (BL Lac) during a dramatic outburst in 2020 (ref. 9). BL Lac, the prototype of a subclass of blazars10, is powered by a 1.7 × 108 MSun (ref. 11) black hole in an elliptical galaxy (distance = 313 megaparsecs (ref. 12)). Our observations show QPOs of optical flux and linear polarization, and γ-ray flux, with cycles as short as approximately 13 h during the highest state of the outburst. The QPO properties match the expectations of current-driven kink instabilities6 near a recollimation shock about 5 parsecs (pc) from the black hole in the wake of an apparent superluminal feature moving down the jet. Such a kink is apparent in a microwave Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) image.
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- S G Jorstad
- Institute for Astrophysical Research, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA. .,Astronomical Institute, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia.
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- Institute for Astrophysical Research, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
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- INAF, Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino, Torino, Italy
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- INAF, Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Institute for Astrophysical Research, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
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- NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellow, Greenbelt, MD, USA.,NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
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- Department of Physics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
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- Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (CSIC), Granada, Spain
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- St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Astronomical Institute, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia.,Special Astrophysical Observatory, Russian Academy of Sciences, Nizhnii Arkhyz, Russia.,Pulkovo Observatory, St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Astronomical Institute, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia.,Pulkovo Observatory, St. Petersburg, Russia
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- EPT Observatories, Tijarafe, La Palma, Spain.,INAF, TNG Fundación Galileo Galilei, La Palma, Spain
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- Graduate Institute of Astronomy, National Central University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Abastumani Observatory, Mt. Kanobili, Abastumani, Georgia.,Engelhardt Astronomical Observatory, Kazan Federal University, Tatarstan, Russia.,Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg, Landessternwarte, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Astronomical Observatory, Department of Physical Sciences, Earth and Environment, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
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- Astronomical Institute, Osaka Kyoiku University, Kashiwara, Japan
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- Osservatorio Astronomico Città di Seveso, Seveso, Italy.,Department of Aerospace Science and Technology, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy
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- Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias and Dpto. de Astrofísica, Universidad de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
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- Institute of Applied Astronomy, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA
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- Gruppo Astrofili Catanesi (GAC), Catania, Italy
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- Pulkovo Observatory, St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Institute of Astronomy and National Astronomical Observatory, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Osservatorio Astronomico Città di Seveso, Seveso, Italy
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- Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (CSIC), Granada, Spain.,Astronomical Observatory, Department of Physical Sciences, Earth and Environment, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.,INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, Merate, Italy
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- Crimean Astrophysical Observatory RAS, Bakhchisaray, Crimea
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- Department of Astronomy, Faculty of Physics, University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria
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- INAF, Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Ulugh Beg Astronomical Institute, Tashkent, Uzbekistan.,National University of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
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- Hans-Haffner-Sternwarte, Naturwissenschaftliches Labor für Schüler am FKG, Würzburg, Germany.,Department of Physics, TU Dortmund University, Dortmund, Germany
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- INAF-Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Astronomical Institute, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES), Nainital, India
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- Astronomical Institute, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Institute for Astrophysical Research, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
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- Institute for Astrophysical Research, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Physical Sciences, Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Hans-Haffner-Sternwarte, Naturwissenschaftliches Labor für Schüler am FKG, Würzburg, Germany
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- Graduate Institute of Astronomy, National Central University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Shumen, Shumen, Bulgaria
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- Sternberg Astronomical Institute, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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- Institute of Applied Astronomy, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA
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- Abastumani Observatory, Mt. Kanobili, Abastumani, Georgia
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- Hans-Haffner-Sternwarte, Naturwissenschaftliches Labor für Schüler am FKG, Würzburg, Germany
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- Astronomical Institute, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Abastumani Observatory, Mt. Kanobili, Abastumani, Georgia.,Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg, Landessternwarte, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Astronomy and National Astronomical Observatory, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Centro de Estudios de Física del Cosmos de Aragón, Teruel, Spain
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- Astronomical Institute, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Montarrenti Observatory, Siena, Italy
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- Graduate Institute of Astronomy, National Central University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Hans-Haffner-Sternwarte, Naturwissenschaftliches Labor für Schüler am FKG, Würzburg, Germany
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- Hans-Haffner-Sternwarte, Naturwissenschaftliches Labor für Schüler am FKG, Würzburg, Germany.,Lehrstuhl für Astronomie, Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Gruppo Astrofili Catanesi (GAC), Catania, Italy.,Wild Boar Remote Observatory, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Astronomy, Faculty of Physics, University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Astronomical Institute, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Astronomical Institute, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia.,Pulkovo Observatory, St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Abastumani Observatory, Mt. Kanobili, Abastumani, Georgia.,Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg, Landessternwarte, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Astronomy, Faculty of Physics, University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Wild Boar Remote Observatory, Florence, Italy
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- Nordic Optical Telescope, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain.,Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Institute of Applied Astronomy, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Hans-Haffner-Sternwarte, Naturwissenschaftliches Labor für Schüler am FKG, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Physical Sciences, Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Gruppo Astrofili Catanesi (GAC), Catania, Italy.,Wild Boar Remote Observatory, Florence, Italy
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- Institute of Astronomy and National Astronomical Observatory, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Abastumani Observatory, Mt. Kanobili, Abastumani, Georgia
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- Hans-Haffner-Sternwarte, Naturwissenschaftliches Labor für Schüler am FKG, Würzburg, Germany
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- Astronomical Observatory Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Institute of Astronomy and National Astronomical Observatory, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Astronomical Institute, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Astronomical Institute, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Graduate Institute of Astronomy, National Central University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Astronomy, Faculty of Physics, University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Astronomical Institute, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Astronomical Observatory Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Hans-Haffner-Sternwarte, Naturwissenschaftliches Labor für Schüler am FKG, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Astronomy, Faculty of Physics, University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Department of Physics, Presidency University, Kolkata, India
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Aggarwal A, Gupta R, Chatterjee R, Negi V, Das BK, Ghosh P, Danda D, Shobha V. POS0773 AUTOANTIBODIES IN A MULTI-INSTITUTIONAL INDIAN COHORT (INSPIRE) OF SLE PATIENTS: PREVALENCE, CLUSTER ANALYSIS AND PHENOTYPE ASSOCIATION. Ann Rheum Dis 2022. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2022-eular.4173] [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: 11/03/2022]
