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Alsakhen N, Radwan ES, Zafer I, Abed Alfattah H, Shamkh IM, Rehman MT, Shahwan M, Khan KA, Ahmed SA. Computational analysis of bevacizumab binding with protein receptors for its potential anticancer activity. J Biomol Struct Dyn 2024:1-21. [PMID: 38281913 DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2024.2307445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2023] [Accepted: 01/08/2024] [Indexed: 01/30/2024]
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Breast cancer poses a significant global challenge, prompting researchers to explore novel approaches for potential treatments. In this study, we investigated the binding free energy (ΔG) of bevacizumab, an anti-cancer therapy targeting angiogenesis through the inhibition of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), with various proto-oncogenes including CDK4, EGFR, frizzled, IGFR, OmoMYC, and KIT. Our in-silico investigation revealed that hydrogen bonding is pivotal in inducing conformational changes within the DNA structure, impeding its replication and preventing cell death. Molecular docking results revealed the presence of crucial hydrogen bonds and supported the formation of stable bevacizumab complexes. The molecular docking scores for the tested complexes were CDK4 (Score = -7.2 kcal/mol), EGFR (Score = -8.5 kcal/mol), frizzled (Score = -6.9 kcal/mol), IGFR (Score = -7.8 kcal/mol), KIT (Score = -6.5 kcal/mol), and MYC (Score = -8.3 kcal/mol). The binding mode demonstrated vital hydrogen bonds correlated with the observed energy gap. Notably, the calculated binding free energies of the tested compounds are as follows: CDK4 (ΔG = 24275.195 ± 6411.293 kJ/mol), EGFR (ΔG = 363273.625 ± 8731.466 kJ/mol), frizzled (ΔG = 181751.990 ± 28438.515 kJ/mol), IGFR (ΔG = 162414.725 ± 10728.367 kJ/mol), KIT (ΔG = 40162.585 ± 4331.017 kJ/mol), and MYC (ΔG = 434783.463 ± 53989.676 kJ/mol). Furthermore, through extensive 100 ns MD simulations, we observed the formation of a stable bevacizumab complex structure. The simulations confirmed the stability of the bevacizumab complex with the proto-oncogenes. The results of this study highlight the potential of bevacizumab complex as a promising candidate for anticancer treatment. The identification of hydrogen bonding, along with the calculated binding free energies and molecular docking scores, provides valuable insights into the molecular interactions and stability of the bevacizumab complexes. These findings and the extensive MD simulations open new avenues for future research and development of bevacizumab as a targeted therapy for breast cancer and other related malignancies.Communicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma.
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- Nada Alsakhen
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, The Hashemite University, Zarqa, Jordan
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- Department of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Virtual University, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Botany and Microbiology department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt
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- College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Center for Medical and Bio-Allied Health Sciences Research, Ajman University, Ajman, United Arab Emirates
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- Center for Medical and Bio-Allied Health Sciences Research, Ajman University, Ajman, United Arab Emirates
- Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Ajman University, Ajman, United Arab Emirates
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- Applied College, Center of Bee Research and its Products, Unit of Bee Research and Honey Production, and Research Center for Advanced Materials Science (RCAMS), King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Beni-Suef University, Beni Suef, Egypt
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Fahmy SB, Zamzam M, Khalil T, Abdalla Y, Loeffler T, Ahmed SA, Abd-Elhady MS. Influence of the hot water mass flow rate on heating of radiant floors of green buildings. Journal of Building Physics 2023; 47:182-203. [DOI: 10.1177/17442591231182330] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/02/2023]
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The objective of the research is to improve space heating of green buildings by examining experimentally the influence of the heating medium mass flow rate on thermal performance. A green building was built in Cairo, Egypt, that consists of two similar rooms: one is the heated room and the other is a reference for comparison. A photovoltaic thermal (PV/T) collector is used to heat up water in a storage tank, and the hot water in the tank is circulated in the radiant floor of the examined green building. The hot water mass flow rate was varied between 0.04 and 0.08 kg/s. It was found that decreasing the water mass flow rate improves the heating of the radiant floor. The percentage improvement in floor temperature due to heating over the reference room, reaches about 17% and 6% at mass flow rates of 0.04 and 0.08 kg/s, respectively. Engineering Equation Solver (EES) was used to solve the equations for the heat transfer process between the heating water and the floor. It was found that decreasing the mass flow rate increases the residence time of the heating water in the radiant floor, consequently, increases the heat energy transfer and the floor temperature. Increasing the heating fluid mass flow rate in green buildings could have a negative effect on the heat transfer, such that the appropriate heating fluid mass flow rate should be calculated based on the green building massive material as well as the operating conditions, for example, ambient temperature and wind speed.
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- Sarah B Fahmy
- Mechanical Department, Faculty of Engineering, German International University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Physics Department, Faculty of Engineering and Materials Science, German University in Cairo, Egypt
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- Physics Department, Faculty of Engineering and Materials Science, German University in Cairo, Egypt
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- Electrical Department, Faculty of Engineering, German International University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Architecture and Urban Design Program, Building Technology, German University in Cairo, Egypt
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- Mechanical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, Egypt
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- Mechanical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, Egypt
- Mechatronics Department, Faculty of Engineering and Materials Science, German University in Cairo, Egypt
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N H, N S, Ahmed SA. Detection of spatiotemporal patterns of rainfall trends, using non-parametric statistical techniques, in Karnataka state, India. Environ Monit Assess 2023; 195:909. [PMID: 37391651 DOI: 10.1007/s10661-023-11466-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2023] [Accepted: 06/05/2023] [Indexed: 07/02/2023]
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The unpredictability of the climate has drawn a lot of interest worldwide, especially that of the annual mean temperatures and rainfall. In this study, non-parametric tests such as the LOWESS curve method, Mann-Kendall (MK), SNHT test, Pettitt's test (PT), and Buishand range test (BRT) were used to evaluate long-term (2000-2020) rainfall data series to examine rainfall variability. The Dakshina Kannada district has the highest average rainfall is 3495.6 mm with a magnitude change% of about 26.2, while the Koppala district has the lowest average rainfall roughly about 530.4 mm, with a magnitude change % of about 11.49 mm in a year. The statistics from the fitted prediction line were utilized to determine the maximum coefficient determination (R2 = 0.8808) in the Uttara Kannada region. Because of the commencement of the present rising era, 2015 is the shift year in rainfall with the highest potential of being a change point in the state's Western Ghats region. It was also revealed that the majority of the districts exhibit positive trends before the change point and vice versa. The current research can be used to plan for and minimize the agricultural and water resource challenges in the state of Karnataka. To link observable patterns to climate variability, the next inquiry must identify the source of these changes. Overall, the study's findings will help organize and improve drought, flood, and water resource management techniques in the state.
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- Department of Applied Geology, Kuvempu University, Shankaraghatta, 577451, India.
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- Department of Applied Geology, Kuvempu University, Shankaraghatta, 577451, India
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- Department of Applied Geology, Kuvempu University, Shankaraghatta, 577451, India
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Al-Shuaeeb RAA, Abd El-Mageed HR, Ahmed SA, Mohamed HS, Hamza ZS, Rafi MO, Rahman MS. Identification of potent COVID-19 main protease inhibitors by loading of favipiravir on Mg 12O 12 and Zn 12O 12 nanoclusters: an in silico strategy for COVID-19 treatment. J Biomol Struct Dyn 2023; 41:11437-11449. [PMID: 36591698 DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2022.2162967] [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: 11/11/2022] [Accepted: 12/18/2022] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Pandemic new severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) virus has increased throughout the world. There is no effective treatment against this virus until now. Since its appearance in Wuhan, China in December 2019, SARS-CoV-2 becomes the largest challenge the world is opposite today, including the discovery of an antiviral drug for this virus. Several viral proteins have been prioritized as SARS-CoV-2 antiviral drug targets, among them the papain-like protease (PLpro) and the main protease (Mpro). Inhibition of these proteases would target viral replication, viral maturation and suppression of host innate immune responses. Potential candidates have been identified to show inhibitory effects against Mpro, both in biochemical assays and viral replication in cells. There are different molecules such as lopinavir and favipiravir considerably inhibit the activity of Mpro in vitro. Different studies have shown that structurally improved favipiravir and other similar compounds can inhibit SARS-CoV-2 main protease. In this work, we study the interactions between favipiravir with Mg12O12 and Zn12O12 nanoclusters by density functional theory (DFT) and quantum mechanics atoms in molecules (QMAIM) methods to summarize the ability to load favipiravir onto Mg12O12 and Zn12O12 nanoclusters. Favipiravir-Mg12O12 and favipiravir-Zn12O12 lowest structures complexes were chosen to dock inside the SARS-CoV-2 main protease by molecular docking study. The molecular docking analysis revealed that the binding affinity of Mg12O12 and Zn12O12 nanoclusters inside the Mpro receptor is larger than that of favipiravir. Also, the loading of favipiravir on the surface of Mg12O12 and Zn12O12 nanoclusters increased the binding affinity against the Mpro receptor. Subsequently, 100 ns molecular dynamics simulation of the favipiravir-Mg12O12, and favipiravir-Zn12O12 docked inside the Mpro complexes established that favipiravir-Mg12O12, forms the most stable complex with the Mpro. Further molecular mechanics Poisson Boltzmann surface area (MMPBSA) analyses using the MD trajectories also demonstrated the higher binding affinity of favipiravir-Mg12O12 inside the Mpro. In summary, this study demonstrates a new way to characterize leads for novel anti-viral drugs against SARS-CoV-2, by improving the drug ability of favipiravir via loading it on Mg12O12 and Zn12O12 nanoclusters.Communicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma.
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- Micro-analysis and Environmental Research and Community Services Center, Faculty of Science, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef City, Egypt
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, Egypt
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- Chemistry of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Department, Research institute of medicinal and aromatic plants (RIMAP), Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, Egypt
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- Chemistry of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Department, Research institute of medicinal and aromatic plants (RIMAP), Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, Egypt
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- Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Jashore University of Science and Technology, Jessore Sadar Upazila, Bangladesh
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- Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Jashore University of Science and Technology, Jessore Sadar Upazila, Bangladesh
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Khaled SA, Ahmed HA, Elbadry MI, NasrEldin E, Hassany SM, Ahmed SA. Hematological, Biochemical Properties, and Clinical Correlates of Hemoglobin S Variant Disorder: A New Insight Into Sickle Cell Trait. J Hematol 2022; 11:92-108. [PMID: 35837371 PMCID: PMC9275442 DOI: 10.14740/jh977] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2022] [Accepted: 04/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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- Safaa A.A. Khaled
- Department of Internal Medicine, Clinical Hematology Unit, Assiut University Hospital/Unit of Bone Marrow Transplantation, South Egypt Cancer Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt
- Corresponding Author: Safaa A.A. Khaled, Department of Internal Medicine, Clinical Hematology Unit, Assiut University Hospital/Unit of Bone Marrow Transplantation, South Egypt Cancer Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.
