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Key S, Ryan PG, Gabbott SE, Allen J, Abbott AP. Influence of colourants on environmental degradation of plastic litter. Environ Pollut 2024; 347:123701. [PMID: 38432345 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2024.123701] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2024] [Revised: 02/20/2024] [Accepted: 03/01/2024] [Indexed: 03/05/2024]
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Plastic degradation and the resultant production of microplastics has an important effect on the environment and fauna across the world. This paper shows that the colourant incorporated into plastic formulations has a significant effect on the stability of plastics. A static experimental exposure of differently coloured polypropylene bottle tops from the same manufacturer to a moderate climate over 3 years showed that black, white and silver plastics were almost unaffected whereas the specific blue, green and especially red pigments used in this study were significantly degraded. The second part of the study collected littered HDPE plastic containers from a remote South African beach and analysed their condition as a function of the given manufacturing date stamp. Most items were black or white and samples up to 45 years old were found with relatively little environmental degradation other than mild abrasion. It appears that carbon and titanium dioxide colourants protect the HDPE polymer from photolytic degradation. While anthraquinone, phthalocyanine and diketopyrrolopyrrole pigments were found to enable UV light to degrade the polymer leading to brittle plastics, promoting the formation of microplastics, it is likely that other pigments that do not strongly absorb in the UV will result in similar degradation.
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- Sarah Key
- School of Chemistry, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK
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- FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa
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- School of Geography, Geology and the Environment, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK
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- School of Chemistry, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK
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- School of Chemistry, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK.
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William N, Bamidoro F, Beales PA, Drummond-Brydson R, Hondow N, Key S, Kulak A, Walsh AC, Winter S, Nelson LA. Tuning stable noble metal nanoparticles dispersions to moderate their interaction with model membranes. J Colloid Interface Sci 2021; 594:101-112. [PMID: 33756358 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2021.03.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2020] [Revised: 02/26/2021] [Accepted: 03/01/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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HYPOTHESIS The properties of stable gold (Au) nanoparticle dispersions can be tuned to alter their activity towards biomembrane models. EXPERIMENTS Au nanoparticle coating techniques together with rapid electrochemical screens of a phospholipid layer on fabricated mercury (Hg) on platinum (Pt) electrode have been used to moderate the phospholipid layer activity of Au nanoparticle dispersions. Screening results for Au nanoparticle dispersions were intercalibrated with phospholipid large unilamellar vesicle (LUV) interactions using a carboxyfluorescein (CF) leakage assay. All nanoparticle dispersions were characterised for size, by dynamic light scattering (DLS) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). FINDINGS Commercial and high quality home synthesised Au nanoparticle dispersions are phospholipid monolayer active whereas Ag nanoparticle dispersions are not. If Au nanoparticles are coated with a thin layer of Ag then the particle/lipid interaction is suppressed. The electrochemical assays of the lipid layer activity of Au nanoparticle dispersions align with LUV leakage assays of the same. Au nanoparticles of decreasing size and increasing dispersion concentration showed a stronger phospholipid monolayer/bilayer interaction. Treating Au nanoparticles with cell culture medium and incubation of Au nanoparticle dispersions in phosphate buffered saline (PBS) solutions removes their phospholipid layer interaction.
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- Nicola William
- School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
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- School of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
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- School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK; Bragg Centre for Materials Research, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK; Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
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- School of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK; Bragg Centre for Materials Research, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
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- School of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK; Bragg Centre for Materials Research, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
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- School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
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- School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
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- S. Key
- College of Architecture, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, USA
- ATLAS Institute, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA
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- College of Architecture, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, USA
- ATLAS Institute, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA
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Baty M, Créhange G, Pasquier D, Palard X, Deleuze A, Gnep K, Key S, Beuzit L, Castelli J, de Crevoisier R. Salvage reirradiation for local prostate cancer recurrence after radiation therapy. For who? When? How? Cancer Radiother 2019; 23:541-558. [PMID: 31421999 DOI: 10.1016/j.canrad.2019.07.125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2019] [Accepted: 07/03/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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PURPOSE Literature review reporting results of salvage brachytherapy and stereotactic body radiotherapy for prostate recurrence only after radiotherapy for prostate cancer. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 38 studies (including at least 15 patients per study) were analysed: 19 using low-dose-rate brachytherapy, nine high-dose-rate brachytherapy and ten stereotactic body radiotherapy. Only five studies were prospective. The median numbers of patients were 30 for low-dose-rate brachytherapy, 34 for high-dose-rate brachytherapy, and 30 for stereotactic body radiotherapy. The median follow-up were 47months for low-dose-rate brachytherapy, 36months for high-dose-rate brachytherapy and 21months for stereotactic body radiotherapy. RESULTS Late genitourinary toxicity rates ranged, for grade 2: from 4 to 42% for low-dose-rate brachytherapy, from 7 to 54% for high-dose-rate brachytherapy and from 3 to 20% for stereotactic body radiotherapy, and for grade 3 or above: from 0 to 24% for low-dose-rate brachytherapy, from 0 to 13% for high-dose-rate brachytherapy and from 0 to 3% for grade 3 or above (except 12% in one study) for stereotactic body radiotherapy. Late gastrointestinal toxicity rates ranged, for grade 2: from 0 to 6% for low-dose-rate brachytherapy, from 0 to 14% for high-dose-rate brachytherapy and from 0 to 11% for stereotactic body radiotherapy, and for grade 3 or above: from 0 to 6% for low-dose-rate brachytherapy, and from 0 to 1% for high-dose-rate brachytherapy and stereotactic body radiotherapy. The 5-year biochemical disease-free survival rates ranged from 20 to 77% for low-dose-rate brachytherapy and from 51 to 68% for high-dose-rate brachytherapy. The 2- and 3-year disease-free survival rates ranged from 40 to 82% for stereotactic body radiotherapy. Prognostic factors of biochemical recurrence have been identified. CONCLUSION Despite a lack of prospective data, salvage reirradiation for prostate cancer recurrence can be proposed to highly selected patients and tumours. Prospective comparative studies are needed.
