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Kahal F, Alshayeb S, Torbey A, Al Helwani O, Kadri S, Helwani A, Al-Habal S, Moufti M, Johari M, Aldarra A, Alswaedan G, Albaghajati S, Sarraj H, Ataya S, Mansour M, Sakka K. The prevalence of menstrual disorders and their association with psychological stress in Syrian students enrolled at health-related schools: A cross-sectional study. Int J Gynaecol Obstet 2024; 164:1086-1093. [PMID: 37743817 DOI: 10.1002/ijgo.15152] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2023] [Revised: 09/01/2023] [Accepted: 09/10/2023] [Indexed: 09/26/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Menstrual disorders are among the most prevalent health issues among young female students studying in health science faculties. This study aimed to provide insights into the menstrual patterns among medical faculty students and determine whether stress can be a risk factor for its various disorders. METHODS This cross-sectional study was conducted in the Faculties of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmacy at the Syrian Private University, Damascus, Syria, between October and November 2022. A total of 980 female students anonymously completed the identification of menstrual problems and the perceived stress scale (PSS) questionnaire. The data were analyzed using SPSS-25. RESULTS The mean age of students was 21.52 ± 2.06 years. The most common menstrual disorders in this study were dysmenorrhea (88%), and premenstrual syndrome (87%). A total of 82% had mild to moderate stress, 10% had high stress, and 8% had low stress. Moderate to high perceived stress was associated with an increased risk of PMS (OR = 1.79, P = 0.0037). CONCLUSION These findings stress the importance of universities, especially health science faculties, establishing protocols for early detection and intervention in students with stress and menstrual disorders. Implementing stress reduction education and timely counseling, along with preventive measures, is crucial for students' well-being. Further research is needed to refine interventions for this group.
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- Fares Kahal
- Faculty of Medicine, Syrian Private University, Damascus, Syria
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- Faculty of Medicine, Syrian Private University, Damascus, Syria
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- Faculty of Medicine, Syrian Private University, Damascus, Syria
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- Faculty of Medicine, Syrian Private University, Damascus, Syria
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- Faculty of Medicine, Syrian Private University, Damascus, Syria
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- Faculty of Medicine, Syrian Private University, Damascus, Syria
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- Faculty of Medicine, Syrian Private University, Damascus, Syria
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- Faculty of Medicine, Syrian Private University, Damascus, Syria
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- Faculty of Medicine, Syrian Private University, Damascus, Syria
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- Faculty of Medicine, Syrian Private University, Damascus, Syria
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- Faculty of Medicine, Syrian Private University, Damascus, Syria
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- Faculty of Medicine, Syrian Private University, Damascus, Syria
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- Faculty of Medicine, Syrian Private University, Damascus, Syria
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Syrian Private University, Damascus, Syria
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Swed S, Shoib S, Kadri S, Hassan NA, Nashwan AJ, Almoshantaf MB, Mohamed T, Sawaf B, Elkalagi NK, Rakab A. The Stigmatizing Attitudes of Syrian University Students Toward Schizophrenia. Cureus 2022; 14:e29504. [PMID: 36312655 PMCID: PMC9595269 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.29504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Background: Stigma is frequently considered an obstacle to schizophrenia treatment and recovery. However, little is known regarding the stigma experienced by persons with schizophrenia among Syrian college students. Methods: A total of 963 students from Syrian colleges and universities participated in this study, using a questionnaire with a case vignette illustrating schizophrenia. The questionnaire inquired about people's attitudes toward schizophrenia and their desire to avoid contact with people with schizophrenia. The current study investigated college students' stigma toward people with schizophrenia, desire for social distancing, gender (male and female), and major (medical and non-medical) differences. Results: The people described in the vignette were deemed "dangerous" (28%) and "could snap out of the problem" (50.20%), according to the respondents. Female students were more likely than male students to agree that "schizophrenia is not really a medical disease" (4.40% vs. 8.9%, p ≤ 0.05). Compared with medical students, non-medical students were more likely to agree that "The problem is a reflection of personal weakness" (20% vs. 21.7%, p < 0.05). Many respondents said they would not "marry into the family of someone with schizophrenia" (95.6%) or "work closely with them" (77.6%). Conclusion: In this study, it was observed that a considerable percentage of Syrian college students exhibited stigma toward persons with schizophrenia and really wanted to avoid social interaction with them, with female and non-medical students having higher stigma toward people with schizophrenia in several subscale items. The findings imply that more anti-stigma interventions for Syrian college students should be implemented to help avoid or lessen the stigma toward people with schizophrenia.
