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Spetz M, Lundberg L, Nwaru C, Li H, Santosa A, Ng N, Leach S, Gisslén M, Hammar N, Nyberg F, Rosvall M. An intersectional analysis of sociodemographic disparities in Covid-19 vaccination: A nationwide register-based study in Sweden. Vaccine 2022; 40:6640-6648. [PMID: 36210254 PMCID: PMC9515344 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.09.065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [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: 06/09/2022] [Revised: 09/19/2022] [Accepted: 09/21/2022] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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BACKGROUND Studies on sociodemographic disparities in Covid-19 vaccination uptake in the general population are still limited and mostly focused on older adults. This study examined sociodemographic differences in Covid-19 vaccination uptake in the total Swedish population aged 18-64 years. METHODS National Swedish register data within the SCIFI-PEARL project were used to cross-sectionally investigate sociodemographic differences in Covid-19 vaccination among Swedish adults aged 18-64 years (n = 5,987,189) by 12 October 2021. Using logistic regression models, analyses were adjusted for sociodemographic factors, region of residence, history of Covid-19, and comorbidities. An intersectional analysis approach including several cross-classified subgroups was used to further address the complexity of sociodemographic disparities in vaccination uptake. FINDINGS By 12 October 2021, 76·0% of the Swedish population 18-64 years old had received at least two doses of Covid-19 vaccine, an additional 5·5% had received only one dose, and 18·5% were non-vaccinated. Non-vaccinated individuals were, compared to vaccinated, more often younger, male, had a lower income, were not gainfully employed, and/or were born outside Sweden. The social patterning for vaccine dose two was similar, but weaker, than for dose one. After multivariable adjustments, findings remained but were attenuated indicating the need to consider different sociodemographic factors simultaneously. The intersectional analysis showed a large variation in vaccine uptake ranging from 32% to 96% in cross-classified subgroups, reflecting considerable sociodemographic heterogeneity in vaccination coverage. INTERPRETATION Our study, addressing the entire Swedish population aged 18-64 years, showed broad sociodemographic disparities in Covid-19 vaccine uptake but also wide heterogeneities in coverage. The intersectional analysis approach indicates that focusing on specific sociodemographic factors in isolation and group average risks without considering the heterogeneity within such groups will risk missing the full variability of vaccine coverage. FUNDING SciLifeLab / Knut & Alice Wallenberg Foundation, Swedish Research Council, Swedish government ALF agreement, FORMAS.
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- M. Spetz
- School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Sweden,Department of Clinical Microbiology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Region Västra Gotaland, Gothenburg, Sweden,Corresponding author at: School of Public health and Community Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Box 463, 405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden,Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Region Västra Götaland, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Sweden
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- School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Sweden
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- School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Sweden
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- School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden,Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Region Västra Götaland, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Institute of Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden,Department of Infectious Diseases, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Region Västra Götaland, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Unit of Epidemiology, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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- School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Sweden
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- School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Sweden,Department of Social Medicine, Regionhälsan, Region Västra Götaland, Gothenburg, Sweden
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Bhatia K, Columb M, Shelton C, Lie J, Leach S, Froud O, Verma D, Sturgess P, Sawyerr A, Desai J, Gould N, Kumari S, Sen U, Verma P, Kamath P, Koirala A, Kimber‐Craig S, Eccles J, Bewlay A, Eslam E, Radwan M, Hulgur M, Christian J, Aiyad A. Epidural labour analgesia rates during the
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‐19 pandemic in the north‐west of England. Anaesthesia 2022; 77:1055-1056. [DOI: 10.1111/anae.15780] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Saavedra M, Vestal B, Leach S, Poch K, Caceres S, Malcolm K, Laborda C, Leti F, Danhorn T, Walton K, Rysavy N, Reinhardt R. 402: Single-cell expression analysis of circulating adaptive immune cells after highly effective modulator therapy. J Cyst Fibros 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/s1569-1993(21)01826-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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- M Baber
- Health Action Campaign, Dalton House, 60 Windsor Avenue, London SW19 2RR, UK
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- Health Action Campaign, London, UK
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- Health Action Campaign, London, UK
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- Health Action Campaign, London, UK
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Dunbar C, McMahon AM, Leach S, Hawley DP. 35. Splinting in children with inflammatory joint disease and hypermobility: A survey of current practice in the United Kingdom. Rheumatology (Oxford) 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kex390.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Ward OJ, Leach S, McMahon AM, Hawley DP. 39. United Kingdom survey of Physiotherapy group exercise classes in paediatric Rheumatology. Rheumatology (Oxford) 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kex390.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Dagneaux P, Depautex C, Dhez P, Durup J, Farge Y, Fourme R, Guyon PM, Jaeglé P, Leach S, Lopez-Delgado R, Morel G, Pinchaux R, Thiry P, Vermeil C, Wuilleumier F. L’utilisation du rayonnement synchrotron en France. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017. [DOI: 10.1051/anphys/197514090009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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Sansom P, Copley VR, Naik FC, Leach S, Hall IM. A case-association cluster detection and visualisation tool with an application to Legionnaires' disease. Stat Med 2013; 32:3522-38. [PMID: 23483594 PMCID: PMC3842591 DOI: 10.1002/sim.5765] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [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: 12/23/2011] [Revised: 11/09/2012] [Accepted: 01/28/2013] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Statistical methods used in spatio-temporal surveillance of disease are able to identify abnormal clusters of cases but typically do not provide a measure of the degree of association between one case and another. Such a measure would facilitate the assignment of cases to common groups and be useful in outbreak investigations of diseases that potentially share the same source. This paper presents a model-based approach, which on the basis of available location data, provides a measure of the strength of association between cases in space and time and which is used to designate and visualise the most likely groupings of cases. The method was developed as a prospective surveillance tool to signal potential outbreaks, but it may also be used to explore groupings of cases in outbreak investigations. We demonstrate the method by using a historical case series of Legionnaires' disease amongst residents of England and Wales.