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BackgroundSystemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is characterized by an array of autoantibodies. Different autoantibodies have been associated with different clinical features like anti-dsDNA antibodies with nephritis and anti-phospholipid antibodies with pregnancy loss. However, the prevalence of autoantibodies has been variable across different ethnic groups. Data on the Indian population is limited.ObjectivesTo assess the prevalence of different autoantibodies in a multi-institutional cohort (INSPIRE) of Indian SLE patients and to test their association with various clinical features using cluster analysisMethodsThe patients (n=1053) enrolled in a multi-institutional cohort of Indian patients (Indian SLE inception cohort for Research [INSPIRE]) were included.1 Antibodies were assayed using Immunoline (Euroimmune, Germany) 17 antigen kit. Anti-phospholipid antibodies (IgG and IgM anti-cardiolipin antibodies (ACLs), IgG anti-Beta 2 GpI antibodies) were measured using ELISA (Euroimmune). Lupus anticoagulant was available in a subset of patients.The prevalence data for autoantibodies were analyzed using an intensity of only ++ and above on Immunoline assay as significant. Univariate analysis by Chi-square test was done to identify associations between individual autoantibodies and their clusters with clinical manifestations.ResultsThe clinical features were fever in 702, alopecia in 813, oral ulcers in 628, acute cutaneous lupus (ACLE) in 520, proteinuria in 400, pleural effusion in 181, thrombocytopenia in 250 and autoimmune hemolytic anemia in 137 patients.The prevalence of various autoantibodies by ELISA was anti-dsDNA antibodies in 70.2% (551/784), IgG Anti- beta-2 GpI in 4.47% (42/938), IgG ACL in 6.14% (61/992) and IgM ACL in 7.1% (54/760). Lupus anticoagulant was present in 13.9% (112/ 805). By Immunoline assay, the prevalence for anti-Ro 52, anti-Ro 60, anti-La and anti-Ribosomal P was 28.49%, 33.14%, 10.07% and 24.03% respectively (Table 1).Table 1.Prevalence of different autoantibodies in the INSPIRE lupus cohortS. No.AutoantibodyPrevalence (%) (n=1053)1.dsDNA28.112.Nucleosomes27.833.Histones24.884.Ro_52_SSA28.495.Ro_60_SSA33.146.SSB-La10.077.Ribosomal P24.038.nRNP36.759.Sm33.1410.Scl-703.2311.PM-Scl0.3812.Jo-10.0913.CENP-B0.3814.PCNA1.3315.AMA-M22.28Cluster analysis (Figure 1) revealed association (Odds ratio with 95% confidence interval) of Cluster 1 (antibodies against dsDNA, histones and nucleosomes) with arthritis (1.51 [1.18-1.94]), proliferative nephritis (3.05[2.08-4.48]) and pleural effusion (1.49[1.08-2.05]), cluster 2 (antibodies against Sm, nRNP, Ro52, Ro60 and Ribosomal P) with ACLE (1.3[1.02-1.65]) and non-proliferative nephritis (1.64[1.09-2.46]) and cluster 3 (antiphospholipid antibodies) with thrombocytopenia (3.34[1.57-7.11]).Figure 1.Cluster analysis of autoantibodies (Cluster 1: dsDNA, histone and nucleosome; cluster 2: Sm, nRNP, Ro52, Ro60 and Ribosomal P; cluster 3: cardiolipin, β2GP1 and La and lupus anticoagulant; cluster 4: Scl-70, Jo-1, PCNA, AMA-M2, PM-SCL and CENP-B)ConclusionThe prevalence of anti-Sm antibody and Anti-Ribosomal P antibody is higher whereas that of anti-La antibody is lesser in the Indian SLE patients as compared to other cohorts of SLE patients with different ethnicities.2 Cluster analysis reveals co-occurrence of different autoantibodies in our patients and their significant association with various clinical manifestations which suggests a possible pathogenic role of autoantibodies or a common genetic basis for it.References[1]Shobha V, Aggarwal A, Rajasekhar L, Jain A, Gupta R, Das B, et al. Indian SLE Inception cohort for Research (INSPIRE): the design of a multi-institutional cohort. Rheumatol Int. 2021 May;41(5):887-894.[2]Yang J, Xu Z, Sui M, Han J, Sun L, Jia X, et al. Co-Positivity for Anti-dsDNA, -Nucleosome and -Histone Antibodies in Lupus Nephritis Is Indicative of High Serum Levels and Severe Nephropathy. PLoS One. 2015 Oct 14;10(10):e0140441.Disclosure of InterestsAmita Aggarwal: None declared, Ranjan Gupta Grant/research support from: Dr. Ranjan Gupta has received 2 grants for educating patients and primary care physicians about rheumatoid arthritis managment., Rudrarpan Chatterjee: None declared, Vir Negi: None declared, Bidyut Kumar Das: None declared, Parasar Ghosh: None declared, Debashish Danda: None declared, Vineeta Shobha: None declared
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Smith HS, Blumenthal-Barby JS, Chatterjee R, Hindera O, Huang A, Kothari R, Vlaev I. A Review of the MINDSPACE Framework for Nudging Health Promotion During Early Stages of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Popul Health Manag 2022; 25:487-500. [PMID: 35353613 DOI: 10.1089/pop.2021.0269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has highlighted the link between individual behavior and public health, along with the importance of evidence-based efforts to promote prosocial individual behavior. Insights from behavioral science can inform the design of effective behavior change techniques, or nudges, to influence individual behavior. The MINDSPACE framework organizes 9 behavioral science principles that can be used to guide policy design: Messenger, Incentives, Norms, Defaults, Salience, Priming, Affect, Commitments, and Ego. Using MINDSPACE as an organizing framework, this article provides a review of the literature on nudges to influence prosocial behaviors relevant during a pandemic: handwashing, avoidance of social gatherings, self-isolation and social distancing, and sharing public health messages. Additionally, empirical evidence on the use of nudges during the first several months of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 is summarized. Recommendations regarding the use of nudges to achieve public health policy goals during pandemics are provided. Organizational leaders, policymakers, and practitioners can use nudges to promote public health when mandates are not politically feasible or enforceable.
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- Hadley Stevens Smith
- Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Internal Medicine Residency Program, University of Washington Boise, Boise, Idaho, USA
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- Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
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Chatterjee R, Pandey Y, Hirsch JR, Habib GB. Electrocardiographic Changes in a Man With Acute Pancreatitis: A Myocardial Infarction? Tex Heart Inst J 2021; 48:475125. [PMID: 34902022 DOI: 10.14503/thij-20-7465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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- Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Section of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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Pal A, Akey MA, Chatterjee R, Aguila AP, Martinez F, Aysola R, Macey PM. 0556 Sex-Specific Relationship Between Anxiety and Autonomic Nervous System Dysfunction in Obstructive Sleep Apnea. Sleep 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/sleep/zsaa056.553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Abstract
Introduction
Cardiovascular co-morbidities in obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) are hard to treat, perhaps due to autonomic nervous system (ANS) dysfunction. In OSA, intermittent hypoxia and poor tissue oxygen perfusion damage endothelial and nervous tissue, potentially underlying the dysfunction. Moreover, OSA is strongly associated with anxiety, which is independently associated with ANS dysfunction. We assessed sex-specific relationships between anxiety and cardiovascular markers of ANS dysfunction in OSA.
Methods
We studied people diagnosed with OSA and healthy controls. We collected 5 minutes of wakeful resting ECG, continuous non-invasive blood pressure, and respiration data. We calculated heart rate (HR), heart rate variability (HRV; sympathetic-vagal balance related to brainstem ANS output), mean arterial blood pressure (MAP), beat-to-beat MAP variability (BPV; related to peripheral autonomic function) and breathing rate (BR). We analyzed these measures with a multivariate regression model of anxiety symptoms (generalized anxiety disorder; GAD-7 scores), sex, and group (OSA vs. control), age/BMI/AHI covariates, and Bonferroni-corrected post-hoc comparisons (p≤0.05).
Results
We analyzed 64 subjects (32 OSA: AHI [mean±SEM] 24±4events/hour, 12 female, age 52±21years, BMI 33±2kg/m2; 32 control: 19 female, age 46±2; BMI 26±1). We observed significant main effects of anxiety, BMI, AHI, sex on HRV, but only group on BPV; post-hoc comparisons revealed high BPV only in OSA females. Secondary analyses included classifying by anxiety symptoms (GAD-7≥5), showing only OSA females with anxiety had higher BPV. Males showed higher HRV. AHI and anxiety were positively correlated with HRV in OSA males. AHI was negatively correlated with BR in OSA females.
Conclusion
We observed higher anxiety associated with higher BPV in OSA, especially in females. Unexpectedly, BR was lower in OSA females; longer breaths may have led to the greater BPV. Higher HRV in males complicated by OSA severity and anxiety could be related to higher sympathetic tone. The slightly older control group may have influenced the findings. Overall, our findings suggest anxiety in OSA is associated with peripheral and centrally-mediated autonomic dysfunction, but in a sex-specific manner.
Support
National Institutes of Health R56-NR-017435 and RO1-HL-135562.
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- A Pal
- UCLA School of Nursing, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
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- UCLA School of Nursing, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
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- UCLA School of Nursing, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
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- UCLA School of Nursing, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
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- UCLA School of Nursing, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
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- UCLA School of Nursing, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
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Lassalle L, Kern J, Ibrahim M, Sutherlin KD, Young ID, Chatterjee R, Gul S, Fuller F, Hussein R, Brewster AS, Bhowmick A, Sauter NK, Zouni A, Messinger J, Yachandra VK, Yano J. Structure of intermediates of the water oxidation reaction in photosystem II. Acta Crystallogr A Found Adv 2019. [DOI: 10.1107/s0108767319098593] [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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Herman DD, Thomson CC, Brosnhan S, Patel R, Trosini-Desert V, Bilaceroglu S, Poston JT, Liberman M, Shah PL, Ost DE, Chatterjee R, Michaud GC. Risk of bleeding in patients undergoing pulmonary procedures on antiplatelet or anticoagulants: A systematic review. Respir Med 2019; 153:76-84. [PMID: 31176274 DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2019.05.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [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: 03/21/2019] [Accepted: 05/28/2019] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
Abstract
As many as 25% of all patients undergoing invasive pulmonary procedures are receiving at least one antiplatelet or anticoagulant agent. For those undergoing elective procedures, the decision-making process is uncomplicated and the procedure may be postponed until the antiplatelet or anticoagulant agent may be safely held. However, many invasive pulmonary procedures are semi-elective or emergent in nature in which case a risk-benefit calculation and discussion occur between the provider and patient or surrogate decision-maker. Therefore, it is critical for providers to have an awareness of the risk of bleeding complications with different pulmonary procedures on various antiplatelet and anticoagulant agents. This systematic review summarizes the bleeding complications associated with different pulmonary procedures in patients on various antiplatelet or anticoagulant agents in the literature and reveals a paucity of high-quality evidence across a wide spectrum of pulmonary procedures and antiplatelet or anticoagulant agents. The results of this review can help inform providers of the bleeding risk in these patients to aid in the shared decision-making process and risk vs benefit discussion.
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- D D Herman
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Ohio State University, 201L Dorothy M. Davis Heart & Lung Research Institute, 473W. 12th Avenue, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA.
