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McGrath M, Eramo M, Gurung R, Sriratana A, Feeney S, Gehrig S, Lynch G, Lazarou M, McLean C, Mitchell C. O.36Defective lysosome homeostasis during autophagy causes skeletal muscle disease. Neuromuscul Disord 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2019.06.319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Feeney S, O'Brien K, O'Keeffe N, Iomaire ANC, Kelly ME, McCormack J, McGuire G, Evans DS. Practise what you preach: health behaviours and stress among non-consultant hospital doctors. Clin Med (Lond) 2016; 16:12-8. [PMID: 26833509 PMCID: PMC4954324 DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.16-1-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [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] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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High rates of psychological distress, depression and suicide have been reported among doctors. Furthermore, many doctors do not access healthcare by conventional means. This study aimed to increase understanding regarding non-consultant hospital doctors' (NCHDs') response to stress and barriers to accessing supports, and identify possible solutions. Medical manpower departments in 58 hospitals distributed a 25-item questionnaire to 4,074 NCHDs; we received 707 responses (response rate, 17.4%). 60% of NCHDs were unable to take time off work when unwell; 'letting teammates down' (90.8%) and 'difficulty covering call' (85.9%) were the leading reasons. 'Being too busy' (85%), 'self-prescription' (66.6%) and 'self-management' (53.1%) were ranked highest in deterring NCHDs from visiting a general practitioner (GP). 22.9% of NCHDs would not attend a GP with anxiety or depression until they began to feel hopeless, helpless or suicidal. 12.2% would not seek help at all. 55% of respondents (n = 330) had to move away from partners or dependants due to work, negatively affecting the social supports of 82.9%. Possible practical solutions were explored. NCHDS are a vulnerable population and have a particularly challenging lifestyle. Key recommendations include improved GP and counselling access for NCHDs, and addressing the culture of self-treatment and poor health behaviours through undergraduate and postgraduate education.
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- Sinéad Feeney
- Western Training Programme in General Practice, Galway University Hospital, Galway, Ireland
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- graduate of the Western Training Programme in General Practice
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- Department of Public Health, Health Service Executive West, Merlin Park Regional Hospital, Galway, Ireland
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Wagner R, Cañadillas B, Clifton A, Feeney S, Nygaard N, Poodt M, Martin CS, Tüxen E, Wagenaar JW. Rotor equivalent wind speed for power curve measurement – comparative exercise for IEA Wind Annex 32. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014. [DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/524/1/012108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Feeney S, Muldoon E, Barrett P, Martos R, Mulvihill N, O'Flanagan D, Bergin C. Varicella infection and the impact of late entry into the Irish healthcare system. J Infect Public Health 2010; 3:106-12. [PMID: 20869670 DOI: 10.1016/j.jiph.2010.07.001] [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] [Received: 11/15/2009] [Revised: 06/20/2010] [Accepted: 07/05/2010] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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We present a case which highlights several areas of concern relating to the prevention and management of varicella in Ireland. We review the pathophysiology of this virus and highlight its greater potential for morbidity in certain groups, most particularly adult males. The experience and opinions with regard to varicella vaccination in the US and other temperate countries is reviewed along with evidence of changing epidemiology of varicella infection. The National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC) guidelines are reviewed in the context of our experience.
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- Sinéad Feeney
- Department of Infectious Diseases, St. James's Hospital, Dublin 8, Ireland.
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McMullan R, Coyle PV, Feeney S, McCaughey C, Gregg W, McDougall N. The diagnosis of acute hepatitis C virus infection during seroconversion: an important therapeutic opportunity. J Infect 2004; 49:165-8. [PMID: 15236925 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2004.01.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/22/2004] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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- R McMullan
- Northern Ireland Regional Virus Laboratory, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, UK.