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- P Sansom
- Microbial Risk Assessment, Emergency Response Department, Health Protection Agency, Porton Down, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP4 0JG, U.K
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Lundgren A, Leach S, Tobias J, Carlin N, Gustafsson B, Jertborn M, Bourgeois L, Walker R, Holmgren J, Svennerholm AM. Clinical trial to evaluate safety and immunogenicity of an oral inactivated enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli prototype vaccine containing CFA/I overexpressing bacteria and recombinantly produced LTB/CTB hybrid protein. Vaccine 2013; 31:1163-70. [DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2012.12.063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2012] [Revised: 12/18/2012] [Accepted: 12/26/2012] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Bull M, Hall IM, Leach S, Robesyn E. The application of geographic information systems and spatial data during Legionnaires’ disease outbreak responses. Euro Surveill 2012; 17. [DOI: 10.2807/ese.17.49.20331-en] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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- M Bull
- Microbial Risk Assessment, Emergency Response Department, Health Protection Agency, Porton Down, United Kingdom
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- Microbial Risk Assessment, Emergency Response Department, Health Protection Agency, Porton Down, United Kingdom
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- Microbial Risk Assessment, Emergency Response Department, Health Protection Agency, Porton Down, United Kingdom
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- Surveillance and Response Support Unit, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Stockholm, Sweden
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Ooi C, Lee J, Leach S, Katz T, Day A, Jaffe A. 226 Intestinal inflammation in CF: stool markers and correlation with pancreatic enzymes. J Cyst Fibros 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/s1569-1993(12)60395-6] [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: 11/29/2022]
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Hugonnet S, Hall I, Barrass I, Leach S, Pittet D. Transmission dynamic of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a medical intensive care unit. BMC Proc 2011. [PMCID: PMC3239489 DOI: 10.1186/1753-6561-5-s6-o73] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Karatzas K, Hocking P, Jørgensen F, Mattick K, Leach S, Humphrey T. Effects of repeated cycles of acid challenge and growth on the phenotype and virulence ofSalmonella enterica. J Appl Microbiol 2008; 105:1640-8. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2008.03909.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Medlock JM, Pietzsch ME, Rice NVP, Jones L, Kerrod E, Avenell D, Los S, Ratcliffe N, Leach S, Butt T. Investigation of ecological and environmental determinants for the presence of questing Ixodes ricinus (Acari: Ixodidae) on Gower, South Wales. J Med Entomol 2008; 45:314-325. [PMID: 18402148 DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2008)45[314:ioeaed]2.0.co;2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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The spatial heterogeneity of questing Ixodes ricinus (L.) (Acari: Ixodidae) within endemic areas in Great Britain is well established. Their presence is acutely responsive to blood host availability and their ability to maintain water balance, which are in turn governed by a variety of ecological and environmental factors. This article details the findings of a 3-yr study on the Gower peninsula, south Wales, which investigated the contribution of such factors (both ground- and geographic information systems [GIS] -derived) for predicting the presence of questing I. ricinus (Q(P)), at a local scale. Statistically significant univariate associations were found between Q(P) and calcareous/ neutral grassland and heathland habitats, particularly those grazed by livestock, and various factors that intuitively promote tick survival. For example, topographical features, such as certain aspects, that reduce exposure to cold northerly winds and the hot midday sun, favored Q(P). Similarly, positive associations were found with substrata composed of less permeable soil types and less permeable superficial/bedrock geologies that promote a moist microhabitat and reduce the likelihood of desiccation. Q(P) was also higher in areas of high soil moisture. This study highlighted a number of GIS-derived data sets that could be applied in the development of local and national predictive maps for I. ricinus in Great Britain. An understanding of the influence of these factors on questing I. ricinus can aid targeted tick control programs and help to educate the public, and those occupationally exposed, in understanding likely I. ricinus prolific areas within an I. ricinus endemic region.
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- J M Medlock
- Health Protection Agency, Centre for Emergency Preparedness & Response, Porton Down, Salisbury, Wiltshire SP4 0JG, United Kingdom.
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Medlock JM, Barrass I, Kerrod E, Taylor MA, Leach S. Analysis of Climatic Predictions for Extrinsic Incubation of Dirofilaria in The United Kingdom. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 2007; 7:4-14. [PMID: 17417953 DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2006.0564] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Transmission of dirofilariasis in Europe is dependent upon the presence of sufficient numbers of infected dogs, susceptible mosquitoes, and a suitable climate to permit extrinsic incubation of Dirofilaria in the mosquito intermediate host. Dogs returning to the United Kingdom from overseas have been infected with several vector-borne infections (Babesia, Ehrlichia, Leishmania, and Dirofilaria), and this paper assesses the climatic constraints on the potential rate of extrinsic incubation of Dirofilaria in the United Kingdom. A model using an established algorithm based on accumulated temperature predicts that summer temperatures during 1995-2000 may have been sufficient to permit complete incubation of Dirofilaria in 2 of the years for large parts of southern/central England, and 5 years around London. The occurrence of autochthonous transmission would be dependent upon additional factors related to frequency of returning infected dogs and the distribution and abundance of putative mosquito vectors, and these should be studied further.
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- J M Medlock
- Health Protection Agency, Centre for Emergency Preparedness & Response, Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom.