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- Department of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Sohag University, Sohag, Egypt
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, Faculty of Medicine, Sohag University Hospital, Sohag University, Sohag, Egypt
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- Department of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt
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- Department of Tropical Medicine and Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Clinical Hematology Unit, Faculty of Medicine, South Valley University, Egypt
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Liman AA, Kabir B, Abubakar M, Abdullahi S, Ahmed SA, Shehu SM. Triple-negative Breast Cancer (TNBC) and Its Luminal Androgen Receptor (LAR) Subtype: A Clinicopathologic Review of Cases in a University Hospital in Northwestern Nigeria. Niger J Clin Pract 2022; 25:97-104. [PMID: 35046202 DOI: 10.4103/njcp.njcp_437_20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Background Breast cancer (BC) is a common malignancy; the most frequent in Nigeria. BC characteristically exhibits great biologic diversity. Amongst its variants, the triple-negative subtype is also characterized by heterogeneity (thus making it a study in diversity within diversity) and also by some unique clinicopathologic features including clinical aggressiveness, lack of response to current targeted therapies, and tendency to cluster amongst young premenopausal women especially in populations of women of African ancestry. Aims The objective of this study was to conduct a retrospective clinicopathologic survey of all breast carcinomas to profile the triple-negative breast cancers (TNBCs) amongst them and illustrate their immunohistochemical pattern of luminal androgen receptors (LARs) expression. Patients and Methods All the cases entered into the departmental records as breast carcinomas over the study period were extracted including patients' request cards, hematoxylin and eosin-stained slides, and paraffin-embedded tissue blocks of those diagnosed as triple-negative cancers. These were immunohistochemically stained using a monoclonal antibody for androgen receptor (AR). The whole data were analyzed and presented in tabular formats. Results A total of 660 breast carcinomas of which 89 (13.48%) cases were identified as TNBCs with a mean age of occurrence of 42.89 ± 11.88 years. Most TNBCs (95.5%) were carcinoma no special type and 61.8% had low or intermediate histologic grading. LAR expression was noted in 11.24% of the TNBCs. Conclusion Triple-negative cancer in this study shares some of the known characteristics but also portrays some divergence from the commonly described features.
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- A A Liman
- Department of Pathology, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria, Nigeria
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- Department of Pathology, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria, Nigeria
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- Department of Pathology, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria, Nigeria
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- Department of Pathology, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria, Nigeria
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- Department of Pathology, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria, Nigeria
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- Department of Pathology, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria, Nigeria
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Aly MM, Meshref TS, Abdelhameid MA, Ahmed SA, Shaltout AS, Abdel-Moniem AE, Hamad DA. Can Hematological Ratios Predict Outcome of COVID-19 Patients? A Multicentric Study. J Blood Med 2021; 12:505-515. [PMID: 34234607 PMCID: PMC8254554 DOI: 10.2147/jbm.s316681] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2021] [Accepted: 05/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Introduction Coronaviruses belong to a large family that leads to respiratory infection of various severity. Hematological ratios are indicators of inflammatory response widely used in viral pneumonia with affordability in developing countries. Purpose Study the role of the neutrophil lymphocyte ratio (NLR), derived NLR ratio (d-NLR), platelet lymphocyte ratio (PLR), and lymphocyte monocyte ratio (LMR) in predicting the outcome of COVID-19 Egyptian patients. Methods A retrospective study on 496 COVID-19 Egyptian patients, managed in four tertiary centers, grouped into non-severe, severe, and critical. Patients’ laboratory assessment including total leucocyte count (TLC), absolute neutrophil count (ANC), absolute lymphocyte count (ALC), absolute monocyte count (AMC), NLR, d-NLR, LMR and, PLR were reported as well as C reactive protein (CRP), D-dimer and serum ferritin. Results TLC, ANC, AMC, NLR, d-NLR and, PLR were highest in the critical group (p<0.001 for all except AMC p=0.033), while this group had the least ALC and LMR (p=0.049 and <0.001, respectively). Higher CRP and d-dimer levels were reported in the critical group (p<0.001). At the same time, higher ferritin was found in the severe group more than the critical and non-severe groups (p<0.001, p=0.005, respectively). We calculated the optimal cut-off values of the hematological ratio; NLR (3.5), d-NLR (2.86), PLR (192), and LMR (3). D-NLR had the highest specificity (89.19%), while NLR had the highest sensitivity (71.38%). By univariate logistic regression, age, DM, HTN, cardiovascular diseases, COPD, NLR, d-NLR, LMR and PLR, CRP, steroid, oxygen aids, and mechanical ventilation were associated with the severity of COVID-19. Still, only age, NLR, CRP, and oxygen aid were independent predictors in multivariate logistic regression. Conclusion NLR is a predictor for severity in COVID-19. LMR, d-NLR, and PLR may assist in risk stratification.
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- Mai M Aly
- Clinical Hematology Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt
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- Critical Care Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Aswan University, Aswan, Egypt
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Qena University, Qena, Egypt
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- Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt
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- Critical Care Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt
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- Critical Care Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt
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Ahmed SA, Abdallah GEM, Aly MM, Abdelsalam EMN, Mohammed Saleh MF. Revisiting Autoimmunity in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia: Prognostic Value of Positive Direct Antiglobulin Test in a Retrospective Study and Literature Review. J Blood Med 2021; 12:225-234. [PMID: 33880072 PMCID: PMC8053514 DOI: 10.2147/jbm.s296225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2021] [Accepted: 03/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Introduction A positive direct antiglobulin test (DAT) with or without autoimmune hemolytic anemia is a frequent finding in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). The heterogenic clinical course of CLL mainly depends on different pathogenetic mechanisms which appears in a form of variable biological and clinical features. These features allow stratification of patients into subsets with different outcomes. Patients and Methods We evaluated the DAT as a prognostic marker in 120 CLL patients treated with chemoimmunotherapy. Clinical and laboratory features, treatment response, and survival outcomes of CLL patients were assessed in relation to their DAT test status. Additionally, the English literature was extensively reviewed regarding the prognostic impact of a positive DAT in CLL. Results DAT positivity was detected in 36 patients (30%) and was associated advanced disease staging (P = 0.03). No correlations were found with other clinical, laboratory, or biological factors such as ZAP-70 or CD38. Both a positive DAT and an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status >2 were predictors for non-response to first-line treatment in the multivariate analysis (OR = 0.3, 95% CI: 0.12–0.8 and OR = 0.2, 95% CI: 0.08–0.8, respectively). The five-year progression-free survival was significantly lower in the DAT-positive group (P = 0.004). No significant association was found with overall survival (P = 0.2). Sixteen reports analyzing more than 11,000 patients were identified in our review. Conclusion In conclusion, DAT positivity in CLL patients is associated with poor response to treatment and disease progression.
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- Shimaa A Ahmed
- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, South Valley University, Qena, Egypt
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- Clinical Hematology Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt
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- Clinical Hematology Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt
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- Clinical Hematology Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt
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Abdelrheem DA, Ahmed SA, Abd El-Mageed HR, Mohamed HS, Rahman AA, Elsayed KNM, Ahmed SA. The inhibitory effect of some natural bioactive compounds against SARS-CoV-2 main protease: insights from molecular docking analysis and molecular dynamic simulation. J Environ Sci Health A Tox Hazard Subst Environ Eng 2020; 55:1373-1386. [PMID: 32998618 PMCID: PMC7544954 DOI: 10.1080/10934529.2020.1826192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [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: 05/04/2020] [Revised: 08/20/2020] [Accepted: 08/21/2020] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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This work aimed at evaluating the inhibitory effect of ten natural bioactive compounds (1-10) as potential inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2-3CL main protease (PDB ID: 6LU7) and SARS-CoV main proteases (PDB IDs: 2GTB and 3TNT) by molecular docking analysis. The inhibitory effect of all studied compounds was studied with compared to some proposed antiviral drugs which currently used in COVID-19 treatment such as chloroquine, hydroxychloroquine, azithromycin, remdesivir, baloxvir, lopinavir, and favipiravir. Homology modeling and sequence alignment was computed to evaluate the similarity between the SARS-CoV-2-3CL main protease and other SARS-CoV receptors. ADMET properties of all studied compounds were computed and reported. Also, molecular dynamic (MD) simulation was performed on the compound which has the highest binding affinity inside 6LU7 obtained from molecular docking analysis to study it is stability inside receptor in explicit water solvent. Based on molecular docking analysis, we found that caulerpin has the highest binding affinity inside all studied receptors compared to other bioactive compounds and studied drugs. Our homology modeling and sequence alignment showed that SARS-CoV main protease (PDB ID: 3TNT) shares high similarity with 3CLpro (96.00%). Also, ADMET properties confirmed that caulerpin obeys Lipinski's rule and passes ADMET property, which make it a promising compound to act as a new safe natural drug against SARS-CoV-2-3CL main protease. Finally, MD simulation confirmed that the complex formed between caulerpin and 3CLpro is stable in water explicit and had no major effect on the flexibility of the protein throughout the simulations and provided a suitable basis for our study. Also, binding free energy between caulerpin and 6LU7 confirmed the efficacy of the caulerpin molecule against SARS-CoV-2 main protease. So, this study suggested that caulerpin could be used as a potential candidate in COVID-19 treatment.
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- Doaa A. Abdelrheem
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science,
Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef,
Egypt
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science,
Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef,
Egypt
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- Micro-Analysis and Environmental Research and
Community Services Center, Faculty of Science, Beni-Suef University,
Beni-Suef, Egypt
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- Research Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic
Plants (RIMAP), Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef,
Egypt
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of
Rajshahi, Rajshahi, Bangladesh
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- Department of Botany, Faculty of Science,
Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef,
Egypt
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science,
Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef,
Egypt
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Liman AA, Ahmed SA, Iliyasu Y, Abur P, Abubakar M. Multiple symmetric lipomatosis of the male breast: An unusual mimic of gynecomastia. Niger J Clin Pract 2020; 23:744-746. [PMID: 32367886 DOI: 10.4103/njcp.njcp_562_18] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Multiple symmetric lipomatosis (MSL) is a very uncommon disease. Its etiopathogenesis is uncertain, although it has been linked to a variety of factors. Its main characteristic is the overgrowth of fat in form of an unencapsulated lesion. Most of the cases reported are in the head and neck region. We report a case that occurred in the breasts of a 62-year-old man. A clinical diagnosis of gynecomastia was initially made. Partial mastectomy was done and MSL was reported on histopathologic examination. Our literature search revealed no previous case of MSL in the breast reported from our environment.
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- A A Liman
- Department of Pathology, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria
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- Department of Pathology, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria
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- Department of Pathology, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria
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- Department of Surgery, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria
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- Department of Pathology, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria
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Jiang Y, Tsui CKM, Ahmed SA, Hagen F, Shang Z, Gerrits van den Ende AHG, Verweij PE, Lu H, de Hoog GS. Intraspecific Diversity and Taxonomy of Emmonsia crescens. Mycopathologia 2020; 185:613-627. [PMID: 32710392 DOI: 10.1007/s11046-020-00475-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2020] [Accepted: 07/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Emmonsia crescens is known as an environmental pathogen causing adiaspiromycosis in small rodents. As the generic name Emmonsia is no longer available for this species, its taxonomic position is re-evaluated. The intraspecific variation of Emmonsia crescens was analyzed using molecular, morphological, and physiological data, and the relationship between frequency of adiaspiromycosis and body temperature of host animals was explored. A North American and a pan-global lineage could be discerned, each with subclusters at low genetic distance. European strains produced the classical type of very large adiaspores, while in the North American lineage adiaspores relatively small, resembling the broad-based budding cells of Blastomyces. Members of the closely related genus Emergomyces may exhibit large, broad-based in addition to small, narrow-based budding cells. We conclude that the morphology of the pathogenic phase in these fungi differs gradationally between species and even populations, and is therefore less suitable as a diagnostic criterion for generic delimitation. Two Emmonsia species are reclassified in Emergomyces.