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Mitchell S, O'Neill HJ, Ong GM, Christie S, Duprex P, Wyatt DE, McCaughey C, Armstrong VJ, Feeney S, Metwally L, Coyle PV. Clinical assessment of a generic DNA amplification assay for the identification of respiratory adenovirus infections. J Clin Virol 2003; 26:331-8. [PMID: 12637082 DOI: 10.1016/s1386-6532(02)00082-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND respiratory adenoviruses are common, often resulting in serious sporadic and epidemic infections and impaired immunity can dramatically increase their severity. They are now thought capable of establishing latency. Diagnosis by culture is slow while direct antigen detection by immunofluorescence lacks sensitivity. Molecular diagnosis can be both rapid and sensitive but the genetic heterogeneity of adenoviruses poses problems. OBJECTIVES to design a generic adenovirus nested polymerase chain amplification assay designed to be capable of detecting all respiratory adenoviruses. This was achieved through optimised thermal cycling and the development of a generic degenerate primer set targeting the adenovirus hexon gene. STUDY DESIGN this was a cross-sectional study on 172 respiratory specimens from hospital-based patients, and one from a general practice, in Northern Ireland. A comparison was made between the amplification assay, virus culture and immunofluorescence. RESULTS the nested polymerase chain reaction (nPCR) assay had a generic capacity for adenovirus detection and an analytical sensitivity of 6.4x10(2) copies/ml. Using an expanded gold standard (defined as a true positive or a true negative where a specimen was positive or negative by at least two of the study assays, respectively), PCR had a clinical sensitivity and specificity of 46/46 (100%) and 15/126 (91.3%), respectively. Patients with acute respiratory adenovirus infections were more likely to be male (chi(2), p=0.005) and to present with a fever (chi(2), p=0.02) than patients diagnosed with another respiratory virus. Co-infection was identified in 12/172 patients. CONCLUSIONS the nested amplification assay proved highly sensitive in both the analytical and clinical settings for the detection of respiratory adenovirus infections.
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MESH Headings
- Adenovirus Infections, Human/epidemiology
- Adenovirus Infections, Human/virology
- Adenoviruses, Human/classification
- Adenoviruses, Human/genetics
- Adenoviruses, Human/growth & development
- Adenoviruses, Human/isolation & purification
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Capsid Proteins/genetics
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Cross Infection/epidemiology
- Cross Infection/virology
- Cross-Sectional Studies
- DNA, Viral/genetics
- DNA, Viral/isolation & purification
- Feasibility Studies
- Female
- Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Direct
- Genetic Heterogeneity
- Humans
- Infant
- Infant, Newborn
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Northern Ireland/epidemiology
- Polymerase Chain Reaction/methods
- Reproducibility of Results
- Respiratory Tract Infections/epidemiology
- Respiratory Tract Infections/virology
- Retrospective Studies
- Sensitivity and Specificity
- Virus Cultivation
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- S Mitchell
- Regional Virus Laboratory, Kelvin Laboratories, Royal Victoria Hospital, Grosvenor Road, Belfast, BT 12 6BA, UK
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McKenna DJ, Simpson DA, Feeney S, Gardiner TA, Boyle C, Nelson J, Stitt AW. Expression of the 67 kDa laminin receptor (67LR) during retinal development: correlations with angiogenesis. Exp Eye Res 2001; 73:81-92. [PMID: 11428865 DOI: 10.1006/exer.2001.1013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Interaction of vascular cells with the laminin component of basement membranes is important for normal cell function. Likewise, abnormal interactions may have a critical role in vascular pathology. It has been previously demonstrated that the 67 kDa laminin receptor (67LR) is expressed at high levels during proliferative retinopathy in a mouse model and in the current study we have examined 67LR in the neonatal mouse to determine if this receptor plays a role in aspects of developmental angiogenesis in the developing murine retina. Groups of C57/BL6 mice were killed at postnatal day P1, P3, P5, P7, P9 and P11 to assess the retinal vasculature. A number of mice were perfused with FITC-dextran and the eyes removed, fixed in 4% paraformaldehyde (PFA) and flat-mounted for confocal scanning laser microscopy. The eyes from the remaining mice were either placed in 4% PFA and embedded in paraffin-wax, or had the neural retina dissected off and total RNA or protein extracted. Immunofluorescence, in situ hybridization, quantitative reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction and Western blotting analysis were employed to locate and determine expression levels of 67LR. Both 67LR mRNA and protein expression showed a characteristic bi-phasic expression pattern which correlated with key stages of retinal vascular development in the murine retina. 67LR showed high expression levels at P1 (P < 0.05) (correlating with superficial vascular plexus formation) and at P7 (P < 0.05) (correlating with deep vascular plexus formation). Conversely, 67LR expression was decreased when active angiogenic activity was lowest. Significantly, optical sectioning of retinal flat-mounts revealed high levels of 67LR expression in developing segments of both superficial and deep capillary plexi, a pattern which co-localized strongly with laminin. 67LR is regulated during post-natal development of the retinal vasculature. High levels of 67LR during the two well-defined phases of retinal capillary plexus formation suggests that this receptor may play an important role in retinal angiogenesis.
