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Bull C, Hazelwood E, Bell JA, Tan V, Constantinescu AE, Borges C, Legge D, Burrows K, Huyghe JR, Brenner H, Castellvi-Bel S, Chan AT, Kweon SS, Le Marchand L, Li L, Cheng I, Pai RK, Figueiredo JC, Murphy N, Gunter MJ, Timpson NJ, Vincent EE. Identifying metabolic features of colorectal cancer liability using Mendelian randomization. eLife 2023; 12:RP87894. [PMID: 38127078 PMCID: PMC10735227 DOI: 10.7554/elife.87894] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2023] Open
Abstract
Background Recognizing the early signs of cancer risk is vital for informing prevention, early detection, and survival. Methods To investigate whether changes in circulating metabolites characterize the early stages of colorectal cancer (CRC) development, we examined the associations between a genetic risk score (GRS) associated with CRC liability (72 single-nucleotide polymorphisms) and 231 circulating metabolites measured by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (N = 6221). Linear regression models were applied to examine the associations between genetic liability to CRC and circulating metabolites measured in the same individuals at age 8 y, 16 y, 18 y, and 25 y. Results The GRS for CRC was associated with up to 28% of the circulating metabolites at FDR-P < 0.05 across all time points, particularly with higher fatty acids and very-low- and low-density lipoprotein subclass lipids. Two-sample reverse Mendelian randomization (MR) analyses investigating CRC liability (52,775 cases, 45,940 controls) and metabolites measured in a random subset of UK Biobank participants (N = 118,466, median age 58 y) revealed broadly consistent effect estimates with the GRS analysis. In conventional (forward) MR analyses, genetically predicted polyunsaturated fatty acid concentrations were most strongly associated with higher CRC risk. Conclusions These analyses suggest that higher genetic liability to CRC can cause early alterations in systemic metabolism and suggest that fatty acids may play an important role in CRC development. Funding This work was supported by the Elizabeth Blackwell Institute for Health Research, University of Bristol, the Wellcome Trust, the Medical Research Council, Diabetes UK, the University of Bristol NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, and Cancer Research UK. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. This work used the computational facilities of the Advanced Computing Research Centre, University of Bristol - http://www.bristol.ac.uk/acrc/.
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- Caroline Bull
- MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit at the University of BristolBristolUnited Kingdom
- Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of BristolBristolUnited Kingdom
- Translational Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of BristolBristolUnited Kingdom
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- MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit at the University of BristolBristolUnited Kingdom
- Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of BristolBristolUnited Kingdom
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- MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit at the University of BristolBristolUnited Kingdom
- Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of BristolBristolUnited Kingdom
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- MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit at the University of BristolBristolUnited Kingdom
- Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of BristolBristolUnited Kingdom
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- MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit at the University of BristolBristolUnited Kingdom
- Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of BristolBristolUnited Kingdom
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- MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit at the University of BristolBristolUnited Kingdom
- Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of BristolBristolUnited Kingdom
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- Translational Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of BristolBristolUnited Kingdom
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- MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit at the University of BristolBristolUnited Kingdom
- Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of BristolBristolUnited Kingdom
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- Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer CenterSeattleUnited States
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- Division of Clinical Epidemiology and Aging Research, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)HeidelbergGermany
- Division of Preventive Oncology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT)HeidelbergGermany
- German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)HeidelbergGermany
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- Gastroenterology Department, Hospital Clínic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBEREHD), University of BarcelonaBarcelonaSpain
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical SchoolBostonUnited States
- Channing Division of Network Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical SchoolBostonUnited States
- Clinical and Translational Epidemiology Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical SchoolBostonUnited States
- Broad Institute of Harvard and MITCambridgeUnited States
- Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard UniversityBostonUnited States
- Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard UniversityBostonUnited States
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical SchoolGwangjuRepublic of Korea
- Jeonnam Regional Cancer Center, Chonnam National University Hwasun HospitalHwasunRepublic of Korea
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- Department of Family Medicine, University of VirginiaCharlottesvilleUnited States
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San FranciscoSan FranciscoUnited States