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Kumar RA, Leach S, Bonaguro R, Chen J, Yokom DW, Abrahams BS, Seaver L, Schwartz CE, Dobyns W, Brooks-Wilson A, Simpson EM. Mutation and evolutionary analyses identify NR2E1-candidate-regulatory mutations in humans with severe cortical malformations. Genes Brain Behav 2006; 6:503-16. [PMID: 17054721 PMCID: PMC2040186 DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-183x.2006.00277.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Nuclear receptor 2E1 (NR2E1) is expressed in human fetal and adult brains; however, its role in human brain–behavior development is unknown. Previously, we have corrected the cortical hypoplasia and behavioral abnormalities in Nr2e1−/− mice using a genomic clone spanning human NR2E1, which bolsters the hypothesis that NR2E1 may similarly play a role in human cortical and behavioral development. To test the hypothesis that humans with abnormal brain–behavior development may have null or hypomorphic NR2E1 mutations, we undertook the first candidate mutation screen of NR2E1 by sequencing its entire coding region, untranslated, splice site, proximal promoter and evolutionarily conserved non-coding regions in 56 unrelated patients with cortical disorders, namely microcephaly. We then genotyped the candidate mutations in 325 unrelated control subjects and 15 relatives. We did not detect any coding region changes in NR2E1; however, we identified seven novel candidate regulatory mutations that were absent from control subjects. We used in silico tools to predict the effects of these candidate mutations on neural transcription factor binding sites (TFBS). Four candidate mutations were predicted to alter TFBS. To facilitate the present and future studies of NR2E1, we also elucidated its molecular evolution, genetic diversity, haplotype structure and linkage disequilibrium by sequencing an additional 94 unaffected humans representing Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Oceania, as well as great apes and monkeys. We detected strong purifying selection, low genetic diversity, 21 novel polymorphisms and five common haplotypes at NR2E1. We conclude that protein-coding changes in NR2E1 do not contribute to cortical and behavioral abnormalities in the patients examined here, but that regulatory mutations may play a role.
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- R A Kumar
- Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics and Child & Family Research InstituteVancouver, Canada
- Department of Medical Genetics, University of British ColumbiaVancouver, Canada
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- Canada’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, British Columbia Cancer AgencyVancouver, Canada
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- Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics and Child & Family Research InstituteVancouver, Canada
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- Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics and Child & Family Research InstituteVancouver, Canada
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- Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics and Child & Family Research InstituteVancouver, Canada
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- Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics and Child & Family Research InstituteVancouver, Canada
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- Center for Molecular Studies, J.C. Self Research Institute, Greenwood Genetic CenterGreenwood, SC, USA
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- Center for Molecular Studies, J.C. Self Research Institute, Greenwood Genetic CenterGreenwood, SC, USA
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- University of ChicagoChicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Medical Genetics, University of British ColumbiaVancouver, Canada
- Canada’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, British Columbia Cancer AgencyVancouver, Canada
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- Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics and Child & Family Research InstituteVancouver, Canada
- Department of Medical Genetics, University of British ColumbiaVancouver, Canada
- Corresponding author: Elizabeth M. Simpson, 3020 980 West 28 Ave, Vancouver, BC, Canada V5Z 4H4. E-mail:
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The ongoing worldwide spread of the H5N1 influenza virus in birds has increased concerns of a new human influenza pandemic and a number of surveillance initiatives are planned, or are in place, to monitor the impact of a pandemic in near real-time. Using epidemiological data collected during the early stages of an outbreak, we show how the timing of the maximum prevalence of the pandemic wave, along with its amplitude and duration, might be predicted by fitting a mass-action epidemic model to the surveillance data by standard regression analysis. This method is validated by applying the model to routine data collected in the United Kingdom during the different waves of the previous three pandemics. The success of the method in forecasting historical prevalence suggests that such outbreaks conform reasonably well to the theoretical model, a factor which may be exploited in a future pandemic to update ongoing planning and response.
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- I M Hall
- Microbial Risk Assessment, Health Protection Agency, Centre for Emergency Preparedness and Response, Porton Down, Wiltshire, UK.
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Medlock JM, Snow KR, Leach S. Possible ecology and epidemiology of medically important mosquito-borne arboviruses in Great Britain. Epidemiol Infect 2006; 135:466-82. [PMID: 16893487 PMCID: PMC2870593 DOI: 10.1017/s0950268806007047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/30/2006] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Nine different arboviruses are known to be transmitted by, or associated with, mosquitoes in Europe, and several (West Nile, Sindbis and Tahyna viruses) are reported to cause outbreaks of human disease. Although there have been no reported human cases in Great Britain (GB), there have been no published in-depth serological surveys for evidence of human infection. This paper investigates the ecological and entomological factors that could influence or restrict transmission of these viruses in GB, suggesting that in addition to West Nile virus, Sindbis and Tahyna viruses could exist in enzootic cycles, and that certain ecological factors could facilitate transmission to humans. However, the level of transmission is likely to be lower than in endemic foci elsewhere in Europe due to key ecological differences related to spatial and temporal dynamics of putative mosquito vectors and presence of key reservoir hosts. Knowledge of the potential GB-specific disease ecology can aid assessments of risk from mosquito-borne arboviruses.
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- J M Medlock
- Health Protection Agency, Centre for Emergency Preparedness & Response, Porton Down, Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK.
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Pietzsch ME, Medlock JM, Jones L, Avenell D, Abbott J, Harding P, Leach S. Distribution of Ixodes ricinus in the British Isles: investigation of historical records. Med Vet Entomol 2005; 19:306-14. [PMID: 16134979 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2005.00575.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Ixodes ricinus Linnaeus (Acari: Ixodidae) is the most abundant and widely distributed tick in the British Isles, and is a vector for a number of bacterial, viral and protozoal pathogens of both medical and veterinary importance. This report provides an update to the historical distribution data of I. ricinus, published by the Biological Records Centre (BRC), Monks Wood in The Provisional Atlas of the Ticks (Ixodidae) of the British Isles by K. P. Martyn (1988), and is supplemented with additional BRC records since 1988, additional data from published scientific literature and unpublished field studies, and enhanced with spatial and temporal information on tick stages collected and their host associations. Records have been mapped at 10 km resolution and enhanced to 5 km, 1 km and 0.1 km. Differentiation between records representing one-off collections from those representing populations of I. ricinus has been achieved through the classification of the records into either reported or established populations. Detailed seasonality and host associations of records are investigated, highlighting the value in obtaining additional detailed contemporary data to aid risk assessments and research within this field.