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Levy S, Moschandreas J, Debiram-Beecham I, O’Donovan M, Brooks C, Bailey A, Hawkins M, Kadri S, de Caestecker J, Crosby T, Fitzgerald R, Mukherjee S. Cytosponge™ for post‐chemoradiation surveillance of oesophageal cancer: a feasibility study. Ann Oncol 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdz155.209] [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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Rey S, Ribas L, Morera Capdevila D, Callol A, Huntingford FA, Pilarczyk M, Kadri S, MacKenzie S. Differential responses to environmental challenge by common carp Cyprinus carpio highlight the importance of coping style in integrative physiology. J Fish Biol 2016; 88:1056-69. [PMID: 26762295 DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2015] [Accepted: 11/17/2015] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Common carp Cyprinus carpio displaying proactive or reactive stress coping styles were acclimated to two environmental regimes (low oxygen and low temperature), and selected groups were tested for response to an inflammatory challenge (Escherichia coli lipopolysaccharide, LPS). Plasma glucose and lactate levels were measured, as were selected C. carpio-specific messenger (m)RNA transcript abundance, including cortisol receptor (CR), enolase (ENO), glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) and interleukin-1-beta (IL1β) was measured in individual whole brain samples. Basal levels (in sham injected fish held in normoxic conditions at 25° C) of plasma lactate and glucose differed between coping styles, being significantly lower in proactive individuals. Both variables increased in response to LPS challenge, with the exception of plasma glucose in reactive fish held in hypoxia. Baseline levels of gene expression under control conditions were significantly different for GAPDH between behavioural phenotypes. The responses to experimental challenge were sometimes diametrically opposed between stress-coping styles in a transcript-specific manner. For CR and GAPDH, for example, the response to LPS injection in hypoxia were opposite between proactive and reactive animals. Proactive fish showed decreased CR and increased GAPDH, whereas reactive showed the opposite response. These results further highlight that screening for stress-coping styles prior to experiments in adaptive physiology can significantly affect the interpretation of data obtained. Further, this leads to a more finely tuned analytical output providing an improved understanding of variation in individual responses to both environmental and inflammatory challenge.
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- S Rey
- Institute of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra (Barcelona), 08193, Spain
- Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling, Stirling, Stirlingshire, FK9 4LA, U.K
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- Institut de Ciencies del Mar, Renewable Marine Resources Department, E-08003, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra (Barcelona), 08193, Spain
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- Institute of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra (Barcelona), 08193, Spain
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- Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, U.K
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- Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Ichthyobiology and Aquaculture, Zaborze ul. Kalinowa2, 43-520, Chybie, Poland
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- Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, U.K
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- Institute of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra (Barcelona), 08193, Spain
- Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling, Stirling, Stirlingshire, FK9 4LA, U.K
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As currently practised, the culture of fish for food potentially raises concerns about the welfare of farmed fish, and this is a topic that has received considerable attention. As vertebrates, fish share a number of features with the birds and mammals that are more commonly farmed, so many welfare principles derived from consideration of these groups may also be applied to fish. However, fish have a long, separate evolutionary history and are also adapted to a very different, aquatic environment. For these reasons, they have a number of special features that are relevant to how welfare is defined, assessed and promoted and these are discussed. The various methods that are available to researchers for identifying and assessing good and bad welfare in fish are considered, including assessment of physical health and physiological, behavioural and genomic status. The subset of practical welfare indicators that can be used on working farms is also reviewed. Various aspects of intensive aquaculture that can potentially compromise fish welfare are outlined, as are some strategies available for mitigating such adverse effects. Finally, the paper ends by looking briefly to the future, identifying likely changes in aquaculture practices and how these might affect the welfare of farmed fish.