- University of California, San Francisco Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, San FranciscoSan FranciscoUnited States
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Mayo ClinicScottsdaleUnited States
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- Department of Medicine, Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterLos AngelesUnited States
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- Nutrition and Metabolism Branch, International Agency for Research on CancerLyonFrance
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- Nutrition and Metabolism Branch, International Agency for Research on CancerLyonFrance
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College LondonLondonUnited Kingdom
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- MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit at the University of BristolBristolUnited Kingdom
- Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of BristolBristolUnited Kingdom
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- MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit at the University of BristolBristolUnited Kingdom
- Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of BristolBristolUnited Kingdom
- Translational Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of BristolBristolUnited Kingdom
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Montes-Olivas S, Legge D, Lund A, Fletcher AG, Williams AC, Marucci L, Homer M. In-silico and in-vitro morphometric analysis of intestinal organoids. PLoS Comput Biol 2023; 19:e1011386. [PMID: 37578984 PMCID: PMC10473498 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1011386] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2023] [Revised: 09/01/2023] [Accepted: 07/25/2023] [Indexed: 08/16/2023] Open
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Organoids offer a powerful model to study cellular self-organisation, the growth of specific tissue morphologies in-vitro, and to assess potential medical therapies. However, the intrinsic mechanisms of these systems are not entirely understood yet, which can result in variability of organoids due to differences in culture conditions and basement membrane extracts used. Improving the standardisation of organoid cultures is essential for their implementation in clinical protocols. Developing tools to assess and predict the behaviour of these systems may produce a more robust and standardised biological model to perform accurate clinical studies. Here, we developed an algorithm to automate crypt-like structure counting on intestinal organoids in both in-vitro and in-silico images. In addition, we modified an existing two-dimensional agent-based mathematical model of intestinal organoids to better describe the system physiology, and evaluated its ability to replicate budding structures compared to new experimental data we generated. The crypt-counting algorithm proved useful in approximating the average number of budding structures found in our in-vitro intestinal organoid culture images on days 3 and 7 after seeding. Our changes to the in-silico model maintain the potential to produce simulations that replicate the number of budding structures found on days 5 and 7 of in-vitro data. The present study aims to aid in quantifying key morphological structures and provide a method to compare both in-vitro and in-silico experiments. Our results could be extended later to 3D in-silico models.
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- Sandra Montes-Olivas
- Department of Engineering Mathematics, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- Colorectal Tumour Biology Group, School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- Department of Engineering Mathematics, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
- Bateson Centre, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- Colorectal Tumour Biology Group, School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- Department of Engineering Mathematics, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
- School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
- BrisSynBio, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- Department of Engineering Mathematics, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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Gormley M, Dudding T, Thomas SJ, Tyrrell J, Ness AR, Pring M, Legge D, Davey Smith G, Richmond RC, Vincent EE, Bull C. Evaluating the effect of metabolic traits on oral and oropharyngeal cancer risk using Mendelian randomization. eLife 2023; 12:e82674. [PMID: 37042641 PMCID: PMC10147379 DOI: 10.7554/elife.82674] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2022] [Accepted: 04/11/2023] [Indexed: 04/13/2023] Open
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A recent World Health Organization report states that at least 40% of all cancer cases may be preventable, with smoking, alcohol consumption, and obesity identified as three of the most important modifiable lifestyle factors. Given the significant decline in smoking rates, particularly within developed countries, other potentially modifiable risk factors for head and neck cancer warrant investigation. Obesity and related metabolic disorders such as type 2 diabetes (T2D) and hypertension have been associated with head and neck cancer risk in multiple observational studies. However, adiposity has also been correlated with smoking, with bias, confounding or reverse causality possibly explaining these findings. To overcome the challenges of observational studies, we conducted two-sample Mendelian randomization (inverse variance weighted [IVW] method) using genetic variants which were robustly associated with adiposity, glycaemic and blood pressure traits in genome-wide association studies (GWAS). Outcome data were taken from the largest available GWAS of 6034 oral and oropharyngeal cases, with 6585 controls. We found limited evidence of a causal effect of genetically proxied body mass index (BMI; OR IVW = 0.89, 95% CI 0.72-1.09, p = 0.26 per 1 standard deviation in BMI [4.81kg/m2]) on oral and oropharyngeal cancer risk. Similarly, there was limited evidence for related traits including T2D and hypertension. Small effects cannot be excluded given the lack of power to detect them in currently available GWAS.