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- M E Pietzsch
- Microbial Risk Assessment, Health Protection Agency, Centre for Emergency Preparedness & Response, Porton Down, Salisbury, Wiltshire SP4 0JG, U.K.
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Medlock JM, Snow KR, Leach S. Potential transmission of West Nile virus in the British Isles: an ecological review of candidate mosquito bridge vectors. Med Vet Entomol 2005; 19:2-21. [PMID: 15752172 DOI: 10.1111/j.0269-283x.2005.00547.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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West Nile virus (WNV) transmitted by mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) infects various vertebrates, being pathogenic for birds, horses and humans. After its discovery in tropical Africa, sporadic outbreaks of WNV occurred during recent decades in Eurasia, but not the British Isles. WNV reached New York in 1999 and spread to California by 2003, causing widespread outbreaks of West Nile encephalitis across North America, transmitted by many species of mosquitoes, mainly Culex spp. The periodic reappearance of WNV in parts of continental Europe (from southern France to Romania) gives rise to concern over the possibility of WNV invading the British Isles. The British Isles have about 30 endemic mosquito species, several with seasonal abundance and other eco-behavioural characteristics predisposing them to serve as potential WNV bridge vectors from birds to humans. These include: the predominantly ornithophilic Culex pipiens L. and its anthropophilic biotype molestus Forskal; tree-hole adapted Anopheles plumbeus Stephens; saltmarsh-adapted Ochlerotatus caspius Pallas, Oc. detritus Haliday and Oc. dorsalis (Meigen); Coquillettidia richiardii Ficalbi, Culiseta annulata Schrank and Cs. morsitans (Theobald) from vegetated freshwater pools; Aedes cinereus Meigen, Oc. cantans Meigen and Oc. punctor Kirby from seasonal woodland pools. Those underlined have been found carrying WNV in other countries (12 species), including the rarer British species Aedes vexans (Meigen), Culex europaeus Ramos et al., Cx. modestus Ficalbi and Oc. sticticus (Meigen) as well as the Anopheles maculipennis Meigen complex (mainly An. atroparvus van Thiel and An. messeae Falleroni in Britain). Those implicated as key vectors of WNV in Europe are printed bold (four species). So far there is no proof of any arbovirus transmission by mosquitoes in the British Isles, although antibodies to Sindbis, Tahyna, Usutu and West Nile viruses have been detected in British birds. Neighbouring European countries have enzootic WNV and human infections transmitted by mosquito species that are present in the British Isles. However, except for localized urban infestations of Cx. pipiens biotype molestus that can be readily eliminated, there appear to be few situations in the British Isles where humans and livestock are exposed to sustained risks of exposure to potential WNV vectors. Monitoring of mosquitoes and arbovirus surveillance are required to guard the British Isles against WNV outbreaks and introduction of more anthropophilic mosquitoes such as Stegomyia albopicta (Skuse) and Ochlerotatus japonicus (Theobald) that have recently invaded Europe, since they transmit arboviruses elsewhere.
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- J M Medlock
- Microbial Risk Assessment, Health Protection Agency, Porton Down, Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK.
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Brooks-Wilson AR, Kaurah P, Suriano G, Leach S, Senz J, Grehan N, Butterfield YSN, Jeyes J, Schinas J, Bacani J, Kelsey M, Ferreira P, MacGillivray B, MacLeod P, Micek M, Ford J, Foulkes W, Australie K, Greenberg C, LaPointe M, Gilpin C, Nikkel S, Gilchrist D, Hughes R, Jackson CE, Monaghan KG, Oliveira MJ, Seruca R, Gallinger S, Caldas C, Huntsman D. Germline E-cadherin mutations in hereditary diffuse gastric cancer: assessment of 42 new families and review of genetic screening criteria. J Med Genet 2004; 41:508-17. [PMID: 15235021 PMCID: PMC1735838 DOI: 10.1136/jmg.2004.018275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 292] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND Mutations in the E-cadherin (CDH1) gene are a well documented cause of hereditary diffuse gastric cancer (HDGC). Development of evidence based guidelines for CDH1 screening for HDGC have been complicated by its rarity, variable penetrance, and lack of founder mutations. METHODS Forty three new gastric cancer (GC) families were ascertained from multiple sources. In 42 of these families at least one gastric cancer was pathologically confirmed to be a diffuse gastric cancer (DGC); the other family had intestinal type gastric cancers. Screening of the entire coding region of the CDH1 gene and all intron/exon boundaries was performed by bi-directional sequencing. RESULTS Novel mutations were found in 13 of the 42 DGC families (31% overall). Twelve of these mutations occur among the 25 families with multiple cases of gastric cancer and with pathologic confirmation of diffuse gastric cancer phenotype in at least one individual under the age of 50 years. The mutations found include small insertions and deletions, splice site mutations, and three non-conservative amino acid substitutions (A298T, W409R, and R732Q). All three missense mutations conferred loss of E-cadherin function in in vitro assays. Multiple cases of breast cancers including pathologically confirmed lobular breast cancers were observed both in mutation positive and negative families. CONCLUSION Germline truncating CDH1 mutations are found in 48% of families with multiple cases of gastric cancer and at least one documented case of DGC in an individual under 50 years of age. We recommend that these criteria be used for selecting families for CDH1 mutational analysis.