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- M Baty
- Department of radiotherapy, centre Eugène-Marquis, 3, avenue de la Bataille-Flandres-Dunkerque, 35000 Rennes, France
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- Department of radiotherapy, centre Georges-François-Leclerc, 1, rue du Professeur-Marion, 21000 Dijon, France
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- Department of radiation oncology, centre Oscar-Lambret, 3, avenue Frédéric-Combemale, 59020 Lille, France
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- Department of nuclear medicine, centre Eugène-Marquis, 3, avenue de la Bataille-Flandres-Dunkerque, 35000 Rennes, France
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- Department of oncology, centre Eugène-Marquis, 3, avenue de la Bataille-Flandres-Dunkerque, 35000 Rennes, France
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- Department of radiotherapy, centre Eugène-Marquis, 3, avenue de la Bataille-Flandres-Dunkerque, 35000 Rennes, France
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- Department of radiotherapy, centre Eugène-Marquis, 3, avenue de la Bataille-Flandres-Dunkerque, 35000 Rennes, France
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- Department of radiology, CHU de Rennes, 35000 Rennes, France
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- Department of radiotherapy, centre Eugène-Marquis, 3, avenue de la Bataille-Flandres-Dunkerque, 35000 Rennes, France; LTSI, Inserm U1099, 35042 Rennes, France; Université Rennes 1, 35042 Rennes, France
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- Department of radiotherapy, centre Eugène-Marquis, 3, avenue de la Bataille-Flandres-Dunkerque, 35000 Rennes, France; LTSI, Inserm U1099, 35042 Rennes, France; Université Rennes 1, 35042 Rennes, France.
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Key S, Scott G, Stammers JG, Freeman MAR, Pinskerova V, Field RE, Skinner J, Banks SA. Does lateral lift-off occur in static and dynamic activity in a medially spherical total knee arthroplasty? A pulsed-fluoroscopic investigation. Bone Joint Res 2019; 8:207-215. [PMID: 31214333 PMCID: PMC6548977 DOI: 10.1302/2046-3758.85.bjr-2018-0237.r1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Objectives The medially spherical GMK Sphere (Medacta International AG, Castel San Pietro, Switzerland) total knee arthroplasty (TKA) was previously shown to accommodate lateral rollback while pivoting around a stable medial compartment, aiming to replicate native knee kinematics in which some coronal laxity, especially laterally, is also present. We assess coronal plane kinematics of the GMK Sphere and explore the occurrence and pattern of articular separation during static and dynamic activities. Methods Using pulsed fluoroscopy and image matching, the coronal kinematics and articular surface separation of 16 well-functioning TKAs were studied during weight-bearing and non-weight-bearing, static, and dynamic activities. The closest distances between the modelled articular surfaces were examined with respect to knee position, and proportions of joint poses exhibiting separation were computed. Results Overall, 1717 joint poses were analyzed. At a 1.0 mm detection threshold, 37 instances of surface separation were observed in the lateral compartment and four medially (p < 0.001). Separation was activity-dependent, both laterally and medially (p < 0.001), occurring more commonly during static deep flexion in the lateral compartment, and during static rotation in the medial compartment. Lateral separation occurred more frequently than medial during kneeling (7/14 lateral vs 1/14 medial; p = 0.031) and stepping (20/1022 lateral vs 0/1022 medial; p < 0.001). Separation varied significantly between individuals during dynamic activities. Conclusion No consistent association between closest distances of the articular surfaces and knee position was found during any activity. Lift-off was infrequent and depended on the activity performed and the individual knee. Lateral separation was consistent with the design rationale. Medial lift-off was rare and mostly in non-weight-bearing activities. Cite this article: S. Key, G. Scott, J.G. Stammers, M. A. R. Freeman†, V. Pinskerova, R. E. Field, J. Skinner, S. A. Banks. Does lateral lift-off occur in static and dynamic activity in a medially spherical total knee arthroplasty? A pulsed-fluoroscopic investigation. Bone Joint Res 2019;8:207–215. DOI: 10.1302/2046-3758.85.BJR-2018-0237.R1.