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- Mark Gormley
- MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of BristolBristolUnited Kingdom
- Bristol Dental Hospital and School, University of BristolBristolUnited Kingdom
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- Bristol Dental Hospital and School, University of BristolBristolUnited Kingdom
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- Bristol Dental Hospital and School, University of BristolBristolUnited Kingdom
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- University of Exeter Medical School, RILD Building, RD&E HospitalExeterUnited Kingdom
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- University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust National Institute for Health Research Bristol Biomedical Research Centre, University of BristolBristolUnited Kingdom
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- Bristol Dental Hospital and School, University of BristolBristolUnited Kingdom
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- Translational Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of BristolBristolUnited Kingdom
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- MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of BristolBristolUnited Kingdom
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- MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of BristolBristolUnited Kingdom
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- MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of BristolBristolUnited Kingdom
- Translational Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of BristolBristolUnited Kingdom
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- MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of BristolBristolUnited Kingdom
- Translational Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of BristolBristolUnited Kingdom
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Legge D, Li L, Moriarty W, Lee D, Szemes M, Zahed A, Panousopoulos L, Chung WY, Aghabi Y, Barratt J, Williams R, Pritchard‐Jones K, Malik KT, Oltean S, Brown KW. The epithelial splicing regulator ESRP2 is epigenetically repressed by DNA hypermethylation in Wilms tumour and acts as a tumour suppressor. Mol Oncol 2022; 16:630-647. [PMID: 34520622 PMCID: PMC8807366 DOI: 10.1002/1878-0261.13101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [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: 06/07/2021] [Revised: 08/04/2021] [Accepted: 09/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Wilms tumour (WT), an embryonal kidney cancer, has been extensively characterised for genetic and epigenetic alterations, but a proportion of WTs still lack identifiable abnormalities. To uncover DNA methylation changes critical for WT pathogenesis, we compared the epigenome of foetal kidney with two WT cell lines, filtering our results to remove common cancer-associated epigenetic changes and to enrich for genes involved in early kidney development. This identified four hypermethylated genes, of which ESRP2 (epithelial splicing regulatory protein 2) was the most promising for further study. ESRP2 was commonly repressed by DNA methylation in WT, and this occurred early in WT development (in nephrogenic rests). ESRP2 expression was reactivated by DNA methyltransferase inhibition in WT cell lines. When ESRP2 was overexpressed in WT cell lines, it inhibited cellular proliferation in vitro, and in vivo it suppressed tumour growth of orthotopic xenografts in nude mice. RNA-seq of the ESRP2-expressing WT cell lines identified several novel splicing targets. We propose a model in which epigenetic inactivation of ESRP2 disrupts the mesenchymal to epithelial transition in early kidney development to generate WT.
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- Danny Legge
- School of Cellular and Molecular MedicineUniversity of BristolUK
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- Institute of Biomedical & Clinical SciencesUniversity of Exeter Medical SchoolUK
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- School of Cellular and Molecular MedicineUniversity of BristolUK
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- School of Cellular and Molecular MedicineUniversity of BristolUK
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- School of Cellular and Molecular MedicineUniversity of BristolUK
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- School of Cellular and Molecular MedicineUniversity of BristolUK
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- School of Cellular and Molecular MedicineUniversity of BristolUK
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- School of Cellular and Molecular MedicineUniversity of BristolUK
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- School of Cellular and Molecular MedicineUniversity of BristolUK
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- Cancer SectionUCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child HealthLondonUK
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- School of Cellular and Molecular MedicineUniversity of BristolUK
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- Institute of Biomedical & Clinical SciencesUniversity of Exeter Medical SchoolUK
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- School of Cellular and Molecular MedicineUniversity of BristolUK
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Gormley M, Yarmolinsky J, Dudding T, Burrows K, Martin RM, Thomas S, Tyrrell J, Brennan P, Pring M, Boccia S, Olshan AF, Diergaarde B, Hung RJ, Liu G, Legge D, Tajara EH, Severino P, Lacko M, Ness AR, Davey Smith G, Vincent EE, Richmond RC. Using genetic variants to evaluate the causal effect of cholesterol lowering on head and neck cancer risk: A Mendelian randomization study. PLoS Genet 2021; 17:e1009525. [PMID: 33886544 PMCID: PMC8096036 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1009525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2020] [Revised: 05/04/2021] [Accepted: 03/31/2021] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), which includes cancers of the oral cavity and oropharynx, is a cause of substantial global morbidity and mortality. Strategies to reduce disease burden include discovery of novel therapies and repurposing of existing drugs. Statins are commonly prescribed for lowering circulating cholesterol by inhibiting HMG-CoA reductase (HMGCR). Results from some observational studies suggest that