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- Y Jiang
- Department of Dermatology, The Affiliated Hospital, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China. .,Center of Expertise in Mycology of Radboud University Medical Center/Canisius Wilhelmina Hospital, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Pathology, Sidra Medicine, Doha, Qatar.,Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar, Doha, Qatar.,Division of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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- Center of Expertise in Mycology of Radboud University Medical Center/Canisius Wilhelmina Hospital, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands.,Department of Medical Microbiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.,Laboratory of Medical Mycology, Jining No. 1 People's Hospital, Jining, Shandong, China
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- Department of Immunology, Basic Medical School, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China
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- Center of Expertise in Mycology of Radboud University Medical Center/Canisius Wilhelmina Hospital, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Dermatology, The Affiliated Hospital, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China.
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- Center of Expertise in Mycology of Radboud University Medical Center/Canisius Wilhelmina Hospital, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Ahmed SA, Abdelrheem DA, El-Mageed HRA, Mohamed HS, Rahman AA, Elsayed KNM, Ahmed SA. Destabilizing the structural integrity of COVID-19 by caulerpin and its derivatives along with some antiviral drugs: An in silico approaches for a combination therapy. Struct Chem 2020; 31:2391-2412. [PMID: 32837118 PMCID: PMC7376526 DOI: 10.1007/s11224-020-01586-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2020] [Accepted: 07/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Presently, the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic has been spreading throughout the world. Some drugs such as lopinavir, simeprevir, hydroxychloroquine, chloroquine, and amprenavir have been recommended for COVID-19 treatment by some researchers, but these drugs were not effective enough against this virus. This study based on in silico approaches was aimed to increase the anti-COVID-19 activities of these drugs by using caulerpin and its derivatives as an adjunct drug against SARS-CoV-2 receptor proteins: the SARS-CoV-2 main protease and the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein. Caulerpin exhibited antiviral activities against chikungunya virus and herpes simplex virus type 1. Caulerpin and some of its derivatives showed inhibitory activity against Alzheimer’s disease. The web server ANCHOR revealed higher protein stability for the two receptors with disordered score (< 0.6). Molecular docking analysis showed that the binding energies of most of the caulerpin derivatives were higher than all the suggested drugs for the two receptors. Also, we deduced that inserting NH2, halogen, and vinyl groups can increase the binding affinity of caulerpin toward 6VYB and 6LU7, while inserting an alkyl group decreases the binding affinity of caulerpin toward 6VYB and 6LU7. So, we can modify the inhibitory effect of caulerpin against 6VYB and 6LU7 by inserting NH2, halogen, and vinyl groups. Based on the protein disordered results, the SARS-CoV-2 main protease and SARS-CoV-2 spike protein domain are highly stable proteins, so it is quite difficult to unstabilize their integrity by using individual drugs. Also, molecular dynamics (MD) simulation indicates that binding of the combination therapy of simeprevir and the candidate studied compounds to the receptors was stable and had no major effect on the flexibility of the protein throughout the simulations and provided a suitable basis for our study. So, this study suggested that caulerpin and its derivatives could be used as a combination therapy along with lopinavir, simeprevir, hydroxychloroquine, chloroquine, and amprenavir for disrupting the stability of SARS-CoV2 receptor proteins to increase the antiviral activity of these drugs.
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- Shimaa A Ahmed
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Beni-Suef University, Beni Suef, 62511 Egypt
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Beni-Suef University, Beni Suef, 62511 Egypt
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- Micro-analysis and Environmental Research and Community Services Center, Faculty of Science, Beni-Suef University, Beni Suef, Egypt
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- Research Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (RIMAP), Beni-Suef University, Beni Suef, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, 6205 Bangladesh
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- Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, 62511 Egypt
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Beni-Suef University, Beni Suef, 62511 Egypt
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Suleiman DE, Iliyasu Y, Ahmed SA, Liman AA. Histopathologic spectrum of paediatric eye and ocular adnexal tumours: A 10-year review from a referral centre in Nigeria. Niger J Clin Pract 2020; 23:654-659. [PMID: 32367872 DOI: 10.4103/njcp.njcp_389_19] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Background Tumours of the eye and adnexa demonstrate great histologic variety and constitute a serious threat to vision especially in children. Aims The study aims to review the epidemiologic and pathologic characteristics of tumours of the eye and ocular adnexa in the paediatric age group (0-14 years). Methods All the cases entered into the departmental records as tumours of the eye and ocular adnexa over a 10-year period in the age group 0-14 years were extracted. The patients' request cards with all relevant Haematoxylin & Eosin (H & E)-stained histology slides were retrieved. All the slides were reviewed and the cases were classified in accordance with the 4th edition of the WHO Classification of Tumours of the Eye (2018). The collected data were subjected to descriptive statistical tabulation and analysis. Results A total of 104 tumours of the eye and ocular adnexae were diagnosed in the paediatric age group, accounting for 40.5% of all eye and ocular adnexal tumours diagnosed over the study period. The male to female ratio was 1.7:1 and malignant tumours greatly outnumbered benign tumours by a ratio of 5.5:1. Majority (76%) of the tumours occurred in the retina with retinoblastoma representing all the tumours diagnosed in this location. Rhabdomyosarcoma was the most common paediatric orbital tumour accounting for over half (53.8%) of all tumours in the orbit. Tumours of the conjunctiva and the eyelid were infrequent with benign soft tissue tumours (vascular, neural and lipomatous tumours) being the major tumours at these sites. Conclusion Retinoblastoma is the single most common tumour in this age group.
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- D E Suleiman
- Department of Histopathology, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital, Bauchi (Formerly of Department of Pathology, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria), Zaria, Nigeria
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- Department of Pathology, Faculty of Basic Clinical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
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- Department of Pathology, Faculty of Basic Clinical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
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- Department of Pathology, Faculty of Basic Clinical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
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Ahmed SA, Rahman AA, Elsayed KNM, Abd El-Mageed HR, Mohamed HS, Ahmed SA. Cytotoxic activity, molecular docking, pharmacokinetic properties and quantum mechanics calculations of the brown macroalga Cystoseira trinodis compounds. J Biomol Struct Dyn 2020; 39:3855-3873. [PMID: 32462976 DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2020.1774418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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In this study, nine compounds were isolated, eight of them were isolated for the first time from Cystoseira trinodis. The biological activity of the extract, fractions and pure compounds was evaluated. The antimicrobial activity was investigated against 3 fungi species, 3 gram + ve and 3 gram -ve bacteria. The crude extract and fractions showed moderate inhibition against some of the tested microorganisms, especially the butanol fraction exhibited the maximum inhibition zone against Salmonella typhimurium (16 ± 0.60 mm). Cytotoxicity was evaluated against HepG-2 and MCF-7 cell lines. Hexane fraction exhibited the highest cytotoxic effect against HepG-2 and MCF-7 cell lines with an IC50 value of 14.3 ± 0.8 and 19.2 ± 0.7 µg/ml, respectively with compared to other fractions. The isolates were identified as octacosanoic acid (1), glyceryl trilinoleate (2), oleic acid (3), and the epimeric mixture of saringosterols (4, 5), β-sitosterol (6), glycoglycerolipid (7) and a mixture of kjellmanianone and loliolide (8, 9) by spectroscopic analysis. Among the all tested compounds kjellmanianone and loliolide mixture exhibited significant cytotoxic activity with an IC50 value of 7.27 µg/ml against HepG-2 cells. The major and minor constituents of the extract and fractions were identified using GC-MS analysis. Molecular docking analysis confirmed that most of the studied compounds especially compounds 8 and 9 strongly interact with TPK and VEGFR-2 with highest binding energies supported that the high cytotoxicity of these compounds against human hepatocellular cancer in the experimental part. The energetic, geometric and topological properties of compounds 8 and 9 binding with cytosine base were computed by DFT methods. Molecular properties descriptors, bioactivity score and ADMET analysis confirmed that most of the studied compounds especially compounds 8 and 9 exhibit significant biological activities and have a better chance to be developed as drug leads. Communicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma.
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- Shimaa A Ahmed
- Department of chemistry, Faculty of Science, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, Bangladesh
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- Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, Egypt
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- Micro-analysis and Environmental Research and Community Services Center, Faculty of Science, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef City, Egypt
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- Research Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (RIMAP), Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef City, Egypt
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- Department of chemistry, Faculty of Science, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, Egypt
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Al-Hatmi AMS, Sandoval-Denis M, Nabet C, Ahmed SA, Demar M, Normand AC, de Hoog GS. Fusarium volatile, a new potential pathogen from a human respiratory sample. Fungal Syst Evol 2020; 4:171-181. [PMID: 32467910 PMCID: PMC7241678 DOI: 10.3114/fuse.2019.04.09] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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We describe the isolation and characterization of Fusarium volatile from a bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) sample of a female patient living in French Guiana with underlying pulmonary infections. Phylogenetic analysis of fragments of the calmodulin (cmdA), translation elongation factor (tef1), RNA polymerase second largest subunit (rpb2), and β-tubulin (tub) loci revealed that strain CBS 143874 was closely related to isolate NRRL 25615, a known but undescribed phylogenetic species belonging to the African clade of the Fusarium fujikuroi species complex. The fungus differed phylogenetically and morphologically from related known species, and is therefore described as the new taxon Fusarium volatile. Antifungal susceptibility testing suggested that the new species is resistant to echinocandins, fluconazole, itraconazole with lower MICs against amphotericin B, voriconazole and posaconazole.
