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Chartogne M, Rahmani A, Landry S, Morel B. Comparison of neuromuscular fatigability amplitude and etiologies between fatigued and non-fatigued cancer patients. Eur J Appl Physiol 2024; 124:1175-1184. [PMID: 37952231 DOI: 10.1007/s00421-023-05347-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2023] [Accepted: 10/25/2023] [Indexed: 11/14/2023]
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PURPOSE Cancer-related fatigue (CRF) is the most reported side effect of cancer and its treatments. Mechanisms of CRF are multidimensional, including neuromuscular alterations leading to decreased muscle strength and endurance (i.e., fatigability). Recently, exercise fatigability and CRF have been related, while fatigability mechanisms remain unclear. Traditionally, fatigability is assessed from maximal voluntary contractions (MVC) decrease, but some authors hypothesized that the rate of force development (RFD) determined during a rapid contraction could also be an interesting indicator of functional alterations. However, to our knowledge, no study investigated RFD in cancer patients. The purpose of this study was to determine whether RFD, fatigability amplitude, and etiology are different between fatigued and non-fatigued cancer patients. METHODS Eighteen participants with cancer, divided in fatigued or non-fatigued groups according their CRF level, completed a 5-min all-out exercise in ankle plantar flexor muscles composed of 62 isometric MVC of 4 s with 1 s rest, to assess fatigability amplitude as the force-time relationship asymptote (FA). Before and after exercise, fatigability etiologies (i.e., voluntary activation (VA) and evoked forces by electrical stimulation (Db100)) were assessed as well as RFD in 50 and 100 ms (RFD50 and RFD100, respectively) during rapid contractions. RESULTS FA is significantly lower in fatigued group. Significant differences were found between pre- and post-exercise VA, Db100, RFD50, and RFD100 for both groups, with no statistical difference between groups. CONCLUSION During treatments, fatigability is higher in fatigued patients; however, the mechanisms of fatigability and RFD alterations are similar in both groups. TRIAL REGISTRATION ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT04391543, May 2020.
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- M Chartogne
- Le Mans University, Movement-Interactions-Performance, MIP, UR 4334, 72000, Le Mans, France.
- Nantes University, Movement-Interactions-Performance, MIP, UR 4334, 44322, Nantes Cedex 3, France.
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- Le Mans University, Movement-Interactions-Performance, MIP, UR 4334, 72000, Le Mans, France
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- Centre de Cancérologie de la Sarthe, 72000, Le Mans, France
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- Le Mans University, Movement-Interactions-Performance, MIP, UR 4334, 72000, Le Mans, France
- Univ Savoie Mont Blanc, Laboratoire Interuniversitaire de Biologie de la Motricité, EA 7424, 73000, Chambéry, France
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Dubu J, Boyas S, Roland V, Landry S, Septans AL, Balavoine M, Bourgeois H, Pointreau Y, Denis F, Letellier C, Le Dû K. Physical Activity Program for the Survival of Elderly Patients With Lymphoma: Study Protocol for Randomized Phase 3 Trial. JMIR Res Protoc 2022; 11:e40969. [PMID: 36427234 PMCID: PMC9736768 DOI: 10.2196/40969] [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] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2022] [Revised: 09/30/2022] [Accepted: 09/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The practice of regular physical activity can reduce the incidence of certain cancers (colon, breast, and prostate) and improve overall survival after treatment by reducing fatigue and the risk of relapse. This impact on survival has only been demonstrated in active patients with lymphoma before and after treatment. As poor general health status reduces the chances of survival and these patients are most likely to also have sarcopenia, it is important to be able to improve their physical function through adapted physical activity (APA) as part of supportive care management. Unfortunately, APA is often saved for patients with advanced blood cancer. As a result, there is a lack of data regarding the impact of standardized regular practice of APA and concomitant chemotherapy as first-line treatment on lymphoma survival. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to assess the impact of a new and open rehabilitation program suitable for a frail population of patients treated for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL). METHODS PHARAOM (Physical Activity Program for the Survival of Elderly Patients with Lymphoma) is a phase 3 randomized (1:1) study focusing on a frail population of patients treated for DLBCL. The study will include 186 older adult patients with DLBCL (aged >65 years) receiving rituximab and chemotherapy. Overall, 50% (93/186) of patients (investigational group) will receive APA along with chemotherapy, and they will be supervised by a dedicated qualified kinesiologist. The APA program will include endurance and resistance training at moderate intensity 3 times a week during the 6 months of chemotherapy. The primary end point of this study will be event-free survival of the patients. The secondary end points will include the overall survival, progression-free survival, prevalence of sarcopenia and undernutrition, and patients' quality of life. This study will be conducted in accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. RESULTS Recruitment, enrollment, and data collection began in February 2021, and 4 participants have been enrolled in the study as of July 2022. Data analysis will begin after the completion of data collection. Future outcomes will be published in peer-reviewed health-related research journals and presented at national congress, and state professional meetings. This publication is based on protocol version 1.1, August 3, 2020. CONCLUSIONS The PHARAOM study focuses on highlighting the benefits of APA intervention on survival during the period of first-line treatment of patients with DLBCL. This study could also contribute to our understanding of how an APA program can reduce complications such as sarcopenia in patients with lymphoma and improve their quality of life. By documenting the prevalence and relationship between sarcopenia and exercise load, we might be able to help physicians plan better interventions in the care of patients with DLBCL. TRIAL REGISTRATION ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04670029; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04670029. INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT IDENTIFIER (IRRID) DERR1-10.2196/40969.
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- Jonas Dubu
- ELSAN, Institut inter-regional de Cancerologie Jean Bernard, Le Mans, France
- Motricite Interactions Performance (MIP), UR4334, Le Mans Universite, Le Mans, France
- WeproM, Le Mans, France
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- Motricite Interactions Performance (MIP), UR4334, Le Mans Universite, Le Mans, France
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- Hematology Department, Centre Hospitalier de Perpignan, Perpignan, France
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- ELSAN, Institut inter-regional de Cancerologie Jean Bernard, Le Mans, France
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- ELSAN, Institut inter-regional de Cancerologie Jean Bernard, Le Mans, France
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- ELSAN, Institut inter-regional de Cancerologie Jean Bernard, Le Mans, France
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- ELSAN, Institut inter-regional de Cancerologie Jean Bernard, Le Mans, France
- Institut National de la e-Santé, Le Mans, France
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- CNRS UMR 6614 - CORIA, Rouen Normandie Universite, Saint Etienne du Rouvray, France
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- Hematology Department, Confluent Private Hospital, Nantes, France
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Dodge KL, Landry S, Lynch B, Innis CJ, Sampson K, Sandilands D, Sharp B. Disentanglement network data to characterize leatherback sea turtle Dermochelys coriacea bycatch in fixed-gear fisheries. ENDANGER SPECIES RES 2022. [DOI: 10.3354/esr01173] [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: 11/23/2022] Open
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To characterize sea turtle bycatch in fixed-gear fisheries in Massachusetts, USA, we analyzed a 15 yr dataset of entanglement reports and detailed documentation from disentanglement operations. Almost all (272) of the 280 confirmed entanglements involved leatherback turtles Dermochelys coriacea. The majority of turtles were entangled in actively fished (96%), commercial (94%) pot/trap gear with unbroken/untriggered weak links, specifically the buoy lines marking lobster, whelk, and fish traps. Most reports came from recreational boaters (62%) and other sources (26%), rather than commercial fishers (12%). Leatherback entanglements occurred from May to November, with peak reporting in August, and included adult males, adult females, and subadults. All entanglements involved the turtle’s neck and/or front flippers, with varying degrees of visible injuries; 47 entangled leatherbacks were dead in gear, 224 were alive at first sighting, and 1 case was unknown. Post-release monitoring suggested turtles can survive for days to years after disentanglement, but data were limited. While the observed entanglements in our study are low relative to global bycatch, these numbers should be considered a minimum. Our findings are comparable to observed numbers of leatherbacks taken in Canadian fixed-gear fisheries, and represent just one of multiple, cumulative threats in the North Atlantic. Managers should focus on strategies to reduce the co-occurrence of sea turtles and fixed-fishing gear, including reductions in the number of buoy lines allowed (e.g. replace single sets with trawls), seasonal and area closures targeted to reduce sea turtle-gear interaction, and encourage the development of emerging technologies such as ‘ropeless’ fishing.
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- KL Dodge
- Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life, New England Aquarium, Boston, MA 02110, USA
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- Center for Coastal Studies, Provincetown, MA 02657, USA
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- Center for Coastal Studies, Provincetown, MA 02657, USA
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- Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life, New England Aquarium, Boston, MA 02110, USA
- Animal Health Department, New England Aquarium, Boston, MA 02110, USA
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- National Marine Fisheries Service, Greater Atlantic Region, Gloucester, MA 01930, USA
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- Center for Coastal Studies, Provincetown, MA 02657, USA
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- Center for Coastal Studies, Provincetown, MA 02657, USA
- International Fund for Animal Welfare, Yarmouth Port, MA 02675, USA
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Chartogne M, Leclercq A, Beaune B, Boyas S, Forestier C, Martin T, Thomas-Ollivier V, Landry S, Bourgeois H, Cojocarasu O, Pialoux V, Zanna O, Messonnier LA, Rahmani A, Morel B. Building a biopsychosocial model of cancer-related fatigue: the BIOCARE FActory cohort study protocol. BMC Cancer 2021; 21:1140. [PMID: 34688272 PMCID: PMC8542307 DOI: 10.1186/s12885-021-08831-3] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2021] [Accepted: 10/04/2021] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Background Cancer-related fatigue (CRF) is the most common side effect of cancer and cancer treatment. CRF prevalence is up to 50% in breast cancer patients and can continue several years after cancer remission. This persistent subjective sense of exhaustion is multifactorial. Numerous parameters have been evidenced to be related to CRF across biological, physical, psychological, social and/or behavioral dimensions. Although CRF has been studied for many years, the majority of previous studies focused on only one dimension, i.e., physical function. Moreover, few studies investigated CRF longitudinally with repeated measures. These are the two main obstacles that limit the understanding of CRF mechanisms. The purpose of this study is to create a biopsychosocial model of CRF with simultaneous and longitudinal anthropometric, clinical, biological, physical, psychological and sociological parameters. Methods BIOCARE FActory is a multicentric prospective study that will consist of an 18-month follow-up of 200 women diagnosed with breast cancer. Four visits will be scheduled at diagnosis, after treatments, and 12 and 18 months after diagnosis. The same procedure will be followed for each visit. Each session will be composed of anthropometric data collection, a semi-structured interview, cognitive tests, postural control tests, neuromuscular fatigability tests and a cardiorespiratory fitness test. Clinical and biological data will be collected during medical follow-ups. Participants will also complete questionnaires to assess psychological aspects and quality of life and wear an actigraphy device. Using a structural equation modeling analysis (SEM), collected data will build a biopsychosocial model of CRF, including the physiological, biological, psychological, behavioral and social dimensions of CRF. Discussion This study aims to highlight the dynamics of CRF and its correlates from diagnosis to post treatment. SEM analysis could examine some relations between potential mechanisms and CRF. Thus, the biopsychosocial model will contribute to a better understanding of CRF and its underlying mechanisms from diagnosis to the aftermaths of cancer and its treatments. Trial registration This study is registered at ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT04391543), May 2020.