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- A R Brooks-Wilson
- Genome Sciences Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, 600 W. 10th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, Canada V5Z 4E6
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INTRODUCTION We sought to compare the quality of e-poster and traditional poster communications. METHODS At the 2001 BAPEN congress, ten presenters were invited to supplement their poster by submitting its title and contents electronically. On projection, the submissions appeared as a poster. During chaired rounds, presenters 'talked to' the projection as if it were a traditional poster. They 'clicked' onto individual tables or figures to enlarge to full screen. A further 'click' returned the screen to poster format. Delegates attending two e-poster sessions, and a control group attending two simultaneous traditional poster rounds, responded to a questionnaire, on a scale 0--4, to statements which related: to the ability to (1) hear and (2) see well, (3) the posters'clarity and attractiveness, (4) whether the format of the session captured their interest and (5) encouraged discussion. Delegates also responded on how e-posters should be used in future meetings. Comparison was made using chi2 for trend. RESULTS Questionnaires were returned from attendees at e-poster (27) and traditional (25) poster rounds. For all questions, the trend was in favour of e-posters with significant differences seen for 'seeing' (P= 0.009), 'interest capture' (P< 0.007) and 'encouragement of discussion' (P<0.05). Thirty-two vs one delegates thought that e-posters should be used in future, 28 vs 4 delegates thought that e-posters and traditional posters should be used together, but most(23 vs 8) thought that traditional posters should not be completely replaced. CONCLUSIONS E-posters enable detailed search of a computer-based database of presentations, and viewing of the full content of all posters. Post-conference collaboration is enhanced by facilitating e-mail contact. E-posters should be used in tandem with traditional posters to improve the delivery of original communications.
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- J Powell-Tuck
- Department of Adult and Paediatric Gastroenterology, The Royal London Hospital, UK
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Venturini J, Koudoumas E, Couris S, Janot JM, Seta P, Mathis C, Leach S. Optical limiting and nonlinear optical absorption properties of C60–polystyrene star polymer films: C60 concentration dependence. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2002. [DOI: 10.1039/b201308h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Leach S, Eland JHD, Price SD. Formation and dissociation of dications of naphthalene, azulene and related heterocyclic compounds. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2002. [DOI: 10.1021/j100359a013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Braitbart O, Castellucci E, Dujardin G, Leach S. Radiationless transitions in excited electronic states of the benzene cation in the gas phase. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2002. [DOI: 10.1021/j150642a008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Jochims HW, Rasekh H, Ruehl E, Baumgaertel H, Leach S. Deuterium isotope effects in the photofragmentation of naphthalene monocations. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2002. [DOI: 10.1021/j100109a011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Lesion studies have demonstrated that frequency memory, or memory for the frequency of occurrence, is associated with prefrontal and not temporal lobe lesions. This study examined neural activation during performance on a frequency-memory-judgment task and a recognition-memory task, both using words. Relative to a control task, the authors observed peaks of activation during frequency-memory performance in the left ventrolateral prefrontal cortex (BA 45) and other areas typically associated with working memory (dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, posterior parietal cortex). Recognition performance was associated with activation in the same left ventrolateral prefrontal location as was observed with frequency memory. When comparing activation during frequency memory with activation during recognition memory, the authors found a suppression of activation in the hippocampus bilaterally during frequency memory. This study supports a neuroanatomical distinction between frequency and recognition memory.
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- M W Haut
- Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown 26506, USA.
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Despite eradication, smallpox still presents a risk to public health whilst laboratory stocks of virus remain. One factor crucial to any assessment of this risk is R0, the average number of secondary cases infected by each primary case. However, recently applied estimates have varied too widely (R0 from 1.5 to >20) to be of practical use, and often appear to disregard contingent factors such as socio-economic conditions and herd immunity. Here we use epidemic modelling to show a more consistent derivation of R0. In isolated pre-twentieth century populations with negligible herd immunity, the numbers of cases initially rose exponentially, with an R0 between 3.5 and 6. Before outbreak controls were applied, smallpox also demonstrated similar levels of transmission in 30 sporadic outbreaks in twentieth century Europe, taking into account pre-existing vaccination levels (about 50%) and the role of hospitals in doubling early transmission. Should smallpox recur, such estimates of transmission potential (R0 from 3.5 to 6) predict a reasonably rapid epidemic rise before the implementation of public health interventions, because little residual herd immunity exists now that vaccination has ceased.
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- R Gani
- Centre for Applied Microbiology and Research, Porton, Down, Salisbury, Wiltshire SP4 0JG, UK
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Bensasson RV, Berberan-Santos MN, Brettreich M, Frederiksen J, Göttinger H, Hirsch A, Land EJ, Leach S, McGarvey DJ, Schönberger H, Schröder C. Triplet state properties of malonic acid C60 derivatives C60[C(COOR)2]n; R = H, Et; n = 1–6. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2001. [DOI: 10.1039/b105430a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Lesion studies have demonstrated that frequency memory, or memory for the frequency of occurrence, is associated with prefrontal and not temporal lobe lesions. This study examined neural activation during performance on a frequency-memory-judgment task and a recognition-memory task, both using words. Relative to a control task, the authors observed peaks of activation during frequency-memory performance in the left ventrolateral prefrontal cortex (BA 45) and other areas typically associated with working memory (dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, posterior parietal cortex). Recognition performance was associated with activation in the same left ventrolateral prefrontal location as was observed with frequency memory. When comparing activation during frequency memory with activation during recognition memory, the authors found a suppression of activation in the hippocampus bilaterally during frequency memory. This study supports a neuroanatomical distinction between frequency and recognition memory.
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- M W Haut
- Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown 26506, USA.