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- S Key
- Royal London Hospital, London, UK
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- Royal London Hospital, London, UK
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- †M.A.R Freeman has deceased since the submission of this manuscript
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- First Orthopaedic Clinic, Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- St George's, University of London, London, UK; Director of Research, South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre, Epsom, UK
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- Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore, UK
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- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
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Key S, Sourgen ML, Miranda O, Pradier O, Schick U. Chimioradiothérapie néoadjuvante des cancers du rectum : comparaison entre une technique conformationnelle tridimensionnelle et une arcthérapie volumétrique modulée. Cancer Radiother 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.canrad.2018.07.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Key S, Miglierini P, Dupré PF, Pradier O, Schick U. Étude prospective observationnelle des résultats esthétiques et de la toxicité mammaire tardive après radiothérapie peropératoire partielle du sein ou en boost par le système Intrabeam ®. Cancer Radiother 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.canrad.2017.08.053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Mamarelis G, Key S, Snook J, Aldam C. Outcomes after early return to theatre following hip hemiarthroplasty for intracapsular fracture of the femoral neck. Bone Joint J 2017; 99-B:958-963. [PMID: 28663404 DOI: 10.1302/0301-620x.99b7.bjj-2016-0890.r1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2016] [Accepted: 02/08/2017] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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AIMS Hip hemiarthroplasty is a standard treatment for intracapsular proximal femoral fractures in the frail elderly. In this study we have explored the implications of early return to theatre, within 30 days, on patient outcome following hip hemiarthroplasty. PATIENTS AND METHODS We retrospectively reviewed the hospital records of all hip hemiarthroplasties performed in our unit between January 2010 and January 2015. Demographic details, medical backround, details of the primary procedure, complications, subsequent procedures requiring return to theatre, re-admissions, discharge destination and death were collected. RESULTS A total of 705 procedures were included; 428 Austin Moore and 277 Exeter Trauma Stems were used. A total of 34 fractures (in 33 patients) required early return to theatre within 30 days. Age, gender, laterality, time from admission to primary procedure, American Society of Anesthesiologists grade, and implant type were similar for those requiring early return to theatre and those who did not. Early return to theatre was associated with a significantly higher length of stay (mean 33.6 days (7 to 107) versus 18.6 days (0 to 152), p < 0.001), re-admission rate (38.2% versus 8.6%, p < 0.001), and subsequent revision rate (17.6% versus 1.3%, p < 0.001). We found no difference in level of care required on discharge or mortality. CONCLUSION Proximal femoral fractures are common in the elderly population, with far-reaching medical and economic implications. Factors such as infection or dislocation may require early return to theatre, and this is associated with outcomes which may be both medically and economically detrimental. This illustrates the importance of avoiding early complications to improve longer term outcome. Return to theatre within 30 days is associated with longer length of stay, higher re-admission rate, and higher subsequent revision rate. It may be a useful short-term quality indicator for longer term outcome measures following hip hemiarthroplasty for intracapsular fractures of the proximal femur. Cite this article: Bone Joint J 2017;99-B:958-63.
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- G Mamarelis
- Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust, Harlow, Essex CM20 1QX, UK
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- Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel Road, London, UK
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- Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust, Harlow, Essex CM20 1QX, UK
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- Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust, Harlow, Essex CM20 1QX, UK
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Otz J, Key S, Miglierini P, Abgral R, David S, Combot Y, Pradier O, Schik U. Prévention de la mucite radio-induite par le laser de basse énergie dans les cancers des voies aérodigestives supérieures : étude clinicodosimétrique. Cancer Radiother 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.canrad.2016.07.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Kestin L, Fernandez E, Mantz C, Olivera G, Mo X, Key S, Finkelstein S, Martinez A, Dosoretz D, Galmarini D. Comparing Planned Dose and Actual Dose During Treatment of Lung Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT). Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2015.07.202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Key S, Miglierini P, Vourch S, Miranda O, Mahlaire J, Dupré P, Pradier O, Schick U. Late Toxicity and Cosmetic Outcome Following Intraoperative Radiation Therapy As a Boost or As Accelerated Partial-Breast Irradiation: A Monocenter Experience. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2015.07.593] [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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Martinez A, Olivera G, Ghilezan M, Forman J, Kestin L, Finkelstein S, Mo X, Key S, Mantz C, Fernandez E, Dosoretz D, Galmarini D. Adaptive Dose Recalculation for Prostate Cancer in the Era of Online IGRT IMRT: How Close Is the Planned Radiation Dose to the Delivered Dose? Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2015.07.1147] [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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Key S, Tixier F, Cheze le rest C, Gobel Y, Valette G, Potard G, Visvikis D, Pradier O. Rôle de l’hétérogénéité d’absorption intratumorale sur la TEP au FDG dans les cancers ORL dont le traitement est une chimioradiothérapie. Cancer Radiother 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.canrad.2014.07.116] [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: 11/28/2022]
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Mo X, Chen Y, Chen M, Parnell D, Key S, Lu W, Olivera G, Galmarini D. A Delivered Dose–Based Record and Verify System in the Era of IGRT. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2014.05.2154] [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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Olivera G, Mo X, Lu W, Parnell D, Key S, Chen M, Chen Y, Dosoretz D, Fernandez E, Galmarini D. Prospective Dosimetric Data Generation for Every Patient and Fraction to Analyze Results on Radiation Oncology Patient Registries. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2014.05.570] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Chen Y, Reeher M, Mo X, Chen M, Olivera G, Key S, Parnell D, Galmarini D, Lu W. Tomotherapy Patient-Specific Delivery QA Using Exit Detector Array. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2014.05.2153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Chen M, Mo X, Chen Y, Parnell D, Key S, Olivera G, Galmarini W, Lu W. SU-E-T-08: A Convolution Model for Head Scatter Fluence in the Intensity Modulated Field. Med Phys 2014. [DOI: 10.1118/1.4888337] [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: 11/07/2022] Open
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Chen Y, Mo X, Chen M, Olivera G, Reeher M, Parnell D, Key S, Galmarini D, Lu W. SU-E-T-475: An Accurate Linear Model of Tomotherapy MLC-Detector System for Patient Specific Delivery QA. Med Phys 2014. [DOI: 10.1118/1.4888808] [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: 11/07/2022] Open