statin use may reduce HNSCC risk. We appraised the relationship of genetically-proxied cholesterol-lowering drug targets and other circulating lipid traits with oral (OC) and oropharyngeal (OPC) cancer risk using two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR). For the primary analysis, germline genetic variants in HMGCR, NPC1L1, CETP, PCSK9 and LDLR were used to proxy the effect of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) lowering therapies. In secondary analyses, variants were used to proxy circulating levels of other lipid traits in a genome-wide association study (GWAS) meta-analysis of 188,578 individuals. Both primary and secondary analyses aimed to estimate the downstream causal effect of cholesterol lowering therapies on OC and OPC risk. The second sample for MR was taken from a GWAS of 6,034 OC and OPC cases and 6,585 controls (GAME-ON). Analyses were replicated in UK Biobank, using 839 OC and OPC cases and 372,016 controls and the results of the GAME-ON and UK Biobank analyses combined in a fixed-effects meta-analysis. We found limited evidence of a causal effect of genetically-proxied LDL-C lowering using HMGCR, NPC1L1, CETP or other circulating lipid traits on either OC or OPC risk. Genetically-proxied PCSK9 inhibition equivalent to a 1 mmol/L (38.7 mg/dL) reduction in LDL-C was associated with an increased risk of OC and OPC combined (OR 1.8 95%CI 1.2, 2.8, p = 9.31 x10-05), with good concordance between GAME-ON and UK Biobank (I2 = 22%). Effects for PCSK9 appeared stronger in relation to OPC (OR 2.6 95%CI 1.4, 4.9) than OC (OR 1.4 95%CI 0.8, 2.4). LDLR variants, resulting in genetically-proxied reduction in LDL-C equivalent to a 1 mmol/L (38.7 mg/dL), reduced the risk of OC and OPC combined (OR 0.7, 95%CI 0.5, 1.0, p = 0.006). A series of pleiotropy-robust and outlier detection methods showed that pleiotropy did not bias our findings. We found limited evidence for a role of cholesterol-lowering in OC and OPC risk, suggesting previous observational results may have been confounded. There was some evidence that genetically-proxied inhibition of PCSK9 increased risk, while lipid-lowering variants in LDLR, reduced risk of combined OC and OPC. This result suggests that the mechanisms of action of PCSK9 on OC and OPC risk may be independent of its cholesterol lowering effects; however, this was not supported uniformly across all sensitivity analyses and further replication of this finding is required.
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- Mark Gormley
- MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
- Bristol Dental Hospital and School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
- Department of Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
- Department of Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
- Bristol Dental Hospital and School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
- Department of Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
- Department of Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
- Department of Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
- National Institute for Health Research Bristol Biomedical Research Centre at the University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- Bristol Dental Hospital and School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
- National Institute for Health Research Bristol Biomedical Research Centre at the University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- University of Exeter Medical School, RILD Building, RD&E Hospital, Exeter, United Kingdom
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- Genetic Epidemiology Group, World Health Organization, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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- Bristol Dental Hospital and School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- Section of Hygiene, University Department of Life Sciences and Public Health, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma, Italia
- Department of Woman and Child Health and Public Health, Public Health Area, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Roma, Italy
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- Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Human Genetics, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, and UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Prosserman Centre for Population Health Research, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Sinai Health System, Toronto, Canada
- Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Canada
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- School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- Albert Einstein Research and Education Institute, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Research Institute GROW, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- National Institute for Health Research Bristol Biomedical Research Centre at the University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
- Department of Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
- Department of Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
- School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
- Department of Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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Immunoreactive substance P (iSP) has been measured in plasma in 77 normal subjects and in 125 hospital patients. Factors affectingin-vitro degradation of iSP were studied.In vivo, iSP is degraded in the liver and its level in the circulation is independent of kidney excretory function.During insulin-induced hypoglycaemic stress and also during glucose-tolerance test, iSP in plasma decreased transiently. No circadian rhythm of iSP was observed, but in a study in sleeping volunteers episodic secretory bursts were seen, separated by one- to two-hour intervals, the first peak appearing about 90 minutes after the subjects fell asleep.In a patient with carcinoid metastases in the liver, an elevated level of iSP was found in the general circulation with a marked gradient at the hepatic venous effluent.
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- P Skrabanek
- Department of Endocrinology, Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Dublin.,Department of Immunology, Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Dublin.,Department of Radiology, Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Dublin