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Recent advances in neuroimaging have enabled researchers to establish relatively specific areas of the brain that are involved in working memory. In this positron emission tomography study we examined the pattern of neural activation associated with performance on number-letter sequencing, a purported measure of working memory included in the new Wechsler scales for memory and intelligence. After controlling for basic audition, verbalization, and attention, areas of activation were observed in the orbital frontal lobe, dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, and posterior parietal cortex. This is highly consistent with reports from the literature on activation patterns associated with working memory. More activation peaks were observed in the right hemisphere, suggesting the participants utilized visualization of the verbal information. Consistent with task conceptualization, this study provides support for number-letter sequencing as a task involving working memory.
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- M W Haut
- Departments of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry, Neurology, and Radiology, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA.
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Kraev A, Quednau BD, Leach S, Li XF, Dong H, Winkfein R, Perizzolo M, Cai X, Yang R, Philipson KD, Lytton J. Molecular cloning of a third member of the potassium-dependent sodium-calcium exchanger gene family, NCKX3. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:23161-72. [PMID: 11294880 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m102314200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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We describe here the identification and characterization of a novel member of the family of K(+)-dependent Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchangers, NCKX3 (gene SLC24A3). Human NCKX3 encodes a protein of 644 amino acids that displayed a high level of sequence identity to the other family members, rod NCKX1 and cone/neuronal NCKX2, in the hydrophobic regions surrounding the "alpha -repeat" sequences thought to form the ion-binding pocket for transport. Outside of these regions NCKX3 showed no significant identity to other known proteins. As anticipated from this sequence similarity, NCKX3 displayed K(+)-dependent Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchanger activity when assayed in heterologous expression systems, using digital imaging of fura-2 fluorescence, electrophysiology, or radioactive (45)Ca(2+) uptake. The N-terminal region of NCKX3, although not essential for expression, increased functional activity at least 10-fold and may represent a cleavable signal sequence. NCKX3 transcripts were most abundant in brain, with highest levels found in selected thalamic nuclei, in hippocampal CA1 neurons, and in layer IV of the cerebral cortex. Many other tissues also expressed NCKX3 at lower levels, especially aorta, uterus, and intestine, which are rich in smooth muscle. The discovery of NCKX3 thus expands the K(+)-dependent Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchanger family and suggests this class of transporter has a more widespread role in cellular Ca(2+) handling than previously appreciated.
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- A Kraev
- C. H. Best Institute, Banting and Best Department of Medical Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1L6, Canada
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Koudoumas E, Konstantaki M, Mavromanolakis A, Couris S, Ederle Y, Mathis C, Seta P, Leach S. Ultrafast nonlinear optical response of C60–polystyrene star polymers. Chem Phys Lett 2001. [DOI: 10.1016/s0009-2614(01)00088-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Haut MW, Leach S, Kuwabara H, Whyte S, Callahan T, Ducatman A, Lombardo LJ, Gupta N. Verbal working memory and solvent exposure: a positron emission tomography study. Neuropsychology 2001. [PMID: 11055257 DOI: 10.1037//0894-4105.14.4.551] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Neuropsychological studies have documented frontal dysfunction in patients with a history of exposure to organic solvents. The deficits typically observed in these patients appear to be related to working memory (WM). This study used [15O] water positron emission tomography (PET) to examine the pattern of neural activation during verbal working memory in patients with a history of exposure to solvents. Six individuals with solvent exposure were compared with 6 age- and education-matched controls. On the 2 WM tasks examined with PET, with equivalent task performance, participants with solvent exposure demonstrated frontal peaks that were atypical for the tasks, whereas the posterior peaks were typical for the tasks. The results support frontal dysfunction and compensatory use within anterior regions of the WM system in patients with solvent exposure.
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- M W Haut
- Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown 26506, USA.
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Haut MW, Leach S, Kuwabara H, Whyte S, Callahan T, Ducatman A, Lombardo LJ, Gupta N. Verbal working memory and solvent exposure: a positron emission tomography study. Neuropsychology 2000; 14:551-8. [PMID: 11055257 DOI: 10.1037/0894-4105.14.4.551] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Neuropsychological studies have documented frontal dysfunction in patients with a history of exposure to organic solvents. The deficits typically observed in these patients appear to be related to working memory (WM). This study used [15O] water positron emission tomography (PET) to examine the pattern of neural activation during verbal working memory in patients with a history of exposure to solvents. Six individuals with solvent exposure were compared with 6 age- and education-matched controls. On the 2 WM tasks examined with PET, with equivalent task performance, participants with solvent exposure demonstrated frontal peaks that were atypical for the tasks, whereas the posterior peaks were typical for the tasks. The results support frontal dysfunction and compensatory use within anterior regions of the WM system in patients with solvent exposure.
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- M W Haut
- Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown 26506, USA.