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- A M S Al-Hatmi
- Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, P.O. Box 85167, 3508 AD Utrecht, The Netherlands.,Foundation Atlas of Clinical Fungi, Hilversum, The Netherlands.,Ministry of Health, Directorate General of Health Services, Ibri, Oman
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- Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, P.O. Box 85167, 3508 AD Utrecht, The Netherlands.,Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, Department of Plant Sciences, University of the Free State, South Africa
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- Sorbonne Université, INSERM, Institut Pierre-Louis d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, AP-HP, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Service de Parasitologie-Mycologie, F-75013, Paris, France
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- Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, P.O. Box 85167, 3508 AD Utrecht, The Netherlands.,Foundation Atlas of Clinical Fungi, Hilversum, The Netherlands.,Faculty of Medical Laboratory Sciences, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan
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- Laboratoire Hospitalo-Universitaire de Parasitologie-Mycologie Centre Hospitalier Andrée Rosemon, Cayenne, French Guiana
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- Sorbonne Université, INSERM, Institut Pierre-Louis d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, AP-HP, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Service de Parasitologie-Mycologie, F-75013, Paris, France
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- Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, P.O. Box 85167, 3508 AD Utrecht, The Netherlands.,Foundation Atlas of Clinical Fungi, Hilversum, The Netherlands.,Centre of Expertise in Mycology Radboud University Medical Centre / Canisius Wilhelmina Hospital, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Nyuykonge B, Klaassen CHW, Zandijk WHA, de Hoog GS, Ahmed SA, Desnos-Ollivier M, Verbon A, Bonifaz A, van de Sande WWJ. Diagnostic implications of mycetoma derived from Madurella pseudomycetomatis isolates from Mexico. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2020; 34:1828-1834. [PMID: 32233084 PMCID: PMC7497165 DOI: 10.1111/jdv.16402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2019] [Accepted: 03/10/2020] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Background At the dermatology service of the General Hospital of Mexico City, Mexico, two patients, father and son, with black‐grain mycetoma were seen. The grains were isolated, and the cultured fungi were identified as Madurella mycetomatis based on morphology. Using the M. mycetomatis specific PCR, amplicons of a different size than that of the M. mycetomatis type strain were obtained. Objective To determine the causative agent of the two black‐grain mycetoma cases and develop non‐culture‐based diagnostic tools to identify them to the species level. Methods The M. mycetomatis specific, the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region, β‐tubulin (BT) and ribosomal binding protein 2 (RBP2) PCRs were used to confirm the identity of the isolates. Genetic variation was established by amplification fragment length polymorphisms. To determine the antifungal susceptibility profile, the Sensititre™ YeastOne™ assay was used. To develop a species‐specific PCR primers were designed on the sequenced PCR amplicon from the M. mycetomatis specific PCR. Results By analyzing the ITS, BT and RBP2 regions the isolates were identified as Madurella pseudomycetomatis. The isolates from father and son were similar but not identical to M. pseudomycetomatis from Venezuela and one from an unknown origin. Madurella pseudomycetomatis isolates were inhibited by itraconazole, posaconazole and voriconazole but showed increased MIC values for amphotericin B and fluconazole. They were not inhibited by the echinocandins and five flucytosine. The two patients were treated with itraconazole resulting in cure for the father while the son was lost to follow‐up. The species‐specific PCR developed for M. pseudomyceotmatis was discriminative and specific. Conclusion Madurella pseudomycetomatis is genetically diverse with same susceptibility profile as M. mycetomatis and causes eumycetoma in Latin America. The M. pseudomycetomatis specific PCR can be used to identify this causative agent to the species level; however, this needs to be validated in an endemic setting.
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- B Nyuykonge
- Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands.,Faculty of Medical Laboratory Sciences, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan
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- Molecular Mycology Unit, CNRS UMR 2000, National Reference Center for Invasive Mycoses & Antifungals, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Hospital General de México Dr Eduardo Liceaga, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Ahmed SA, Mewes JC, Vrijhoef H. Assessment of the scientific rigour of randomized controlled trials on the effectiveness of cognitive behavioural therapy and graded exercise therapy for patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: A systematic review. J Health Psychol 2019; 25:240-255. [PMID: 31072121 DOI: 10.1177/1359105319847261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Cognitive behavioural therapy and graded exercise therapy have been promoted as effective treatments for patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome. However, criticism on the scientific rigour of these studies has been raised. This review assessed the methodological quality of studies on the effectiveness of cognitive behavioural therapy and graded exercise therapy. The methodological quality of the 18 included studies was found to be relatively low, as bias was prominently found, affecting the main outcome measures of the studies (fatigue, physical functioning and functional impairment/status). Future research should focus on including more objective outcome measures in a well-defined patient population.
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- Panaxea, The Netherlands.,Maastricht University Medical Center, The Netherlands.,Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
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Mewes JC, Ahmed SA, Vrijhoef HJM. How do integrated care programmes work for patients with cardiovascular disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, depression, diabetes and multi-morbidity? A rapid realist review. International Journal of Care Coordination 2018. [DOI: 10.1177/2053434518788593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [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] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Background In previous years, many multi-faceted initiatives have been set up to improve outcomes for people with chronic diseases. Evaluation studies about the (cost-)effectiveness of these integrated care programs showed heterogeneity in outcomes. Hence, it has been suggested to use realist evaluation for the evaluation of integrated care programmes. Thus, our aim was to gain insight into whether and how existing integrated care programmes work for people with cardiovascular disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, depression, diabetes and multi-morbidity, and under what conditions within the Dutch healthcare setting. Methods A rapid realist review was conducted to identify the context and mechanisms that are associated with the outcomes of integrated care programmes. From a selection of systematic reviews and meta-analyses and Dutch literature, data on the context, mechanisms and outcomes of integrated care programmes were extracted. The data were analysed by placing the extracted variables in context-mechanism-outcome configurations which showed their interrelatedness. A panel of executives from Dutch care groups assessed the face validity of the context-mechanism-outcome configurations. Results Based on the existing literature, context-mechanism-outcome configurations were compiled for all five diseases. Some configurations could be filled with more detail than others, with the configuration of integrated care for people with diabetes being the most complete. Context-mechanism-outcome configurations were completed and confirmed by executives from Dutch care groups. Conclusion The configurations together with the identified factors in them reveal the underlying preliminary program theories of integrated care programmes. These theories need to be tested in further research.
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- Panaxea b.v., The Netherlands
- Maastricht University Medical Center, The Netherlands
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
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Begum T, Rahman MM, Sultana SZ, Ahmed SA, Mannan S, Ara ZG, Ara A, Hossain MM. Measurement of Length of Umbilical Cord in Different Gestational Age Groups in Bangladesh. Mymensingh Med J 2018; 27:344-347. [PMID: 29769500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The umbilical cord and placental have been considered to significantly contribute to the perinatal outcome. Long or short cord can lead to intrauterine fetal demise. So this type of study in placenta and umbilical cord can yield information for immediate and later management of newborn. This information may also be essential for protecting the attending physician in the event of a fetal outcome. This Cross sectional descriptive study would provide information about the length of umbilical cord in different gestational age groups in Bangladesh. To fulfill this aim the study was performed on 60 human placentas and umbilical cords and Gestational age (in weeks) categorized as Group A (28-32), Group B (33-37), and Group C 38 weeks and above. These samples were collected from normal pregnancy in Gynecology and Obstetrics Department of Mymensingh Medical College Hospital from July 2009 to June 2010. After preservation in 10% normal saline, study was done in the department of Anatomy of Mymensingh Medical College. In this present study the mean±SD length of umbilical cord was found in different gestational age groups in Group A 63.00±5.40, Group B 63.69±8.80 and Group C 67.03±10.64cm and also observed that the mean length of umbilical cord increased with gestational age. The mean length of umbilical cord was maximum in Group C (67.03cm) and was minimum in Group A (63.00cm). The mean difference of length of umbilical cord among different groups was statistically not significant. Observed findings of this study were compared with those of western and Bangladeshi researches.
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- T Begum
- Dr Taslima Begum, Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy, President Abdul Hamid Medical College, Kishoregonj, Bangladesh
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Revadekar JV, Varikoden H, Murumkar PK, Ahmed SA. Latitudinal variation in summer monsoon rainfall over Western Ghat of India and its association with global sea surface temperatures. Sci Total Environ 2018; 613-614:88-97. [PMID: 28910719 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.08.285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2017] [Revised: 08/22/2017] [Accepted: 08/28/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The Western Ghats (WG) of India are basically north-south oriented mountains having narrow zonal width with a steep rising western face. The summer monsoon winds during June to September passing over the Arabian Sea are obstructed by the WG and thus orographically uplift to produce moderate-to-heavy precipitation over the region. However, it is seen that characteristic features of rainfall distribution during the season vary from north to south. Also its correlation with all-India summer monsoon rainfall increases from south to north. In the present study, an attempt is also made to examine long-term as well as short-term trends and variability in summer monsoon rainfall over different subdivisions of WG using monthly rainfall data for the period 1871-2014. Konkan & Goa and Coastal Karnataka show increase in rainfall from 1871 to 2014 in all individual summer monsoon months. Short-term trend analysis based on 31-year sliding window indicates that the trends are not monotonous, but has epochal behavior. In recent epoch, magnitudes of negative trends are consistently decreasing and have changed its sign to positive during 1985-2014. It has been observed that Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) plays a dominant positive role in rainfall over entire WG in all summer monsoon months, whereas role of Nino regions are asymmetric over WG rainfall. Indian summer monsoon is known for its negative relationship with Nino SST. Negative correlations are also seen for WG rainfall with Nino regions but only during onset and withdrawal phase. During peak monsoon months July and August subdivisions of WG mostly show positive correlation with Nino SST.
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- J V Revadekar
- Center for Climate Change Research, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune 411008, India.
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- Center for Climate Change Research, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune 411008, India
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- Center for Climate Change Research, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune 411008, India; Department of Geology, Central University of Karnataka, Kalaburgi, India
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- Department of Geology, Central University of Karnataka, Kalaburgi, India; Department of Applied Geology, Kuvempu University, Shankaraghatta 577451, India
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Shekhar S, Yoo EH, Ahmed SA, Haining R, Kadannolly S. Analysing malaria incidence at the small area level for developing a spatial decision support system: A case study in Kalaburagi, Karnataka, India. Spat Spatiotemporal Epidemiol 2016; 20:9-25. [PMID: 28137677 DOI: 10.1016/j.sste.2016.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [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: 12/09/2016] [Accepted: 12/16/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Spatial decision support systems have already proved their value in helping to reduce infectious diseases but to be effective they need to be designed to reflect local circumstances and local data availability. We report the first stage of a project to develop a spatial decision support system for infectious diseases for Karnataka State in India. The focus of this paper is on malaria incidence and we draw on small area data on new cases of malaria analysed in two-monthly time intervals over the period February 2012 to January 2016 for Kalaburagi taluk, a small area in Karnataka. We report the results of data mapping and cluster detection (identifying areas of excess risk) including evaluating the temporal persistence of excess risk and the local conditions with which high counts are statistically associated. We comment on how this work might feed into a practical spatial decision support system.
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- S Shekhar
- Department of Geography, Central University of Karnataka, India
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- Department of Geography, State University of New York, Buffalo, USA
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- Department of Applied Geology, Kuvempu University, Shankaraghatta, India
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- Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom.
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- Department of Geography, Central University of Karnataka, India
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Haque A, Ahmed SA, Rafique Z, Abbas Q, Jurair H, Ali SA. Device-associated infections in a paediatric intensive care unit in Pakistan. J Hosp Infect 2016; 95:98-100. [PMID: 27890335 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2016.10.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [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: 09/28/2016] [Accepted: 10/26/2016] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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This study assessed the effect of implementation of active infection control and surveillance on the occurrence of device-associated infections (DAIs) in a paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) from 2012 to 2015. There were 1378 patients, equating to 4632 patient-days, on the PICU, and 29 DAI episodes, giving an incidence rate of 2.1% and an incidence density rate of 6.26 per 1000 patient-days. The rates of central-line-associated bloodstream infections, ventilator-associated pneumonia and catheter-related urinary tract infections were 7/1000 central-line-days, 1.17/1000 ventilator-days and 0.24/1000 urinary-catheter-days, respectively. Despite the overall low rate of DAIs in the PICU, there was a relatively high rate of central-line-associated bloodstream infections.