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Mount Auburn Hospital, 300 Mt Auburn St #419, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, NYU Lagone Health, 550 1st, Avenue New York, New York, 10016, USA
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- Departments of Critical Care Medicine and Medicine, University of Ottawa, 501 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L6, USA
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- Service de Pneumologie et Réanimation, Unité d'Endoscopie Bronchique, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié Salpétrière, 7 Avenue de la République, 94200, Ivry-sur-Seine, France
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- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Izmir Dr. Suat Seren Training and Research Hospital for Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, Health Sciences University, 35110, Yenisehir, Izmir, Turkey
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- Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, 5841 S Maryland Ave, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
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- Division of Thoracic Surgery, CHUM Endoscospic Tracheobronchial and Oesophageal Center, Department of Surgery, University of Montreal, 1560 rue Sherbrooke Est 8e CD - Pavillon Lachapelle, Bureau D, 8051, Montréal, Québec, H2L 4M1, Canada
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, United Kingdom National Heart & Lung Institute, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London, SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd # 853, Houston, TX, 77030,, USA
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- Brooke Army Medical Center, 3551 Roger Brooke Dr, Jbsa Ft Sam Houston, Texas, 78234, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, NYU Lagone Health, 530 1st Avenue, HCC, Suite 5D, New York, NY, 10016, USA
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Belov N, Chatterjee R, Nikiforov R, Ryzhikh V, Bisoi S, Kumar A, Banerjee S, Yampolskii Y. New poly(ether imide)s with pendant di-tert-butyl groups: Synthesis, characterization and gas transport properties. Sep Purif Technol 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2019.02.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Chatterjee R, Marchand B, Bossanyi M, Boucher M. A277 DNA-PK SUSTAINS AUTOPHAGY AND PANCREATIC CANCER CELL GROWTH. J Can Assoc Gastroenterol 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/jcag/gwz006.276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- R Chatterjee
- médecine/Gastroentérologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
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- médecine/Gastroentérologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
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- médecine/Gastroentérologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
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- médecine/Gastroentérologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
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Chatterjee R, Drak D. Cost Consequence Analysis for Optimising Medical Therapy in an Australian Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF) Cohort. Heart Lung Circ 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2019.06.079] [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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Lincoln CM, Chatterjee R, Willis MH. Augmented Radiology: Looking Over the Horizon. Radiol Artif Intell 2019; 1:e180039. [PMID: 33937784 PMCID: PMC8017399 DOI: 10.1148/ryai.2019180039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2018] [Revised: 11/16/2018] [Accepted: 12/07/2018] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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- Christie M. Lincoln
- From the Department of Radiology, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza MS360, Houston, TX 77030
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- From the Department of Radiology, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza MS360, Houston, TX 77030
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- From the Department of Radiology, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza MS360, Houston, TX 77030
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Alonso-Mori R, Asa K, Bergmann U, Brewster AS, Chatterjee R, Cooper JK, Frei HM, Fuller FD, Goggins E, Gul S, Fukuzawa H, Iablonskyi D, Ibrahim M, Katayama T, Kroll T, Kumagai Y, McClure BA, Messinger J, Motomura K, Nagaya K, Nishiyama T, Saracini C, Sato Y, Sauter NK, Sokaras D, Takanashi T, Togashi T, Ueda K, Weare WW, Weng TC, Yabashi M, Yachandra VK, Young ID, Zouni A, Kern JF, Yano J. Towards characterization of photo-excited electron transfer and catalysis in natural and artificial systems using XFELs. Faraday Discuss 2018; 194:621-638. [PMID: 27711803 DOI: 10.1039/c6fd00084c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The ultra-bright femtosecond X-ray pulses provided by X-ray Free Electron Lasers (XFELs) open capabilities for studying the structure and dynamics of a wide variety of biological and inorganic systems beyond what is possible at synchrotron sources. Although the structure and chemistry at the catalytic sites have been studied intensively in both biological and inorganic systems, a full understanding of the atomic-scale chemistry requires new approaches beyond the steady state X-ray crystallography and X-ray spectroscopy at cryogenic temperatures. Following the dynamic changes in the geometric and electronic structure at ambient conditions, while overcoming X-ray damage to the redox active catalytic center, is key for deriving reaction mechanisms. Such studies become possible by using the intense and ultra-short femtosecond X-ray pulses from an XFEL, where sample is probed before it is damaged. We have developed methodology for simultaneously collecting X-ray diffraction data and X-ray emission spectra, using an energy dispersive spectrometer, at ambient conditions, and used this approach to study the room temperature structure and intermediate states of the photosynthetic water oxidizing metallo-protein, photosystem II. Moreover, we have also used this setup to simultaneously collect the X-ray emission spectra from multiple metals to follow the ultrafast dynamics of light-induced charge transfer between multiple metal sites. A Mn-Ti containing system was studied at an XFEL to demonstrate the efficacy and potential of this method.
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- R Alonso-Mori
- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto U., Kyoto, 606-8502, Japan
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- Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Rd., Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Rd., Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
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- Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis (JCAP), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Rd., Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Rd., Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Rd., Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
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- Dept. of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, 2620 Yarborough Rd., Raleigh, NC 27695-8204, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Rd., Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
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- IMRAM, Tohoku U., Sendai 980-8577, Japan and RIKEN SPring-8 Center, Kouto, Sayo, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan
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- Institut für Biologie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, D-10099 Berlin, Germany
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- Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute (JASRI), SPring-8/SACLA, Kouto, Sayo-cho, Sayo-gun, Hyogo 679-5198, Japan
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- Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL), SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- IMRAM, Tohoku U., Sendai 980-8577, Japan
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Rd., Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
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- Institutionen för Kemi, Kemiskt Biologiskt Centrum, Umeå Universitet, Umeå, Sweden
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- IMRAM, Tohoku U., Sendai 980-8577, Japan and RIKEN SPring-8 Center, Kouto, Sayo, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto U., Kyoto, 606-8502, Japan and RIKEN SPring-8 Center, Kouto, Sayo, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto U., Kyoto, 606-8502, Japan
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Rd., Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
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- Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto U., Kyoto, 606-8502, Japan
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Rd., Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
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- Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL), SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute (JASRI), SPring-8/SACLA, Kouto, Sayo-cho, Sayo-gun, Hyogo 679-5198, Japan
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- IMRAM, Tohoku U., Sendai 980-8577, Japan and RIKEN SPring-8 Center, Kouto, Sayo, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan
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- Dept. of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, 2620 Yarborough Rd., Raleigh, NC 27695-8204, USA
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- Center for High Pressure Science & Technology Advanced Research, Shanghai, China
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- Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute (JASRI), SPring-8/SACLA, Kouto, Sayo-cho, Sayo-gun, Hyogo 679-5198, Japan
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Rd., Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Rd., Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
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- Institut für Biologie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, D-10099 Berlin, Germany
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- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA and Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Rd., Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Rd., Berkeley, CA 94720, USA. and Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis (JCAP), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Rd., Berkeley, CA 94720, USA and IMRAM, Tohoku U., Sendai 980-8577, Japan
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Mondal A, Chatterjee R, Datta S. Umbrella Sampling and X-ray Crystallographic Analysis Unveil an Arg-Asp Gate Facilitating Inhibitor Binding Inside Phosphopantetheine Adenylyltransferase Allosteric Cleft. J Phys Chem B 2018; 122:1551-1559. [PMID: 29345931 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b09543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Phosphopantetheine adenylyltransferase (PPAT) is a rate-limiting enzyme essential for biosynthesis of coenzyme A (CoA), which in turn is responsible to regulate the secretion of exotoxins via type III secretion system in Pseudomonas aeruginosa, causing severe health concerns ranging from nosocomial infections to respiratory failure. Acetyl coenzyme A (AcCoA) is a newly reported inhibitor of PPAT, believed to regulate the cellular levels of CoA and thereby the pathogenesis. Very little is known so far regarding the mechanistic details of AcCoA binding inside PPAT-binding cleft. Herein, we have used extensive umbrella sampling simulations to decipher mechanistic insight into the inhibitor accommodation inside the binding cavity. We found that R90 and D94 residues act like a gate near the binding cavity to accommodate and stabilize the incoming ligand. Mutational models concerning these residues also show considerable difference in AcCoA-binding thermodynamics. To substantiate our findings, we have solved the first crystal structure of apo-PPAT from P. aeruginosa, which also found to agree with the simulation results. Collectively, these results describe the mechanistic details of accommodation of inhibitor molecule inside PPAT-binding cavity and also offer valuable insight into regulating cellular levels of CoA/AcCoA and thus controlling the pathogenicity.