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- M Chartogne
- Le Mans Université, Movement - Interactions - Performance, MIP, 4334, F-72000, Le Mans, EA, France.
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- Le Mans Université, Movement - Interactions - Performance, MIP, 4334, F-72000, Le Mans, EA, France
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- Le Mans Université, Movement - Interactions - Performance, MIP, 4334, F-72000, Le Mans, EA, France
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- Le Mans Université, Movement - Interactions - Performance, MIP, 4334, F-72000, Le Mans, EA, France
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- Le Mans Université, Movement - Interactions - Performance, MIP, 4334, F-72000, Le Mans, EA, France
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- Le Mans Université, Movement - Interactions - Performance, MIP, 4334, F-72000, Le Mans, EA, France
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- Nantes Université, Movement - Interactions - Performance, MIP, 4334, Nantes, EA, France
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- Elsan-Clinique Victor Hugo, Centre Jean Bernard, Le Mans, France
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- Elsan-Clinique Victor Hugo, Centre Jean Bernard, Le Mans, France
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- Centre Hospitalier Le Mans (CHM), Le Mans, France
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- Univ Lyon, University Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Inter-University Laboratory of Human Movement Biology, Team Atherosclerosis Thrombosis & Physical Activity, EA7424, Lyon, France
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- Le Mans Université, VIPS2, EA4636, Le Mans, France
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- Laboratoire Interuniversitaire de Biologie de la Motricité, Univ. Savoie Mont Blanc, 7424, F-73000, Chambéry, EA, France
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- Le Mans Université, Movement - Interactions - Performance, MIP, 4334, F-72000, Le Mans, EA, France
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- Le Mans Université, Movement - Interactions - Performance, MIP, 4334, F-72000, Le Mans, EA, France.,Laboratoire Interuniversitaire de Biologie de la Motricité, Univ. Savoie Mont Blanc, 7424, F-73000, Chambéry, EA, France
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Landry S, Barr J, MacDonald M, Hamilton G, Mansfield D, Edwards B, Joosten S. P057 Virus aerosol propagation by CPAP is proportional to mask leak and can be prevented by use of a hood and air filtration system. SLEEP Advances 2021. [PMCID: PMC8500160 DOI: 10.1093/sleepadvances/zpab014.104] [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] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Introduction Nosocomial transmission of SARS-CoV-2 has caused significant morbidity/mortality in the COVID-19 pandemic. Because patients auto-emit aerosols containing viable virus, these aerosols can be further propagated when patients undergo certain treatments including continuous positive airway pressure (PAP) therapy. This study aimed to assess the degree of viable virus propagated from mask leak in a PAP circuit. Methods Bacteriophage PhiX174 (108copies/mL) was nebulised into a custom PAP circuit. Mask leak was systematically varied to 0, 7, 21, 28 and 42 L/min at the mask interface. Plates containing Escherichia coli assessed the degree of viable virus settling on surfaces around the room. In order to contain virus spread a ventilated headboard and high efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filter was tested. Results Increasing mask leak was associated with virus contamination in a dose response manner (χ2= 58.24, df=4, p<0.001). Clinically relevant levels of leak (≥21 L/min) were associated with virus counts equivalent to using PAP with a standard vented mask. Viable viruses were recorded on all plates (up to 3.86m from source). A plastic hood with HEPA filtration significantly reduced viable viruses on all plates. HEPA exchange rates of 170 and 470m3/hr eradicated all evidence of virus contamination. Discussion Mask leak from PAP circuits may be a major source of environmental contamination and nosocomial spread of infectious respiratory diseases. Subclinical levels of leak should be treated as an infectious risk. Cheap and low-cost patient hoods with HEPA filtration are an effective countermeasure.
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- S Landry
- Department of Physiology, School of Biomedical Sciences & Biomedical Discovery Institute, Monash University, Clayton, Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, Australia
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- Monash Lung Sleep Allergy Immunology, Monash Health, Clayton, Australia
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- Monash Lung Sleep Allergy Immunology, Monash Health, Clayton, Australia
- School of Clinical Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, Australia
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- Monash Lung Sleep Allergy Immunology, Monash Health, Clayton, Australia
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- Department of Physiology, School of Biomedical Sciences & Biomedical Discovery Institute, Monash University, Clayton, Australia
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- Monash Lung Sleep Allergy Immunology, Monash Health, Clayton, Australia
- School of Clinical Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, Australia
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Amirouche L, Cerulli-Kanellopoulos A, Landry S, LeBlanc VC, Léger G. Ceftazidime-Induced Neurotoxicity in an 80-Year-Old Female With Renal Dysfunction: A Case Report. J Pharm Pract 2021; 35:482-487. [PMID: 33517818 DOI: 10.1177/0897190021989931] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [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: 01/31/2023]
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Neurological toxicity is a relatively rare adverse reaction reported in elderly patients treated with cephalosporins. We present a case of ceftazidime-induced encephalopathy in the context of acute kidney injury in an 80-year-old female treated for a Pseudomonas aeruginosa prosthetic joint infection. During the course of treatment, the patient developed sudden confusion and disorientation. The patient's mental state progressively worsened, eventually leading to intubation and admission to the intensive care unit. As imaging and laboratory analyses revealed no alternative causes explaining the patient's symptoms, ceftazidime was stopped under the suspicion of drug-induced neurotoxicity. Shortly after ceftazidime discontinuation, the patient's condition drastically improved and returned to baseline within 5 days. This case reveals the potential severity of cephalosporin-induced neurotoxicity in elderly patients and highlights the importance of quickly detecting such adverse events in order to prevent dire outcomes.
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Dr. Georges-L.-Dumont University Hospital Center, Université Ave, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
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Ramp C, Gaspard D, Gavrilchuk K, Unger M, Schleimer A, Delarue J, Landry S, Sears R. Up in the air: drone images reveal underestimation of entanglement rates in large rorqual whales. ENDANGER SPECIES RES 2021. [DOI: 10.3354/esr01084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Entanglement in fishing gear is a significant threat to many cetaceans. For the 2 largest species, the blue whale Balaenoptera musculus and the fin whale B. physalus, reports of entangled individuals are rare, leading to the assumption that entanglements are not common. Studies of interaction with fisheries in other species often rely on the presence of scars from previous entanglements. Here, scar detection rates were first examined in humpback Megaptera novaeangliae, fin and blue whales using standard vessel-based photo-identification photographs collected between 2009 and 2016 in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada. We then examined aerial images of fin whales collected with a drone in 2018 and 2019 and compared both methods. Entanglement rates were 6.5% for fin and 13.1% for blue whales using photo-identification images of individuals. Prominent scarring was observed around the tail and caudal peduncle, visible only when animals lifted those body sections above water when diving. For the small subset of pictures which captured the entire caudal peduncle, entanglement rates ranged between 60% for blue and 80% for fin whales. This result was similar to the 85% entanglement rate estimated in humpback whales. The assessment of aerial-based photography yielded an entanglement rate of 44.1 to 54.7% in fin whales. Scars were always around the peduncle, often the tail, rarely the dorsal fin and never around the pectoral fins, while the mouth cannot be examined from above. Thus, in species that do not regularly expose their tail or peduncle, aerial imagery is the preferred method to quantify entanglement rates by assessment of scars.
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- C Ramp
- Mingan Island Cetacean Study, St Lambert, J4P 1T3, QC, Canada
- Sea Mammal Research Unit, University of St Andrews, Fife KY16 8LB, UK
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- Mingan Island Cetacean Study, St Lambert, J4P 1T3, QC, Canada
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- Mingan Island Cetacean Study, St Lambert, J4P 1T3, QC, Canada
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- Mingan Island Cetacean Study, St Lambert, J4P 1T3, QC, Canada
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- Mingan Island Cetacean Study, St Lambert, J4P 1T3, QC, Canada
- Sea Mammal Research Unit, University of St Andrews, Fife KY16 8LB, UK
- Marine Evolution and Conservation, Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences, University of Groningen, 9700 CC, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Mingan Island Cetacean Study, St Lambert, J4P 1T3, QC, Canada
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- Center for Coastal Studies, Provincetown, 02657, MA, USA
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- Mingan Island Cetacean Study, St Lambert, J4P 1T3, QC, Canada
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Chartogne M, Rahmani A, Landry S, Bourgeois H, Peyrot N, Morel B. Neuromuscular, Psychological, and Sleep Predictors of Cancer-Related Fatigue in Cancer Patients. Clin Breast Cancer 2021; 21:425-432. [PMID: 33422432 DOI: 10.1016/j.clbc.2020.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [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: 05/07/2020] [Revised: 11/03/2020] [Accepted: 12/03/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Cancer-related fatigue (CRF) is the most reported side effect of cancer and its treatments. This distressing sense of exhaustion critically impairs quality of life and can persist for years after treatment completion. Mechanisms of CRF are multidimensional (eg, physical, psychological, or behavioral), suggesting the need for a complex assessment. Nevertheless, CRF remains assessed mainly with 1-dimensional questionnaires. The purpose of this study was to test whether neuromuscular parameters enhance a model including well-known predictors of CRF. PATIENTS AND METHODS Forty-five participants with cancer history completed self-assessment questionnaires about quality of life, CRF, sleep disturbances, and emotional symptoms. They also completed a 5-minute handgrip fatiguing test composed of 60 maximal voluntary contractions to assess neuromuscular fatigability. Hierarchical linear regression analyses were performed to determine whether the neuromuscular fatigability threshold improved the FA12 score prediction beyond that provided by anxiety/depression and sleep disturbances. RESULTS The hierarchical linear regression analysis evidenced that a model including anxiety/depression, sleep disturbances, and neuromuscular fatigability explained 56% of CRF variance. In addition, the results suggest that the mechanisms leading to CRF may be different from one person to another. CONCLUSION Results revealed that sleep disturbances, emotional symptoms, and neuromuscular fatigability were the most important CRF predictors in cancer patients. This information could be useful for healthcare professionals offering tailored, individual support to patients with CRF.
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- Martin Chartogne
- Le Mans Université, Nantes Université, Movement-Interactions-Performance, MIP, EA 4334, Le Mans, France.