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- Department of Endocrinology, Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Dublin.,Department of Immunology, Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Dublin.,Department of Radiology, Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Dublin
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- Department of Endocrinology, Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Dublin.,Department of Immunology, Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Dublin.,Department of Radiology, Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Dublin
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- Department of Endocrinology, Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Dublin.,Department of Immunology, Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Dublin.,Department of Radiology, Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Dublin
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- Department of Endocrinology, Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Dublin.,Department of Immunology, Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Dublin.,Department of Radiology, Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Dublin
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Legge D, Cher L. QL-17 * COMMUNITY BRAIN TUMOUR FORUMS: LESSONS FROM THE FRONT LINE. Neuro Oncol 2014. [DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/nou269.16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Acquaye AA, Vera-Bolanos E, Gilbert MR, Armstrong TS, Lin L, Amidei C, Lovely M, Arzbaecher J, Page M, Mogensen K, Lupica K, Maher ME, Armstrong TS, Won M, Wefel JS, Gilbert MR, Pugh S, Wendland MM, Brachman DG, Brown PD, Crocker IR, Robins HI, Lee RJ, Mehta M, Arvold N, Wang Y, Zigler C, Schrag D, Dominici F, Boele F, Douw L, de Groot M, van Thuijl H, Cleijne W, Heimans J, Taphoorn M, Reijneveld J, Klein M, Bunevicius A, Tamasauskas S, Tamasauskas A, Deltuva V, Bunevicius R, Cahill J, Lin L, Armstrong T, Acquaye A, Vera-Bolanos E, Gilbert M, Padhye N, Chan J, Clarke J, Lawton K, Rabbitt J, DeSilva A, Prados M, Rosen M, Cher L, Diamond E, Applebaum A, Corner G, DeRosa A, Breitbart W, DeAngelis L, Hoogendoorn P, Ikuta S, Muragaki Y, Maruyama T, Nitta M, Tamura M, Okamoto S, Iseki H, Okada Y, Lacouture M, Davis ME, Elzinga G, Butowski N, Tran D, Villano J, Wong E, Legge D, Cher L, Legge D, Cher L, Mills K, Lin L, Acquaye A, Vera-Bolanos E, Gilbert M, Armstrong T, Lovely M, Sullivan D, Mueller S, Fullerton H, Stratton K, Leisenring W, Armstrong G, Weathers R, Stovall M, Goldsby R, Sklar C, Robison L, Krull K, Pace A, Villani V, Focarelli S, Benincasa D, Benincasa A, Carapella CM, Pompili A, Peiffer AM, Burke A, Leyer CM, Shing E, Kearns WT, Hinson WH, Case D, Rapp SR, Shaw EG, Chan MD, Porensky E, Cavaliere R, Newton H, Shilds A, Burgess S, Ravelo A, Taylor F, Mazar I, Abrey L, Rooney A, Graham C, McKenzie H, Fraser M, MacKinnon M, McNamara S, Rampling R, Carson A, Grant R, Rooney A, Heimans L, Woltz S, Kerrigan S, McNamara S, Grant R, Seibl-Leven M, Wittenstein K, Rohn G, Goldbrunner R, Timmer M, Kennedy J, Sherman W, Sen-Gupta I, Garic I, Macken M, Gerard E, Raizer J, Schuele S, Grontoft M, Stragliotto G, Taphoorn MJ, Henriksson R, Bottomley A, Cloughesy T, Wick W, Mason W, Saran F, Nishikawa R, Ravelo A, Hilton M, Chinot OL, Trad W, Simpson T, Wright K, Tran T, Choong C, Barton M, Hovey E, Robinson K, Koh ES, Vera-Bolanos E, Acquaye AA, Brown PD, Chung C, Gilbert MR, Vardy J, Armstrong TS, Walbert T, Mendoza T, Vera-Bolanos E, Gilbert M, Acquaye A, Armstrong T, Walbert T, Glantz M, Schultz L, Puduvalli VK, Oudenhoven M, Farin C, Hoffman R, Armstrong T, Ewend M, Wu J. SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT/QUALITY OF LIFE. Neuro Oncol 2013; 15:iii226-iii234. [PMCID: PMC3823907 DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/not192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2024] Open
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Fiske G, Hill A, Krouskos D, Legge D, Stagoll O. The community development in health project. Community Health Stud 2010; 13:93-9. [PMID: 2661133 DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.1989.tb00181.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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This paper describes the purpose and process of a 15 month project established to develop resources to assist people who are seeking to use a community development approach in addressing health issues.
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McDonnell CO, Legge D, Twomey E, Kavanagh EG, Dundon S, O'Donohoe MK, O'Malley MK, Corrigan TP. Carotid Artery Angioplasty for Restenosis Following Endarterectomy. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg 2004; 27:163-6. [PMID: 14718898 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2003.09.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [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: 11/30/2022]
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INTRODUCTION The higher complication rate associated with the surgical treatment of restenosis following carotid endarterectomy (CEA) has led several authors to advocate angioplasty as the treatment of choice in the management of restenosis. We describe our experience with internal carotid artery angioplasty for post-endarterectomy restenosis over 7 years. PATIENTS AND METHODS From January 1994 to April 2001, all patients with a >90% restenosis following CEA were considered for angioplasty. Thirty angioplasties were carried out in 25 patients, 80% (24/30), for asymptomatic recurrent stenosis. There was no difference between those who had intervention for recurrent stenosis (n=31) and those who did not (n=545) in age, sex, smoking status or incidence of diabetes or hypertension. A significantly greater number of patients who underwent angioplasty were hypercholesterolaemic (p<0.05, Chi-squared test). RESULTS Mean time from surgery to angioplasty was 13 months (range 1-23). Angioplasty was technically successful in 29 cases (97%). Three patients (10%) experienced transient neurological symptoms during the procedure. There were no strokes. Ninety-six percent (28/29) of patients were followed up with duplex scanning. Mean follow-up was 20 months (range 2-48). Three patients developed a greater than 90% restenosis. CONCLUSION Angioplasty is an acceptable alternative to surgery in the management of internal carotid artery restenosis following endarterectomy.