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- A Mondal
- Structural Biology and Bioinformatics Division, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology , 4 Raja SC Mullick Road, Jadavpur, Kolkata, West Bengal 700032, India
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- Structural Biology and Bioinformatics Division, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology , 4 Raja SC Mullick Road, Jadavpur, Kolkata, West Bengal 700032, India
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- Structural Biology and Bioinformatics Division, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology , 4 Raja SC Mullick Road, Jadavpur, Kolkata, West Bengal 700032, India
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Shubhchintak, Chatterjee R, Shyam R. Projectile deformation effects in the breakup of 37Mg. EPJ Web of Conferences 2016. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/201611706010] [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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Siti Norashikin MT, Ghosh S, Chatterjee R, Rajikin MH, Chatterjee A. Nicotine and endometrial decidual growth in pseudopregnant rats. Reprod Med Biol 2014; 13:135-141. [PMID: 29699157 DOI: 10.1007/s12522-013-0174-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [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: 10/22/2012] [Accepted: 12/11/2013] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Purpose The present study aims to investigate the effects of nicotine on the endometrial decidual growth and levels of estrogen and progesterone in pseudopregnant rats. Methods Pseudopregnancy (pc) was induced in cyclic Sprague-Dawley rats by sterile mating. Subcutaneous injection of nicotine tartrate (7.5 mg/kg/day) was scheduled from day 1 through day 5, day 5 through day 9 or day 1 through day 9 of pc. In another group of pseudopregnant rats, concomitant treatment of nicotine tartrate concurrently with progesterone (2 mg/day) was scheduled from day 1 through day 9 pc. Control groups received subcutaneous injections of vehicle only. Endometrial decidualization was induced on day 5 pc. On day 10 pc, animals were sacrificed.The degree of decidual growth and circulating levels of estrogen and progesterone were measured. Results The decidual growth in all the first three nicotine-treated groups of animals was significantly reduced, particularly in the animals treated with nicotine from day 1 through day 9 pc. Plasma estrogen levels were significantly elevated in animals treated with nicotine from day 1 through day 9 pc. Conversely, levels of plasma progesterone were found to be significantly attenuated in the same group of nicotine-treated animals compared to controls. Exogenous replacement of progesterone, however, caused a higher degree of endometrial decidualization compared to the nicotine-treated group but it was slightly less than when compared to control. Conclusions In conclusion, nicotine-induced progesterone deficiency with a corresponding elevation of estrogen may possibly attenuate the degree of endometrial decidualization in pseudopregnant rats.
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- M T Siti Norashikin
- Faculty of Medicine Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Sungai Buloh Campus, Jalan Hospital 47000 Sungai Buloh Selangor Malaysia
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- Faculty of Medicine Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Sungai Buloh Campus, Jalan Hospital 47000 Sungai Buloh Selangor Malaysia
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- Faculty of Medicine Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Sungai Buloh Campus, Jalan Hospital 47000 Sungai Buloh Selangor Malaysia
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- Faculty of Medicine Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Sungai Buloh Campus, Jalan Hospital 47000 Sungai Buloh Selangor Malaysia
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- Faculty of Medicine Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Sungai Buloh Campus, Jalan Hospital 47000 Sungai Buloh Selangor Malaysia
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Bajoria R, Sooranna S, Chatterjee R. Effect of lipid composition of cationic SUV liposomes on materno-fetal transfer of warfarin across the perfused human term placenta. Placenta 2013; 34:1216-22. [PMID: 24183755 DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2013.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [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: 08/07/2013] [Revised: 10/03/2013] [Accepted: 10/07/2013] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Use of drugs that cross the placenta freely are currently avoided during pregnancy. We investigated whether cationic small unilamellar (SUV) liposomes of different lipid compositions could prevent the transfer and uptake of warfarin across human term placenta. METHODS Cationic liposomes encapsulated warfarin was prepared by using lecithin (F-SUV) or sterylamine (S-SUV) with cholesterol and stearylamine. The size distribution, encapsulation efficiency, and stability were determined in blood-based media. The transfer kinetics of free and liposomally encapsulated warfarin were studied in a dually perfused isolated lobule of human term placenta with creatinine. Concentrations of warfarin were measured by fluorimetry. Data are expressed as % of initial dose added and given as mean ± sd. RESULTS Warfarin crossed the placenta freely (14.9 ± 1.1%). Trans placental transfer of warfarin was significantly reduced by F-SUV (6.4 ± 0.6%; P < 0.001) and S-SUV liposomes (5.0 ± 0.8%; P < 0.001). Placental uptake of F-SUV (6.3 ± 1.7%; P < 0.001) was greater than that of S-SUV liposomes (2.2 ± 0.5%; P < 0.001). CONCLUSION Our data suggest that cationic liposomes reduce trans placental transfer of warfarin. If confirmed "in vivo", liposomes might provide an alternative non-invasive method of drug delivery to the mother.
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- R Bajoria
- Imperial College, School of Medicine, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, UK; University College London, Institute for Women's Health London, UK.
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Nazzaro A, Salerno A, Di Iorio L, Landino G, Marino S, Pastore E, Fabregues F, Iraola A, Casals G, Creus M, Peralta S, Penarrubia J, Manau D, Civico S, Balasch J, Lindgren I, Giwercman YL, Celik E, Turkcuoglu I, Ata B, Karaer A, Kirici P, Berker B, Park J, Kim J, Rhee J, Krishnan M, Rustamov O, Russel R, Fitzgerald C, Roberts S, Hapuarachi S, Tan BK, Mathur RS, van de Vijver A, Blockeel C, Camus M, Polyzos N, Van Landuyt L, Tournaye H, Turhan NO, Hizli D, Kamalak Z, Kosus A, Kosus N, Kafali H, Lukaszuk A, Kunicki M, Liss J, Bednarowska A, Jakiel G, Lukaszuk K, Lukaszuk M, Olszak-Sokolowska B, Lukaszuk K, Kunicki M, Liss J, Jakiel G, Bednarowska A, Wasniewski T, Neuberg M, Lukaszuk M, Cavalcanti V, Peluso C, Lechado BL, Cordts EB, Christofolini DM, Barbosa CP, Bianco B, Venetis CA, Kolibianakis EM, Bosdou J, Tarlatzis BC, Onal M, Gungor DN, Acet M, Kahraman S, Kuijper E, Twisk J, Caanen M, Korsen T, Hompes P, Kushnir M, Rockwood A, Meikle W, Lambalk CB, Hizli D, Kamalak Z, Kosus A, Kosus N, Turhan NO, Kafali H, Yan X, Dai X, Wang J, Zhao N, Cui Y, Liu J, Yarde F, Maas AHEM, Franx A, Eijkemans MJC, Drost JT, van Rijn BB, van Eyck J, van der Schouw YT, Broekmans FJM, Martyn F, Anglim B, Wingfield M, Fang T, Yan GJ, Sun HX, Hu YL, Chrudimska J, Krenkova P, Macek M, Macek M, Teixeira da Silva J, Cunha M, Silva J, Viana P, Goncalves A, Barros N, Oliveira C, Sousa M, Barros A, Nelson SM, Lloyd SM, McConnachie A, Khader A, Fleming R, Lawlor DA, Thuesen L, Andersen AN, Loft A, Smitz J, Abdel-Rahman M, Ismail S, Silk J, Abdellah M, Abdellah AH, Ruiz F, Cruz M, Piro M, Collado D, Garcia-Velasco JA, Requena A, Kollmann Z, Bersinger NA, McKinnon B, Schneider S, Mueller MD, von Wolff M, Vaucher A, Kollmann Z, Bersinger NA, Weiss B, Stute P, Marti U, von Wolff M, Chai J, Yeung WYT, Lee CYV, Li WHR, Ho PC, Ng