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Kadri S, Sinha RK. P134 The factors associated with readmission of patients with exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) within 30 days are largely out of control of healthcare professionals and the Trust–The Department of Health’s (DoH) case for penalising Trusts for 30 day readmission is weak and unjustifiable: Abstract P134 Table 1. Thorax 2013. [DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2013-204457.284] [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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Kadri S, Mehdaoui R, Elmir M. A Vertical Magneto-Convection in Square Cavity Containing A Al2O3+Water Nanofluid: Cooling of Electronic Compounds. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2012.05.088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [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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Huntingford FA, Andrew G, Mackenzie S, Morera D, Coyle SM, Pilarczyk M, Kadri S. Coping strategies in a strongly schooling fish, the common carp Cyprinus carpio. J Fish Biol 2010; 76:1576-1591. [PMID: 20557617 DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2010.02582.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Individual common carp Cyprinus carpio were screened repeatedly for risk taking (rate of exploration of a novel, potentially dangerous environment) and for competitive ability (success in gaining access to a spatially restricted food source). Marked differences in behaviour were evident, and significant consistency in individual responses across trials was found for both risk taking and competitive ability. In addition, there was a significant positive relationship between individual performance in these two contexts, with fish that explored more quickly in the novel environment tending to be among the first to gain access to restricted food. In two follow-up studies, resting metabolic rate, blood lactate and glucose and the expression of the cortisol receptor gene in the head kidney and brain were compared in fish from the two extremes of the risk-taking spectrum. Mass-specific metabolic rate was significantly higher in risk-taking than in risk-avoiding fish, while plasma lactate and glucose concentrations and expression of the cortisol receptor gene were lower. It was concluded that a behavioural syndrome based on boldness and aggression exists in C. carpio, as it does in many other animals, and that this is associated with differences in metabolic and stress physiology (down to the genomic level) similar to those described in animals with different coping strategies.
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- F A Huntingford
- Fish Biology Group, Division of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Faculty of Biomedical & Life Sciences, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK.
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Sandøe P, Gamborg C, Kadri S, Millar K. Balancing the needs and preferences of humans against concerns for fishes: how to handle the emerging ethical discussions regarding capture fisheries? J Fish Biol 2009; 75:2868-2871. [PMID: 20738533 DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2009.02461.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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How can stakeholders within the fisheries community engage in constructive ethical discussions? Drawing on experiences from previous debates surrounding the human use of animals, this paper presents a proactive approach whereby stakeholders can create a framework for ethical discussion of capture fisheries.
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- P Sandøe
- Danish Centre for Bioethics and Risk Assessment, University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Life Sciences, Rolighedsvej 25, 1958 Frederiksberg C, Denmark.
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This paper explores the possibility that lessons learned from aquaculture might contribute to current debate on welfare and fisheries. After looking briefly at the history of research interest in the welfare of farmed fishes, some implications of using different definitions of and approaches to the concept of welfare are discussed. Consideration is given to the way in which the aquaculture industry has responded to public concern about fish welfare and, for cases where these responses have been effective, why this might be the case. Finally, possible cross-over points between aquaculture and fisheries in the context of fish welfare, as well as experience and expertise that might be shared between these two areas, are identified.
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- F A Huntingford
- Fish Biology Group, Faculty of Biomedical & Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK.