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- Le Mans Université, Nantes Université, Movement-Interactions-Performance, MIP, EA 4334, Le Mans, France
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- Elsan, Clinique Victor Hugo, Centre Jean Bernard, Le Mans, France
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- Elsan, Clinique Victor Hugo, Centre Jean Bernard, Le Mans, France
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- Le Mans Université, Nantes Université, Movement-Interactions-Performance, MIP, EA 4334, Le Mans, France
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- Université Savoie Mont Blanc, Laboratoire Interuniversitaire de Biologie de la Motricité, EA 7424, Chambéry, France
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Yo S, Wimaleswaran H, Deshpande S, Cheung T, Buzacott H, Serraglio C, Wong AM, Landry S, Thomson L, Edwards B, Mansfield D, Joosten S, Hamilton G. Sleeping position during unattended home polysomnography compared to habitual sleeping position and the potential impact on measured sleep apnea severity. Sleep Med 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2019.11.1213] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Noordermeer SM, Adam S, Setiaputra D, Barazas M, Pettitt SJ, Ling AK, Olivieri M, Álvarez-Quilón A, Moatti N, Zimmermann M, Annunziato S, Krastev DB, Song F, Brandsma I, Frankum J, Brough R, Sherker A, Landry S, Szilard RK, Munro MM, McEwan A, Goullet de Rugy T, Lin ZY, Hart T, Moffat J, Gingras AC, Martin A, van Attikum H, Jonkers J, Lord CJ, Rottenberg S, Durocher D. The shieldin complex mediates 53BP1-dependent DNA repair. Nature 2018; 560:117-121. [PMID: 30022168 PMCID: PMC6141009 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-018-0340-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 383] [Impact Index Per Article: 63.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2018] [Accepted: 05/15/2018] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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53BP1 is a chromatin-binding protein that regulates the repair of DNA double-strand breaks by suppressing the nucleolytic resection of DNA termini1,2. This function of 53BP1 requires interactions with PTIP3 and RIF14-9, the latter of which recruits REV7 (also known as MAD2L2) to break sites10,11. How 53BP1-pathway proteins shield DNA ends is currently unknown, but there are two models that provide the best potential explanation of their action. In one model the 53BP1 complex strengthens the nucleosomal barrier to end-resection nucleases12,13, and in the other 53BP1 recruits effector proteins with end-protection activity. Here we identify a 53BP1 effector complex, shieldin, that includes C20orf196 (also known as SHLD1), FAM35A (SHLD2), CTC-534A2.2 (SHLD3) and REV7. Shieldin localizes to double-strand-break sites in a 53BP1- and RIF1-dependent manner, and its SHLD2 subunit binds to single-stranded DNA via OB-fold domains that are analogous to those of RPA1 and POT1. Loss of shieldin impairs non-homologous end-joining, leads to defective immunoglobulin class switching and causes hyper-resection. Mutations in genes that encode shieldin subunits also cause resistance to poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibition in BRCA1-deficient cells and tumours, owing to restoration of homologous recombination. Finally, we show that binding of single-stranded DNA by SHLD2 is critical for shieldin function, consistent with a model in which shieldin protects DNA ends to mediate 53BP1-dependent DNA repair.
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- Sylvie M Noordermeer
- Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Human Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Molecular Pathology, Oncode Institute, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- The CRUK Gene Function Laboratory and Breast Cancer Now Toby Robins Research Centre, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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- Department of Immunology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Molecular Pathology, Oncode Institute, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- The CRUK Gene Function Laboratory and Breast Cancer Now Toby Robins Research Centre, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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- The CRUK Gene Function Laboratory and Breast Cancer Now Toby Robins Research Centre, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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- The CRUK Gene Function Laboratory and Breast Cancer Now Toby Robins Research Centre, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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- The CRUK Gene Function Laboratory and Breast Cancer Now Toby Robins Research Centre, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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- The CRUK Gene Function Laboratory and Breast Cancer Now Toby Robins Research Centre, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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- Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Donnelly Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Immunology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Human Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Division of Molecular Pathology, Oncode Institute, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- The CRUK Gene Function Laboratory and Breast Cancer Now Toby Robins Research Centre, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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- Division of Molecular Pathology, Oncode Institute, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Institute of Animal Pathology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
- Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Landry S, Chasles G, Pointreau Y, Bourgeois H, Boyas S. Influence of an Adapted Physical Activity Program on Self-Esteem and Quality of Life of Breast Cancer Patients after Mastectomy. Oncology 2018; 95:188-191. [DOI: 10.1159/000489265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2017] [Accepted: 04/13/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Landry S, Chen CN, Patel N, Tseng A, Lalonde RG, Thibeault D, Sanche S, Sheehan NL. Therapeutic drug monitoring in treatment-experienced HIV-infected patients receiving darunavir-based salvage regimens: A case series. Antiviral Res 2018; 152:111-116. [PMID: 29458132 DOI: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2018.02.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [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: 10/18/2017] [Revised: 02/10/2018] [Accepted: 02/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) constitutes a compelling approach for the optimization of antiretroviral therapy in treatment-experienced HIV-1 patients. While various inhibitory indices have been proposed to predict virologic outcome, there is a lack of consensus on the clinical value of TDM. Here, we report the comparative results of TDM in 14 HIV-1-infected patients who had previously received at least two different PI-based regimens and who initiated darunavir (DRV)-based salvage therapy. Pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamics (PK/PD) parameters were calculated for each subject. Seventy-nine percent of subjects had a viral load <50 copies/mL at 48 weeks. The only subject with two consecutive viral loads >50 copies/mL at the end of the study period was the patient with the lowest instantaneous inhibitory potential (IIP). The sample size was insufficient to show an association between any of the PK/PD parameters and virologic response. Based on our observations, we suggest that the utility of IIP for antiretroviral combinations for the prediction of virologic outcome in HIV-1 drug-experienced patients should be studied further.
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- Sébastien Landry
- Faculté de pharmacie, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, succ. Centre-ville, Montréal, Québec, H3C 3J7, Canada; Chronic Viral Illness Service, McGill University Health Centre, 1001 boulevard Décarie, D02.4110, Montréal, Québec, H4A 3J1, Canada
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- Chronic Viral Illness Service, McGill University Health Centre, 1001 boulevard Décarie, D02.4110, Montréal, Québec, H4A 3J1, Canada
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- Department of Pharmacy Practice, Albany College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences, 106 New Scotland Avenue, Albany, NY, 12208, USA
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- Immunodeficiency Clinic, University Health Network, 585 University Avenue, Toronto, ON, M5G 2N2, Canada; Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, 144 College Street, Toronto, ON, M5S 3M2, Canada
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- Chronic Viral Illness Service, McGill University Health Centre, 1001 boulevard Décarie, D02.4110, Montréal, Québec, H4A 3J1, Canada
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- Biochemistry Laboratory, McGill University Health Center, 1001 boul. Décarie, E04.1510, Montréal, Québec, H4A 3J1, Canada
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- Faculté de pharmacie, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, succ. Centre-ville, Montréal, Québec, H3C 3J7, Canada
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- Faculté de pharmacie, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, succ. Centre-ville, Montréal, Québec, H3C 3J7, Canada; Chronic Viral Illness Service, McGill University Health Centre, 1001 boulevard Décarie, D02.4110, Montréal, Québec, H4A 3J1, Canada; Pharmacy Department, McGill University Health Centre, 1001 boulevard Décarie, CRC.6004, Montréal, Québec, H4A 3J1, Canada.
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- Sébastien Landry
- Faculté de pharmacie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Faculté de médecine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
- Department of medicine, Montreal Heart Institute, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Faculté de pharmacie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
- Research center, Montreal Heart Institute, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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Denis F, Lethrosne C, Pourel N, Molinier O, Pointreau Y, Domont J, Bourgeois H, Senellart H, Trémolières P, Lizée T, Bennouna J, Urban T, El Khouri C, Charron A, Septans AL, Balavoine M, Landry S, Solal-Céligny P, Letellier C. Randomized Trial Comparing a Web-Mediated Follow-up With Routine Surveillance in Lung Cancer Patients. J Natl Cancer Inst 2017; 109:3573360. [PMID: 28423407 DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djx029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 274] [Impact Index Per Article: 39.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2016] [Accepted: 02/07/2017] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Background The use of web-based monitoring for lung cancer patients is growing in interest because of promising recent results suggesting improvement in cancer and resource utilization outcomes. It remains an open question whether the overall survival (OS) in these patients could be improved by using a web-mediated follow-up rather than classical scheduled follow-up and imaging. Methods Advanced-stage lung cancer patients without evidence of disease progression after or during initial treatment were randomly assigned in a multicenter phase III trial to compare a web-mediated follow-up algorithm (experimental arm), based on weekly self-scored patient symptoms, with routine follow-up with CT scans scheduled every three to six months according to the disease stage (control arm). In the experimental arm, an alert email was automatically sent to the oncologist when self-scored symptoms matched predefined criteria. The primary outcome was OS. Results From June 2014 to January 2016, 133 patients were enrolled and 121 were retained in the intent-to-treat analysis; 12 deemed ineligible after random assignment were not subsequently followed. Most of the patients (95.1%) had stage III or IV disease. The median follow-up was nine months. The median OS was 19.0 months (95% confidence interval [CI] = 12.5 to noncalculable) in the experimental and 12.0 months (95% CI = 8.6 to 16.4) in the control arm (one-sided P = .001) (hazard ratio = 0.32, 95% CI = 0.15 to 0.67, one-sided P = .002). The performance status at first detected relapse was 0 to 1 for 75.9% of the patients in the experimental arm and for 32.5% of those in the control arm (two-sided P < .001). Optimal treatment was initiated in 72.4% of the patients in the experimental arm and in 32.5% of those in the control arm (two-sided P < .001). Conclusions A web-mediated follow-up algorithm based on self-reported symptoms improved OS due to early relapse detection and better performance status at relapse.
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- Fabrice Denis
- Institut Inter-régional de Cancérologie Jean Bernard, Le Mans, France.,CORIA UMR 6614-Normandie Université, CNRS Université et INSA de Rouen, Campus Universitaire du Madrillet, Saint-Etienne du Rouvray, France
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- Service de pneumologie, Centre Hospitalier, Le Coudray, Chartres, France
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- Institut Inter-régional de Cancérologie Jean Bernard, Le Mans, France
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- Institut Inter-régional de Cancérologie Jean Bernard, Le Mans, France
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- Institut Inter-régional de Cancérologie Jean Bernard, Le Mans, France
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- Institut de Cancérologie de l'Ouest René Gauducheau, St Herblain, France
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- Institut de Cancérologie de l'Ouest Paul Papin, Angers, France
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- Institut de Cancérologie de l'Ouest René Gauducheau, St Herblain, France
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- Service de pneumologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Angers, France
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- Institut Inter-régional de Cancérologie Jean Bernard, Le Mans, France
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- Institut Inter-régional de Cancérologie Jean Bernard, Le Mans, France
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- CORIA UMR 6614-Normandie Université, CNRS Université et INSA de Rouen, Campus Universitaire du Madrillet, Saint-Etienne du Rouvray, France
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The human APOBEC3 family of DNA-cytosine deaminases comprises 7 members (A3A-A3H) that act on single-stranded DNA (ssDNA). The APOBEC3 proteins function within the innate immune system by mutating DNA of viral genomes and retroelements to restrict infection and retrotransposition. Recent evidence suggests that APOBEC3 enzymes can also cause damage to the cellular genome. Mutational patterns consistent with APOBEC3 activity have been identified by bioinformatic analysis of tumor genome sequences. These mutational signatures include clusters of base substitutions that are proposed to occur due to APOBEC3 deamination. It has been suggested that transiently exposed ssDNA segments provide substrate for APOBEC3 deamination leading to mutation signatures within the genome. However, the mechanisms that produce single-stranded substrates for APOBEC3 deamination in mammalian cells have not been demonstrated. We investigated ssDNA at replication forks as a substrate for APOBEC3 deamination. We found that APOBEC3A (A3A) expression leads to DNA damage in replicating cells but this is reduced in quiescent cells. Upon A3A expression, cycling cells activate the DNA replication checkpoint and undergo cell cycle arrest. Additionally, we find that replication stress leaves cells vulnerable to A3A-induced DNA damage. We propose a model to explain A3A-induced damage to the cellular genome in which cytosine deamination at replication forks and other ssDNA substrates results in mutations and DNA breaks. This model highlights the risk of mutagenesis by A3A expression in replicating progenitor cells, and supports the emerging hypothesis that APOBEC3 enzymes contribute to genome instability in human tumors.