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- A Haque
- Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan.
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- Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan; Department of Infection Control, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan
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Ahmed SA, Omar QH, Abo Elamaim AA. Forensic analysis of suicidal ideation among medical students of Egypt: A crosssectional study. J Forensic Leg Med 2016; 44:1-4. [PMID: 27589377 DOI: 10.1016/j.jflm.2016.08.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2016] [Revised: 07/05/2016] [Accepted: 08/23/2016] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Suicide is one of the major causes of death in the world. In this study a total of 612 students from two public universities in Cairo were assessed using an online survey that included 19 items from the self administered version of Beck's Suicidal Ideation scale in addition to three questions to assist in forensic analysis of the suicide. 12.75% of respondents scored above 24 in the 19 items from the suicidal ideation scale. Females showed a slightly higher score of suicidal ideation (Mean 18.1, SD 12.22) and year 1 students tended to score higher than pre-clinical and clinical phase students (Mean 15.1, SD 10.1, P value 0.042). Most of the suicide plans were to be executed at home with the use of available medications for overdose. This study shed light on the importance of support systems for medical students with a high stress on family support.
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- S A Ahmed
- Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology Department Faculty of Medicine, Ainshams University, 11566, Egypt.
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- Student Research Association (AMSRA), Faculty of Medicine, Ainshams University, 11566, Egypt.
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- Student Research Association (AMSRA), Faculty of Medicine, Ainshams University, 11566, Egypt.
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Ross AR, Hall NJ, Ahmed SA, Kiely EM. The extramucosal interrupted end-to-end intestinal anastomosis in infants and children; a single surgeon 21year experience. J Pediatr Surg 2016; 51:1131-4. [PMID: 26743344 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2015.11.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2015] [Revised: 11/10/2015] [Accepted: 11/21/2015] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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BACKGROUND/PURPOSE To report outcomes of a standardised technique for intestinal anastomosis in infants and children. METHODS Data were prospectively collected on all paediatric intestinal anastomosis by a single surgeon over a 21year period. Anastomoses were constructed using an end-to-end extramucosal technique with interrupted polypropylene sutures. Demographic and clinical data were recorded. RESULTS Six-hundred and thirteen anastomoses were constructed in 550 patients. Median age at time of anastomosis was 6months (range 1day-226months). The most common reason for anastomosis was stoma closure (n=271, 49%). For those patients that required multiple anastomoses the most common pathology was acute NEC (n=22/41, 54%). One-hundred and one (18.4%) patients passed stool within 24hours of surgery, 175 (31.8%) between 24-48 hours and 95 (17.3%) between 48-72 hours. Anastomotic complications occurred in 7 patients (1.3%) including anastomotic leakage (n=5, 0.9%) and anastomotic stricture (n=2, 0.4%). The majority of anastomotic leakages (80%) followed resection of acute NEC. CONCLUSIONS The interrupted extramucosal anastomosis is safe and effective. The return of bowel function is rapid and the complication rate acceptable. We recommend this technique be used for all intestinal anastomoses in children and infants.
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- Great Ormond Street Hospital, London UK
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Revadekar JV, Varikoden H, Murumkar PK, Ahmed SA. On the relationship between sea surface temperatures, circulation parameters and temperatures over west coast of India. Sci Total Environ 2016; 551-552:175-185. [PMID: 26874773 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.02.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2015] [Revised: 01/27/2016] [Accepted: 02/02/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The oceans and the atmosphere are tightly linked and they together form the most dynamic component of the climate system. Topography and proximity to the surrounding seas of the region determine the temperature of the area. West Coast (WC) of India is a high elevated region surrounded by large oceanic area, therefore, an attempt is made in this study to examine the trends and variability in temperature over WC in relation to oceanic phenomena. Temperature over the WC shows considerable year-to-year variation with anomalous cool years in recent warm epoch. Therefore, sea surface temperature (SST) and associated winds have been analyzed to understand possible mechanism behind the variation in temperatures over the WC. During the winter, north-easterlies prevail over the WC which blows from land to ocean. Variations in SSTs alter the strength of these winds to cause anomalies in temperature over the WC. Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) appears to have a dominant role in climate of the WC, whereas SSTs over the equatorial Pacific do not show any impact on temperatures over the WC. Study indicates that the strengthening of north-easterlies due to negative phase of Indian Ocean Dipole causes cooling over the WC of India.
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- J V Revadekar
- Center for Climate Change Research, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune 411008, India.
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- Center for Climate Change Research, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune 411008, India
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- Center for Climate Change Research, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune 411008, India; Department of Geology, Central University of Karnataka, Kalaburagi, India
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- Department of Geology, Central University of Karnataka, Kalaburagi, India
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Bartlett LA, LeFevre AE, Mir F, Soofi S, Arif S, Mitra DK, Quaiyum MA, Shakoor S, Islam MS, Connor NE, Winch PJ, Reller ME, Shah R, El Arifeen S, Baqui AH, Bhutta ZA, Zaidi A, Saha S, Ahmed SA. The development and evaluation of a community-based clinical diagnosis tool and treatment regimen for postpartum sepsis in Bangladesh and Pakistan. Reprod Health 2016; 13:16. [PMID: 26916141 PMCID: PMC4766721 DOI: 10.1186/s12978-016-0124-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2016] [Accepted: 01/25/2016] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Postpartum sepsis accounts for most maternal deaths between three and seven days postpartum, when most mothers, even those who deliver in facilities, are at home. Case fatality rates for untreated women are very high. Newborns of ill women have substantially higher infection risk. METHODS/DESIGN The objectives of this study are to: (1) create, field-test and validate a tool for community health workers to improve diagnostic accuracy of suspected puerperal sepsis; (2) measure incidence and identify associated risk factors and; (3) describe etiologic agents responsible and antibacterial susceptibility patterns. This prospective cohort study builds on the Aetiology of Neonatal Infection in South Asia study in three sites: Sylhet, Bangladesh and Karachi and Matiari, Pakistan. Formative research determined local knowledge of symptoms and signs of postpartum sepsis, and a systematic literature review was conducted to design a diagnostic tool for community health workers to use during ten postpartum home visits. Suspected postpartum sepsis cases were referred to study physicians for independent assessment, which permitted validation of the tool. Clinical specimens, including urine, blood, and endometrial material, were collected for etiologic assessment and antibiotic sensitivity. All women with puerperal sepsis were given appropriate antibiotics. DISCUSSION This is the first large population-based study to expand community-based surveillance for diagnoses, referral and treatment of newborn sepsis to include maternal postpartum sepsis. Study activities will lead to development and validation of a diagnostic tool for use by community health workers in resource-poor countries. Understanding the epidemiology and microbiology of postpartum sepsis will inform prevention and treatment strategies and improve understanding of linkages between maternal and neonatal infections.
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- L A Bartlett
- Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
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- Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
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- Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Division of Women & Child Health, The Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
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- Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Division of Women & Child Health, The Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
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- Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Division of Women & Child Health, The Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
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- Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
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- Centre for Reproductive Health, icddr,b, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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- Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Division of Women & Child Health, The Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
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- Department of Microbiology, The Child Health Research Foundation, Dhaka Shishu Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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- Department of Microbiology, The Child Health Research Foundation, Dhaka Shishu Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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- Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
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- Division of Medical Microbiology, Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
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- Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
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- Centre for Child and Adolescent Health, icddr,b, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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- Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
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- Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Division of Women & Child Health, The Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
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- Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Division of Women & Child Health, The Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
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- Department of Microbiology, The Child Health Research Foundation, Dhaka Shishu Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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- Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
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Haque R, Alvarado M, Ahmed SA, Chung J, Tiller GE. Abstract P2-09-04: Implementation of next generation cancer gene panel testing in a large HMO. Cancer Res 2016. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.sabcs15-p2-09-04] [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: 11/16/2022]
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Background: Next generation cancer gene panel testing is fairly new in clinical practice. Little is known about the diagnostic yield of multigene cancer panel testing in community based hospitals.
Objective: To describe characteristics of a diverse cohort who underwent high/moderate risk multigene panel testing for either a personal or a family history of cancer in a large health plan, and report the proportion of pathogenic/likely pathogenic variants (PV/LPV) and variants of unknown clinical significance (VUS) by race/ethnicity.
Methods: Subjects included all 586 female patients who were referred for genetic counseling and underwent multigene panel testing between July 2014 and January 2015. Based on a literature review, the custom-designed high/moderate risk gene panel included 20 cancer susceptibility genes (described below). All tests were performed by the same commercial laboratory (GeneDx).
Results: Of the 586 women, 78 (13.3%) tested positive PV/LPV316 (53.9%) tested negative; and 192 (32.8%) carried one or more VUS. Age at testing ranged from 22-81 years (median 50 years). More women with PV/LPV results tended to be obese than those who tested negative (39.7% vs. 31.2%), and had greater comorbidity (Charlson Index of >3, 35.9% vs. 33.2%).
Of 586 women, 305 (52.0%) had a cancer diagnosis, mainly first primary breast cancer (n=290, 95.1%), while some also had a second primary breast cancer (n=67, 11.4%). Of the 305 women with cancer, 131 (42.9%) were diagnosed prior to the multigene testing implementation (1987-2013), while 174 (57.1%) were diagnosed after implementation.
The cohort was diverse in terms of race/ethnicity: Western/Northern European (31.2%), Latina/Caribbean (30.0%), Asian (14.8%), African-American (7.2%), Ashkenazi Jewish (6.3%), Native American (5.9%), and other (14.9%) (percent exceeds 100% due to mixed race/ethnicity). Of the 192 women who carried a VUS, 60.4% were Western/Northern European, and 46.4% were Latina/Caribbean. Pathogenic or likely pathogenic mutations were higher in Latina /Caribbean women (37.2%), followed by Western/Northern European (26.7%), and African (10.3%). We identified a total of 84 pathogenic mutations among the 78 women with PV/LPV in the following genes: BRCA1 (n=22), BRCA2 (n=17), MUTYH (n=16; all heterozygous), CHEK2 (n=9), ATM (n=4), PALB2 (n=4), PMS2 (n=3), MLH1 (n=2), VHL (n=2), and one mutation in each of the following genes: APC, CDH1, PTEN, TP53, and STK11. VUS were detected in 192 patients (32.7%) of the 586 tested. VUS in ATM (n=57), APC (n=32) and CHEK2 (n=25) comprised 59.4% of all VUS detected.
Discussion: The large percent of VUS was surprising, given that our panel included only high/moderate risk cancer genes. The over-representation of BRCA1/2 among all mutations (45.1%) likely reflected a greater proportion of patients referred for genetic counseling with a personal and/or family breast cancer history. Given that 35% of our positive results were dominant-acting pathogenic or suspected pathogenic mutations, our results suggest that multigene cancer panel testing is an appropriate method for detecting germline mutations in a high-risk cohort in a managed care setting.
Citation Format: Haque R, Alvarado M, Ahmed SA, Chung J, Tiller GE. Implementation of next generation cancer gene panel testing in a large HMO. [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the Thirty-Eighth Annual CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium: 2015 Dec 8-12; San Antonio, TX. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2016;76(4 Suppl):Abstract nr P2-09-04.