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- Departmentof Vascular Surgery, Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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Lee K, Bradley D, Ahern M, McMichael T, Butler C, Legge D, Rao JN, Feachem RGA, Woodcock J, Porter A, Saracci R, Cuttini M, Macq J. Globalisation and health. BMJ 2002. [DOI: 10.1136/bmj.324.7328.44] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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- D Legge
- School of Public Health, La Trobe University, Bundoora
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Mulherin D, FitzGerald O, Bresnihan B, Yanni G, Farahat M, Posten R, Panayi GS, Abuzakouk M, Feighery C, Casey E, Weir D, Farrelly CO, Bell AL, Magill KM, McKane JR, Kirk F, Irvine AE, Kelleher D, Hall N, Murphy A, Long A, O’Farrelly C, Casey EB, McCarthy J, Cushnaghan JJ, Dieppe PA, O’Duffy JD, Lie JT, Ehman R, Engel AG, Sitiny M, Ryan J, Plunkett P, Jackson J, O’Connell PG, Siegel KL, Stanhope S, Gerber LH, Phelan MJI, Williams C, Williams J, Smith T, Ghadiali E, Bucknall R, Golding DN, McCarthy C, Cushnaghan J, Dieppe P, Eustace S, Griffin S, Legge D, O’Byrne J, Breathnach E, Beausang O, Stack J, Stephens MM, Srinivasan U, Harrison M, Coughlan B, Heffernan M, Foley-Nolan D, Rowbotham D, Kearney M, O’Mally A, Dyson H, Martin M, Hassan J, Fitzgerald MX, Whelan A, Camilleri F, Cunnane G, Arora A, Bonnar J, Chua A, Keeling PWN, Lynch M, Garrahy A, Mulcahy FM, Sant S, Cahill R, Gilvarry J, Beattie S, Hamilton H, O’Morain C, Mulcahy D, McDermott M, Molloy MG, Cashin P, McConneir F, O’Gara F, McCabe M, Brophy D, Gibney R, Choy E, Kingsley GH, Wallace E, Forde AM, Feighery D, Sim RB, Donnelly S, Lau S, Veal D, McLaren M, Bancroft AJ, Belch JJF, Coughlan RJ, Crockard AD, Thompson JM, McBride SJ, Edgar JD, McNeill TA, Campbell A, Byrne J, Hough Y, Hunt J, Lynch MP, Nuallain EMO, Monaghan H, Reen DJ, Winska-Wiloch H, Isenberg DA. Irish association of rheumatology & rehabilitation. Ir J Med Sci 1993. [DOI: 10.1007/bf02960730] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Eustace SJ, O'Byrne J, Legge D. Occult glove perforations. AJR Am J Roentgenol 1993; 160:666-7. [PMID: 8430586 DOI: 10.2214/ajr.160.3.8430586] [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: 01/30/2023]
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Sugrue ME, Lee M, Hederman WP, Legge D. Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty in the treatment of lower limb ischaemia. Ir J Med Sci 1988; 157:104-6. [PMID: 2968329 DOI: 10.1007/bf02950363] [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: 01/03/2023]
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Legge D. Quality assurance: what is the consumers' role? Aust Clin Rev 1986; 6:190-6. [PMID: 3579728] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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We commenced with the question: what is the "proper" role for consumers in quality assurance? Quality assurance has been discussed as encompassing three phases: clinical review, linkage and drive. We have discussed a range of mechanisms which can contribute to expressing a consumer perspective or the consumers' interest in each of these phases of quality assurance. It is clear that the consumers' experience is a useful and legitimate input to clinical review. It is clear that mechanisms for listening more carefully to the consumers' perspective could be introduced more widely. It is clear that greater consumer understanding of an involvement in the whole quality assurance cycle is practicable and, from the point of view of many consumers, highly desirable. Whilst more detailed answers have not been brought forward, a useful framework for considering how to proceed from here has been presented.
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Legge D. General issues in quality assurance. Aust Clin Rev 1984:14-20. [PMID: 6517753] [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: 01/20/2023]
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Legge D. Therapeutic arterial embolisation in children. Eur J Radiol 1984; 4:89-92. [PMID: 6610550] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Arterial embolisation was performed in five paediatric patients. Indications were hypersplenism in two, gastrointestinal bleeding in two and treatment of an aneurysmal bone cyst in one. Embolisation provided definitive treatment in each case with no complications.