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- Abby M Green
- a Division of Oncology , Department of Pediatrics , Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine , Philadelphia , PA , USA.,b Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia , Philadelphia , PA , USA
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- c Faculty of Pharmacy, Université de Montréal , Montréal , QC , Canada
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- d Division of Cancer Pathobiology , Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine , Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine , Philadelphia , PA , USA
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- d Division of Cancer Pathobiology , Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine , Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine , Philadelphia , PA , USA
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- e Department of Chemistry , Wayne State University , Detroit , MI , USA
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- e Department of Chemistry , Wayne State University , Detroit , MI , USA.,f Department of Immunology and Microbiology , Wayne State University School of Medicine , Detroit , MI , USA
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- b Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia , Philadelphia , PA , USA.,d Division of Cancer Pathobiology , Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine , Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine , Philadelphia , PA , USA
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Campos EI, Smits AH, Kang YH, Landry S, Escobar TM, Nayak S, Ueberheide BM, Durocher D, Vermeulen M, Hurwitz J, Reinberg D. Analysis of the Histone H3.1 Interactome: A Suitable Chaperone for the Right Event. Mol Cell 2015; 60:697-709. [PMID: 26527279 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2015.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2015] [Revised: 06/17/2015] [Accepted: 08/07/2015] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Despite minimal disparity at the sequence level, mammalian H3 variants bind to distinct sets of polypeptides. Although histone H3.1 predominates in cycling cells, our knowledge of the soluble complexes that it forms en route to deposition or following eviction from chromatin remains limited. Here, we provide a comprehensive analysis of the H3.1-binding proteome, with emphasis on its interactions with histone chaperones and components of the replication fork. Quantitative mass spectrometry revealed 170 protein interactions, whereas a large-scale biochemical fractionation of H3.1 and associated enzymatic activities uncovered over twenty stable protein complexes in dividing human cells. The sNASP and ASF1 chaperones play pivotal roles in the processing of soluble histones but do not associate with the active CDC45/MCM2-7/GINS (CMG) replicative helicase. We also find TONSL-MMS22L to function as a H3-H4 histone chaperone. It associates with the regulatory MCM5 subunit of the replicative helicase.
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- Eric I Campos
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, New York University School of Medicine, NY 10016, USA; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, New York University School of Medicine, NY 10016, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands 6525 GA
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- Molecular Biology Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, NY 10021, USA
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- Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, and Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto M5G 1X5, Canada
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, New York University School of Medicine, NY 10016, USA; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, New York University School of Medicine, NY 10016, USA
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- Office of Collaborative Science, New York University School of Medicine, NY 10016, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, New York University School of Medicine, NY 10016, USA
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- Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, and Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto M5G 1X5, Canada
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands 6525 GA
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- Molecular Biology Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, NY 10021, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, New York University School of Medicine, NY 10016, USA; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, New York University School of Medicine, NY 10016, USA.
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López-Campos Ó, Zawadski S, Landry S, Aalhus J, Uttaro B. Packaging for retail appearance improvement of dark cutting beef. Meat Sci 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2013.05.051] [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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Chaurushiya MS, Lilley CE, Aslanian A, Meisenhelder J, Scott DC, Landry S, Ticau S, Boutell C, Yates JR, Schulman BA, Hunter T, Weitzman MD. Viral E3 ubiquitin ligase-mediated degradation of a cellular E3: viral mimicry of a cellular phosphorylation mark targets the RNF8 FHA domain. Mol Cell 2012; 46:79-90. [PMID: 22405594 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2012.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2011] [Revised: 09/19/2011] [Accepted: 01/27/2012] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Viral hijacking of cellular processes relies on the ability to mimic the structure or function of cellular proteins. Many viruses encode ubiquitin ligases to facilitate infection, although the mechanisms by which they select their substrates are often unknown. The Herpes Simplex Virus type-1-encoded E3 ubiquitin ligase, ICP0, promotes infection through degradation of cellular proteins, including the DNA damage response E3 ligases RNF8 and RNF168. Here we describe a mechanism by which this viral E3 hijacks a cellular phosphorylation-based targeting strategy to degrade RNF8. By mimicking a cellular phosphosite, ICP0 binds RNF8 via the RNF8 forkhead associated (FHA) domain. Phosphorylation of ICP0 T67 by CK1 recruits RNF8 for degradation and thereby promotes viral transcription, replication, and progeny production. We demonstrate that this mechanism may constitute a broader viral strategy to target other cellular factors, highlighting the importance of this region of the ICP0 protein in countering intrinsic antiviral defenses.
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- Mira S Chaurushiya
- Laboratory of Genetics, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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Narvaiza I, Landry S, Weitzman MD. APOBEC3 proteins and genomic stability: the high cost of a good defense. Cell Cycle 2012; 11:33-8. [PMID: 22157092 PMCID: PMC3272230 DOI: 10.4161/cc.11.1.18706] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2011] [Revised: 11/07/2011] [Accepted: 11/08/2011] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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The human APOBEC3 family of cytidine deaminases constitutes a cellular intrinsic defense mechanism that is effective against a range of viruses and retro-elements. While it is well established that these enzymes are powerful mutators of viral DNA, the possibility that their activity could threaten the integrity of the host genome has only recently begun to be investigated. Here, we discuss the implications of new evidence suggesting that APOBEC3 proteins can mediate the deamination of cellular DNA. The maintenance of genomic integrity in the face of this potential off-target activity must require high fidelity DNA repair and strict regulation of APOBEC3 gene expression and enzyme activity. Conversely, the ability of specific members of the APOBEC3 family to activate DNA damage signaling pathways might also reflect another way that these proteins contribute to the host immune response.
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- Iñigo Narvaiza
- Laboratory of Genetics, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA, USA
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Clerc I, Laverdure S, Torresilla C, Landry S, Borel S, Vargas A, Arpin-André C, Gay B, Briant L, Gross A, Barbeau B, Mesnard JM. Polarized expression of the membrane ASP protein derived from HIV-1 antisense transcription in T cells. Retrovirology 2011; 8:74. [PMID: 21929758 PMCID: PMC3182985 DOI: 10.1186/1742-4690-8-74] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2011] [Accepted: 09/19/2011] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Background Retroviral gene expression generally depends on a full-length transcript that initiates in the 5' LTR, which is either left unspliced or alternatively spliced. We and others have demonstrated the existence of antisense transcription initiating in the 3' LTR in human lymphotropic retroviruses, including HTLV-1, HTLV-2, and HIV-1. Such transcripts have been postulated to encode antisense proteins important for the establishment of viral infections. The antisense strand of the HIV-1 proviral DNA contains an ORF termed asp, coding for a highly hydrophobic protein. However, although anti-ASP antibodies have been described to be present in HIV-1-infected patients, its in vivo expression requires further support. The objective of this present study was to clearly demonstrate that ASP is effectively expressed in infected T cells and to provide a better characterization of its subcellular localization. Results We first investigated the subcellular localization of ASP by transfecting Jurkat T cells with vectors expressing ASP tagged with the Flag epitope to its N-terminus. Using immunofluorescence microscopy, we found that ASP localized to the plasma membrane in transfected Jurkat T cells, but with different staining patterns. In addition to an entire distribution to the plasma membrane, ASP showed an asymmetric localization and could also be detected in membrane connections between two cells. We then infected Jurkat T cells with NL4.3 virus coding for ASP tagged with the Flag epitope at its C-terminal end. By this approach, we were capable of showing that ASP is effectively expressed from the HIV-1 3' LTR in infected T cells, with an asymmetric localization of the viral protein at the plasma membrane. Conclusion These results demonstrate for the first time that ASP can be detected when expressed from full-length HIV-1 proviral DNA and that its localization is consistent with Jurkat T cells overexpressing ASP.
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- Isabelle Clerc
- Université Montpellier 1, Centre d'Études d'Agents Pathogènes et Biotechnologies pour la Santé, Montpellier, France
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Lydon P, Levine R, Makinen M, Brenzel L, Mitchell V, Milstien JB, Kamara L, Landry S. Introducing new vaccines in the poorest countries: what did we learn from the GAVI experience with financial sustainability? Vaccine 2009; 26:6706-16. [PMID: 18952134 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2008.10.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2008] [Revised: 09/30/2008] [Accepted: 10/03/2008] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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This paper reviews the experience of the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI) in introducing hepatitis B and Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccines in the poorest countries, and explores how financing for immunization has changed since GAVI Fund resources were made available during its first wave of support between 2000 and 2006. The analysis of Financial Sustainability Plans in 50 countries allowed for some of the original funding assumptions of the GAVI approach to be tested against the realities in a wide set of countries, and to highlight implications for future immunization efforts. While the initial GAVI experience with financial sustainability has proved successful through the development of plans, and many countries have been able to both introduce new vaccines and mobilize additional financing for immunization, for future GAVI supported vaccine introduction, some country co-financing of these will be needed upfront for the approach to be more sustainable.
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- P Lydon
- Immunization Vaccines and Biologicals Department (IVB), Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI), World Health Organization (WHO), 20 Avenue Appia, CH-1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland.
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Haemophilia B is characterized by a deficiency of the gamma-carboxylated protein, factor IX (FIX). As a first step to optimize a gene therapy strategy to treat haemophilia B, we employed a previously described approach (Biochemistry 2000;39: 14322) of altering the propeptide of vitamin K-dependent proteins in vitro, to improve the carboxylation efficiency of FIX. Both native FIX and FIX with a prothrombin propeptide (proPT-FIX) produced recombinant FIX in vitro following transfection of their cDNAs into human embryonic kidney (HEK) 293 cells. Using hydroxyapatite chromatography to separate carboxylated from uncarboxylated FIX, we are able to show that >90% of FIX is gamma-carboxylated and that substituting the propeptide of prothrombin into FIX does not further increase the relative amounts of carboxylated material. These results demonstrate that the nature of the propeptide, per se is not the sole determinant of optimal carboxylation of FIX in our expression system in HEK 293 cells.