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- R Haque
- Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, CA
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- Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, CA
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- Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, CA
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- Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, CA
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- Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, CA
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Akkouche W, Ahmed SA, Sattin A, Piaserico S, Calistri A, De Canale E, Parolin C. Autochthonous Hookworm-Related Cutaneous Larva Migrans Disease in Northeastern Italy: A Case Report. J Parasitol 2015; 101:488-9. [PMID: 25764145 DOI: 10.1645/15-725.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Here we report the case of a 42-yr-old patient who presented himself to us with a serpiginous erythematous lesion from the wrist of the right forearm up the arm to the right shoulder A similar lesion of a smaller size was also present in the left forearm. On the basis of clinical manifestations and progression of the lesion, combined with previous treatments and different diagnostic investigations, hookworm-related cutaneous larva migrans (HrCLM) disease was hypothesized. Albendazole was employed as treatment and the resolution of the symptoms confirmed the diagnosis. The relevance of the reported case relies on 3 main aspects: the acquisition of the disease in Italy, the initial treatment with topical corticosteroids that sped up the progression of the cutaneous trail, and the uncommon location of the lesions. Furthermore, the anamnestic data and the laboratory/clinical investigations strongly suggested an occupational exposure to the etiological agent. As illustrated here, HrCLM might represent a challenge for Western physicians in terms of diagnosis, treatment, and ways of acquisition. Describing the clinical presentation and the treatment of cases of cutaneous larva migrans might contribute to early and correct diagnosis, to an increase of our knowledge on this disease, and to an update on its epidemiology.
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- W Akkouche
- Microbiology and Virology Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera di Padova, Via Giustiniani, 2 - 35128 Padova, Italy
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- Microbiology and Virology Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera di Padova, Via Giustiniani, 2 - 35128 Padova, Italy
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- Microbiology and Virology Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera di Padova, Via Giustiniani, 2 - 35128 Padova, Italy
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- Microbiology and Virology Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera di Padova, Via Giustiniani, 2 - 35128 Padova, Italy
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- Microbiology and Virology Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera di Padova, Via Giustiniani, 2 - 35128 Padova, Italy
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- Microbiology and Virology Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera di Padova, Via Giustiniani, 2 - 35128 Padova, Italy
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- Microbiology and Virology Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera di Padova, Via Giustiniani, 2 - 35128 Padova, Italy
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Mohammed U, Iliyasu Y, Ahmed SA, Shehu MS. Carcinoid tumours in a tertiary hospital in northern Nigeria: morphological pattern and review of the literature. West Afr J Med 2013; 32:254-256. [PMID: 24488278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND Carcinoid tumours are uncommon neuroendocrine neoplasms that may be found anywhere in the body but are most commonly seen in the gastro-intestinal and respiratory tracts and usually follow an indolent course. However, some tumours particularly the larger ones may metastasize to liver or regional lymph nodes. This study described the histological types of carcinoid tumors seen in a tertiary institution in Northern Nigeria. METHODS This is a retrospective study in which surgical biopsy specimens seen over a 10-year period were reviewed with respect to age, sex, site and histological type. RESULTS Five cases consisting of 1 endoscopic, 1 wedge, 3 hemicolectomy specimens were studied. There was a slight female preponderance with a female to male ratio of 1.5:1. The peak age of occurrence was the 6th decade of life (mean age was 36.4 years). Two cases were located in the large colon and a case each in the stomach, lymph node, and tongue. Three cases show trabecular pattern, while 2 cases were mixed pattern, in all the cases there are neither mitosis nor necrosis. These features are in keeping with typical carcinoids. Two out of the five cases were metastases to the lymph node and the tongue. CONCLUSION Carcinoid tumours are rare, slow-growing NETs that display a relatively indolent disease course. Carcinoid tumours are uncommon in our environment and the cases seen are of good prognostic type.
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- Department of Pathology, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital Zaria 810001. Nigeria
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Nanayakkara PR, Ahmed SA, Oudit D, O'Dwyer ST, Selvasekar CR. Robotic assisted minimally invasive pelvic exenteration in advanced rectal cancer: review and case report. J Robot Surg 2013; 8:173-5. [PMID: 27637528 DOI: 10.1007/s11701-013-0413-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2012] [Accepted: 05/17/2013] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- P R Nanayakkara
- Department of Surgical Oncology, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Wilmslow road, Withington, Manchester, M20 4BX, UK
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Wilmslow road, Withington, Manchester, M20 4BX, UK
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Wilmslow road, Withington, Manchester, M20 4BX, UK
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Wilmslow road, Withington, Manchester, M20 4BX, UK
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Wilmslow road, Withington, Manchester, M20 4BX, UK.
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Soliman EM, Mahmoud ME, Ahmed SA. Synthesis, characterization and structure effects on selectivity properties of silica gel covalently bonded diethylenetriamine mono- and bis-salicyaldehyde and naphthaldehyde Schiff(,)s bases towards some heavy metal ions. Talanta 2013; 54:243-53. [PMID: 18968246 DOI: 10.1016/s0039-9140(00)00648-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2000] [Revised: 10/19/2000] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Four silica gel-immobilized new metal chelate Schiff(,)s bases were synthesized (I-IV). Silica gel chemically bonded diethylenetriamine mono-naphthaldehyde and mono-salicyaldehyde Schiff's bases (phases I and III) were produced via the interaction of silica gel-modified diethylenetriamine with naphthaldehyde and salicylaldehyde, respectively. However, phases II and IV arose through the interaction of bis-naphthaldehyde and bis-salicylaldehyde Schiff(,)s bases of diethylenetriamine with 3-chloropropyltrimethoxysilane modified silica gel. The characterization of such new phases, their capabilities towards selective extraction or separation of Fe(III), Ni(II), Cu(II), Zn(II), Cd(II) and Pb(II) ions were studied and evaluated by both batch and column techniques as a function of pH and time of contact. Phases III and I showed high performance towards Cu(II) extraction, where their Cu(II) sorption determined to be 0.957 and 0.940 mmol g(-1), respectively. However, for phases IV and II, the great affinity was devoted to Fe(III) extraction followed by Cu(II) ions. The reactivity of metal ion sorption was discussed in the light of effects of bulkiness as well as orientation of immobilized chelate on sorbent reactivity. Donor sites of phases III and I (diethylenetriamine and azomethene nitrogens along with phenolic hydroxyl group oxygen) are fully active, whereas phases IV and II are partially active with only participation of oxygen and azomethene nitrogen. The order of increasing thermal stability (IV<II<I<III) and fastness of metal uptake equilibration process coincides satisfactorily with decreasing bulkiness of the chelate. Results of separation under dynamic conditions of binary mixtures containing Cu(II) with Ni(II), Zn(II), Cd(II) and Pb(II) using phase III are in accordance with its selectivity towards Cu(II) retention relative to the other coexisting ions.
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- E M Soliman
- Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, El-Minia University, El-Minia 61519, Egypt
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Haque R, Alvarado M, Ahmed SA, Shi JM, Chung JWL, Avila CC, Zheng CX, Tiller GE. Abstract P3-08-06: Triple Negative Breast Cancer and BRCA Status: Implications for Genetic Counseling. Cancer Res 2012. [DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.sabcs12-p3-08-06] [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: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND: Controversy exists whether women newly diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) should be referred to genetic counseling as they may be more likely to be BRCA carriers. However, prior studies included small numbers of carriers and their results have had limited influence on practice guidelines. The objective of this study was to determine the association of breast cancer molecular subtype and BRCA status in a large group of medically insured women.
METHODS: We examined a cohort of 2,105 women with breast cancer history tested for BRCA mutations in a large California health plan from 1997–2011. BRCA test results were recorded in the health plan's clinical genetics registry. Of the 2,105 breast cancer patients, 249 were BRCA mutation carriers (143 BRCA1 carriers, and 106 BRCA2 carriers). We conducted data linkages of all patients with the health plan's NCI-SEER affiliated tumor registry and identified ER, PR, and HER2. HER2 status was also captured from pathology reports using natural language processing. ER, PR, and HER2 status were assessed by immunohistochemical or FISH techniques. Patients were classified into four main biologic subtypes: triple negative (ER−/PR−/HER2−); luminal A (ER+ and/or PR+/HER2−); luminal B (ER+ and/or PR+/HER2+); and HER2-enriched (HER2+/ER−). We examined the association between molecular subtypes (collapsed into TNBC vs. non TNBC categories) and BRCA1/2 mutation status using contingency table analyses. P-values (two-sided) were estimated using chi-square analysis. Multivariable logistic regression was used to estimated adjusted odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals.
RESULTS: TNBC subtype was strongly associated with BRCA status (P < 0.0001). Women with TNBC tumors were five-fold more likely to be BRCA carriers than women who had non-TNBC breast tumors (OR = 5.6, 95% CI: 4.1–7.5). Specifically, the association of TNBC with BRCA1 was more robust (OR = 12.2, 95% CI: 8.3–17.9). Adjusting for age and stage of breast cancer diagnosis and race/ethnicity did not materially modify the association between TNBC and BRCA1 status. TNBC was not associated with BRCA2 status (OR = 1.6, 95% CI: 0.9–2.7).
CONCLUSION: TNBC was strongly associated with BRCA1 status, but not with BRCA2 status. Statistically significant numbers of patients with BRCA mutations have a TNBC profile. These patients should therefore be referred to clinical genetics for further evaluation and possible testing.
Citation Information: Cancer Res 2012;72(24 Suppl):Abstract nr P3-08-06.
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- R Haque
- Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, CA
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- Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, CA
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- Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, CA
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- Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, CA
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- Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, CA
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- Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, CA
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- Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, CA
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- Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, CA
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The photosynthetic growth action spectrum of a green alga at three bands of visible light (blue, orange, and red) at fixed quanta input and under light-limiting conditions was measured in a batch cultivation system. Quantum efficiencies (biomass dry weight increment per quanta absorbed) were better in the yellow-red region than in the blue region. Results served as a basis for the design and optimization of a dye system that would shift the energy of solar radiation to the required wavelength range by absorbing ultraviolet to blue radiation and emitting in the yellow-red, thus enhancing algae growth. Direct incorporation of dyes into the growth medium, although theoretically expected to enhance growth, in fact resulted in dye decomposition, toxicity to algae and consequently in growth inhibition. Indirect application of dyes in a double tubular reactor (algae inside and dye solution outside) demonstrated growth enhancement for certain dyes with high quantum yields and stability, which had suitable absorption/emission spectra for artificial light sources used. The maximum indirect growth enhancement was obtained using rhodamine 6G at a concentration of 3x10(-5)M with tungsten filament lamp sources.