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Bensasson RV, Brettreich M, Frederiksen J, Göttinger H, Hirsch A, Land EJ, Leach S, McGarvey DJ, Schönberger H. Reactions of e(-)(aq), CO(2)(*)(-), HO(*), O(2)(*)(-) and O(2)((1)delta(g)) with a dendro[60]fullerene and C(60)[C(COOH)(2)](n) (n = 2-6). Free Radic Biol Med 2000; 29:26-33. [PMID: 10962202 DOI: 10.1016/s0891-5849(00)00287-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Using pulse radiolysis and laser flash photolysis, we have investigated the reactions of the deleterious species, e(-)(aq), HO&z.rad;, O(2)(*)(-) and O(2)((1)Delta(g)) with 10 water-soluble cyclopropyl-fused C(60) derivatives including a mono-adduct dendro[60]fullerene (d) and C(60) derivatives based on C(60)[C(COOH)(2)](n=2-6), some of which are known to be neuroprotective in vivo. The rate constants for reactions of e(-)(aq) and HO&z.rad; lie in the range 0.5-3.3 x 10(10) M(-1) s(-1). The d and bis-adduct monoanion radicals display sharp absorption peaks around 1000 nm (epsilon = 7 000-11 500 M(-1) cm(-1)); the anions of the tris-, tetra-, and penta-adduct derivatives have broader, weaker absorptions. The monohydroxylated radicals have their most intense absorption maxima around 390-440 nm (epsilon = 1000-3000 M(-1) cm(-1)). The anion and hydroxylated radical absorption spectra display a blue-shift as the number of addends increases. The radical anions react with oxygen (k approximately 10(7)-10(9) M(-1) s(-1)). The reaction of O(2)(*)(-) with the C(60) derivatives does not occur via an electron transfer. The rate constants for singlet oxygen reaction with the dendrofullerene and eee-derivative in D(2)O at pH 7.4 are k approximately 7 x 10(7) and approximately 2 x 10(7) M(-1) s(-1) respectively, in contrast to approximately 1.2 x 10(5) M(-1) s(-1) for the reaction with C(60) in C(6)D(6). The large acceleration of the rates for electron reduction and singlet oxygen reactions in water is due to a solvophobic process.
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- R V Bensasson
- Laboratoires de Biophysique et de Photobiologie, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, CNRS UMR 8646, INSERM U201, Paris Cedex, France.
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Poon S, Leach S, Li XF, Tucker JE, Schnetkamp PP, Lytton J. Alternatively spliced isoforms of the rat eye sodium/calcium+potassium exchanger NCKX1. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2000; 278:C651-60. [PMID: 10751314 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.2000.278.4.c651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We have investigated the structure, function, and expression of the rat eye sodium/calcium+potassium exchanger NCKX1. The sequence of independent rat NCKX1 clones and the analysis of rat eye mRNA by RT-PCR revealed a region of alternative splicing that comprised four exons and encoded a stretch of 113 amino acids near the beginning of the large cytosolic loop. In comparison with other NCKX1 molecules and the rat NCKX2 protein, rat NCKX1 was highly conserved within the hydrophobic regions but was quite divergent in the two large hydrophilic loops. The only exception was the region of the cytosolic loop encoded by the second alternatively spliced exon, which was approximately 60% identical. Similar to bovine, but different from human, rat NCKX1 possessed an acidic motif that was repeated 14 times in the cytoplasmic loop. Analysis of NCKX1 expression in different rat tissues by Northern blot revealed a very high level of expression of a 7-kb transcript in the eye but also lower levels of transcripts of various lengths in other tissues. The recombinant rat NCKX1 protein was tagged in the extracellular loop with the FLAG epitope and expressed in HEK-293 cells. Surface delivery and potassium-dependent sodium/calcium exchange activity were observed for each spliced variant.
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- S Poon
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 4N1
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Konstantaki M, Koudoumas E, Couris S, Janot J, Eddaoudi H, Deratani A, Seta P, Leach S. Optical limiting behaviour of the water-soluble C60/γ-cyclodextrin complex. Chem Phys Lett 2000. [DOI: 10.1016/s0009-2614(00)00037-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Park SF, Purdy D, Leach S. Localized reversible frameshift mutation in the flhA gene confers phase variability to flagellin gene expression in Campylobacter coli. J Bacteriol 2000; 182:207-10. [PMID: 10613882 PMCID: PMC94259 DOI: 10.1128/jb.182.1.207-210.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Phase variation of flagellin gene expression in Campylobacter coli UA585 was correlated with high-frequency, reversible insertion and deletion frameshift mutations in a short homopolymeric tract of thymine residues located in the N-terminal coding region of the flhA gene. Mutation-based phase variation in flhA may generate functional diversity in the host and environment.
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- S F Park
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 5XH, United Kingdom.
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Boone M, Drozdick L, Wilson C, Arias R, Goodie J, Federoff L, Leach S. Assessment of adult-residual ADD (ARADD) using neurocognitive and self-report measures. Arch Clin Neuropsychol 1999. [DOI: 10.1093/arclin/14.8.763a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Blanke CD, Choy H, Teng M, Beauchamp RD, Leach S, Roberts J, Washington K, Johnson DH. Concurrent paclitaxel and thoracic irradiation for locally advanced esophageal cancer. Semin Radiat Oncol 1999; 9:43-52. [PMID: 10210539] [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: 02/12/2023]
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Esophageal cancer is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Although patients often present with apparently resectable disease, systemic spread frequently occurs before the development of symptoms and detection of tumor. The use of combined chemoradiation therapy, particularly before resection, appears to prolong survival and increase cure rates in certain histologic subtypes. Four randomized phase III trials compared preoperative chemoradiotherapy plus surgery with surgery alone. In trials including only patients with squamous histology, no improvement in survival was observed with preoperative chemoradiation therapy; however, in a trial including only patients with adenocarcinoma histology, improved median and overall survival were observed. Paclitaxel has been evaluated as a single agent in a phase II trial in previously untreated patients with locally advanced unresectable or metastatic esophageal cancer; the overall response rate was 32% and median survival was 13.2 months. Paclitaxel-based combinations also have been evaluated in esophageal cancer; particularly encouraging preliminary results have been achieved with paclitaxel/cisplatin/5-fluorouracil. Because paclitaxel is a potent radiosensitizer, it also has been evaluated in combination with radiation therapy for esophageal and other thoracic cancers, alone and in combination with other chemotherapeutic agents. Preliminary results suggest that neoadjuvant therapy with paclitaxel-based combinations (including 5-fluorouracil and cisplatin) and radiation is highly active, with variable toxicity. A goal of future trials is to assess paclitaxel-based combined modality therapy in combination with other new chemotherapeutic agents.