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- D J McKenna
- Department of Ophthalmology, The Queen's University of Belfast, The Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast BT12 6BA, Northern Ireland, U.K
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Evaluation fellows from the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services conducted an evaluation of the Road to Recovery program of the Mid-Atlantic division of the American Cancer Society. The evaluation included qualitative analysis of program operation, mailed surveys, in-depth interviews with patients and drivers, and interviews with social workers from treatment centers. Results indicated that patients and drivers were satisfied with the program. Patients appreciated the ability of drivers to provide personalized, reliable service. The recruitment of sufficient drivers to meet transportation demand was a problem. High staff turnover and a lack of electronic tracking of standard information hindered program monitoring. A Mid-Atlantic Advisory Transportation Group reviewed the findings and made recommendations for service improvement. The Mid-Atlantic division evaluation contributed to an "evaluation synthesis" in which participants from the three divisions that had conducted Road to Recovery evaluations examined study data and made recommendations for reorganizing the national transportation program. A Transportation Program Design Team then held fact-finding meetings and adopted goals and objectives for a new national transportation program. The primary lesson learned was the far-reaching effects that a single program evaluation may have for various stakeholders and for an organization.
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- C H Sparks
- School of Public Health and Health Services, George Washington University, 2175 K Street, NW, Suite 700, Washington, DC 20037, USA
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Simpson DA, Feeney S, Boyle C, Stitt AW. Retinal VEGF mRNA measured by SYBR green I fluorescence: A versatile approach to quantitative PCR. Mol Vis 2000; 6:178-83. [PMID: 11023552] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/17/2023] Open
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PURPOSE To determine whether continuous monitoring of SYBR Green I fluorescence provides a reliable and flexible method of quantitative RT-PCR. Our aims were (i) to test whether SYBR Green I analysis could quantify a wide range of known VEGF template concentrations, (ii) to apply this method in an experimental model, and (iii) to determine whether 20 existing primer pairs could be used to quantify their cognate mRNAs. METHODS Real-time quantitative PCR was performed using a LightCycler rapid thermal cycler (Roche). Retinal VEGF mRNA levels were measured in a murine model of oxygen-induced retinopathy during vaso-obliterative and hypoxic phases. RESULTS This technique was able to detect as few as 10 control template copies, with quantitative data available routinely for 1000 or more copies. The levels of retinal VEGF mRNA expression followed the hypoxia-induced pattern determined previously by conventional methods. All gene-specific primer pairs which amplify a specific product by conventional PCR were successfully converted to SYBR Green analysis, including those for housekeeping genes glyceraldehyde phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH), cyclophilin, and acidic ribosomal phosphoprotein PO (ARP/36B4) and for 28S rRNA. In each case melting curve analysis and agarose gel electrophoresis confirmed the specificity of the amplification product. CONCLUSIONS The sequence-independent detection of DNA with SYBR Green I means that it can be used to quantify the amplification of any cDNA using gene-specific primers. This rapid and flexible method is ideally suited for researchers in vision science wishing to quantify mRNAs from many different genes because it does not require investment in gene-specific hybridization probes.
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- D A Simpson
- Department of Ophthalmology, The Queen's University of Belfast, The Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast BT12 6BA, Northern Ireland, UK.
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Chowdhury TA, Dyer PH, Kumar S, Gibson SP, Rowe BR, Davies SJ, Marshall SM, Morris PJ, Gill GV, Feeney S, Maxwell P, Savage D, Boulton AJ, Todd JA, Dunger D, Barnett AH, Bain SC. Association of apolipoprotein epsilon2 allele with diabetic nephropathy in Caucasian subjects with IDDM. Diabetes 1998; 47:278-80. [PMID: 9519726 DOI: 10.2337/diab.47.2.278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- T A Chowdhury
- Department of Medicine, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, UK
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This study examined one possible strategy for switching patients to treatment with risperidone involving immediate cessation of current neuroleptics and gradual withdrawal of anticholinergic treatments. All patients received risperidone monotherapy for at least 4 weeks. Side-effects and symptoms were rated and successful switching was defined as completion of the study with no consistent worsening in any rating scales. Of the 41 patients entered, five withdrew for reasons unconnected with the study. Of the remaining 36 patients, 64% (23 patients) were switched successfully. Overall, the rating scales showed significant improvements (mean score on Krawiecka scale, 11.0 to 6.6, P < 0.001), and side-effects decreased (mean score on Simpson & Angus scale, 5.1 to 2.9, P = 0.004). The strategy appeared to be successful for most patients, especially those who had previously received depot medication. However, more gradual withdrawal of previous treatments, including anticholinergics, may be advisable in some cases.