HYE, Kim SM, Kim SH, Jee BC, Ku S, Suh CS, Choi YM, Kim JG, Moon SY, Lee JH, Kim SG, Kim YY, Kim HJ, Lee KH, Park IH, Sun HG, Hwang YI, Sung NY, Choi MH, Cha SH, Park CW, Kim JY, Yang KM, Song IO, Koong MK, Kang IS, Kim HO, Haines C, Wong WY, Kong WS, Cheung LP, Choy TK, Leung PC, Fadini R, Coticchio G, Renzini MM, Guglielmo MC, Brambillasca F, Hourvitz A, Albertini DF, Novara P, Merola M, Dal Canto M, Iza JAA, DePablo JL, Anarte C, Domingo A, Abanto E, Barrenetxea G, Kato R, Kawachiya S, Bodri D, Kondo M, Matsumoto T, Maldonado LGL, Setti AS, Braga DPAF, Iaconelli A, Borges E, Iaconelli C, Setti AS, Braga DPAF, Figueira RCS, Iaconelli A, Borges E, Kitaya K, Taguchi S, Funabiki M, Tada Y, Hayashi T, Nakamura Y, Snajderova M, Zemkova D, Lanska V, Teslik L, Calonge RN, Ortega L, Garcia A, Cortes S, Guijarro A, Peregrin PC, Bellavia M, Pesant MH, Wirthner D, Portman L, de Ziegler D, Wunder D, Chen X, Chen SHL, Liu YD, Tao T, Xu LJ, Tian XL, Ye DSH, He YX, Carby A, Barsoum E, El-Shawarby S, Trew G, Lavery S, Mishieva N, Barkalina N, Korneeva I, Ivanets T, Abubakirov A, Chavoshinejad R, Hartshorne GM, Marei W, Fouladi-nashta AA, Kyrkou G, Trakakis E, Chrelias CH, Alexiou E, Lykeridou K, Mastorakos G, Bersinger N, Kollmann Z, Mueller MD, Vaucher A, von Wolff M, Ferrero H, Gomez R, Garcia-Pascual CM, Simon C, Pellicer A, Turienzo A, Lledo B, Guerrero J, Ortiz JA, Morales R, Ten J, Llacer J, Bernabeu R, De Leo V, Focarelli R, Capaldo A, Stendardi A, Gambera L, Marca AL, Piomboni P, Kim JJ, Choi YM, Kang JH, Hwang KR, Chae SJ, Kim SM, Yoon SH, Ku SY, Kim SH, Kim JG, Moon SY, Iliodromiti S, Kelsey TW, Anderson RA, Nelson SM, Lee HJ, Weghofer A, Kushnir VA, Shohat-Tal A, Lazzaroni E, Lee HJ, Barad DH, Gleicher NN, Shavit T, Shalom-Paz E, Fainaru O, Michaeli M, Kartchovsky E, Ellenbogen A, Gerris J, Vandekerckhove F, Delvigne A, Dhont N, Madoc B, Neyskens J, Buyle M, Vansteenkiste E, De Schepper E, Pil L, Van Keirsbilck N, Verpoest W, Debacquer D, Annemans L, De Sutter P, Von Wolff M, Kollmann Z, Vaucher A, Weiss B, Bersinger NA, Verit FF, Keskin S, Sargin AK, Karahuseyinoglu S, Yucel O, Yalcinkaya S, Comninos AN, Jayasena CN, Nijher GMK, Abbara A, De Silva A, Veldhuis JD, Ratnasabapathy R, Izzi-Engbeaya C, Lim A, Patel DA, Ghatei MA, Bloom SR, Dhillo WS, Colodron M, Guillen JJ, Garcia D, Coll O, Vassena R, Vernaeve V, Pazoki H, Bolouri G, Farokhi F, Azarbayjani MA, Alebic MS, Stojanovic N, Abali R, Yuksel A, Aktas C, Celik C, Guzel S, Erfan G, Sahin O, Zhongying H, Shangwei L, Qianhong M, Wei F, Lei L, Zhun X, Yan W, Vandekerckhove F, De Baerdemaeker A, Gerris J, Tilleman K, Vansteelandt S, De Sutter P, Oliveira JBA, Baruffi RLR, Petersen CG, Mauri AL, Nascimento AM, Vagnini L, Ricci J, Cavagna M, Massaro FC, Pontes A, Franco JG, El-khayat W, Elsadek M, Foroozanfard F, Saberi H, Moravvegi A, Kazemi M, Gidoni YS, Raziel A, Friedler S, Strassburger D, Hadari D, Kasterstein E, Ben-Ami I, Komarovsky D, Maslansky B, Bern O, Ron-El R, Izquierdo MP, Ten J, Guerrero J, Araico F, Llacer J, Bernabeu R, Somova O, Feskov O, Feskova I, Bezpechnaya I, Zhylkova I, Tishchenko O, Oguic SK, Baldani DP, Skrgatic L, Simunic V, Vrcic H, Rogic D, Juras J, Goldstein MS, Garcia De Miguel L, Campo MC, Gurria A, Alonso J, Serrano A, Marban E, Peregrin PC, Hourvitz A, Shalev L, Yung Y, Yerushalmi G, Giovanni C, Dal Canto M, Fadini R, Has J, Maman E, Monterde M, Gomez R, Marzal A, Vega O, Rubio JM, Diaz-Garcia C, Pellicer A, Eapen A, Datta A, Kurinchi-selvan A, Birch H, Lockwood GM, Ornek MC, Ates U, Usta T, Goksedef CP, Bruszczynska A, Glowacka J, Kunicki M, Jakiel G, Wasniewski T, Jaguszewska K, Liss J, Lukaszuk K, Oehninger S, Nelson S, Verweij P, Stegmann B, Ando H, Takayanagi T, Minamoto H, Suzuki N, Maman E, Rubinshtein N, Yung Y, Shalev L, Yerushalmi G, Hourvitz A, Saltek S, Demir B, Dilbaz B, Demirtas C, Kutteh W, Shapiro B, Witjes H, Gordon K, Lauritsen MP, Loft A, Pinborg A, Freiesleben NL, Mikkelsen AL, Bjerge MR, Andersen AN, Chakraborty P, Goswami SK, Chakravarty BN, Mittal M, Bajoria R, Narvekar N, Chatterjee R, Bentzen JG, Johannsen TH, Scheike T, Andersen AN, Friis-Hansen L, Sunkara S, Coomarasamy A, Faris R, Braude P, Khalaf Y, Makedos A, Kolibianakis EM, Venetis CA, Masouridou S, Chatzimeletiou K, Zepiridis L, Mitsoli A, Lainas G, Sfontouris I, Tzamtzoglou A, Kyrou D, Lainas T, Tarlatzis BC, Fermin A, Crisol L, Exposito A, Prieto B, Mendoza R, Matorras R, Louwers Y, Lao O, Kayser M, Palumbo A, Sanabria V, Rouleau JP, Puopolo M, Hernandez MJ, Diaz-Garcia C, Monterde M, Marzal A, Vega O, Rubio JM, Gomez R, Pellicer A, Ozturk S, Sozen B, Yaba-Ucar A, Mutlu D, Demir N, Olsson H, Sandstrom R, Grundemar L, Papaleo E, Corti L, Rabellotti E, Vanni VS, Potenza M, Molgora M, Vigano P, Candiani M, Andersen AN, Fernandez-Sanchez M, Bosch E, Visnova H, Barri P, Garcia-Velasco JA, De Sutter P, Fauser BJCM, Arce JC, Sandstrom R, Olsson H, Grundemar L, Peluso P, Trevisan CM, Cordts EB, Cavalcanti V, Christofolini DM, Fonseca FA, Barbosa CP, Bianco B, Bakas P, Vlahos N, Hassiakos D, Tzanakaki D, Gregoriou O, Liapis A, Creatsas G, Adda-Herzog E, Steffann J, Sebag-Peyrelevade S, Poulain M, Benachi A, Fanchin R, Gordon K, Zhang D, Andersen AN, Aybar F, Temel S, Kahraman S, Hamdine O, Macklon NS, Eijkemans MJC, Laven JS, Cohlen BJ, Verhoeff A, van Dop PA, Bernardus RE, Lambalk CB, Oosterhuis GJE, Holleboom CAG, van den Dool-Maasland GC, Verburg HJ, van der Heijden PFM, Blankhart A, Fauser BCJM, Broekmans FJ, Bhattacharya J, Mitra A, Dutta GB, Kundu A, Bhattacharya M, Kundu S, Pigny P, Dassonneville A, Catteau-Jonard S, Decanter C, Dewailly D, Pouly J, Olivennes F, Massin N, Celle M, Caizergues N, Fleming R, Gaudoin M, Messow M, McConnachie A, Nelson SM, Dewailly D, Vanhove L, Peigne M, Thomas P, Robin G, Catteau-Jonard S. Reproductive endocrinology. Hum Reprod 2013. [DOI: 10.1093/humrep/det221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [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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Yoshida A, Ishikawa T, Koyama S, Suzuki H, Tanaka M, Seida K, Wen K, Bajoria R, Williamson E, Spreyer B, Chatterjee R, Harvey L, Neri QV, Fields T, Rosenwaks Z, Palermo GD, Setti AS, Vingris L, Braga DPAF, Figueira RCS, Iaconelli A, Borges E, Sano K, Yoshida A, Tanigiwa S, Seida K, Suzuki H, Tanaka M. Session 43: Spermatogenesis - the new knowledge. Hum Reprod 2013. [DOI: 10.1093/humrep/det176] [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: 11/13/2022] Open
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Abd-Aziz NAA, Durairajanayagam D, Chatterjee A, Chatterjee R. Corticosterone-induced attenuation of epididymal sperm fertility in rats. 2012 IEEE Colloquium on Humanities, Science and Engineering (CHUSER) 2012. [DOI: 10.1109/chuser.2012.6504299] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/01/2023]
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The influence of chromosome structure upon pairing behaviour during meiosis was investigated by comparing four autotetraploid genotypes of rye (Secale cereale) containing homologous chromosome sets with different degrees of structural similarity. The series provided a range of genotypes that, at one extreme, contained structurally identical chromosome sets and, at the other extreme, sets that are certainly more heterozygous in the genic sense and probably also more diverse from a purely structural viewpoint. Relative frequencies of pairing configurations at meiotic prophase and metaphase I were compared by electron microscopy of whole-mount surface-spread synaptonemal complex complements and light microscopy of squash preparations. Despite unexpectedly low quadrivalent frequencies over all four genotypes, higher mean bivalent frequencies appeared to be associated with greater homologue diversity. In other words, greater structural divergence between chromosome sets appears to facilitate more efficient discrimination between homologous and identical chromosomes that drives the formation of bivalents. Statistical comparisons were not able to confirm in some cases the significance of the observed pattern of pairing behaviour.