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- C D Blanke
- Department of Medicine, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR 97201, USA
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BACKGROUND For many years the central focus of research into gastrointestinal hypersensitivity reactions has been the mast cell population of the intestinal lamina propria. Since bile is known to deliver immunological mediators to the gastrointestinal tract, the possibility arises that extra-intestinal populations of mast cells may also contribute to IgE-mediated intestinal damage. OBJECTIVES To characterize hepatic mast cells in the rat and to investigate the role of the hepatobiliary system in a model of IgE-mediated reactivity to dietary antigen. METHODS Wistar rats were passively sensitized with monoclonal antidinitrophenyl (DNP) IgE antibodies, and were later challenged orogastrically with DNP-HSA. Additional animals were sensitized, then bile duct-cannulated prior to antigen challenge. At various time points, liver and intestinal samples were collected for histological examination, and bile was collected and assayed for histamine and TNFalpha. RESULTS Hepatic mast cells display a mucosal mast cell-like phenotype, and are closely associated with the vessels of the portal triads. Orogastric antigen challenge led to a rapid and significant decline (P<0.0001) in detectable mast cells as a result of anaphylactic degranulation. The median number of granulated mast cells associated with each portal triad in liver sections declined from six per portal triad to one per portal triad post-antigen challenge. After 15 min, biliary histamine concentrations rose above background levels (P<0.01). TNFalpha was also detectable in the majority (4/6) of bile samples within 15 min of challenge. Histological examination of the gastrointestinal mucosa revealed disruption to the villous epithelium ranging from oedematous changes to gross destruction. Such damage was not seen in animals in which bile had been externally drained. CONCLUSION The data indicate that biliary products are major contributors to the gastrointestinal damage arising from IgE-mediated hypersensitivity reactions in the rat, and such hypersensitivity reactions may involve a population of mast cells which reside in the liver.
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- School of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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The sarcoplasmic (or endoplasmic) reticulum Ca2+-ATPase (SERCA)-3 has been implicated in the possible dysregulation of Ca2+ homeostasis that accompanies the pathology of hypertension and diabetes. We report the molecular cloning of two alternatively spliced transcripts from the human SERCA3 gene, ATP2A3, that encode proteins that differ at their carboxy termini by 36 amino acids. SERCA3 transcripts were most abundantly expressed in lymphoid tissues, intestine, pancreas, and prostate. The two human SERCA3 proteins encoded by alternatively spliced transcripts were recognized by the monoclonal antibody PL/IM430 and demonstrated Ca2+ uptake and ATPase activity with an apparent Ca2+ affinity 0.5 pCa unit lower than that of other SERCA gene products. The subcellular distribution of SERCA3 protein was indistinguishable from that of SERCA2b, with expression in the nuclear envelope and in the endoplasmic reticulum throughout the cell. Two variant SERCA3 constructs, huS3-I and huS3-II, were isolated that encode proteins with three amino acid differences: Ala-673 (in huS3-I) substituted for Thr (in huS3-II), Ile-817 substituted for Met, and an insertion of Glu-994. huS3-I displayed a 10-fold lower capacity to transport Ca2+ than huS3-II.
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- Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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- Pathogen Microbiology; Centre for Applied Microbiology and Research; Porton Down, Salisbury Wiltshire SP4 OJG
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- Pathogen Microbiology; Centre for Applied Microbiology and Research; Porton Down, Salisbury Wiltshire SP4 OJG
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- PHLS Food Microbiology Research Unit; Church Lane, Heavitree Exeter EX2 5AD
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- Pathogen Microbiology; Centre for Applied Microbiology and Research; Porton Down, Salisbury Wiltshire SP4 OJG
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- Pathogen Microbiology; Centre for Applied Microbiology and Research; Porton Down, Salisbury Wiltshire SP4 OJG
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- PHLS Food Microbiology Research Unit; Church Lane, Heavitree Exeter EX2 5AD
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Williams A, Davies AC, Wilson J, Marsh PD, Leach S, Humphrey TJ. Contamination of the contents of intact eggs by Salmonella typhimurium DT104. Vet Rec 1998; 143:562-3. [PMID: 9854321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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- A Williams
- Centre for Applied Microbiology and Research, Salisbury, Wiltshire
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Harvey P, Leach S. Analysis of coccal cell formation by Campylobacter jejuni using continuous culture techniques, and the importance of oxidative stress. J Appl Microbiol 1998; 85:398-404. [PMID: 9750311 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.1998.00532.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
Abstract
Campylobacter jejuni is an important human gastrointestinal pathogen. In hostile environments it may adapt its physiology to prolong survival, potentially including the adoption of a viable, non-culturable form and a change to coccal cell morphology. By independently controlling the individual parameters of continuous cultures of Camp. jejuni (e.g. pH, nutrient limitation, growth rate, etc.), coccal cell formation was shown to be elicited only be high oxygen tension in conjunction with reduced carbon concentration. Electron microscopy revealed degradative changes in these cells. This occurred as a transient response over 48 h coincident with a large reduction in maximum growth rate and viable count. Kinetic analysis of the biomass reduction of the cultures demonstrated that significant underlying growth was maintained, with the subsequent selection of a more oxygen-resistant population of cells and reversion to spiral morphology. Coccal cells appear to be predominantly a degenerate form of Camp. jejuni resulting from oxidative damage. While some of these coccal cells may recover, the more interesting population of cells is probably that which retains, or regains, spiral morphology during adaptation to oxidative stress.
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- P Harvey
- Centre for Applied Microbiology and Research, Portion down, Salisbury, UK
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Bini R, Ebenhoch J, Fanti M, Fowler P, Leach S, Orlandi G, Rüchardt C, Sandall J, Zerbetto F. The vibrational spectroscopy of C60H36: An experimental and theoretical study. Chem Phys 1998. [DOI: 10.1016/s0301-0104(98)00035-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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