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Feeney S, Goodall E, Silverstone T. The effects of D- and L-fenfluramine (and their interactions with D-amphetamine) on psychomotor function and mood. Int Clin Psychopharmacol 1996; 11:89-99. [PMID: 8803646] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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This study reports the results on psychomotor functioning of D- and L-fenfluramine alone, and in combination with D-amphetamine, in a placebo-controlled trial on 12 normal male volunteers, in order to investigate their CNS activity in humans. The major findings were that D-amphetamine increased alertness, L-fenfluramine increased unhappiness whilst D-fenfluramine decreased hunger and increased the critical flicker fusion threshold. D-Amphetamine in combination with D-fenfluramine increased the critical flicker fusion threshold and in combination with L-fenfluramine the alerting action was diminished. The differing actions of the fenfluramine isomers and their interactions with D-amphetamine suggest that D-fenfluramine is predominantly serotonergic in its activity, whereas L-fenfluramine may be causing dopamine blockade, reducing certain actions of amphetamine possibly mediated by dopamine receptors. The significance of these results in relationship to the psychopharmacology of serotonin, dopamine, and noradrenaline is discussed.
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- S Feeney
- Academic Unit of Human Psycharmacology, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, UK
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Bernstein PR, Andisik D, Bradley PK, Bryant CB, Ceccarelli C, Damewood JR, Earley R, Edwards PD, Feeney S, Gomes BC. Nonpeptidic inhibitors of human leukocyte elastase. 3. Design, synthesis, X-ray crystallographic analysis, and structure-activity relationships for a series of orally active 3-amino-6-phenylpyridin-2-one trifluoromethyl ketones. J Med Chem 1994; 37:3313-26. [PMID: 7932559 DOI: 10.1021/jm00046a016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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A series of nonpeptidic inhibitors of human leukocyte elastase (HLE) is reported. These trifluoromethyl ketone-based inhibitors contain a 3-amino-6-phenylpyridone group as a central template. The effect of varying the N-3 substituent in these inhibitors on in vitro potency, physical properties, and oral activity in a hamster based, HLE-induced lung damage model is described. The variety of substituents at this position that have little effect on in vitro potency supports the idea that this region of the molecule does not interact strongly with the enzyme. One exception to this generality is 13k, which is substituted with a (4-acetamidophenyl)sulfonyl group. This compound has a K(i) of 0.7 nM and is, in vitro, the most potent inhibitor in the series. In contrast, variation of the N-3 substituent was found to have a dramatic effect on activity after oral administration. Several analogs, including the parent amine, 7, formamide, 2u, benzyl sulfamide, 13e, and benzyl sulfonamide, 13f, show significant activity when administered at an oral dose of 2.5 mg/kg. Support for the modeling-based design concepts was obtained through in vitro SAR results and X-ray crystallographic analysis of the complex between 13d and porcine pancreatic elastase (PPE), a closely related enzyme.
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- P R Bernstein
- Zeneca Pharmaceuticals Group, A Business Unit of ZENECA Inc., Wilmington, Delaware 19897
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Damewood JR, Edwards PD, Feeney S, Gomes BC, Steelman GB, Tuthill PA, Williams JC, Warner P, Woolson SA, Wolanin DJ. Nonpeptidic inhibitors of human leukocyte elastase. 2. Design, synthesis, and in vitro activity of a series of 3-amino-6-arylopyridin-2-one trifluoromethyl ketones. J Med Chem 1994; 37:3303-12. [PMID: 7932558 DOI: 10.1021/jm00046a015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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A series of potent nonpeptidic inhibitors of the enzyme human leukocyte elastase (HLE) is reported. These inhibitors contain a 3-amino-2-pyridone ring as a central template in which the pyridone carbonyl and 3-position NH group are thought to form important hydrogen bonding interactions with the Val-216 residue of HLE. Substitution of the 6-position of the pyridone ring by various alkyl and aryl groups was found to afford increases in the in vitro potency of these inhibitors. A 6-position phenyl group, compound 10f, was found to result in a large increase in binding affinity, which was not obtained when the phenyl group was placed in either the 4- or 5-position of the molecule. Compound 10f was found to have good selectivity for HLE over other proteolytic enzymes, with the exception of bovine pancreatic chymotrypsin (BPC). Substitution of the 6-phenyl group in these molecules was found to decrease binding affinity for BPC without adversely affecting affinity for HLE.