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Chaklader M, Das P, Pereira JA, Law A, Chattopadhyay S, Chatterjee R, Mondal A, Law S. 17-AAG mediated targeting of Hsp90 limits tert activity in peritoneal sarcoma related malignant ascites by downregulating cyclin D1 during cell cycle entry. Exp Oncol 2012; 34:90-96. [PMID: 23013759] [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: 06/01/2023]
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AIM Peritoneal or retro-peritoneal sarcomatosis related malignant ascites formation is a rare but serious consequence of the locoregional metastatic event. The present work aimed to study the effect of the Hsp90 inhibitor (17-AAG), an ansamycin analog, on cell cycle and DNA replication specific chaperone-clients interaction in the event of peritoneal sarcoma related malignant ascites formation in mouse model at the late stage of malignant growth. METHODS We administered 17-AAG, an Hsp90 inhibitor, divided doses (330 μg/kg b.w./day for first five days then next ten days with166 μg/kg b.w./day) through intra-peritoneal route of inbred Swiss albino mice bearing full grown peritoneal malignant ascites of sarcoma-180. Our study was evaluated by peripheral blood hemogram analysis, malignant ascitic cytology, cell viability test, survival time and mitotic indexing. Furthermore, flowcytometric HSP90, TERT, CyclinD1, PCNA and GM-CSF expression analysis has been considered for special objective of the study. RESULTS Our experimental efforts reduced the aggressive proliferation of malignant ascites by drastic downregulation of TERT and cyclin D1 on the verge of cell cycle entry along with DNA replication processivity factor PCNA by directly modulating their folding machinery - heat shock protein 90. Consequently, we observed that malignant ascitic cells became error prone during the event of karyokinesis and produced micronucleus containing malignant cells with low viability. Peripheral neutrophilia due to over-expression of GM-CSF by the peritoneal malignant ascites were also controlled by the treatment with 17-AAG and overall, the treatment modality improved the median survival time. CONCLUSION Finally we can conclude that 17AAG administration might serve as a prospective pharmacological agent for the management of peritoneal sarcoma related malignant ascites and throws light towards prolonged survival of the patients concerned.
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- M Chaklader
- Stem Cell Research and Application Unit, Department of Biochemistry and Medical Biotechnology, Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine, Kolkata-700073, West Bengal, India
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Kundu AK, Jha VK, Seikh MM, Chatterjee R, Mahendiran R. A comparative study of magnetic and dielectric behaviors for La(1-x)Bi(x)Mn(1-y)Fe(y)O3 series (with x = 0.5, 0.7 and y = 0.3, 0.7). J Phys Condens Matter 2012; 24:255902. [PMID: 22641058 DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/24/25/255902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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We have carried out an extensive investigation into the effect of doping on both the A- and B-sites for the multiferroic La(0.5)Bi(0.5)Mn(0.5)Fe(0.5)O(3) in relation to its physical properties. The temperature dependent magnetization and dielectric response are determined for different percentages of Bi- and Fe-substitutions. For La(0.5)Bi(0.5)Mn(0.7)Fe(0.3)O(3), there is a prominent ferromagnetic transition T(C) around 110 K, whereas the other La(0.5)Bi(0.5)Mn(0.3)Fe(0.7)O(3) and La(0.3)Bi(0.7)Mn(0.3)Fe(0.7)O(3) phases fail to exhibit any clear transition. On the other hand, for the Fe-rich phases, the coercive field increases to 2450 Oe compared to 1720 Oe (for the Mn-rich phase). All the compositions exhibit coexistence of ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic phases at low temperatures. The temperature dependent dielectric constant of the investigated samples varies from 32,000 to 500 at room temperature and the data has been analyzed using the universal dielectric response model.
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- Asish K Kundu
- Discipline of Physics, Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, Dumna Airport Road, Jabalpur-482005, India.
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Chatterjee R, Colangelo LA, Yeh HC, Anderson CA, Daviglus ML, Liu K, Brancati FL. Potassium intake and risk of incident type 2 diabetes mellitus: the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study. Diabetologia 2012; 55:1295-303. [PMID: 22322920 PMCID: PMC3934349 DOI: 10.1007/s00125-012-2487-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2011] [Accepted: 01/05/2012] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS Serum potassium has been found to be a significant predictor of diabetes risk, but the effect of dietary potassium on diabetes risk is not clear. We sought to determine if dietary potassium is associated with risk of incident type 2 diabetes in young adults. METHODS We used data from the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study. Potassium intake was measured by (1) an average of three 24 h urinary potassium collections at the 5-year study visit, and (2) the CARDIA dietary assessment instrument at baseline. Incident type 2 diabetes cases were ascertained on the basis of use of diabetes medication and laboratory measurements. Analyses were adjusted for relevant confounders including intake of fruit and vegetables and other dietary factors. RESULTS Of 1,066 participants with urinary potassium measurements, 99 (9.3%) developed diabetes over 15 years of follow-up. In multivariate models, adults in the lowest urinary potassium quintile were more than twice as likely to develop diabetes as their counterparts in the highest quintile (HR 2.45; 95% CI 1.08, 5.59). Of 4,754 participants with dietary history measurements, 373 (7.8%) developed diabetes over 20 years of follow-up. In multivariate models, African-Americans had a significantly increased risk of diabetes with lower potassium intake, which was not found in whites. CONCLUSIONS/INTERPRETATION Low dietary potassium is associated with increased risk of incident diabetes in African-Americans. Randomised clinical trials are needed to determine if potassium supplementation, from either dietary or pharmacological sources, could reduce the risk of diabetes, particularly in higher-risk populations.
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- R Chatterjee
- Duke University School of Medicine, Sutton Station Internal Medicine, 5832 Fayetteville Road, Suite 113, Durham, NC 27713, USA.
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Kandula R, Pasricha P, Chatterjee R, Chakravarty B. Effect of oocyte dysmorphism on oocyte pool and IVF outcome in intracytoplasmic sperm injection cycles. Fertil Steril 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2011.07.751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Das S, Joardar S, Bhattacharyya S, Chatterjee R. HIV encephalopathy in a child in the presence of a high CD4 count: a rare presentation. Int J STD AIDS 2011; 22:57-8. [PMID: 21364071 DOI: 10.1258/ijsa.2010.010212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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A two-year-old girl presented with regression of developmental milestones for the last three and a half months. She was diagnosed as HIV-positive, but her CD4 count was found to be normal. Computed tomography (CT) scan of her brain showed bilateral basal ganglia calcification with cortical atrophy. A final diagnosis of HIV encephalopathy was made which had occurred despite a normal CD4 count, which is extremely uncommon.
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- Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, India.
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Saha A, Chaudhury AN, Bhowmik P, Chatterjee R. Awareness of cervical cancer among female students of premier colleges in Kolkata, India. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev 2010; 11:1085-1090. [PMID: 21133629] [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: 05/30/2023] Open
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In the absence of any nationwide cervical screening program, cancer of cervix remains a major public health problem for India. We here assessed knowledge levels of female college students about cervical cancer, its risk factors, the human papillomavirus (HPV) etiologic agent and Pap (Papanicolaou) smear testing for screening. We conducted a questionnaire survey of the students (N=630), aged 17 to 24 years, in Kolkata, India. Only 20% correctly identified cervix cancer as the most prevalent female cancer in India, while 43% were aware of the ages of occurrence. Though 41% thought sexual activity to be associated with cervical cancer, its risk factors, like, smoking, having multiple sex partners, cervical infections, early onset of sexual intercourse, multiple parity were recognized by 29%, 3%, 4%, 13% and 15%, respectively. The terms Pap test and HPV had been heard by 11% and 15 % of the students, respectively, and 75% of the students desired to have protective vaccination. Bivariate analysis revealed that educational stream, standard of the college and family size were significantly associated with knowledge levels. Additionally, multivariate regression analysis indicated city students were more knowledgeable than those from outside the city. It is imperative that women gather adequate knowledge on cervical cancer for the success of any program to control the disease. Wide and effective spreading of awareness about the disease among women must form an integral part of public health policy of government.
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- Department of Statistics, All India Institute of Hygiene & Public Health, Kolkatta, India
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Chatterjee S, Ravishankar K, Chatterjee R, Narang A, Kinikar A. Hepatitis B Prevalence during pregnancy. Indian Pediatr 2009; 46:1005-1008. [PMID: 19430075] [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] [Received: 04/11/2008] [Accepted: 09/09/2008] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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In order to determine the efficacy of a new hepatitis B immune globulin (HBIG), a phase 3, vertical transmission (mother to child) clinical interventional trial of hepatitis B virus (HBV) post exposure prophylaxis (PEP) was conducted at selected sites (n=15) throughout India. This required a large screening program for HBsAg positivity at prenatal clinics located in tertiary care hospitals. 36,379 pregnant women consented to be tested for Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) by Rapid Test and if positive-confirmed by ELISA. The weighted mean prevalence was 0.82% (95% CI, 0.72, 0.91). In conclusion, the prevalence of HBV carrier state during pregnancy in India in this study was low compared to previous reports.
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- S Chatterjee
- Department of Pediatrics, Calcutta Medical College, Kolkata, India.