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Coevoet M, Olivera G, Key S, Xiaohu Mo W, Mingli C, Vynckier S, Sterpin E. EP-1494: In-Vivo verification of tomotherapy treatment plans using the MVCT detectors. Radiother Oncol 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(15)31612-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Stefanakis M, Key S, Adams MA. Healing of painful intervertebral discs: implications for physiotherapy. Physical Therapy Reviews 2013. [DOI: 10.1179/1743288x12y.0000000015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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Key S, Adams MA, Stefanakis M. Healing of painful intervertebral discs: implications for physiotherapy Part 2 — pressure change therapy: a proposed clinical model to stimulate disc healing. Physical Therapy Reviews 2013. [DOI: 10.1179/1743288x12y.0000000038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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Key S, Uthayanan M, Kanabar P. Pyogenic granuloma. Assoc Med J 2013. [DOI: 10.1136/bmj.e8499] [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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Bouchekoua M, Key S, Lucia AS, Quillevère S, Muller M, Guilbert S, Pradier O, Dupré PF. Expérience brestoise dans la radiothérapie peropératoire des cancers du sein. Cancer Radiother 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.canrad.2012.07.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Uthayanan M, Key S, Kanabar P. Assoc Med J 2012; 345:e4460-e4460. [DOI: 10.1136/bmj.e4460] [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: 11/04/2022]
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Tolakanahalli R, Warren S, Field C, Key S, Krey G, Kruser T, Hoban P, Khuntia D. Tomo Challenge: Results of Multi-institution Planning Exercise and Development of an Objective Plan Assessment Tool. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2010.07.1735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Redman RS, Ball WD, Mezey E, Key S. Dispersed donor salivary gland cells are widely distributed in the recipient gland when infused up the ductal tree. Biotech Histochem 2010; 84:253-60. [PMID: 19572222 DOI: 10.3109/10520290903081377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The salivary glands often are severely and permanently damaged by therapeutic irradiation for cancer of the head and neck. The markedly reduced quantity and quality of saliva results in greatly increased susceptibility to dental caries and infection of the oral mucosa and alveolar bone. Recently, subcapsular injection of cultured mouse salivary gland cells has achieved a significant degree of regeneration in a previously irradiated mouse salivary gland; however, the recovery was limited to one lobule. We describe here a method for delivering donor rat salivary gland cells via the main duct that distributes several thousand cells throughout the recipient rat's salivary gland. The donated cells exhibited the cytodifferentiation of the structures in which they lodged, i.e., acini, granular convoluted tubules, and the several types of ducts. This method may facilitate the simultaneous functional recovery of almost all of the lobules of irradiated rat salivary glands.
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- R S Redman
- Oral Pathology Research Laboratory (151-I), Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 50 Irving Street NW, Washington, DC 20422, USA.
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Rowell RL, Fairhurst D, Monahan IM, Key S, Morfesis A, Stieh D, Mitchnick M, Loxley A, Shattock RA. Microbicides for HIV/AIDS. 3. Observation of apparent dynamic protonation and deprotonization in CD4+ T-cell model systems. Langmuir 2009; 25:6954-6967. [PMID: 19453109 DOI: 10.1021/la8040067] [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: 05/27/2023]
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New measurements of the electrophoretic mobility of T-cell model systems have been carried out and analyzed to obtain the dynamic variation in mobility in small titration increments during separate upscale and downscale sweeps in pH. We demonstrate that a plot of plambda vs p[NaCl] has been found essential in evaluating the consistency of electrophoretic mobility measurements at different (1:1) electrolyte concentrations and show, for the first time, that electrophoretic mobility measurements as a function of pH can reflect different rates of the respective ionization and association that occur in the surface functional groups as a consequence of the different changes in the hydration-dehydration reactions involved. Differences found between the upscale and downscale sweeps suggest that it is easier to protonate a protein cell surface than to deprotonate it. The effect is most pronounced at the highest salt concentration (similar to that which exists for the cells in their native state) and becomes less pronounced as the salt concentration is lowered. The effect is interpreted as a result of the different changes in the state of hydration as a proton moves from the bulk through the double layer to a surface group and the reverse. The effect occurs with both replicating and activated T-cells. This latter result may be of biological significance and particularly relevant to HIV-1 infection, since during male-to-female transmission, the environment where most infections occur supports this protonation effect.
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- R L Rowell
- International Partnership for Microbicides, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910, USA
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Redman RS, Ball WD, Mezey E, Key S. Dispersed donor salivary gland cells are widely distributed in the recipient gland when infused up the ductal tree. Biotech Histochem 2009. [DOI: 10.1080/10520290903081377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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Al-Allak A, Sarasin S, Key S, Morris-Stiff G. Authors' Response. Ann R Coll Surg Engl 2008. [DOI: 10.1308/003588408x321828] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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- A Al-Allak
- Department of Surgery, Princess of Wales Hospital Bridgend, UK
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- Department of Surgery, Royal Glamorgan Hospital Ynysmaerdy, Llantrisant, Rhondda Cynon Taf, UK
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- Department of Surgery, Royal Glamorgan Hospital Ynysmaerdy, Llantrisant, Rhondda Cynon Taf, UK
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- Department of Surgery, Royal Glamorgan Hospital Ynysmaerdy, Llantrisant, Rhondda Cynon Taf, UK
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Clark JA, Flick RB, Pai LY, Szalayova I, Key S, Conley RK, Deutch AY, Hutson PH, Mezey E. Glucocorticoid modulation of tryptophan hydroxylase-2 protein in raphe nuclei and 5-hydroxytryptophan concentrations in frontal cortex of C57/Bl6 mice. Mol Psychiatry 2008; 13:498-506. [PMID: 17622221 PMCID: PMC3392182 DOI: 10.1038/sj.mp.4002041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Considerable attention has focused on regulation of central tryptophan hydroxylase (TPH) activity and protein expression. At the time of these earlier studies, it was thought that there was a single central TPH isoform. However, with the recent identification of TPH2, it becomes important to distinguish between regulatory effects on the protein expression and activity of the two isoforms. We have generated a TPH2-specific polyclonal antiserum (TPH2-6361) to study regulation of TPH2 at the protein level and to examine the distribution of TPH2 expression in rodent and human brain. TPH2 immunoreactivity (IR) was detected throughout the raphe nuclei, in lateral hypothalamic nuclei and in the pineal body of rodent and human brain. In addition, a prominent TPH2-IR fiber network was found in the human median eminence. We recently reported that glucocorticoid treatment of C57/Bl6 mice for 4 days markedly decreased TPH2 messenger RNA levels in the raphe nuclei, whereas TPH1 mRNA was unaffected. The glucocorticoid-elicited inhibition of TPH2 gene expression was blocked by co-administration of the glucocorticoid receptor antagonist mifepristone (RU-486). Using TPH2-6361, we have extended these findings to show a dose-dependent decrease in raphe TPH2 protein levels in response to 4 days of treatment with dexamethasone; this effect was blocked by co-administration of mifepristone. Moreover, the glucocorticoid-elicited inhibition of TPH2 was functionally significant: serotonin synthesis was significantly reduced in the frontal cortex of glucocorticoid-treated mice, an effect that was blocked by mifepristone co-administration. This study provides further evidence for the glucocorticoid regulation of serotonin biosynthesis via inhibition of TPH2 expression, and suggest that elevated glucocorticoid levels may be relevant to the etiology of psychiatric diseases, such as depression, where hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis dysregulation has been documented.