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- J R Damewood
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, ZENECA Pharmaceuticals Group, Wilmington, Delaware 19897
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Brown FJ, Andisik DW, Bernstein PR, Bryant CB, Ceccarelli C, Damewood JR, Edwards PD, Earley RA, Feeney S, Green RC. Design of orally active, non-peptidic inhibitors of human leukocyte elastase. J Med Chem 1994; 37:1259-61. [PMID: 8176703 DOI: 10.1021/jm00035a004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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- F J Brown
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, ZENECA Pharmaceuticals Group, Wilmington, Delaware 19897
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Twelve normal male volunteers took part in a double-blind placebo-controlled study to measure the effects of d- and l-fenfluramine singly and in combination with d-amphetamine on plasma prolactin levels. Both isomers of fenfluramine were found to differ significantly in their effects from d-amphetamine, and from placebo, causing prolactin levels to rise. d-Fenfluramine produced the greatest change. There were minor differences between the level of activity of the two drugs when given in conjunction with d-amphetamine. d-Amphetamine produced a non-significant reduction in prolactin secretion. The neurochemical basis for the experimental findings reported is considered, with special reference to the use of d-fenfluramine as a specific serotonergic probe.
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- S Feeney
- Academic Unit of Human Psychopharmacology, Medical College of St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, UK
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Twelve normal weight healthy male volunteers participated in a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of the effects of d- and l-fenfluramine, d-amphetamine, and the interactions between the two isomers of fenfluramine with amphetamine, on cortisol secretion. d-Fenfluramine and d-amphetamine in combination produced the greatest cortisolaemic effect, suggesting that they act by differing neurochemical pathways. d-Fenfluramine produced a significant effect, but l-fenfluramine produced little effect, suggesting that the cortisol-releasing properties of racemic fenfluramine reside in the d-isomer.
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- S Feeney
- Academic Unit of Human Psychopharmacology, Medical College of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, UK
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Goodall E, Feeney S, McGuirk J, Silverstone T. A comparison of the effects of d- and l-fenfluramine and d-amphetamine on energy and macronutrient intake in human subjects. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 1992; 106:221-7. [PMID: 1549650 DOI: 10.1007/bf02801976] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The anorectic activity of the d and l isomers of d-fenfluramine (d-FF) (l-FF) were compared with d-amphetamine (d-amp) when given separately and together in 12 healthy male volunteers. The study was double blind and placebo controlled. Food intake was measured using an automated food dispenser. Anorectic activity was examined using a) total energy intake b) nutrient selection c) selection of foods categorised by nonsweet/sweet taste. Total energy intake was significantly reduced by d-FF (17%) d-amp (26%) d-FF + d-amp (36%) and l-FF + d-amp (31%). d-Amp and both combinations significantly reduced energy intake from all macronutrients in the total food. d-FF reduced carbohydrate but not fat or protein intake derived from all foods. When nonsweet and sweet tasting foods were examined separately, l-FF also significantly reduced energy (by 19%), fat and carbohydrate intake from nonsweet food. Neither d-FF nor l-FF reduced protein from nonsweet food. No anorectic drug given alone reduced sweet food intake, only d-amp given with d-FF had this effect. In contrast to nonsweet food, d-FF did not reduce carbohydrate from sweet foods. The results are in agreement with previous work that d-FF spares protein consumption but suggest that d-FF does not selectively reduce carbohydrate intake per se.
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- E Goodall
- Academic Unit of Human Psychopharmacology, Medical College of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, UK
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- F J Dunne
- Department of Psychiatry, Warley Hospital, Brentwood, Essex, UK
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Feeney S. A family affair. N Z Nurs J 1988; 81:28-30. [PMID: 3200550] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Boyer A, Feeney S, Finch K, Flynn M, Limouze B, Moore A, Randag V, van Driel M. A symposium on multiple sclerosis: nursing care. Nurs Mirror Midwives J 1976; 143:52-3. [PMID: 1048547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Marshall JC, Feeney S. Structured versus intuitive intake interview. Nurs Res 1972; 21:269-72. [PMID: 4481924 DOI: 10.1097/00006199-197205000-00016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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