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- M Blostein
- SMDB-Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada.
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Landry S, Halin M, Lefort S, Audet B, Vaquero C, Mesnard JM, Barbeau B. Detection, characterization and regulation of antisense transcripts in HIV-1. Retrovirology 2007; 4:71. [PMID: 17910760 PMCID: PMC2099442 DOI: 10.1186/1742-4690-4-71] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2007] [Accepted: 10/02/2007] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Background We and others have recently demonstrated that the human retrovirus HTLV-I was producing a spliced antisense transcript, which led to the synthesis of the HBZ protein. The objective of the present study was to demonstrate the existence of antisense transcription in HIV-1 and to provide a better characterization of the transcript and its regulation. Results Initial experiments conducted by standard RT-PCR analysis in latently infected J1.1 cell line and pNL4.3-transfected 293T cells confirmed the existence of antisense transcription in HIV-1. A more adapted RT-PCR protocol with limited RT-PCR artefacts also led to a successful detection of antisense transcripts in several infected cell lines. RACE analyses demonstrated the existence of several transcription initiation sites mapping near the 5' border of the 3'LTR (in the antisense strand). Interestingly, a new polyA signal was identified on the antisense strand and harboured the polyA signal consensus sequence. Transfection experiments in 293T and Jurkat cells with an antisense luciferase-expressing NL4.3 proviral DNA showed luciferase reporter gene expression, which was further induced by various T-cell activators. In addition, the viral Tat protein was found to be a positive modulator of antisense transcription by transient and stable transfections of this proviral DNA construct. RT-PCR analyses in 293T cells stably transfected with a pNL4.3-derived construct further confirmed these results. Infection of 293T, Jurkat, SupT1, U937 and CEMT4 cells with pseudotyped virions produced from the antisense luciferase-expressing NL4.3 DNA clone led to the production of an AZT-sensitive luciferase signal, which was however less pronounced than the signal from NL4.3Luc-infected cells. Conclusion These results demonstrate for the first time that antisense transcription exists in HIV-1 in the context of infection. Possible translation of the predicted antisense ORF in this transcript should thus be re-examined.
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- Sébastien Landry
- Université du Québec à Montréal, Département des sciences biologiques, Montréal (Québec), H2X 3X8, Canada
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- Université du Québec à Montréal, Département des sciences biologiques, Montréal (Québec), H2X 3X8, Canada
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- Centre de Recherche en Infectiologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, Pavillon CHUL, and Département de Biologie médicale, Faculté de Médecine, Université Laval, Ste-Foy (Québec), G1V 4G2, Canada
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- Centre de Recherche en Infectiologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, Pavillon CHUL, and Département de Biologie médicale, Faculté de Médecine, Université Laval, Ste-Foy (Québec), G1V 4G2, Canada
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- Laboratoire Infections Rétrovirales et Signalisation cellulaire, CNRS/UM I UMR 5121/IFR 122, Institut de Biologie, 34960 Cedex 2, Montpellier, France
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- Université du Québec à Montréal, Département des sciences biologiques, Montréal (Québec), H2X 3X8, Canada
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Landry S, DeGagne LH, McGhee PL, Keeler WJ. Oblique incidence reflection imaging of live cells: improving contrast and image quality with an objective mask. J Microsc 2007; 227:185-9. [PMID: 17845712 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2007.01801.x] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Dry 40x and 60x microscope objectives were fitted with opaque black masks in order to eliminate reflection and scattering of light off the objective front lens assembly during oblique incidence reflection (OIR) microscopy. The reflection and scattering are shown to induce background glare that leads to degradation in the quality of the OIR images. Mask prototypes were designed and machined to snap onto the spring-loaded retractable front lens assembly of each objective. OIR images of live cells and normalized intensity line profiles are used to demonstrate that, if these alterations to the housing of the objective are implemented, background glare is significantly reduced with the 60x objective, and virtually eliminated with the 40x objective.
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- S Landry
- Medical Physics Program, TBRHSC, 980 Oliver Road, Thunder Bay, Ontario P7B 6V4, Canada.
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We previously reported the identification of the Kis2 common retrovirus integration site, located on mouse chromosome X, in radiation leukemia virus-induced T-cell leukemias. Tumors with a provirus at the Kis2 locus overexpressed a novel noncoding RNA (ncRNA) with a complex splicing pattern and no polyA tail. Database upgrade revealed the presence of a microRNA (miRNA) cluster, miR-106-363, just downstream of the Kis2 ncRNAs. We found that Kis2 ncRNAs are the pri-miRNA of miR-106-363, and we present evidence that Kis2 ncRNA overexpression in mouse tumors results in miR-106a, miR-19b-2, miR-92-2, and miR-20b accumulation. We show the oncogenic potential of those miRNAs in anchorage independence assay and confirm pri-miR-106-363 overexpression in 46% of human T-cell leukemias tested. This overexpression contributes in rising miR-92 and miR-19 levels, as this is the case for miR-17-92 cluster overexpression. Furthermore, we identified myosin regulatory light chain-interacting protein, retinoblastoma-binding protein 1-like, and possibly homeodomain-interacting protein kinase 3 as target genes of this miRNA cluster, which establishes a link between these genes and T-cell leukemia for the first time.
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- Séverine Landais
- Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire, Département des Sciences Biologiques, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Cavanagh MH, Landry S, Audet B, Arpin-André C, Hivin P, Paré MÈ, Thête J, Wattel É, Marriott SJ, Mesnard JM, Barbeau B. HTLV-I antisense transcripts initiating in the 3'LTR are alternatively spliced and polyadenylated. Retrovirology 2006; 3:15. [PMID: 16512901 PMCID: PMC1459196 DOI: 10.1186/1742-4690-3-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 137] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2005] [Accepted: 03/02/2006] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Antisense transcription in retroviruses has been suggested for both HIV-1 and HTLV-I, although the existence and coding potential of these transcripts remain controversial. Thorough characterization is required to demonstrate the existence of these transcripts and gain insight into their role in retrovirus biology. RESULTS This report provides the first complete characterization of an antisense retroviral transcript that encodes the previously described HTLV-I HBZ protein. In this study, we show that HBZ-encoding transcripts initiate in the 3' long terminal repeat (LTR) at several positions and consist of two alternatively spliced variants (SP1 and SP2). Expression of the most abundant HBZ spliced variant (SP1) could be detected in different HTLV-I-infected cell lines and importantly in cellular clones isolated from HTLV-I-infected patients. Polyadenylation of HBZ RNA occurred at a distance of 1450 nucleotides downstream of the HBZ stop codon in close proximity of a typical polyA signal. We have also determined that translation mostly initiates from the first exon located in the 3' LTR and that the HBZ isoform produced from the SP1 spliced variant demonstrated inhibition of Tax and c-Jun-dependent transcriptional activation. CONCLUSION These results conclusively demonstrate the existence of antisense transcription in retroviruses, which likely plays a role in HTLV-I-associated pathogenesis through HBZ protein synthesis.
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- Marie-Hélène Cavanagh
- Centre de Recherche en Infectiologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, Pavillon CHUL, and Département de Biologie médicale, Faculté de Médecine, Université Laval, Ste-Foy (Québec), G1V 4G2, Canada
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- Centre de Recherche en Infectiologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, Pavillon CHUL, and Département de Biologie médicale, Faculté de Médecine, Université Laval, Ste-Foy (Québec), G1V 4G2, Canada
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- Centre de Recherche en Infectiologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, Pavillon CHUL, and Département de Biologie médicale, Faculté de Médecine, Université Laval, Ste-Foy (Québec), G1V 4G2, Canada
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- Laboratoires Infections Rétrovirales et Signalisation Cellulaire, CNRS/UM I UMR 5121/IFR 122, Institut de Biologie, 34960 Montpellier Cedex 2, France
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- Laboratoires Infections Rétrovirales et Signalisation Cellulaire, CNRS/UM I UMR 5121/IFR 122, Institut de Biologie, 34960 Montpellier Cedex 2, France
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- Centre de Recherche en Infectiologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, Pavillon CHUL, and Département de Biologie médicale, Faculté de Médecine, Université Laval, Ste-Foy (Québec), G1V 4G2, Canada
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- Oncovirologie et Biothérapies, UMR5537 CNRS-Université Claude Bernard, Centre Léon Berard and Service d'Hématologie, Pavillon E, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Place d'Arsonval, Lyon, France
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- Oncovirologie et Biothérapies, UMR5537 CNRS-Université Claude Bernard, Centre Léon Berard and Service d'Hématologie, Pavillon E, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Place d'Arsonval, Lyon, France
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- Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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- Laboratoires Infections Rétrovirales et Signalisation Cellulaire, CNRS/UM I UMR 5121/IFR 122, Institut de Biologie, 34960 Montpellier Cedex 2, France
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- Centre de Recherche en Infectiologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, Pavillon CHUL, and Département de Biologie médicale, Faculté de Médecine, Université Laval, Ste-Foy (Québec), G1V 4G2, Canada
- Université.du Québec à Montréal, Département des sciences biologiques, C.P. 8888, Succursale C.V., Montréal, Québec, H3C 3P8, Canada
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Paré ME, Gauthier S, Landry S, Sun J, Legault E, Leclerc D, Tanaka Y, Marriott SJ, Tremblay MJ, Barbeau B. A new sensitive and quantitative HTLV-I-mediated cell fusion assay in T cells. Virology 2005; 338:309-22. [PMID: 15963547 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2005.05.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2004] [Revised: 12/30/2004] [Accepted: 05/06/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Similar to several other viruses, human T cell leukemia virus type I (HTLV-I) induces the formation of multinucleated giant cells (also known as syncytium) when amplified in tissue culture. These syncytia result from the fusion of infected cells with uninfected cells. Due to the intrinsic difficulty of infecting cells with cell-free HTLV-I virions, syncytium formation has become an important tool in the study of HTLV-I infection and transmission. Since most HTLV-I-based cell fusion assays rely on the use of non-T cells, the aim of this study was to optimize a new HTLV-I-induced cell fusion assay in which HTLV-I-infected T cell lines are co-cultured with T cells that have been transfected with an HTLV-I long terminal repeat (LTR) luciferase reporter construct. We demonstrate that co-culture of various HTLV-I-infected T cells with different transfected T cell lines resulted in induction of luciferase activity. Cell-to-cell contact and expression of the viral gp46 envelope protein was crucial for this induction while other cell surface proteins (including HSC70) did not have a significant effect. This quantitative assay was shown to be very sensitive. In this assay, the cell fusion-mediated activation of NF-kappaB and the HTLV-I LTR occurred through previously described Tax-dependent signaling pathways. This assay also showed that cell fusion could activate Tax-inducible cellular promoters. These results thus demonstrate that this new quantitative HTLV-I-dependent cell fusion assay is versatile, highly sensitive, and can provide an important tool to investigate cellular promoter activation and intrinsic signaling cascades that modulate cellular gene expression.