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- J A Clark
- Stroke and Neurodegeneration, Merck Research Laboratories, West Point, PA 19486, USA.
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Al-Allak A, Sarasin S, Key S, Morris-Stiff G. Wedding rings are not a significant source of bacterial contamination following surgical scrubbing. Ann R Coll Surg Engl 2008; 90:133-5. [PMID: 18325213 DOI: 10.1308/003588408x242051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Despite some evidence that the wearing of rings may increase the microbial load, there is currently nothing to suggest that viable bacteria remain following a standard surgical scrub. The aim of the study was to examine the distribution and type of microbial flora seen on the hands of doctors following a standard surgical scrub. MATERIALS AND METHODS Ten surgeons and 10 anaesthetists, all of whom wore wedding rings on the fourth finger of their left hand, participated in the study. Each individual was asked to 'scrub-up' as for their normal first scrub of the day. Following completion of washing, the wedding ring was removed, its internal circumference swabbed and the swab placed in a culture medium. Volunteers placed each hand palm-down on separate agar plates. The plates were incubated and the number of colonies counted and classified. RESULTS The culture plates of one of the anaesthetists were damaged in transit leaving a total of 19 subjects for analysis. In all the palm imprint plates, coagulase-negative staphylococci were grown. One surgeon grew coagulase-negative staphylococci from the ring swab. A Candida spp. from the right hand of one surgeon was grown. There was no statistically significant difference between the number of colony-forming units (CFUs) cultured from the right and left (ring-wearing) hands of the surgeons (P = 0.260) and anaesthetists ( P = 0.345). There was no statistical difference in CFUs when surgeons were compared with anaesthetists (P = 0.383 for right hand and P = 0.234 for left). CONCLUSIONS This preliminary study would suggest that a traditional band wedding ring is not a source of a bacterial load following a standard surgical scrub procedure and, as such, there is no requirement for their removal pre-operatively.
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- A Al-Allak
- Department of Surgery, Princess of Wales Hospital, Bridgend, UK.
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Fairhurst D, Rowell RL, Monahan IM, Key S, Stieh D, McNeil-Watson F, Morfesis A, Mitchnick M, Shattock RA. Microbicides for HIV/AIDS. 2. Electrophoretic fingerprinting of CD4+ T-cell model systems. Langmuir 2007; 23:2680-7. [PMID: 17266342 DOI: 10.1021/la063043n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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New measurements of the dependence of the surface charge on the pH and electrolyte concentration for three living human white blood cell lines that are the principal targets of the HIV-1 virus are reported. Comparison of the electrophoretic fingerprint (EF) pattern, especially the line of zero mobility, with that of reference colloids establishes the separate individual identities and shows that all three exhibit a zwitterionic surface. With the EF results as a guide, preliminary biological infectivity measurements showed that small polyvalent cations modulate the negative charge on the T-cell surface in a way that strongly affects the infection kinetics. H9 cells were exposed to an infectious virus (X4), and the data showed that HIV interaction with target cells is enhanced by physiological fluids. The nondestructive methodology described is generally applicable to characterization of the surface charge and determination of the colloidal stability of any aqueous charged colloidal system without reference to any model of the double layer.
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- D Fairhurst
- International Partnership for Microbicides, Silver Spring, MD 20910, USA
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Faustman DL, Tran SD, Kodama S, Lodde BM, Szalayova I, Key S, Toth ZE, Mezey E. Comment on Papers by Chong et al., Nishio et al., and Suri et al. on Diabetes Reversal in NOD Mice. Science 2006. [DOI: 10.1126/science.1129811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [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: 11/02/2022]
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Rowell RL, Fairhurst D, Key S, Morfesis A, Monahan IM, Mitchnick M, Shattock RA. Microbicides for HIV/AIDS. 1. Electrophoretic fingerprinting the H9 cell model system. Langmuir 2005; 21:10165-71. [PMID: 16229541 DOI: 10.1021/la050619k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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An electrophoretic fingerprint of a CD4+ T-cell (H9) has been produced for the first time. Samples were taken from three separate cultures prepared at different times to obtain a general characterization of the cells. The availability of commercial instrumentation equipped with an auto-titrator has made possible the application of both the 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional representation of electrophoretic fingerprinting. The 2-dimensional treatment has been used to assess the reliability of the data and has detected hysteresis as a possible second-order effect. The 3-dimensional representation has been used to explore the data needed for a reliable overall pattern that characterizes the conditions of pH and conductivity required for an effective microbicide. The dome negative maximum in the electrophoretic fingerprint at high pH, along with the line of zero mobility (LZM) and a dome positive maximum at low pH, are interpreted as evidence for surface carboxyl groups prominent in the alkaline regime and surface amino groups prominent in the acid regime, suggesting that the H9 cell surface is zwitterionic. This has important implications as to the choice and design of microbicide actives.