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Five patients with hepatic neoplasms considered suitable for surgical resection were examined by computed tomography (CT), hepatic angiography and then a combination of angiography and CT (CTA). In each patient the tumour was more clearly defined and its extent more accurately determined than by routine CT. Three patients were spared surgery when further hepatic tumour was shown by CTA. The left lobe was shown to be free of tumour in the other two patients and surgical resection was carried out. Examination by CTA is recommended in all patients with hepatic tumours considered suitable for hepatic resection.
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Legge D. Renal angioplasty. Ir Med J 1984; 77:115-6. [PMID: 6234257] [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: 01/19/2023]
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Therapeutic arterial embolisation was performed in 48 patients. Gelfoam, Oxycel, Bucrylate, Gianturco wire coils and lyophilised dura mater were used. Indications included control of acute haemorrhage, pre-operative vascular reduction, palliation of inoperable lesions, or to render such lesions operable, and elective definitive treatment. The technique was not considered to be of significant value as a pre-operative measure but was successful for the control of haemorrhage, the management of inoperable lesions and as an elective definitive treatment for various unusual lesions. One patient died and three had complications. The choice of occlusive material is discussed and depends upon the nature and vascularity of the lesion and whether short- or long-term occlusion is required.
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Legge D. Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty in peripheral vascular disease. Ir Med J 1984; 77:85-7. [PMID: 6231265] [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: 01/19/2023]
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Legge D. Quality assurance in US hospitals: a view from Australia.5. Aust Clin Rev 1983:34-43. [PMID: 6686439] [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: 01/21/2023]
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McGee D, Hurley MF, Shinkwin M, Kirwan. WO, Brady HR, O’Donoghue DP, Maxwell RJ, Parks. TG, Habba SF, Doyle JS, McCoy GF, Parks TG, Keane F, Stephens R, O’Connor M, Byrne PJ, Hennessy TP, Gallagher C, Lennon J, Crowe J, O’Connell D, Browne HJ, Legge D, Kelleher D, Bloomfield J, Whelan A, Weir D, O’Donoghue DP, FitzGerald O, Conalty ML, Courtney DF, Clanachan AS, Scott GW, Shattock AG, McKeever U, Feighery C, Weir D, Cryan EM, Stevens FM, Fottrell PF, McNicholl B, McCarthy F, Arthurs Y, Doyle GD, Fielding JF, O’Grady JG, Stevens FM, Fottrell PF, McNicholl B, O’Gorman TA, McCarthy F, Sheahan DG, West AB, Stephens RB, Hennessy TP, McEntee G, Gorey TF, Heffernan SJ, Duignan JP, Duignan J, Wesler M, O’Higgins N, O’Malley E, MacLean LD, Watson RGK, Devery R, Collins PB, Johnson AH. Irish Society of Gastroenterology. Ir J Med Sci 1982. [DOI: 10.1007/bf02940197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Legge D. Quality assurance in US hospitals: a view from Australia. Aust Clin Rev 1982:29-36. [PMID: 6892101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Legge D. Quality assurance in US hospitals: a view from Australia. Aust Clin Rev 1982:32-7. [PMID: 7171358] [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: 01/23/2023]
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Legge D. Quality assurance in US hospitals: a view from Australia. Aust Clin Rev 1982:33-7. [PMID: 7168706] [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: 01/23/2023]
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Legge D. Medical care review in Australia: 2 A focus on the process and outcome of medical care. Aust Clin Rev 1981:29-37. [PMID: 6762874] [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: 01/21/2023]
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Legge D. Medical care review in Australia: I. A focus on the process and outcome of medical care. Aust Clin Rev 1981:3-8. [PMID: 6762873] [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: 01/21/2023]
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Fennelly JJ, Dowdall CW, Legge D, Grant AP, Molloy MG, Breathnach CS. Book reviews. Ir J Med Sci 1980. [DOI: 10.1007/bf02939188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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An attempt was made to reduce the side effects associated with the use of Metrizamide in lumbar radiculography by the removal of the contrast medium on completion of the examination. Almost complete removal was achieved in 103 patients and of these 73% had no symptoms after examination, while 8% had severe symptoms. Eleven of 14 patients in whom removal was not attempted or was not successful had significant symptoms after examination. It is concluded that aspiration of Metrizamide will reduce the incidence and severity of the side effects associated with the use of this contrast medium.
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Legge D. Nurse education: a contribution to discussion. Aust Nurses J 1979; 8:42-5. [PMID: 258146] [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: 12/14/2022]
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The effects of Glucagon on 35 cholangiographic studies was examined. Relief of spasm at the choledochoduodenal sphincter resulted in consistently improved demonstration of this area. Diminished spasm-induced pain was also recorded. The use of intravenous Glucagon is recommended for cholangiographic studies where there is total biliary obstruction, or where there is unsatisfactory demonstration of the choledocho-duodenal area.