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- A Prokop
- Biotechnology and Electronics Departments, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, P.O. Box 24885, Safat, Kuwait
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Khan MAQ, Khan MA, Hurlock P, Ahmed SA. Physiological responses to temperature and haeme synthesis modifiers in earthworm Lumbricus terrestris (Annelida: Oligochaeta). Environ Toxicol 2012; 27:1-10. [PMID: 20725936 DOI: 10.1002/tox.20604] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2009] [Revised: 03/02/2010] [Accepted: 03/03/2010] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Earthworms (Lumbricus terrestris) acclimated at 2° and 6°C above their average habitat temperature (10°C) had respectively 15 and 40% higher rate of respiration than those at habitat temperature. At 14°C, the rate of respiration and blood hemoglobin (Hb) concentration both increased by ∼60 and 50%, respectively, of the values at habitat temperature. At higher temperatures the rate of respiration and Hb synthesis started decreasing. At 20-23°C, the respiration and Hb concentration decreased respectively by about 85% and 35% of that at 14°C. Decrease in blood Hb concentration at higher temperatures appeared to be due to the lowering of the activity of blood enzyme δ-aminolaevulinic acid dehydratase (ALAD). Exposure of 20-23°C-acclimated pale worms to ALAD inhibitor (lead), lowered the already compromised rate of respiration and blood Hb concentration; while exposure to hexachlorobenzene (HCB, inducer of haeme synthesis) and ferric chloride (enhancer of haeme synthesis) did not overcome the inhibitory effect of high temperature on Hb synthesis. At 20-23°C the affinity of Hb for oxygen also decreased as indicated by the lowering of oxy-Hb (HbO) concentration in blood. The lowering of concentration of blood Hb and its affinity for oxygen may lower the amount of oxygen delivered to cells, which may limit the level of aerobic metabolism (glycolysis, oxidative phosphorylation), as indicated by an increase in blood glucose concentration and a decrease in in vitro activities of mitochondrial electron transport system components (ETS) namely NADH-cytochrome c reductase, succinate dehydrogenase, cytochrome c oxidase, and ATPases. Although the oxygen concentration in air, at sea level, does not decrease significantly from 6° to 20-23°C (lack of hypoxia), lowering of both Hb and HbO concentrations by high temperature may cause significant hypoxemia. The latter may lead to inhibition of the activity of muscle mitochondrial respiratory enzymes (ETS). The resulting inhibition of ATP synthesis and hydrolysis may cause deficit of energy needed for peristalsis/fictive locomotion of body and heart muscles (as indicated by a decrease in heart rate) to facilitate diffusion and transport of gases. The upper critical temperature (20-23°C) also slows down the heart rate and causes hyperosmotic stress (hypovolemia). Thus, a rise in soil temperature above 18°C, which inhibits Hb synthesis, Hb oxygenation, and mitochondrial ETS activity, and slows down the heart rate and causes hyperosmotic stress, can make this and higher temperatures lethal to populations of these earthworms, especially in the presence of metabolic inhibitors and respiratory poisons.
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- M A Q Khan
- Northwest Suburban College, Rolling Meadows and Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 West Taylor Street, Chicago, IL 60607-7060, USA.
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BACKGROUND Abdominal tuberculosis is a common complication of pulmonary tuberculosis. With the rising incidence of HIV, tuberculosis has become a major public health problem particularly in developing countries. METHODS This is a retrospective study involving patients whose surgical specimens were processed at the central histopathology laboratory of the Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital (ABUTH) Zaria--Nigeria, between January 1975 to December 2006. RESULTS There were 68 males and 49 females, aged 12-70 years (mean 28.6 yrs 11 yrs). While paroxysmal dry cough was present in about 20 patients, abdominal pain and distension were very common. Concomitant pulmonary tuberculosis was confirmed in 15 patients (14%). The findings at Surgery in 66 patients are presented in fig. 2. Multiple deposits on the peritoneum and omentum were the commonest findings (48.7% and 26.2%) respectively CONCLUSION Abdominal tuberculosis is not uncommon and there is need to establish an early less invasive diagnostic protocol.
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- M M Dauda
- Department of Surgery, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital Zaria, Nigeria.
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Ahmed SA, Oguntayo AO, Odogwu K, Abdullahi K. Tuberculous cervicitis: A case report. Niger Med J 2011; 52:64-65. [PMID: 21968839 PMCID: PMC3180750] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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- SA Ahmed
- Department of Pathology, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria, Nigeria,Correspondence: Ahmed SA
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- Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria, Nigeria
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- Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria, Nigeria
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- Department of Pathology, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria, Nigeria
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BACKGROUND Zidovudine, a Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor (NRTI) is one of the earliest antiretroviral agents used as a combination in the Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) for the treatment of HIV infection. Its use is however not without adverse effect particularly bone marrow aplasia leading to varying degrees of cytopenias predominantly anaemia. This calls for adequate evaluation and monitoring of patients on this drug. Its major side effect of anaemia limits its use in some patients. We report a case of Zidovudine induced anaemia and bone marrow aplasia in a patient infected with HIV. METHOD The Hospital case note of a 27 year old widow with HIV infection and anaemia, who has been on HAART (Zidovudine, Lamivudine and Nevirapine) for one year, was reviewed. RESULT She presented with severe anaemia (PCV of 0.05), White cell and platelet counts were within normal limits and reticulocyte count of 0.001%. Bone marrow aspiration and biopsy were diagnostic of pure red cell aplasia on a background hypocellular marrow. She was transfused with four (4) units of packed cells and Zidovudine was replaced with Stavudine. She made remarkable improvement and remains transfusion independent afterwards. CONCLUSION Zidovudine is well a known cause of anaemia and thus should be used with caution in the initiation of antiretroviral therapy.
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- A Hassan
- Department of Haematology, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria, Nigeria.
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Roshan TM, Rosline H, Ahmed SA, Rapiaah M, Khattak MN. Response rate of Malaysian blood donors with reactive screening test to transfusion medicine unit calls. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 2009; 40:1315-1321. [PMID: 20578467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Blood donors with reactive screening test results are requested to come in for counseling by letter and telephone call. It has been noticed many donors responded to neither the letters nor the telephone calls. We evaluated 589 cases with reactive screening test results (208 positive for hepatitis C, 209 for hepatitis B, 85 for VDRL and 87 for HIV). In the hepatitis C positive group 61 donors (29.3%) did not respond and 4.7% missed their follow-up appointment. Similarly low response rates were noted with the HBV (58.9%) and VDRL (67.1%) positive groups. Among HIV positive donors 46.0% failed to respond to multiple calls. We conclude that blood donors in Malaysia have a poor response to calls from the blood transfusion unit. A review of the effectiveness of the current deferral system and an increased public knowledge of transmissible infectious diseases may encourage blood donors to have a better response rate.
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- T M Roshan
- Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Mohammed A, Yau LZ, Samaila MOA, Ahmed SA, Chom ND. Histiocytosis X. Ann Afr Med 2009; 8:64-5. [PMID: 19763012 DOI: 10.4103/1596-3519.55769] [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: 11/04/2022] Open
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- A Mohammed
- Department of Pathology, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Shika, Zaria, Nigeria.
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BACKGROUND Neurogenic inflammation may participate in the development and progression of bronchial asthma. The molecular mechanisms underlying neurogenic inflammation are orchestrated by a large number of neuropeptides including tachykinins such as neurokinin A (NKA) and substance P. Tachykinins are secreted from sensory airway nerves and inflammatory cells after allergens exposure. In clinical practice, assessment of airway inflammation is difficult. Therefore, detection of biological markers of airway inflammation in sputum might offer help for proper monitoring of asthma severity. AIM OF THE STUDY We aimed to measure sputum NKA in relation to acute asthma exacerbations of varying severity. METHODS Sputum NKA was measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in 24 children and adolescents during and after acute asthma exacerbation and 24 healthy matched controls. RESULTS Sputum NKA was significantly higher in asthmatic patients during acute exacerbation than controls [217.5 (284) vs 10 (7) ng/ml, P < 0.001]. When patients with acute asthma exacerbation were followed-up till remission, sputum NKA levels decreased significantly, but they remained significantly higher than controls. Sputum NKA levels were significantly higher in severe than moderate and in moderate than mild exacerbations, and was negatively correlated to peak expiratory flow rate (r = -0.9, P < 0.001). Sputum NKA had significant positive correlations to eosinophil counts in blood and sputum (r = 0.6, P < 0.001 and r = 0.7, P < 0.001 respectively). CONCLUSIONS Sputum NKA is up-regulated during acute asthma exacerbation and it positively correlates to its severity. Thus, NKA may aid in objective classification of the exacerbation severity. In addition, NKA may be a target for new asthma therapy.
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- G A Mostafa
- Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
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Rabeya Y, Rapiaah M, Rosline H, Ahmed SA, Zaidah WA, Roshan TM. Blood pre-donation deferrals--a teaching hospital experience. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 2008; 39:571-574. [PMID: 18564700] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Blood donor selection contributes to the safety of both the donor and the recipient. The objective of this study was to identify the number and causes of blood pre-donation deferrals at the Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia (HUSM). A retrospective study was carried out to retrieve data regarding deferred blood donors at the HUSM in the year 2006. A total of 4,138 blood donors donated blood at the Transfusion Medicine Unit, of whom 231 were deferred or rejected as donors. The percentage of deferred donors was 5.6%. The main reason for deferral was a low hemoglobin (40.7%), with females constituting the majority of those deferred. This was followed by high blood pressure (29.4%) and male donors were predominant in this group. Medical illness caused 15.6% of donor deferrals. The majority of deferred donors were regular donors (64.1%). We recommend setting new hemoglobin criteria for donor deferral according to the reference range obtained for the particular population. Most of the other deferrals were preventable by proper health care education and awareness.
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- Y Rabeya
- Transfusion Medicine Unit, Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kelantan
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Yousuf R, Rapiaah M, Ahmed SA, Rosline H, Salam A, Selamah S, Roshan TM. Trends in hepatitis B virus infection among blood donors in Kelantan, Malaysia: a retrospective study. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 2007; 38:1070-1074. [PMID: 18613548] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence and trends in hepatitis B infection among blood donors attending the Transfusion Medicine Unit at the Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kelantan, Malaysia. A retrospective study was carried out by reviewing the results of HBsAg among blood donors for the years 2000 to 2004. During this period, 44,658 blood donors were studied. We noted that there was a significant difference in the prevalence of hepatitis B infection between regular and first time donors. There was also a decreasing trend noticed in both study groups. The mean prevalence was significantly different between first time (1.83%) and regular donors (0.45%) (p < 0.005). There is a need to improve public awareness programs to lower the incidence of hepatitis B infection in the general population and consequently first time blood donors. Future studies are also required to determine the trends and outcomes of these programs.