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Phillips LS, Ziemer DC, Kolm P, Weintraub WS, Vaccarino V, Rhee MK, Chatterjee R, Narayan KMV, Koch DD. Glucose challenge test screening for prediabetes and undiagnosed diabetes. Diabetologia 2009; 52:1798-807. [PMID: 19557386 DOI: 10.1007/s00125-009-1407-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2009] [Revised: 04/11/2009] [Accepted: 05/06/2009] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS Diabetes prevention and care are limited by lack of screening. We hypothesised that screening could be done with a strategy similar to that used near-universally for gestational diabetes, i.e. a 50 g oral glucose challenge test (GCT) performed at any time of day, regardless of meal status, with one 1 h sample. METHODS At a first visit, participants had random plasma and capillary glucose measured, followed by the GCT with plasma and capillary glucose (GCTplasma and GCTcap, respectively). At a second visit, participants had HbA(1c) measured and a diagnostic 75 g OGTT. RESULTS The 1,573 participants had mean age of 48 years, BMI 30.3 kg/m(2) and 58% were women and 58% were black. Diabetes (defined by WHO) was present in 4.6% and prediabetes (defined as impaired glucose tolerance [2 h glucose 7.8-11.1 (140-199 mg/dl) with fasting glucose <or=6.9 (125 mg/dl)] and/or impaired fasting glucose with plasma glucose 6.1-6.9 mmol/l [110-125 mg/dl]) in 18.7%. The GCTplasma provided areas under the receiver-operating-characteristic curves of 0.90, 0.82 and 0.79 for detection of diabetes, diabetes or prediabetes, and prediabetes, respectively, all of which were higher than GCTcap, random and capillary glucose, and HbA(1c) (p < 0.02 for all). The performance of GCTplasma was unaffected by time after meals or time of day, and was better in blacks than whites, but otherwise comparable in men and women, and in groups with differing prevalence of glucose intolerance. GCTplasma screening would cost approximately US$84 to identify one person with previously unrecognised diabetes or prediabetes. CONCLUSIONS/INTERPRETATION GCT screening for prediabetes and previously unrecognised diabetes would be accurate, convenient and inexpensive. Widespread use of GCT screening could help improve disease management by permitting early initiation of therapy aimed at preventing or delaying the development of diabetes and its complications.
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- L S Phillips
- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Emory University School of Medicine, 101 Woodruff Circle, WMRB Room 1027, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
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Kocaman S, Chatterjee R, Panoiu NC, McMillan JF, Yu MB, Osgood RM, Kwong DL, Wong CW. Observation of zeroth-order band gaps in negative-refraction photonic crystal superlattices at near-infrared frequencies. Phys Rev Lett 2009; 102:203905. [PMID: 19519031 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.102.203905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/25/2008] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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We present the first observations of zero-n[over ] band gaps in photonic crystal superlattices consisting of alternating stacks of negative-index photonic crystals and positive-index dielectric materials in the near-infrared range. Guided by ab initio three-dimensional numerical simulations, the fabricated nanostructured superlattices demonstrate the presence of zeroth-order gaps in remarkable agreement with theoretical predictions across a range of different superlattice periods and unit cell variations. These volume-averaged zero-index superlattice structures present a new type of photonic band gap, with the potential for complete wave front control for arbitrary phase delay lines and open cavity resonances.
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- S Kocaman
- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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Chatterjee R, Panoiu NC, Liu K, Dios Z, Yu MB, Doan MT, Kaufman LJ, Osgood RM, Wong CW. Achieving subdiffraction imaging through bound surface states in negative refraction photonic crystals in the near-infrared range. Phys Rev Lett 2008; 100:187401. [PMID: 18518415 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.100.187401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2007] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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We report the observation of imaging beyond the diffraction limit due to bound surface states in negative refraction photonic crystals. We achieve an effective negative index figure of merit [-Re(n)/Im(n)] of at least 380, approximately 125x improvement over recent efforts in the near-infrared range, with a 0.4 THz bandwidth. Supported by numerical and theoretical analyses, the observed near-field resolution is 0.47lambda, clearly smaller than the diffraction limit of 0.61lambda. Importantly, we show this subdiffraction imaging is due to the resonant excitation of surface slab modes.
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- R Chatterjee
- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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Zhou H, Chatterjee R, Contag C, Gambhir S, Boyer A, Keall P, Graves E. SU-FF-T-152: Development of a Variable-Aperture Collimator for Small Animal Radiation Therapy. Med Phys 2007. [DOI: 10.1118/1.2760811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [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: 11/07/2022] Open
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Abbas SM, Dixit AK, Chatterjee R, Goel TC. Preparation of nanosize polyaniline and its utilization for microwave absorber. J Nanosci Nanotechnol 2007; 7:2129-33. [PMID: 17655005 DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2007.782] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Polyaniline powder in nanosize has been synthesized by chemical oxidative route. XRD, FTIR, and TEM were used to characterize the polyaniline powder. Crytallite size was estimated from XRD profile and also ascertained by TEM in the range of 15 to 20 nm. The composite absorbers have been prepared by mixing different ratios of polyaniline into procured polyurethane (PU) binder. The complex permittivity (epsilon' - jepsilon") and complex permeability (mu' - jmu") were measured in X-band (8.2-12.4 GHz) using Agilent network analyzer (model PNA E8364B) and its software module 85071 (version 'E'). Measured values of these parameters were used to determine the reflection loss at different frequencies and sample thicknesses, based on a model of a single layered plane wave absorber backed by a perfect conductor. An optimized polyaniline/PU ratio of 3:1 has given a minimum reflection loss of -30 dB (99.9% power absorption) at the central frequency 10 GHz and the bandwidth (full width at half minimum) of 4.2 GHz over whole X-band (8.2 to 12.4 GHz) in a sample thickness of 3.0 mm. The prepared composites can be fruitfully utilized for suppression of electromagnetic interference (EMI) and reduction of radar signatures (stealth technology).
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- S M Abbas
- Department of Physics, IIT Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110016, India
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Lutchman Singh K, Muttukrishna S, Stein RC, McGarrigle HH, Patel A, Parikh B, Groome NP, Davies MC, Chatterjee R. Predictors of ovarian reserve in young women with breast cancer. Br J Cancer 2007; 96:1808-16. [PMID: 17533402 PMCID: PMC2359977 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6603814] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Ovarian reserve can be diminished following treatment for breast cancer. This study evaluated biochemical and biophysical parameters of ovarian reserve in these patients. Biochemical and biophysical tests of ovarian reserve were performed simultaneously in young (age 22–42 years), regularly menstruating women with breast cancer (n=22) and age-matched controls (n=24). All tests were performed before (baseline) and after transient ovarian stimulation in the early follicular phase. Patients were recruited both before and after completion of chemotherapy, with some patients being followed up prospectively. Serum samples were analysed for follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), luteinising hormone (LH), oestradiol (E2), inhibins A and B, and antimullerian hormone (AMH). Biophysical (ultrasound) tests included ovarian volume, antral follicle count (AFC), ovarian stromal blood flow and uterine dimensions. Significant differences were revealed (when compared with the controls) for basal FSH (11.32±1.48 vs 6.62±0.42 mIU ml−1, P<0.001), basal AMH (0.95±0.34 vs 7.89±1.62 ng ml−1, P<0.001) and basal inhibin B (19.24±4.56 vs 83.61±13.45 pg ml−1, P<0.001). Following transient ovarian stimulation, there were significant differences in the increment change (Δ) for inhibin B (3.02±2.3 vs 96.82±16.38 pg ml−1, P<0.001) and E2 (107.8±23.95 vs 283.2±40.34 pg ml−1, P<0.01). AFC was the only biophysical parameter that was significantly different between patients and the controls (7.80±0.85 vs 16.77±1.11, P<0.001). Basal and stimulated biochemical (serum AMH, FSH, inhibin B and E2) and biophysical (AFC) tests may be potential markers of ovarian reserve in young women with breast cancer.
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- K Lutchman Singh
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Royal Free and University College London Medical School, 86-96 Chenies Mews, London WC1E 6HX, UK.
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Chatterjee R, Blackburn TK, Boyle MA. Intramuscular haemangioma within depressor anguli oris. Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2007; 45:234-5. [PMID: 16242821 DOI: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2005.08.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2004] [Accepted: 08/31/2005] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- R Chatterjee
- Regional Maxillofacial Unit, University Hospital Aintree, Longmoor Lane, Liverpool L9 7AL, UK.
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Bajoria R, Sooranna SR, Chatterjee R. Leptin and bone turnover in monochorionic twins complicated by twin-twin transfusion syndrome. Osteoporos Int 2007; 18:193-200. [PMID: 17036171 DOI: 10.1007/s00198-006-0236-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2006] [Accepted: 09/12/2006] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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INTRODUCTION To test the hypothesis that the bone metabolism of a growth-restricted foetus is regulated by genetic, placental and/or foetal factors through leptin, we investigated the foetal bone turnover in monochorionic pregnancies complicated with or without twin-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS). METHODS Maternal and cord bloods were collected from gestational-age-matched monochorionic twins with (n=15) and without (n=15) TTTS. The samples were assayed for leptin, cross-linked carboxyl terminal telo-peptide (ICTP, a marker of bone resorption) and pro-peptide (PICP, a marker of bone formation) of type I collagen by radioimmunoassay (RIA). RESULTS In the growth-restricted donor twin, the plasma concentration of leptin (P < 0.001), PICP (P < 0.001) was lower, while that of ICTP (P < 0.001) was higher than the recipient twin of the TTTS group. In contrast, leptin, PICP and ICTP were comparable in non-TTTS twins. In the recipient twin of TTTS and non-TTTS twins, leptin was positively associated with PICP (r=0.73; n=45, P < 0.001) and negatively with ICTP (r=-0.68; n=45; P < 0.001). No such association was found between leptin and bone marker in the growth-restricted donor twin of the TTTS group. CONCLUSION Our data suggest that, in AGA twins, leptin maintains bone metabolism by inhibiting resorption and enhancing bone formation. In contrast, growth-restricted donor twins have high bone turnover and this does not seem to be due to leptin deficiency.