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- R L Rowell
- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
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Key S. A simple self-help exercise regimen for clients with back problems. International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation 2004. [DOI: 10.12968/ijtr.2004.11.1.13398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Understanding the value of specific back exercises and what they are meant to achieve is the essence of self help for clients with back problems. Broadly speaking, there are two categories of exercise for painful low backs: mobilizing and strengthening. Mobilizing exercises work to separate the spinal segments so that the lower spine is less compressed, while strengthening procedures give more power to the muscles that control the spinal segments and to the abdominal retaining wall at the front of the spine.
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- Sarah Key
- Sarak Key Physiotherapy Centre 44 Bridge Street Sydney 2000 Australia
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Hunyady B, Palkovits M, Mózsik G, Molnár J, Fehér K, Tóth Z, Zólyomi A, Szalayova I, Key S, Sibley DR. Susceptibility of dopamine D5 receptor targeted mice to cysteamine. J Physiol Paris 2001; 95:147-51. [PMID: 11595429 DOI: 10.1016/s0928-4257(01)00019-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Recently we demonstrated that gastric mucosa of rats can synthesize, store and release dopamine. Out of five different subtypes, mRNA of D5 (=D1b) dopamine receptor is very abundant in the gastric epithelium. D1 receptor selective dopamine agonists have been shown to protect against experimental gastro-duodenal lesions. AIMS To test the hypothesis that protective effects of dopamine involve D5 receptors, mucosal lesions were induced in D5 receptor deficient (KO) and wild-type (WT) mice using cysteamine. Morphology and gastric acid secretion of D5 KO mice were also studied. METHODS Single doses of 600 mg/kg, 300 mg/kg cysteamine or vehicle were administered subcutaneously to fasted animals. After 24 h, number and severity of gastro-duodenal lesions were analyzed. Basal and histamine-induced maximal gastric acid output were measured by a stomach-sac wash-through method. RESULTS All the KOs in the 600 mg/kg cysteamine group died within 4 h showing symptoms of toxicity while three out of four WTs survived (P<0.05). Mortality after 300 mg/kg cysteamine was significantly higher in KOs versus the WTs: 6/14 versus 2/11, P<0.05. Gastric lesion-index was also significantly higher in KOs (median, middle quartile): four (3-9) versus 0 (0-0), P<0.05. Duodenal lesions did not develop from this single dose of cysteamine in either genotype. Basal and histamine-induced maximal gastric acid output were comparable in the two genotypes. CONCLUSIONS This study demonstrates that loss of D5 receptor causes mucosal vulnerability and increased toxicity of cysteamine in genetically manipulated mice. Thus, D5 receptor subtype is indeed likely to be involved in protective effects of dopamine in the stomach.
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- First Department of Internal Medicine, Medical Faculty, University of Pécs, Hungary.
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In adult rodents, the peptide galanin is expressed in a subpopulation of hypothalamic luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) neurones in an activity-dependent manner. In this investigation, we examined whether galanin mRNA expression in mice was activated coincident with LHRH mRNA expression, as LHRH neurones differentiate from the olfactory placode. Using in situ hybridization, we show (i) that galanin mRNA is coexpressed in LHRH neurones prenatally, (ii) that there is a decrease in galanin mRNA expression relative to LHRH mRNA expression once LHRH mRNA positive/galanin mRNA positive neurones migrate out of the olfactory pit and into the nasal septum, and (iii) the presence of a novel population of galanin mRNA positive/LHRH mRNA negative expressing neurones in the olfactory pit/vomeronasal organ which do not migrate into the central nervous systenm (CNS). This study demonstrates that there are at least two populations of galanin mRNA expressing neurones arising from the olfactory placode; one that remains in nasal regions, is LHRH mRNA negative and whose function is unknown, and one which is coexpressed with LHRH. In addition, the temporal expression of galanin mRNA in LHRH cells indicates that initial activation and subsequent inactivation of galanin mRNA expression is independent of synaptic CNS connections.
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- Cellular and Developmental Neurobiology Section, National Institute of Neurological Disease and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-4156, USA
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Despite the presence of Borrelia burgdorferi s.l.-infected Ixodes ricinus ticks in a west of Ireland location, very few small rodents from the same habitats were infected. Most of the infected ticks contained B. garinii or B. valaisiana, which implicates birds as the important reservoir hosts in this location.
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- ERM Department, University College Dublin, Ireland.
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Fueshko SM, Key S, Wray S. Luteinizing hormone releasing hormone (LHRH) neurons maintained in nasal explants decrease LHRH messenger ribonucleic acid levels after activation of GABA(A) receptors. Endocrinology 1998; 139:2734-40. [PMID: 9607779 DOI: 10.1210/endo.139.6.6034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Inhibition of the LHRH system appears to play an important role in preventing precocious activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis. Evidence points to gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) as the major negative regulator of postnatal LHRH neuronal activity. Changes in LHRH messenger RNA (mRNA) levels after alterations of GABAergic activity have been reported in vivo. However, the extent to which GABA acts directly on LHRH neurons to effect LHRH mRNA levels has been difficult to ascertain. The present work evaluates the effect of GABAergic activity, via GABA(A) receptors, on LHRH neuropeptide gene expression in LHRH neurons maintained in olfactory explants generated from E11.5 mouse embryos. These explants maintain large numbers of primary LHRH neurons that migrate from bilateral olfactory pits in a directed manner. Using in situ hybridization histochemistry and single cell analysis, we report dramatic alterations in LHRH mRNA levels. Inhibition of spontaneous synaptic activity by GABA(A) antagonists, bicuculline (10(-5) M) or picrotoxin (10(-4) M), or of electrical activity by tetrodotoxin (TTX, 10(-6) M) significantly increased LHRH mRNA levels. In contrast, LHRH mRNA levels decreased in explants cultured with the GABA(A) receptor agonist, muscimol (10(-4) M), or KCl (50 mM). The observed responses suggest that LHRH neurons possess functional pathways linking GABA(A) receptors to repression of neuropeptide gene expression and indicate that gene expression in embryonic LHRH neurons, outside the CNS, is highly responsive to alterations in neuronal activity.