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Needle biopsies were performed in 12 patients with solitary bone lesions, employing a simple 18 gauge cutting needle. Material sufficient for reliable diagnosis was obtained from eight of our 12 cases, thereby avoiding exploratory surgery. It is concluded that percutaneous needle biopsy of bone is a safe and simple procedure of value in the management of solitary lesions of bone.
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Seven patients with gastro-oesophageal varices due to splenic or portal vein obstruction from a diseased pancreas have been seen at the Mater Hospital during the past three years. Four of these patients had episodes of acute and massive gastrointestinal bleeding and this paper emphasises the role of angiography in the management of this complication. In three instances the bleeding was the result of the varices, but in one patient with carcinoma of the head of the pancreas the bleeding was shown to result from invasion of the tumour into the duodenum.
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Prostaglandin F2-Alpha has been used in 10 superselective angiographic studies of the pancreas and 10 left gastric studies. Injection of Prostaglandin into the dorsal pancreatic or gastroduodenal artery increased opacification of small pancreatic vessels and better demonstrated the angiographic changes in three cases of carcinoma of the pancreas. Injection of the drug into the left gastric artery increased opacification of the left gastric vein, allowed identification of the direction of flow of the contrast medium and enhanced demonstration of gastro-oesophageal varices. It is concluded that Prostaglandin improves the quality of pancreatic and left gastric angiographic studies.
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Comparison has been made between slow infusion hepatic angiographic studies obtained before and after the intra-arterial injection of prostaglandin F2 alpha. The prostaglandin injection resulted in increased caliber of the hepatic arteries, increased opacification of the parenchyma of the liver and improved visualization of the wall of the gallbladder. Poorly vascularized metastatic lesions were better shown on the prostaglandin studies, and carcinoma of the gallbladder was diagnosed in two instances. The demonstration of highly vascularized metastatic tumor was enhanced on the prostaglandin studies, but further improved after the injection of angiotensin.
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Mclnerney D, Quinlan W, Legge D, MacAuley P, Mulvihill N. An assessment of lumbar radiculography using meglumine iocarmate (Dimer-X). Ir J Med Sci 1977; 146:35-8. [PMID: 838562 DOI: 10.1007/bf03030925] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Skrabanek P, Cannon D, Kirrane J, Legge D, Powell D. Circulating immunoreactive substance P in man. Ir J Med Sci 1976; 145:399-408. [PMID: 1010720] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Legge D. Nursing people: problems, goals and strategies. Natl Hosp Health Care 1975; 1:11-6, 20-2. [PMID: 10246396] [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: 04/13/2023]
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McInerney D, Legge D. Proceedings: The value of tomography in the non-visualised oral cholecystogram. Ir J Med Sci 1975; 144:76. [PMID: 1112677] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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O'Neill M, Legge D, Whelton MJ. Crohn's disease of the duodenum: with special reference to duodenoscopy. J Ir Med Assoc 1974; 67:191-2. [PMID: 4821104] [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: 01/12/2023]
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Mottomley K, Mylotte M, McCarthy CF, O’Grady JF, McMullin JP, Golden JM, McMahon PJ, FitzGerald PA, Kelleher J, O’Sullivan DJ, Doyle C, Gibson J, Whelton MJ, O’Beirne SF, Flynn J, O’Shea M, MacSullivan A, Cahill C, Legge D, Lane BE, O’Sullivan G, Collins PG, Brady PG, Doyle G, FitzGerald O, Fennelly JJ, Towers RP, Graham IM, Whelton MJ, Doyle C, Sircus W, Young MM, Fennelly JJ, Hayes R, Weir DG, O’Neill T, Hourihane DO, Hennessy T, O’Leary S, Lehane M, Stevens FM, McCarthy CF, Wright R, Goligher J. Irish society for gastroenterology. Ir J Med Sci 1973. [DOI: 10.1007/bf02950023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Legge D, Pottinger JM. Is there a motor-constancy mechanism? Br J Psychol 1968; 59:349-59. [PMID: 5719789 DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8295.1968.tb01149.x] [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: 01/16/2023]
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Two experiments are reported in which subliminal stimulation of one modality with emotional material impairs detection performance in a different modality. In the first experiment the visual awareness threshold for neutral material was raised by simultaneous auditory presentation of emotional words. This result supports the hypothesis that threshold changes induced by emotional stimulation are mediated centrally. In the second experiment a similar effect was obtained when the experimental roles of the two modalities were reversed. An analysis of the effect in terms of the parameters of Signal Detectability Theory indicates that it is mediated by a lowering of the sensitivity of the detection mechanism. This may be caused either by attenuation of incoming signals, or by an increase in the level of “noise” against which the signal is received.
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