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- Marie-Eve Paré
- Centre de Recherche en Infectiologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, Pavillon CHUL, Canada
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Lemieux AM, Paré ME, Audet B, Legault E, Lefort S, Boucher N, Landry S, van Opijnen T, Berkhout B, Naghavi MH, Tremblay MJ, Barbeau B. T-cell activation leads to poor activation of the HIV-1 clade E long terminal repeat and weak association of nuclear factor-kappaB and NFAT with its enhancer region. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:52949-60. [PMID: 15466412 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m409896200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The enhancer region in the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) 5'-long terminal repeat (LTR) is very important for viral transcription. This promoter sequence binds both nuclear factor-kappaB and NFAT, two important modulators of HIV-1 gene expression. Previous studies have indicated that the enhancer regions of the different HIV-1 clade LTRs differ in their number of NF-kappaB-binding sites. In this study, we have compared the activation potential of the different HIV-1 clade and HIV-2 LTRs and assessed their interaction with NFAT and NF-kappaB. In T-cell lines and primary CD4(+) T-cells, the results showed that the HIV-1 clade E LTR (with a single NF-kappaB-binding site) was the weakest LTR regardless of the tested activators, whereas the HIV-2 LTR was the most responsive LTR. The clade E enhancer region was also demonstrated to be the weakest enhancer region in transfection experiments with luciferase reporter-based vectors. Electrophoretic mobility shift assays with extracts from activated CD4(+) T-cells indicated that, although NF-kappaB and NFAT bound all enhancers, HIV-1 clade E and HIV-2 LTR enhancers were poor binding targets for these two factors. Weak NFAT binding to clade E enhancers was also confirmed using NFAT1-expressing 293T cells in competition experiments. We have also shown the absence of interaction of NF-kappaB or NFAT with the third NF-kappaB repeat present in clade C. However, the clade C enhancer bound NFAT more efficiently than all other enhancer regions tested. Our results hence demonstrate for the first time that differences in the binding of NF-kappaB and NFAT to the enhancer regions could be responsible for some of the observed variation in HIV-1 clade LTR activation, whereas HIV-2 LTR activation seems mostly independent of these interactions.
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- Anne-Marie Lemieux
- Centre de Recherche en Infectiologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, Pavillon CHUL, 2705 Blvd. Laurier, Sainte-Foy, Quebec G1V 4G2, Canada
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Janz JAM, Aalhus JL, Robertson WM, Dugan MER, Larsen IL, Landry S. The effects of modified carcass chilling on beef carcass grade and quality of several muscles. Can J Anim Sci 2004. [DOI: 10.4141/a03-067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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To determine the effect of modified carcass chilling on beef carcass grade and meat quality, paired sides were assigned to modified (5°C for 24 h then 0–2°C until 48 h post-mortem) or control chilling (0–2°C for 24 h). After grading at the completion of respective chilling treatments, the longissimus lumborum (LL), longissimus thoracis (LT), semimembranosus (SM), semitendinosus (ST), and infraspinatus (IS) were removed and evaluated immediately or aged for 7, 15, 21, or 29 d prior to evaluation. Estimated cutability was not affected by chill treatment. Modified chilled sides tended (P = 0.15) to have greater marbling scores than control with ~65% having scores 10–110 units greater than control. In ~15% of paired sides, this difference was sufficient to result in upgrading from Canada AA to Canada AAA. Modified chilling reduced mean shear value across all muscles, with these early effects persisting throughout ageing in the LL and LT and represented a savings of at least 7 d of refrigerated ageing time. Neither modified chilling nor ageing could be relied upon to produce consistently tender meat in the SM and ST. Prior to ageing the IS was the most tender muscle and underwent gradual but significant tenderization during ageing. Since tenderness is the most important meat quality trait, industry adoption of cut specific ageing, combined with modified carcass chilling, would appear to be beneficial to ensure consistent and high-quality beef. Key words: Marbling, ageing, tenderness, beef carcass chilling
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Yoakim C, Bonneau PR, Déziel R, Doyon L, Duan J, Guse I, Landry S, Malenfant E, Naud J, Ogilvie WW, O'Meara JA, Plante R, Simoneau B, Thavonekham B, Bös M, Cordingley MG. Novel nevirapine-like inhibitors with improved activity against NNRTI-resistant HIV: 8-heteroarylthiomethyldipyridodiazepinone derivatives. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2004; 14:739-42. [PMID: 14741280 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2003.11.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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A series of 8-heteroarylthiomethyldipyridodiazepinone derivatives were prepared and evaluated for their antiviral profile against wild type virus and the important K103N/Y181C mutant as an indicator for broad activity. 2,6-Dimethylpyridine derivative 16 was found to have a good pharmacokinetic profile in spite of poor metabolic stability in rat liver microsomes.
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- C Yoakim
- Department of Chemistry, Boehringer Ingelheim (Canada) Ltd, Research & Development, 2100 Cunard Street, Laval, Québec, Canada H7S 2G5.
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Littger R, Alke A, Tewes B, Gropp F, Asai T, Watanabe K, Kuromi K, Kurohane K, Ogino K, Taki T, Tsukada H, Nakayama J, Oku N, Babai I, Matyas G, Baranji L, Milosevits J, Alving CR, Bendas G, Rothe U, Scherphof GL, Kamps JAAM, Kessner S, Rothe U, Bendas G, Carafa M, Di Stefano A, Sozio P, Cacciatore I, Mosciatti B, Santucci E, Choice E, Harvie P, Galbraith T, Zunder E, Dutzar B, Anklesaria P, Paul R, Cocquyt J, De Cuyper M, Van der Meeren P, Cruz MEM, Gaspar MM, Silva MT, Dathe M, Nikolenko H, Wessolowski A, Schmieder P, Beyermann M, Bienert M, Santos ND, Cox KA, Allen C, Gallagher RC, Ickenstein L, Mayer LD, Bally MB, Fischer S, Margalit R, Freisleben HJ, Garidel P, Chen HC, Moore D, Mendelsohn R, Garidel P, Keller M, Hildebrand A, Blume A, Girão da Cruz MT, Simões S, Pedroso de Lima MC, Graser A, Nahde T, Fahr A, Müller R, Müller-Brüsselbach S, Harvie P, Dutzar B, Choice E, Cudmore S, O'Mahony D, Anklesaria P, Paul R, Hoving S, van Tiel ST, Seynhaeve ALB, Ambagtsheer G, Eggermont AMM, ten Hagen TLM, Høyrup P, Jensen SS, Jørgensen K, Iden D, Kuang H, Mullen P, Jacobs C, Roben P, Stevens T, Lollo C, Ishida T, Maeda R, Masuda K, Ichihara M, Kiwada H, Jung K, Reszka R, Kaiser N, Ohloff I, Linser-Haar S, Massing U, Schubert R, Kan P, Tsao CW, Chen WK, Wang AJ, Kimpfler A, Gerber C, Wieschollek A, Bruchelt G, Schubert R, Kobayashi T, Okada Y, Ishida T, Sone S, Harashima H, Maruyama K, Kiwada H, Kondo M, Lee CM, Tanaka T, Su W, Kitagawa T, Ito T, Matsuda H, Murai T, Miyasaka M, Junji K, Kondo M, Asai T, Ogino K, Taki T, Tsukada H, Baba K, Oku N, Koning GA, Wauben MHM, ten Hagen TLM, Vestweber D, Everts M, Kok RJ, Schraa AJ, Molema G, Schiffelers RM, Storm G, Kristl J, Šentjurc M, Abramović Z, Landry S, Perron S, Bestman-Smith J, Désormeaux A, Tremblay MJ, Bergeron MG, Madeira C, Loura LMS, Fedorov A, Prieto M, Aires-Barros MR, Marques CM, Simões SI, Cruz ME, Cevc G, Martins MB, Moreira JN, Gaspar R, Allen TM, Esposito C, Ortaggi G, Bianco A, Bonadies F, Malizia D, Napolitano R, Cametti C, Mossa G, Endert G, Essler F, Lutz S, Panzner S, Pastorino F, Brignole C, Pagnan G, Moase EH, Allen TM, Ponzoni M, Pavelic Z, Škalko-Basnet N, Jalšenjak I, Penacho N, Simões S, Pedroso de Lima MC, Pisano C, Bucci F, Serafini S, Martinelli R, Cupelli A, Marconi A, Ferrara FF, Santaniello M, Critelli L, Tinti O, Luisi P, Carminati P, Santaniello M, Bucci F, Tinti O, Pisano C, Critelli L, Galletti B, Luisi P, Carminati P, Sauer I, Nikolenko H, Dathe M, Schleef M, Voß C, Schmidt T, Flaschel E, König S, Wenger T, Dumond J, Bogetto N, Reboud-Ravaux M, Schramm HJ, Schramm W, Sheynis T, Rozner S, Kolusheva S, Satchell D, Jelnik R, Shigeta Y, Imanaka H, Ando H, Makino T, Kurohane K, Oku N, Baba N, Shimizu K, Asai T, Takada M, Baba K, Namba Y, Oku N, Simberg D, Danino D, Talmon Y, Minsky A, Ferrari ME, Wheeler CJ, Barenholz Y, Takada M, Shimizu K, Kuromi K, Asai T, Baba K, Oku N, Takeuchi Y, Kurohane K, North JR, Namba Y, Nango M, Oku N, Tewes B, Köchling T, Deissler M, Kühl C, Marx U, Strote G, Gropp F, Qualls MM, Kim JM, Thompson DH, Zhang ZY, Shum P, Collier JH, Hu BH, Ruberti JW, Messersmith PB, Thompson DH, Tsuruda T, Nakade A, Sadzuka Y, Hirota S, Sonobe T, Vorauer-Uhl K, Wagner A, Katinger H, Wagner A, Vorauer-Uhl K, Katinger H, Weeke-Klimp AH, Bartsch M, Meijer DKF, Scherphof GL, Kamps JAAM, Zeisig R, Walther W, Reß A, Fichtner I, Zschörnig O, Schiller J, Süß M, Bergmeier C, Arnold K, Nchinda G, Überla K, Zschörnig O. Poster Abstracts. J Liposome Res 2003. [DOI: 10.1081/lpr-120017490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Piret J, Roy S, Gagnon M, Landry S, Désormeaux A, Omar RF, Bergeron MG. Comparative study of mechanisms of herpes simplex virus inactivation by sodium lauryl sulfate and n-lauroylsarcosine. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2002; 46:2933-42. [PMID: 12183250 PMCID: PMC127445 DOI: 10.1128/aac.46.9.2933-2942.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The mechanisms of herpes simplex virus (HSV) inactivation by sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS) and n-lauroylsarcosine (LS), two anionic surfactants with protein denaturant potency, have been evaluated in cultured cells. Results showed that pretreatment of HSV type 1 (HSV-1) strain F and HSV-2 strain 333 with either surfactant inhibited, in a concentration- and time-dependent manner, their infectivities on Vero cells. SLS was a more potent inhibitor of HSV-2 strain 333 infectivity than LS with respect to the concentration (4.8-fold lower) and time (2.4-fold shorter) required to completely inactivate the virus. No inhibition of both herpesvirus strains infectivities was observed when Vero cells were pretreated with either surfactant. LS prevented the binding of HSV-2 strain 333 to cells without affecting the stable attachment and the rate of penetration into cells, whereas SLS exerted the opposite effect. Both SLS and LS inhibited, in a concentration-dependent manner, the HSV-2 strain 333-induced cytopathic effect, probably by affecting newly synthesized virions that come into contact with surfactant molecules present in culture medium. The pretreatment of HSV-2 strain 333 with specific combinations of SLS and LS concentrations inhibited the viral infectivity in a synergistic manner and resulted in only a small increase in their toxicities for exponentially growing Vero cells compared with that caused by each compound alone. Taken together, these results suggest that SLS and LS, alone or combined, could represent potent candidates as microbicides in topical vaginal formulations to prevent the transmission of herpes and possibly other pathogens that cause sexually transmitted diseases, including human immunodeficiency virus type 1.