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- Laboratory of Neurochemistry, National Institute of Neurological Disease and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-4130, USA
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Fueshko SM, Key S, Wray S. GABA inhibits migration of luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone neurons in embryonic olfactory explants. J Neurosci 1998; 18:2560-9. [PMID: 9502815 PMCID: PMC6793115] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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During development, a subpopulation of olfactory neurons transiently expresses GABA. The spatiotemporal pattern of GABAergic expression coincides with migration of luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) neurons from the olfactory pit to the CNS. In this investigation, we evaluated the role of GABAergic input on LHRH neuronal migration using olfactory explants, previously shown to exhibit outgrowth of olfactory axons, migration of LHRH neurons in association with a subset of these axons, and the presence of the olfactory-derived GABAergic neuronal population. GABAA receptor antagonists bicuculline (10(-5) M) or picrotoxin (10(-4) M) had no effect on the length of peripherin-immunoreactive olfactory fibers or LHRH cell number. However, LHRH cell migration, as determined by the distance immunopositive cells migrated from olfactory pits, was significantly increased by these perturbations. Addition of tetrodotoxin (10(-6) M), to inhibit Na+-transduced electrical activity, also significantly enhanced LHRH migration. The most robust effect observed was dramatic inhibition of LHRH cell migration in explants cultured in the presence of the GABAA receptor agonist muscimol (10(-4) M). This study demonstrates that GABAergic activity in nasal regions can have profound effects on migration of LHRH neurons and suggests that GABA participates in appropriate timing of LHRH neuronal migration into the developing brain.
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- Laboratory of Neurochemistry, National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-4130, USA
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Key S. Attitudes towards the use of acupuncture in the treatment of the elderly mentally ill. Complement Ther Med 1995. [DOI: 10.1016/s0965-2299(95)80080-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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Wray S, Key S, Qualls R, Fueshko SM. A subset of peripherin positive olfactory axons delineates the luteinizing hormone releasing hormone neuronal migratory pathway in developing mouse. Dev Biol 1994; 166:349-54. [PMID: 7958458 DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1994.1320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Luteinizing hormone releasing hormone (LHRH) neurons in the CNS are derived from cells of the olfactory placode and thereafter migrate from the olfactory pit into the diencephalon. In this study, we examined embryonic LHRH neurons and the LHRH migratory pathway for several markers. During development, N-CAM and peripherin mRNA were expressed by olfactory epithelia, but not by LHRH cells. In nasal regions, olfactory axons were not immunostained by laminin or fibronectin antibodies, but were robustly peripherin and N-CAM immunoreactive. Although the majority of these axonal tracks entered the developing olfactory bulbs, a small population of peripherin positive but N-CAM negative axons turned caudally into the developing forebrain. LHRH cells were consistently juxtaposed to these axons. We propose that this peripherin positive/N-CAM negative fiber track is the anatomical pathway upon which LHRH cells migrate from the olfactory pit into the diencephalon.
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- Laboratory of Neurochemistry, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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Ruttle J, Lucero S, Key S, Daniels M, Rodriguez F, Yim HS. Ovine estrus synchronization and superovulation using norgestomet B and follicle stimulating hormone-pituitary. Theriogenology 1988; 30:421-7. [PMID: 16726483 DOI: 10.1016/0093-691x(88)90190-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/1987] [Accepted: 05/20/1988] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Finewooled Rambouillet range ewes were used in a study to determine the feasibility of using a progesterone ear implant to synchronize estrus. In addition, some of the ewes were further treated with injections of follicle stimulating hormone-pituitary (FSH-P) to induce superovulation. Five days following estrus detection and breeding, FSH-P-treated ewes were laparotomized and surgically flushed to recover embryos. The number of corpora lutea (CL), the total number of embryos and the number of transferable embryos recovered were recorded along with the number and size of follicles present on both ovaries. Ewes synchronized as recipients were laparotomized for surgical transfer of embryos 5 d following estrus. The number of CL and follicles were recorded. Response to superovulation by FSH-P did not differ (P>0.05) between age groups of ewes when the number of CL present was counted. However, the total number of embryos flushed and good embryos was lower (P<0.05) among the oldest (7 yr) ewes. The number of follicles present showed little variation between age groups. Recipient ewes (No FSH-P) were similar in the number of CL with 6-yr-old ewes, having fewer (P>0.05) CL, than 3-, 4- or 7-yr-old ewes. Only slight variation was boserved in the number of follicles in recipient ewes. Among donor ewes receiving FSH-P in addition to Synchro-Mate B, 71% were detected in estrus within 48 h of implant removal vs 55% of the recipients.