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Bermano G, Pagmantidis V, Holloway N, Kadri S, Mowat NAG, Shiel RS, Arthur JR, Mathers JC, Daly AK, Broom J, Hesketh JE. Evidence that a polymorphism within the 3'UTR of glutathione peroxidase 4 is functional and is associated with susceptibility to colorectal cancer. Genes Nutr 2007; 2:225-32. [PMID: 18850177 DOI: 10.1007/s12263-007-0052-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2006] [Accepted: 01/18/2007] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Low selenium (Se) status has been associated with increased risk of colorectal cancer (CRC). Se is present as the amino acid selenocysteine in selenoproteins, such as the glutathione peroxidases. Se incorporation requires specific RNA structures in the 3' untranslated region (3'UTR) of the selenoprotein mRNAs. A single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) occurs at nucleotide 718 (within the 3'UTR) in the glutathione peroxidase 4 gene. In the present study, Caco-2 cells were transfected with constructs in which type 1 iodothyronine deiodinase coding region was linked to the GPx4 3'UTR with either C or T variant at position 718. Higher reporter activity was observed in cells expressing the C variant compared to those expressing the T variant, under either Se-adequate or Se-deficient conditions. In addition, a disease association study was carried out in cohorts of patients with either adenomatous polyps, colorectal adenocarcinomas and in healthy controls. A higher proportion of individuals with CC genotype at the GPx4 T/C 718 SNP was present in the cancer group, but not in the polyp group, compared with the control group (P < 0.05). The present data demonstrate the functionality of the GPx4 T/C 718 SNP and suggest that T genotype is associated with lower risk of CRC.
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- G Bermano
- School of Life Sciences, The Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, AB25 1HG, UK
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There has been a great deal of debate and sometimes open hostility between people with differing approaches to the welfare of farmed animals, but relatively little progress towards compromise or consensus. It has been suggested that progress has been inhibited by a fundamental lack of common ground; people are debating different questions. Compromise or consensus can only be achieved through understanding and this in turn requires effective presentation of information and constructive dialogue. In this paper we adapt a previously published framework to present and evaluate information relevant to a wide range of definitions of fish welfare. Through improved understanding we will increase our capacity to safeguard many aspects of welfare of farmed fish, satisfying the demands of more but not all stakeholders.
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- J F Turnbull
- Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA, UK.
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Kadri S, Brunel H, Bourbotte G, Delort P, Lust S, Bonafe A. L’angio-scanner cérébral multibarrette peut-il supplanter l’angiographie conventionnelle dans le diagnostic étiologique des hémorragies sous-arachnoïdiennes ? J Neuroradiol 2006; 33:45-50. [PMID: 16528205 DOI: 10.1016/s0150-9861(06)77227-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [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: 10/22/2022]
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AIM OF THE STUDY To evaluate the reliability of CT angiography in the diagnosis of non traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage. MATERIALS AND METHODS We prospectively studied 57 patients presenting with non traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage. In all cases, CT angiography of the circle of Willis was performed, followed by conventional angiography. We compared the results of both techniques, with conventional angiography considered as the gold standard. RESULTS The specificity of CT angiography for diagnosing intracranial aneurysms was 100% with sensitivity and negative predictive values of 86% and 65% respectively. The aneurysms that were not diagnosed on CT angiography were located on the supra-cavernous internal carotid artery and their size was less than 5mm. Futhermore CT angiography failed to diagnose the other causes of subarachnoid hemorrhage. CONCLUSION CT angiography can be considered as a first line imaging technique for diagnosis of non traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage. However, conventional angiography including three dimensional acquisitions must be performed for all cases where the cause of hemorrhage remains undiagnosed at CT angiography.