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- Jocelyne Piret
- Centre de Recherche en Infectiologie, Université Laval, Québec, Québec, Canada
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Baillargeon JP, Lepage S, Larrivée L, Roy MA, Landry S, Maheux P. Intensive surveillance and treatment of dyslipidemia in the postinfarct patient: evaluation of a nurse-oriented management approach. Can J Cardiol 2001; 17:767-8. [PMID: 11515497] [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: 02/21/2023] Open
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Namen AM, Ely EW, Tatter SB, Case LD, Lucia MA, Smith A, Landry S, Wilson JA, Glazier SS, Branch CL, Kelly DL, Bowton DL, Haponik EF. Predictors of successful extubation in neurosurgical patients. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2001; 163:658-64. [PMID: 11254520 DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.163.3.2003060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 186] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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A respiratory therapist-driven weaning protocol incorporating daily screens, spontaneous breathing trials (SBT), and prompts to caregivers has been associated with superior outcomes in mechanically ventilated medical patients. To determine the effectiveness of this approach in neurosurgical (NSY) patients, we conducted a randomized controlled trial involving 100 patients over a 14-mo period. All had daily screens of weaning parameters. If these were passed, a 2-h SBT was performed in the Intervention group. Study physicians communicated positive SBT results, and the decision to extubate was made by the primary NSY team. Patients in the Intervention (n = 49) and Control (n = 51) groups had similar demographic characteristics, illness severity, and neurologic injuries. Among all patients, 87 (45 in the Control and 42 in the Intervention group) passed at least one daily screen. Forty (82%) patients in the Intervention group passed SBT, but a median of 2 d passed before attempted extubation, primarily because of concerns about the patient's sensorium (84%). Of 167 successful SBT, 126 (75%) did not lead to attempted extubation on the same day. The median time of mechanical ventilation was 6 d in both study groups, and there were no differences in outcomes. Overall complications included death (36%), reintubation (16%), and pneumonia (9%). Tracheostomies were created in 29% of patients. Multivariate analysis showed that Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score (p < 0.0001) and partial pressure of arterial oxygen/fraction of inspired oxygen ratio (p < 0.0001) were associated with extubation success. The odds of successful extubation increased by 39% with each GCS score increment. A GCS score > or = 8 at extubation was associated with success in 75% of cases, versus 33% for a GCS score < 8 (p < 0.0001). Implementation of a weaning protocol based on traditional respiratory physiologic parameters had practical limitations in NSY patients, owing to concerns about neurologic impairment. Whether protocols combining respiratory parameters with neurologic measures lead to superior outcomes in this population requires further investigation.
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- A M Namen
- Department of Internal Medicine (Section of Pulmonary/Critical Care), Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157, USA
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Fission yeast adenylate cyclase, like mammalian adenylate cyclases, is regulated by a heterotrimeric G protein. The gpa2 Galpha and git5 Gbeta are both required for glucose-triggered cAMP signaling. The git5 Gbeta is a unique member of the Gbeta family in that it lacks an amino-terminal coiled-coil domain shown to be essential for mammalian Gbeta folding and interaction with Ggamma subunits. Using a git5 bait in a two-hybrid screen, we identified the git11 Ggamma gene. Co-immunoprecipitation studies confirm the composition of this Gbetagamma dimer. Cells deleted for git11 are defective in glucose repression of both fbp1 transcription and sexual development, resembling cells lacking either the gpa2 Galpha or the git5 Gbeta. Overexpression of the gpa2 Galpha partially suppresses loss of either the git5 Gbeta or the git11 Ggamma, while mutational activation of the Galpha fully suppresses loss of either Gbeta or Ggamma. Deletion of gpa2 (Galpha), git5 (Gbeta), or git11 (Ggamma) confer quantitatively distinct effects on fbp1 repression, indicating that the gpa2 Galpha subunit remains partially active in the absence of the Gbetagamma dimer and that the git5 Gbeta subunit remains partially active in the absence of the git11 Ggamma subunit. The addition of the CAAX box from the git11 Ggamma to the carboxy-terminus of the git5 Gbeta partially suppresses the loss of the Ggamma. Thus the Ggamma in this system is presumably required for localization of the Gbetagamma dimer but not for folding of the Gbeta subunit. In mammalian cells, the essential roles of the Gbeta amino-terminal coiled-coil domains and Ggamma partners in Gbeta folding may therefore reflect a mechanism used by cells that express multiple forms of both Gbeta and Ggamma subunits to regulate the composition and activity of its G proteins.
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- S Landry
- Department of Biology, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467, USA
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Landry S, Pettit MT, Apolinario E, Hoffman CS. The fission yeast git5 gene encodes a Gbeta subunit required for glucose-triggered adenylate cyclase activation. Genetics 2000; 154:1463-71. [PMID: 10747045 PMCID: PMC1461029 DOI: 10.1093/genetics/154.4.1463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Fission yeast adenylate cyclase is activated by the gpa2 Galpha subunit of a heterotrimeric guanine-nucleotide binding protein (G protein). We show that the git5 gene, also required for this activation, encodes a Gbeta subunit. In contrast to another study, we show that git5 is not a negative regulator of the gpa1 Galpha involved in the pheromone response pathway. While 43% identical to mammalian Gbeta's, the git5 protein lacks the amino-terminal coiled-coil found in other Gbeta subunits, yet the gene possesses some of the coding capacity for this structure 5' to its ORF. Although both gpa2 (Galpha) and git5 (Gbeta) are required for adenylate cyclase activation, only gpa2 is needed to maintain basal cAMP levels. Strains bearing a git5 disruption are derepressed for fbp1 transcription and sexual development even while growing in a glucose-rich environment, although fbp1 derepression is half that observed in gpa2 deletion strains. Multicopy gpa2 partially suppresses the loss of git5, while the converse is not true. These data suggest that Gbeta is required for activation of adenylate cyclase either by promoting the activation of Galpha or by independently activating adenylate cyclase subsequent to Galpha stimulation as seen in type II mammalian adenylate cyclase activation.
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- S Landry
- Department of Biology, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, USA
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Inflicted traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a frequent consequence of physical child abuse in infants and children. Twenty-eight children who were 2-42 months of age when hospitalized for moderate to severe TBI were enrolled in a prospective, longitudinal study of neurobehavioral outcome following acquired brain injury. Relative to a comparison group, the children with inflicted TBI had significant deficits in cognitive, motor and behavioral domains when assessed with the Bayley Scales of Infant Development-II 1 and 3 months after the injury. Nearly half of the injured children showed persisting deficits in attention/arousal, emotional regulation and motor coordination. Greater injury severity, as indicated by lower coma scale scores, longer periods of unconsciousness and the presence of edema/cerebral infarctions was associated with poorer outcomes in all domains.
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- L Ewing-Cobbs
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Houston Health Science Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
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The purpose of this longitudinal study was to evaluate changes in neurologic abnormalities in 212 preterm and 128 full-term children. Preterm infants with severe medical complications were considered at high risk, while those with milder complications were considered at low risk for neurodevelopmental abnormality. The patterns of change in neurologic status for the high- and low-risk preterm and term groups across 6, 12, 24, 40, and 54 months of age were compared using growth modeling analysis. As expected, the term group showed minimal change, while the two preterm groups demonstrated complex, nonlinear patterns of change in neurologic abnormalities. While the results demonstrate improvement over time in both groups of preterm infants, 35% of the children in the high-risk group had neurologic scores in the borderline or abnormal range at 54 months. These findings demonstrate that neurologic deficits are still evident at preschool age in some preterm children and that these deficits are related to the severity of neonatal complications.
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- A Anderson
- Department of Neurology, Clinical Neurophysiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
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Allard N, Landry S. [The discovery of Martha Rogers' model]. Infirm Que 1998; 5:34-42. [PMID: 9708164] [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: 02/08/2023]
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Wishing to increase awareness of the work of Martha Rogers (nurse, scientist and visionary), Nicole Allard, who teaches at the Université de Rimouski and is studying towards a doctorate at the University of Toronto, and Serge Landry, who teaches at the cégep de Granby, have produced an analysis of the theoretician's conceptual model. The Science of Unitary Human Beings. Rogers envisions the human being as a system of energy in motion within other such systems, themselves forming more complex systems. Each human being is said to be "unitary" and he or she can not be considered in isolation, separate from his or her environment. In "rogerian" perspective, nurses' work is to be done with unitary human beings in a state of continuous mutual exchange with their environment. And nursing's goal is to participate in this process of change in order to maximise each client's health potential. The model application accompanying the article illustrates the concepts and theoretical principles described.
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- N Allard
- Département de biologie et des sciences de la santé à l'Université du Québec
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Landry S. Pediatric HIV clinical trials in the United States. NIAID AIDS Agenda 1997:3-4. [PMID: 11364921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/16/2023]
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Wildin SR, Smith K, Anderson A, Swank P, Denson S, Landry S. Prediction of developmental patterns through 40 months from 6- and 12-month neurologic examinations in very low birth weight infants. J Dev Behav Pediatr 1997; 18:215-21. [PMID: 9276828] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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This study examines whether neurologic examinations at 6 and 12 months of age can predict developmental patterns in very low birth weight infants and fullterm controls through 40 months of age. We performed neurologic examinations at 6 and 12 months; the Bayley Scales of Infant Development at 6, 12, and 24 months; and the Stanford-Binet and the McCarthy Motor scale at 40 months. The very low birth weight infants were categorized on the basis of socioeconomic status and high or low risk for early medical complications. More abnormal neurologic scores predicted greater deceleration of cognitive development for high-risk infants only. The 12-month neurologic examination predicted the degree of deceleration in motor development. Medical risk was an independent predictor of curvature of the psychomotor development curve. We conclude that neurologic examinations during the 1st year of life might be used with other factors in decision concerning referrals to early-intervention programs.