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- R Yousuf
- Transfusion Medicine Unit, Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kelantan
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Khan MAQ, Ahmed SA, Salazar A, Gurumendi J, Khan A, Vargas M, von Catalin B. Effect of temperature on heavy metal toxicity to earthworm Lumbricus terrestris (Annelida: Oligochaeta). Environ Toxicol 2007; 22:487-94. [PMID: 17696136 DOI: 10.1002/tox.20288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Earthworms (Lumbricus terrestris) acclimated at 2 degrees C above their habitat temperature (10-12 degrees C) showed about 5% increase in basal rate of oxygen consumption, which increased to about 38% in 14-16 degrees C- and 40% in 16-18 degrees C-, but decreased by 84% in 20-22 degrees C-acclimated worms. Temperature also increased the blood hemoglobin (Hb) concentration, which decreased slightly in 20-22 degrees C-acclimated worms. The worms acclimated at 20-22 degrees C showed their blood to be hypovolemic than that of 10-12 degrees C worms indicating dehydration. Pre-exposure of 10-14 degrees C-acclimated worms to sublethal concentrations of zinc, copper, and lead did not significantly affect the rate of respiration. However, at higher temperatures all these metals inhibited oxygen consumption; zinc, lead, and cadmium by approximately 11% and copper by approximately 18% of that at 14-16 degrees C. At 20-22 degrees C, the respiration was further inhibited, 36% by copper, 18% by cadmium, and approximately 10% by lead and zinc. Copper, lead, and zinc decreased the temperature-enhanced increase in blood Hb concentration at all temperatures. In 20-22 degrees C-acclimated worms heavy metal exposure slightly lowered the oxygen affinity of Hb as well as caused shifts in carbon monoxide difference spectra. The acute toxicity of these metals was not affected by a 2 degrees C rise in acclimation temperature but increased by 17% (lead), 33% (copper), and 5% (zinc) in 14-16 degrees C- and by 40% (lead), 149% (copper), and 132% (zinc) in 20-22 degrees C-acclimated worms. The increase in toxicity of metals caused by high temperatures may be due to limiting the scope of aerobic metabolism (oxygen extraction, transport, and utilization) via quantitative and qualitative effects on Hb. This terrestrial species appears to be tolerant of slight increases in habitat temperature, such as that expected with current global climate change.
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- M A Q Khan
- Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 West Taylor Street, Chicago, Illinois 60607-7060, USA.
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Rosline H, Roshan TM, Ahmed SA, Ilunihayati I. Identification of hemoglobin AC heterozygote status in a Malay family: a decision between hemoglobin electrophoresis and high performance liquid chromotography. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 2007; 38:543-5. [PMID: 17877232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Thalassemia is a common public health problem among Malays. Hemoglobin C (Hb C) is a hemoglobin beta variant resulting from a single base mutation at the 6th position of the beta-globin gene leading to the substitution of glycine for glutamic acid. Hb C is commonly detected in West Africans and in African American but has not been reported in Malaysia. It can be falsely diagnosed as HbE trait in the Malaysian Thalassemia Screening Program which utilizes cellulose acetate hemoglobin electrophoresis. This is the first reported case of Hb AC heterozygote status in a Malay family, with unusual splenomegaly in one of the family members.
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- H Rosline
- Department of Hematology, School of Medical Sciences, University Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan
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Khan MAQ, Ahmed SA, Catalin B, Khodadoust A, Ajayi O, Vaughn M. Effect of temperature on heavy metal toxicity to juvenile crayfish, Orconectes immunis (Hagen). Environ Toxicol 2006; 21:513-20. [PMID: 16944513 DOI: 10.1002/tox.20213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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The acute toxicity of four selected heavy metals to juvenile crayfish Orconectes immunis (Hagen) (1-2 g wet body wt. each) at room temperature increased in the following order: cadmium (x3) < copper (x10) < zinc (x2) < lead. The toxicity of these metals to crayfish acclimated at 17, 20, 23/24, and 27 degrees C increased with temperature (by 7-20% between 20 and 24 degrees C and 14-26% between 20 and 27 degrees C) as judged by the lowering of LT(50) (time to kill 50% of test animals at a fixed concentration) values. A 4 degrees C rise in temperature (from 20 to 24 degrees C), which increased the toxicity of copper by about 7%, increased the rate of oxygen consumption by about 34%. Heavy metals inhibited the rate of oxygen consumption at all temperatures. In 20 degrees C-acclimated crayfish, copper caused about 17% inhibition of oxygen consumption compared to about 7-12% by other metals including the most toxic cadmium. A 3-4 degrees C rise in temperature tripled the inhibitory effect of copper (20%), cadmium and zinc (26 and 18%, respectively), but not of lead, on oxygen consumption. A 7 degrees C-rise in temperature (from 20 to 27 degrees C) increased the inhibitory effect of heavy metals, including lead, on oxygen consumption by up to 54% in the case of copper. The data indicate that rising global temperatures (currently 0.60 degrees C) associated with climate change can have the potential to increase the sensitivity of aquatic animals to heavy metals in their environment.
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- M A Q Khan
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
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Rosline H, Ahmed SA, Al-Joudi FS, Rapiaah M, Naing NN, Adam NAM. Thalassemia among blood donors at the Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 2006; 37:549-52. [PMID: 17120978] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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The aim of this study was to screen and identify the types of thalassemia among blood donors at the Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia (HUSM). Thalassemia screening was performed by hemoglobin electrophoresis. A total number of 80 blood samples were obtained from donors at the Transfusion Medicine Unit, HUSM. The ethnic origins of the donors were Malays (n=73, 91.3%) and non-Malays (n=7, 8.75%). Males comprised 88.1% of the donors. Thalassemia was detected in 16.25% (n=13) of the blood donors. Of those with thalassemia, 46.2% (6/13) were anemic. Microcytosis and hypochromia were detected in 84.6% (n=l1) and 84.6% (n=l1) of these donors, respectively. The types of thalassemias detected were Hb E, 11.25% (n=9/80) and beta thalassemia trait, 5% (n=4/80). Among the thalassemias detected, the Hb E hemoglobinopathy was comprised of Hb E/ alpha-thalassemia (38.5%: n=5), Hb E /beta-thalassemia (23.1%: n=3), Hb E trait (7.6%: n=1) and beta-thalassemia (30.8%: n=4). In conclusion, screening for thalassemia trait should be included as part of a standard blood testing before blood donation. Further studies are required to look at the effects of donated thalassemic blood.
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- H Rosline
- Department of Hematology, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kota Bharu, Malaysia.
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Handique SK, Das RR, Barman K, Medhi N, Saharia B, Saikia P, Ahmed SA. Temporal lobe involvement in Japanese encephalitis: problems in differential diagnosis. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2006; 27:1027-31. [PMID: 16687537 PMCID: PMC7975744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2005] [Accepted: 09/30/2005] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE On MR imaging and CT, Japanese encephalitis (JE) shows lesions in the thalami, substantia nigra, basal ganglia, cerebral cortex, cerebellum, brain stem, and white matter, whereas temporal lobe involvement is characteristically seen in Herpes simplex encephalitis (HSE). Temporal lobe involvement in JE may cause problems in differentiating it from HSE. We undertook this study to show the temporal lobe involvement pattern in JE and highlight differentiating features from temporal lobe involvement in HSE. METHODS Sixty-two patients with JE underwent CT or MR imaging or both. MR imaging was done in 53 and CT in 53. The diagnosis of JE was confirmed by cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) IgM enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. RESULTS Eleven (17.7%) patients showed temporal lobe involvement with abnormal MR imaging in all. All the patients showed hippocampal involvement. Two patients showed extension of lesions into the amygdala and uncus with insular involvement in 1. The rest of the temporal lobe was spared. All patients had thalamic and substantia nigra involvement with basal ganglia involvement in 7. Six of 9 CT scans were abnormal and the temporal lesions were seen in 2. CONCLUSIONS The temporal lobe involvement pattern is fairly characteristic and mostly involves the hippocampus, usually sparing the rest of the temporal lobe. This and the concurrent involvement of the thalami, substantia nigra (SN), and basal ganglia allow differentiation from HSE. However, if the temporal lobe involvement is more severe, laboratory tests may be the only way to differentiate it from HSE, and it may be prudent to start antiviral therapy in the interim period.
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- S K Handique
- Department of Radiology and Imaging, Institute of Neurological Sciences, Dispur, Assam, India
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Ahmed SA, Al-Joudi FS, Zaidah AW, Roshan TM, Rapiaah M, Abdullah YMS, Rosline H. The prevalence of human cytomegalovirus seropositivity among blood donors at the Unit of Blood Transfusion Medicine, Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 2006; 37:294-6. [PMID: 17124989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is a species-specific DNA virus of the Herpetoviridae family. After a primary infection, HCMV persists in a latent form most probably in bone marrow progenitor cells or in peripheral blood monocytes. The virus can reactivate to result in shedding of the virus leading to virus dissemination and new infections. Immunocompromized patients are the ones most vulnerable to serious diseases occasionally acquired in blood transfusions. In a human population, HCMV seropositivity increases steadily with age to become approximately 100% in adults. This study was performed to detect seropositivity among regular blood donors in The Hospital of the Universiti Sains Malaysia, in the state of Kelantan. Using an enzyme immunoassay, it was found that 97.6% of blood donors were HCMV-positive. HCMV is highly prevalent and may be endemic in Kelantan. Hence, long-term strategies are required for the reduction of disease dissemination, and to prevent the exposure of immunocompromized patients to the virus.
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- S A Ahmed
- Department of Hematology, School of Medical Sciences, University of Science of Malaysia, Kota Bharu, Malaysia.
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Afifi ZEM, El-Lawindi MI, Ahmed SA, Basily WW. Adolescent abuse in a community sample in Beni Suef, Egypt: prevalence and risk factors. East Mediterr Health J 2003; 9:1003-18. [PMID: 16450531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Adolescent abuse was studied in 555 school students (mean age 15.6 +/- 1.5 years) selected by multistage random sampling in Beni Suef in 1998. Each student received a general physical examination and a pre-coded questionnaire to identify determinants of abuse. Prevalence of abuse was 36.6%. Emotional, physical, sexual and combined abuse prevalence was 12.3%, 7.6%, 7.0% and 9.7% respectively. Significant predictors of sexual abuse were hyperactive child, disabled child, disinterested mother, low birth order child or wasted child. For physical abuse, significant predictors were maternal disinterest, maternal education and injuries. Significant predictors of emotional abuse were overcrowding, disease and mistreatment by a teacher. Violent behaviour was reported for more than 20% of the emotionally and the sexually abused.
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- Z E M Afifi
- Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Kasr El-Aini University, Cairo, Egypt
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Jensen MJ, Smith TJ, Ahmed SA, Smith LA. Expression, purification, and efficacy of the type A botulinum neurotoxin catalytic domain fused to two translocation domain variants. Toxicon 2003; 41:691-701. [PMID: 12727273 DOI: 10.1016/s0041-0101(03)00042-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Clostridial neurotoxins are potent inhibitors of synaptic function, with the zinc-dependent proteolytic light chain (LC) portion of the toxin cleaving one of three neural SNARE proteins. In nature, the LC is expressed as a part of a much larger toxin and hemagglutinin complex, protecting it from environmental degradation and preserving its catalytic activity. We developed forms of the LC of type A botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT-A) with parts of the larger toxin gene, for use as reagents in high-throughput assays to screen for potential LC antagonists, to further elucidate the toxin's mechanism of action, and to study immunological responses to the toxin. Three BoNT-A constructs were engineered and expressed: the LC, LC with translocation region (LC+H(n)), and the LC with the belt portion of the translocation region (LC+Belt). Purification was optimized to a two-step process, with relatively high yields of all three constructs obtained. Activity assays showed all three constructs to be active, with the LC being the most active. Immunogenic protection against native BoNT-A toxin challenge was observed for all three constructs, with the best protection observed with the LC+H(n) and LC+Belt proteins.
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- M J Jensen
- Division of Toxinology and Aerobiology, United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, 1425 Porter Street, Fort Detrick, MD 21702-5011, USA
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