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- S Kadri
- Service de Neuroradiologie, Hôpital Gui de Chauliac, CHU Montpellier, 80 avenue Augustin Fliche, 34295 Montpellier Cedex 5
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Defasque A, Bourbotte G, Kadri S, Bonafe A. [Clinical case #1. Neurofibromatosis type 1]. J Radiol 2005; 86:512-5. [PMID: 16114211 DOI: 10.1016/s0221-0363(05)81400-3] [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] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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- A Defasque
- Service de Neuroradiologie, Hôpital Gui de Chauliac, 80 avenue Augustin Fliche, 34295 Montpellier
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Kadri S, Metcalfe NB, Huntingford FA, Thorpe JE. What Controls the Onset of Anorexia in Maturing Adult Female Atlantic Salmon? Funct Ecol 1995. [DOI: 10.2307/2390254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Boulanger D, Warter A, Trottein F, Mauny F, Brémond P, Audibert F, Couret D, Kadri S, Godin C, Sellin E. Vaccination of patas monkeys experimentally infected with Schistosoma haematobium using a recombinant glutathione S-transferase cloned from S. mansoni. Parasite Immunol 1995; 17:361-9. [PMID: 8552409 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3024.1995.tb00903.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [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: 01/31/2023]
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The capacity of a recombinant glutathione S-transferase from Schistosoma mansoni (rSm28GST) to vaccinate primates (Erythrocebus patas) against a heterologous infection with Schistosoma haematobium has been tested. Two injections of the purified molecule with Muramyl-Di-Peptide (MDP) as adjuvant resulted in a high level antibody response in the five immunized animals and in a significant reduction in worm fecundity compared to the controls which received adjuvant alone. Mean levels of daily egg excretion in urine an faeces were reduced by respectively 55% and 74% although perfusion revealed that worm burdens were similar in both groups. The protective effect was long lasting since it was maintained up to the end of the experiment, 42 weeks after infection. Hatching rates and the numbers of intra-uterine eggs were also significantly affected by the vaccination. Tissue eggs were also drastically diminished in the urogenital system (-80%) but the reduction was not statistically significant. One animal was not protected by the immunization. There was a good correlation between parasitological data and the intensity of bladder lesions assessed by microscopic examination. Polypoid formations together with an intense exudation of the lamina propria were frequently seen in the controls but rarely in the vaccinated group where formation of scar tissue was predominant. These results underline the vaccine potential of the recombinant Sm28GST as a possible valuable prophylactic tool for the control of egg-induced pathology and transmission of African schistosomes.
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- D Boulanger
- Centre de Recherche sur les Méningites et les Schistosomiases (CERMES/OCCGE/ORSTOM), Niamey, Niger
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Boulanger D, Trottein F, Mauny F, Bremond P, Couret D, Pierce RJ, Kadri S, Godin C, Sellin E, Lecocq JP. Vaccination of goats against the trematode Schistosoma bovis with a recombinant homologous schistosome-derived glutathione S-transferase. Parasite Immunol 1994; 16:399-406. [PMID: 7808760 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3024.1994.tb00367.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [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: 01/27/2023]
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We assayed the vaccine potentialities of a recombinant S. bovis-derived glutathione S-transferase (rSb28GST), member of a molecular family already shown to have protective capacities in the S. mansoni and S. japonicum models. Injection of the rSb28GST in Freund's Complete Adjuvant resulted in good specific IgG responses allowing all the animals to display high antibody titres on the day of experimental challenge with S. bovis cercariae. No statistically significant differences were observed in the faecal egg output. Although tissue egg counts in vaccinated animals were lower than in controls, the difference was not statistically significant, apart from the number of eggs trapped in the liver (P < 0.05). Likewise, PCV values remained parallel between the two groups. However, immunized goats gained 1.4 kg of body weight throughout the experiment whereas controls lost 1.2 kg (P < 0.05). In addition, the mean worm burden, assessed by perfusion 20 weeks after infection, was significantly reduced by 48% in the vaccinated group, the sex ratio being unaffected. It appears that a recombinant homologous protein can affect, in a natural host, the course of an experimental infection with a local strain of S. bovis, by affecting worm viability but not fecundity. These results also point to the striking differences in the effect of vaccination according to animal species. Because it has the capacity to prevent growth impairment due to schistosome pathogenicity, the molecule can be proposed as a valuable tool in the development of vaccine-based control programs in endemic areas.
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- D Boulanger
- Centre de Recherche sur les Méningites et les Schistosomiases (CERMES/OCCGE/ORSTOM), Niamey, Niger
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