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- S R Wildin
- Department of Pediatrics (Child Development), University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston 77555-0319, USA
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Pelletier R, Mah D, Landry S, Matheos D, Price GB, Zannis-Hadjopoulos M. Deletion analysis of ors12, a centromeric, early activated, mammalian origin of DNA replication. J Cell Biochem 1997; 66:87-97. [PMID: 9215531] [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: 02/04/2023]
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We have generated a panel of deletion mutants of ors12 (812-bp), a mammalian origin of DNA replication previously isolated by nascent strand extrusion from early replicating African Green monkey (CV-1) DNA. The deletion mutants were tested for their replication activity in vivo by the bromodeoxyuridine substitution assay, after transfection into HeLa cells, and in vitro by the Dpnl resistance assay, using extracts from HeLa cells. We identified a 215-bp internal fragment as essential for the autonomous replication activity of ors12. When subcloned into the vector pML2 and similarly tested, this subfragment was capable of autonomous replication in vivo and in vitro. Several repeated sequence motifs are present in this 215-bp fragment, such as TGGG(A) and G(A)AG (repeated four times each); TTTC, AGG, and CTTA (repeated 3 times each); the motifs CACACA and CTCTCT, and two imperfect inverted repeats. 22 and 16 bp long, respectively. The overall sequence of the 215-bp fragment is G/C-rich (50.2%), by comparison to the 186-bp (33.5% G/C-rich) minimal sequence required for the autonomous replication activity of ors8, another functional ors that was similarly isolated and characterized.
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- R Pelletier
- McGill Cancer Centre, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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Barkun AN, Rezieg M, Mehta SN, Pavone E, Landry S, Barkun JS, Fried GM, Bret P, Cohen A. Postcholecystectomy biliary leaks in the laparoscopic era: risk factors, presentation, and management. McGill Gallstone Treatment Group. Gastrointest Endosc 1997; 45:277-82. [PMID: 9087834 DOI: 10.1016/s0016-5107(97)70270-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [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] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND The management of bile leaks has evolved in the laparoscopic era. This study characterizes risk factors for their developmental and their clinical course and management. METHODS Data on a cohort of patients who developed bile leaks after cholecystectomy in the laparoscopic era were gathered prospectively and retrospectively from an ongoing surgical database and following a review of hospital charts. RESULTS Sixty-four patients (mean age 56 +/- 17.1 years, 72% women) were included over a 5-year study period. The incidence of leaks was 1.1% among patients entered in a laparoscopic cholecystectomy database. Intraoperative complications were encountered in 36%. Rates of intraoperative complication and conversion to open surgery were greater among patients who developed leaks (5.2% vs 0.6% and 33% vs 6.3%, respectively, p < 0.00001). Patients presented 5.3 +/- 4.2 days following surgery with abdominal pain (89%), fever (74%), and tenderness (81%). Ultrasound diagnosed a suspected leak in 73%, which ERCP showed as originating from the cystic duct stump in 77%. Biliary obstruction was noted in 20 (31%) patients (14 with stones). Treatments included percutaneous (13%), endoscopic (28%), primary or secondary operative procedures (14%), or a combination thereof (45%). CONCLUSION A complication at laparoscopic cholecystectomy increases the likelihood of a subsequent bile leak. Most patients present early with a patent cystic duct stump in the absence of biliary obstruction. Endoscopic therapy is successful in the majority of cases, but otherwise percutaneous or operative procedures may be needed.
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- A N Barkun
- Division of Gastroenterology, Montreal General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Québec, Canada
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Wildin SR, Anderson A, Woodside M, Swank P, Smith K, Denson S, Landry S. Prediction of 12-month neurodevelopmental outcome from a 6-month neurologic examination in premature infants. Clin Pediatr (Phila) 1995; 34:290-9. [PMID: 7656508 DOI: 10.1177/000992289503400601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [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] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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This study examined whether a neurologic examination at 6 months of age is predictive of neurodevelopmental outcome at 12 months in very-low-birth-weight (VLBW) infants. A neurologic examination and the Bayley Scales of Infant Development were performed at 6 and 12 months with VLBW infants and full-term (FT) controls. VLBW infants were categorized based on early medical complications. High-risk (HR) infants had diagnoses of bronchopulmonary dysplasia, pulmonary immaturity, grade III or IV intraventricular hemorrhage, and/or periventricular leukomalacia. VLBW infants with other diagnoses were placed in the low-risk (LR) group. Total neurologic scores (NS) improved over time for all three groups but improved more for HR infants, who had more abnormal NS at both time points; NS at 6 months predicted neurologic and developmental scores at 12 months for all three groups, but the relation between 6- and 12-month outcomes was strongest for the HR infants. The neurologic examination may be helpful in assessing VLBW infants' need for referral to early childhood intervention programs.
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- S R Wildin
- Department of Pediatrics, Child Development, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston 77555-0319, USA
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Todd A, Landry S, Pearson CE, Khoury V, Zannis-Hadjopoulos M. Deletion analysis of minimal sequence requirements for autonomous replication of ors8, a monkey early-replicating DNA sequence. J Cell Biochem 1995; 57:280-9. [PMID: 7759565 DOI: 10.1002/jcb.240570212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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We have generated a panel of deletion mutants of ors8 (483 bp), a mammalian autonomously replicating DNA sequence, previously isolated by extrusion of nascent monkey (CV-1) DNA from replication bubbles active at the onset of S phase. The deletion mutants were tested for replication function by the DpnI resistance assay, in vivo, after transfection into HeLa cells, and in vitro. An internal fragment of 186-bp that is required for autonomous replication function of ors8 was identified. This fragment, when subcloned into pBR322 and similarly tested, was capable of autonomous replication in vivo and in vitro. The 186-bp fragment contains several repeated sequence motifs, such as the ATTA and ATTTAT motifs, occurring three and five times, respectively, the sequences TAGG and TAGA, occurring three and seven times, respectively, two 5'-ATT-3' repeats, a 44-bp imperfect inverted repeat (IR) sequence, and an imperfect consensus binding element for the transcription factor Oct-1. A measurable sequence-directed DNA curvature was also detected, coinciding with the AT-rich regions of the 186-bp fragment.
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- A Todd
- McGill Cancer Centre, Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Ballou WR, Diggs CL, Landry S, Hall BF. Malaria vaccine research. Science 1994; 266:1792. [PMID: 7864993 DOI: 10.1126/science.7864993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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In our report "Activation of Raf as a result of recruitment to the plasma membrane" (3 June, p. 1463) (1), panels E and F of figure 1 on page 1464 were incorrect. The correct photographs appear below. In addition, the [See figure in the PDF file] second sentence of the legend to figure 1 should have read, "The Raf constructs were tagged at the COOH-terminus with a Glu-Glu epitope (MEYMPME) (24) for c-Raf, or at the NH(2)-terminus with both the Glu-Glu and the Myc (MEQKLISEEDL) (23) epitopes for RafCAAX"; the next-to-the-last sentence of the legend to figure 1 should have read, "The c-Raf constructs in (A through D) are Glu-Glu-tagged and were detected by using an anti Glu-Glu antibody, and the RafCAAX and Raf6QCAAX constructs used in E and F were detected by using the antibody to Raf COOH-terminal peptide"; and the third sentence of note 26 should have read, "After blocking with 5% milk in phosphate-buffered saline (M-PBS), cells were incubated with a mouse monoclonal antibody to Glu-Glu or a rabbit polyclonal antibody to a 20-amino acid COOH-terminal peptide of Raf-1 (Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Santa Cruz, California), washed, and incubated with donkey antibodies to mouse or rabbit IgG combined with Texas Red (Jackson) in M-PBS, washed, and mounted in FITC-Guard (Testog)."
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Sullivan JJ, Steurer F, Benavides G, Tarleton RL, Eberhard ML, Landry S. Trypanosomes and microfilariae in feral owl and squirrel monkeys maintained in research colonies. Am J Trop Med Hyg 1993; 49:254-9. [PMID: 8357088 DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1993.49.254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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A group of 358 owl and squirrel monkeys imported from Colombia, Peru, and Bolivia for the U.S. Agency for International Development Malaria Vaccine Development Program was examined for trypanosomes and microfilariae. Trypanosoma rangeli, isolated by hemoculture from Aotus nancymai, Saimiri b. boliviensis, and S. b. peruviensis, accounted for 76.6% of all trypanosome infections. Trypanosoma cruzi was isolated from 25 of 194 S. b. boliviensis, including two mixed infections with T. rangeli. Identifications of trypanosomes were confirmed by blinded tests with a panel of five rRNA probes on a subsample of cultures identified morphologically. Although no trypanosomes were isolated from Aotus vociferans or A. lemurinus griseimembra, positive serologic responses to T. cruzi were observed by indirect immunofluorescence assay in all species of monkeys examined and ranged from 42.1% among S. b. peruviensis to 92.3% among A. vociferans. Among T. rangeli-infected monkeys, 43.7% were seronegative for T. cruzi. No microfilariae were found in S. b. boliviensis or A. l. griseimembra. Mansonella barbascalensis and Dipetalonema caudispina were observed in A. vociferans, M. panamensis in A. nancymai, and M. saimiri and D. caudispina in S. b. peruviensis. Such naturally occurring infections in imported animal models are potential sources of accidental transmission to animal handlers and uninfected laboratory animals and can introduce confounding variables into otherwise well-planned and well-executed studies.
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- J J Sullivan
- Division of Parasitic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
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Dyer CC, Landry S, Shaver EG. Matching of Friedmann-Lemaître-Robertson-Walker and Kasner cosmologies. Phys Rev D Part Fields 1993; 47:1404-1406. [PMID: 10015716 DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.47.1404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Larson E, Horan T, Cooper B, Kotilainen HR, Landry S, Terry B. Study of the definition of nosocomial infections (SDNI). Research Committee of the Association for Practitioners in Infection Control. Am J Infect Control 1991; 19:259-67. [PMID: 1662473 DOI: 10.1016/0196-6553(91)90171-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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If nosocomial infections are to be used as clinical indicators of quality, their definitions must be accurate. To assess validity and reliability of definitions of nosocomial infection, a study was conducted in two groups of U.S. hospitals. Group A consisted of a stratified, random sample of 715 hospitals and excluded those that are part of the National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System. The 112 NNIS hospitals were surveyed separately in group B. Both groups used the same instrument, consisting of 36 case studies simulating patients' charts. Content and construct validity were formally tested and demonstrated. Six case studies were presented for each of the four major NI sites and for community-acquired or no infection. The pooled hospital response was 48% (396/827). The pooled number of individual responders whose data were used in the analysis was 469. Their overall mean score was 84%, and the score for correctly identifying any NI was 83%. Both groups were best at identifying urinary nosocomial infections (Group A = 92%, Group B = 93%) and poorest for no infection (Group A = 62%, Group B = 75%). Group A responders had significantly higher scores if they were certified, had a baccalaureate or higher degree, had taken a formal infection control course, had worked in infection control for greater than or equal to 2 years, or had worked full time in infection control in a greater than or equal to 200-bed hospital that was affiliated with a medical school (all p less than 0.05).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- E Larson
- Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD 21205
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