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- R Bajoria
- Academic Unit of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, St. Mary's Hospital, Manchester, UK.
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Bandyopadhyay S, Chatterjee R. HPV viral load determination during pregnancy as a possible cervical cancer risk. J Exp Clin Cancer Res 2006; 25:29-38. [PMID: 16761615] [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: 05/10/2023]
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Pregnancy may be a risk factor for cervical human papillomavirus (HPV) infection due to associated increased hormonal level and immunosuppression. Although a majority of such infections are transient, persistent infection may lead to premalignant/malignant cervical lesion. The viral burden is thought to be an indicator for persistence of the infection and malignant transformation. To assess pregnancy as a risk factor for cervical HPV infection, we compared HPV prevalence and viral load among 25 pregnant women to those of 24 non-pregnant and 28 cervical cancer cases. HPV DNA was detected in the cervical cells by PCR using MY09/MY11 primers. HPV positive cases were retested with a low stringency PCR method to ascertain the viral load. HPV prevalences of 68%, 25% and 89% were observed among pregnant women, non-pregnant women and in the cervical cancer cases, respectively. High viral load was frequently (40%) observed in cervical cancer patients. Median viral copy number/cell did not vary much between the non-pregnant and pregnant women. However, pregnant women had a predominantly moderate viral load whereas the low viral load was more frequent in non-pregnant women. High viral load was found to be associated with the presence of HPV 16 in the cervical cancer cases as compared to pregnant/non-pregnant HPV infected women.
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- S Bandyopadhyay
- Department of Viral Associated Human Cancer, Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute, Kolkata, India
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Chatterjee R, Batra J, Kumar A, Mabalirajan U, Nahid S, Niphadkar PV, Ghosh B. Interleukin-10 promoter polymorphisms and atopic asthma in North Indians. Clin Exp Allergy 2006; 35:914-9. [PMID: 16008678 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2005.02273.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND IL-10 is an anti-inflammatory cytokine primarily produced by monocytes and macrophages and plays a key role in asthma. IL10 gene, present in chromosome 1q31-q32, is regulated primarily by transcription and its expression is found to be lower in asthmatics. Earlier studies in diverse populations have identified several promoter polymorphisms. However, no study has been carried out in a genetically untapped large population from the Indian Subcontinent. OBJECTIVE To investigate the association of the IL10 promoter polymorphisms and asthma in the North Indian population. METHODS The association study was conducted in a case-control as well as in a family-based design. Polymorphism at -1082 A/G, -819 C/T and -592 C/A nucleotides were genotyped in ethnically matched unrelated patients (N=272), unrelated controls (N=307) and nuclear families (N=164). RESULTS A suggestive evidence of association was obtained for -1082 A/G polymorphism at the level of alleles and genotypes with asthma in the case-control study (P=0.03). A three-locus haplotype (ATA) was found to be more in asthmatics than in control individuals (P=0.0085). On the other hand, a novel haplotype ATC was found to be more in controls than in asthmatics (P=0.012). These results were further tested in a family-based study. A deviation of transmission was observed for the -1082 A/G polymorphism (P=0.003). The ATA haplotype showed a preferential transmission in asthmatics (P=0.03), while the GCC and a novel ATC haplotype showed preferential non-transmission in asthmatic individuals (P=0.03 and 0.001, respectively). CONCLUSIONS Using both case-control and family studies, we provide suggestive evidence that the ATA haplotype is positively, whereas GCC and a novel ATC haplotypes of IL10 gene are negatively associated with asthma in Indian population. Our results are interesting enough as to intensify further research to elucidate the functional significance of these single-nucleotide polymorphisms and haplotypes in asthma pathogenesis.
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- R Chatterjee
- Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Mall Road, Delhi, India
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Brown J, Chatterjee R, Lowe D, Lewis-Jones H, Rogers S, Vaughan D. A new guide to mandibular resection for oral squamous cell carcinoma based on the Cawood and Howell classification of the mandible. Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2005; 34:834-9. [PMID: 15919180 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijom.2005.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2004] [Revised: 04/10/2005] [Accepted: 04/14/2005] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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A new guide for mandibular resection in the management of oral squamous cell carcinoma based on the Cawood and Howell classification of the jaws is suggested. This was a retrospective review of case records and pre-operative orthopantomograms (OPG), bone scintigraphy and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The classification of the mandible was based on the residual bone height as measured in the molar region of the OPG to be equivalent to the Cawood and Howell classification of the mandible (Class I-II dentate or immediate post-extraction), Class III-IV >20mm well-rounded or knife-edge ridge, and Class V-VI <20mm (flat or depressed ridge form). Of the 77 patients, 58% (22/38) of Class I-II, 43% (9/23) of Class III-IV and 6% (1/16) of Class V-VI were treated with a marginal (rim) resection of the mandible. The predictability of the pre-operative investigations was more accurate in the edentulous mandible (Class III-VI). A simple guide is suggested for mandibular resection taking into account the pre-operative investigations, the estimation of invasion clinically, and the Cawood and Howell classification of ridge resorption.
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- J Brown
- Regional Maxillofacial Unit, University Hospital Aintree, Lower Lane, Liverpool L9 7AL, UK.
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Chatterjee R. Response to Higgins et al. Bone Marrow Transplant 2005. [DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1705061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Chatterjee R, Palla K, McGarrigle HH, Mackinnon S, Kottaridis PD. Erratum: Syndrome ‘X’ in adult female recipients of bone marrow transplantation for haematological malignancies. Bone Marrow Transplant 2005. [DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1704837] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Batra J, Sharma M, Chatterjee R, Sharma S, Mabalirajan U, Ghosh B. CCR5 Delta32 deletion and atopic asthma in India. Thorax 2005; 60:85. [PMID: 15618591 PMCID: PMC1747173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/01/2023]
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Chatterjee R, Palla K, McGarrigle HH, Mackinnon S, Mckinnon S, Kottaridis PD. Syndrome ‘X’ in adult female recipients of bone marrow transplantation for haematological malignancies. Bone Marrow Transplant 2004; 35:209-10. [PMID: 15558043 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1704744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Chatterjee R, Tarwater P, Neogi D, Ghosh A, Roy P, Sengupta S, Gupta P. Estimation of HIV seroprevalence in blood bank camps in Kolkata, India. Transfus Med 2004; 14:77-8. [PMID: 15043597 DOI: 10.1111/j.0958-7578.2004.00483.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Basu PS, Sankaranarayanan R, Mandal R, Roy C, Das P, Choudhury D, Bhattacharya D, Chatterjee R, Dutta K, Barik S, Tsu V, Chakrabarti RN, Siddiqi M. Visual inspection with acetic acid and cytology in the early detection of cervical neoplasia in Kolkata, India. Int J Gynecol Cancer 2003; 13:626-32. [PMID: 14675346 DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1438.2003.13394.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [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: 11/20/2022] Open
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Visual inspection of the cervix after application of 3-5% acetic acid (VIA) is a potential alternative to cytology for screening in low-resource countries. The present study evaluated the performance of VIA, magnified visual inspection after application of acetic acid (VIAM), and cytology in the detection of high-grade cervical cancer precursor lesions in Kolkata (Calcutta) and suburbs in eastern India. Trained health workers with college education concurrently screened 5881 women aged 30-64 years with VIA, VIAM, and conventional cervical cytology. Detection of well-defined, opaque acetowhite lesions close to the squamocolumnar junction; well-defined, circumorificial acetowhite lesions; or dense acetowhitening of ulceroproliferative growth on the cervix constituted a positive VIA or VIAM. Cytology was considered positive if reported as mild dysplasia or worse lesions. All screened women (N = 5881) were evaluated by colposcopy, and biopsies were directed in those with colposcopic abnormalities (N = 1052, 17.9%). The final diagnosis was based on histology (if biopsies had been taken) or colposcopic findings, which allowed direct estimation of sensitivity, specificity, and predictive values. Moderate or severe dysplasia or carcinoma in situ (CIN 2-3 disease) was considered as true positive disease for the calculation of sensitivity, specificity, and predictive values of screening tests. 18.7%, 17.7% and 8.2% of the women tested positive for VIA, VIAM, and cytology. One hundred twenty two women had a final diagnosis of CIN 2-3 lesions. The sensitivities of VIA and VIAM to detect CIN 2-3 lesions were 55.7% and 60.7%, respectively; the specificities were 82.1% and 83.2%, respectively. The sensitivity and specificity of cytology were 29.5% and 92.3%, respectively. All the tests were associated with negative predictive values above 98%. VIA and VIAM had significantly higher sensitivity than cytology in our study; the specificity of cytology was higher than that of VIA and VIAM.
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- P S Basu
- Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute, Kolkata, India
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