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- Department of Animal and Range Sciences College of Agriculture and Home Economics New Mexico State University Las Cruces, NM 88003 USA
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Antisera against partially processed, unamidated forms of AVP and OT were raised and characterized by radioimmunoassay and immunocytochemistry. These antibodies, and antibodies that recognize fully processed, amidated forms of AVP and OT, were used together with various fractionation methods to study the content of prohormones, partially processed and fully processed forms of AVP and OT in the hypothalamo-neurohypophysial system of adult and fetal (E21) rats. The levels of cleaved AVP and OT in the fetus were lower than those of the adult (1 to 3 orders of magnitude for brain and pituitary, respectively), and the detection of cleaved OT in brain and pituitary was delayed compared to that of AVP. Pro-AVP cleavage efficiency in the adult and the fetus was high (99 and 95% cleavage, respectively) resulting in formation of fully processed amidated forms of AVP, with no detectable partially processed peptides. Pro-OT processing in the adult was very similar (over 99% cleavage) resulting in formation of fully processed amidated OT. However, Pro-OT processing efficiency in the fetus was very low and incomplete, resulting in 40% unprocessed precursor and the accumulation of C-terminally extended unamidated intermediate forms (OT-Gly, OT-Gly-Lys, and OT-Gly-Lys-Arg).
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- M Alstein
- Laboratory of Neurochemistry National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, MD 20892
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Whitnall MH, Key S, Gainer H. Vasopressin-containing and vasopressin-deficient subpopulations of corticotropin-releasing factor axons are differentially affected by adrenalectomy. Endocrinology 1987; 120:2180-2. [PMID: 3494595 DOI: 10.1210/endo-120-5-2180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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CRF-containing parvocellular axons in the external zone of the rat median eminence were classified as vasopressin-containing (CRF+/AVP+) and vasopressin-deficient (CRF+/AVP-) subpopulations based on post-embedding electron microscopic immunocytochemical staining of serial ultrathin sections for CRF, AVP and the other peptides derived from the AVP precursor: AVP-associated neurophysin (NP-AVP) and the C-terminal glycopeptide (GP). In normal animals, the CRF+/AVP+ and CRF+/AVP- subpopulations were approximately equal in terms of detectable axonal swellings. Three to 14 days after adrenalectomy (ADX), the CRF+/AVP+ and CRF+/AVP- subpopulations represented about 95% and 5%, respectively, of total CRF+ swellings. This change was due to a 90% decrease in the absolute number of detectable CRF+/AVP- swellings after ADX, whereas the absolute number of detectable CRF+/AVP+ swellings rose by less than 20%. These changes were completely blocked by administering the glucocorticoid agonist dexamethasone throughout the period after ADX. The results suggest that the CRF+/AVP+ and CRF+/AVP- subpopulations of neurosecretory axons in the external zone of the median eminence respond differently to ADX, indicating that they are independently regulated by glucocorticoids.
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Vasopressin and its carrier protein, vasopressin-associated neurophysin, are co-packaged together with an opioid peptide, dynorphin, into 160 nm diameter neurosecretory vesicles in the normal rat hypothalamo-neurohypophysial system. The homozygous Brattleboro rat lacks vasopressin and vasopressin-associated neurophysin, but contains substantial amounts of dynorphin in the vasopressin-deficient neurosecretory cells. We used post-embedding electron microscopic immunocytochemistry to determine the subcellular location of dynorphin in Brattleboro rats. The results show that dynorphin is present within 100 nm neurosecretory vesicles in homozygous Brattleboro cell bodies and axons, and within 160 nm vesicles in heterozygous (control) neurosecretory cell bodies and axons. Oxytocin-associated neurophysin is present in a separate population of magnocellular neurons in both homozygous and heterozygous rats, and is contained within 160 nm vesicles in both cases. Therefore, the absence of synthesis of the vasopressin prohormone results in a dramatic reduction of neurosecretory vesicle size, despite the continued synthesis and packaging of dynorphin peptides.
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Whitnall MH, Key S, Ben-Barak Y, Ozato K, Gainer H. Neurophysin in the hypothalamo-neurohypophysial system. II. Immunocytochemical studies of the ontogeny of oxytocinergic and vasopressinergic neurons. J Neurosci 1985; 5:98-109. [PMID: 3880814 PMCID: PMC6565088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Two anti-neurophysin monoclonal antibodies (MABs), PS 36 and PS 41, described in the preceding paper (Ben-Barak, Y, J.T. Russell, M.H. Whitnall, K. Ozato, and H. Gainer (1985) J. Neurosci. 5:000-000), allowed us to specifically stain for oxytocin-associated neurophysin (NP-OT) or vasopressin-associated neurophysin (NP-AVP) in the hypothalamus of developing rats. Staining with these MABs specific for NP-OT or NP-AVP showed that both types of neurophysin appeared in cells in the developing hypothalamus as early as embryonic day (E16) and continued to increase in immunoreactivity throughout fetal life. The literature indicated that oxytocin appears in the system between E20 and E22, much later than vasopressin (E16 to E17), which we confirmed in immunocytochemical experiments using affinity-purified antisera to these hormones. Since the MABs recognize the specific prohormones as well as the specific mature neurophysins (Ben-Barak, Y., J. T. Russell, M.H. Whitnall, K. Ozato, and H. Gainer (1985) J. Neurosci. 5: 81-97), we conclude that there is a developmental delay between the synthesis of the oxytocin prohormone (pro-oxyphysin) and its processing to form oxytocin and NP-OT. The delay in prohormone processing in the oxytocin cells was correlated with a delay in immunocytochemically detectable neurites as compared to the vasopressin cells. This reduced level of axonal and dendritic immunoreactivity was still obvious in the oxytocin cells at 9 days after birth. In contrast, the clustering of cells to form adult-like hypothalamic nuclei appeared to follow similar time courses for the two types of cells. Adult-like distributions of cells staining for NP-OT and NP-AVP were already apparent in the supraoptic and paraventricular nuclei by E17.
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Key S. Do Care: an exercise in community care. Australas Nurses J 1982; 11:5-6. [PMID: 6925952] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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