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Leighton PLA, López-Campos Ó, Chabot B, Scott HR, Zawadski S, Barragán-Hernández W, Aalhus JL, Prieto N. Impact of a constant current electrical stimulation (CCES) system and hormonal growth-promoting (HGP) implants on meat quality and palatability of finished steers. Meat Sci 2023; 205:109297. [PMID: 37544261 DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2023.109297] [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: 04/14/2023] [Revised: 07/31/2023] [Accepted: 08/01/2023] [Indexed: 08/08/2023]
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This study evaluated the effects of a constant current electrical stimulation (CCES) system and hormonal growth-promoting (HGP) implants on the quality and palatability of the longissimus thoracis et lumborum (LTL) from yearling-finished steers. The experiment used a total of 46 Angus cross steers, which were either non-implanted (n = 20) or implanted with trenbolone acetate and estradiol benzoate (n = 26). The CCES was applied to one side of each carcass during the slaughter process, whereas the other side remained unstimulated. Regardless of the application of HGP implants, the CCES reduced pH at 3 and 72 h post-mortem and shear force at all ageing times (P < 0.05), improved colour at 72 h post-mortem and during the retail display (P < 0.05), increased initial and overall tenderness (P < 0.01), and decreased the amount of perceived connective tissue and the proportion of trained panelists detecting spongy texture (P < 0.05) compared to meat from unstimulated carcass sides. Although CCES increased meat purge losses and reduced moisture content (P < 0.05), this did not affect meat juiciness (P > 0.10). CCES interacted with HGP to prevent increase in drip loss (P > 0.10), increase frequency of panelists detecting bloody/serumy flavour and typical texture, and reduce the proportion of panelists detecting rubbery texture in meat (P < 0.05). Regardless of stimulation treatment, meat from implanted animals had a more pronounced pH decline at 72 h post-mortem (P < 0.05) and a higher proportion of panelists finding no off-flavours (P < 0.05) or bloody/serumy flavour (P < 0.01) than non-implanted cattle. The CCES system tested in this study improved LTL quality and palatability of heavier beef carcasses.
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- P L A Leighton
- Lacombe Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 6000 C&E Trail, Lacombe, Alberta T4L 1W1, Canada
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- Lacombe Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 6000 C&E Trail, Lacombe, Alberta T4L 1W1, Canada
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- Lacombe Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 6000 C&E Trail, Lacombe, Alberta T4L 1W1, Canada
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- Lacombe Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 6000 C&E Trail, Lacombe, Alberta T4L 1W1, Canada
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- Lacombe Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 6000 C&E Trail, Lacombe, Alberta T4L 1W1, Canada
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- Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA), El Nus Research Centre, San Roque, Antioquía, Colombia
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- Lacombe Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 6000 C&E Trail, Lacombe, Alberta T4L 1W1, Canada
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- Lacombe Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 6000 C&E Trail, Lacombe, Alberta T4L 1W1, Canada.
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Nakamura T, Oh CK, Liao L, Zhang X, Lopez KM, Gibbs D, Deal AK, Scott HR, Spencer B, Masliah E, Rissman RA, Yates JR, Lipton SA. Noncanonical transnitrosylation network contributes to synapse loss in Alzheimer's disease. Science 2020; 371:science.aaw0843. [PMID: 33273062 DOI: 10.1126/science.aaw0843] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2018] [Accepted: 11/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Here we describe mechanistically distinct enzymes (a kinase, a guanosine triphosphatase, and a ubiquitin protein hydrolase) that function in disparate biochemical pathways and can also act in concert to mediate a series of redox reactions. Each enzyme manifests a second, noncanonical function-transnitrosylation-that triggers a pathological biochemical cascade in mouse models and in humans with Alzheimer's disease (AD). The resulting series of transnitrosylation reactions contributes to synapse loss, the major pathological correlate to cognitive decline in AD. We conclude that enzymes with distinct primary reaction mechanisms can form a completely separate network for aberrant transnitrosylation. This network operates in the postreproductive period, so natural selection against such abnormal activity may be decreased.
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- Tomohiro Nakamura
- Departments of Molecular Medicine and Neuroscience, and Neuroscience Translational Center, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA. .,Neurodegenerative Disease Center, Scintillon Institute, San Diego, CA 92121, USA
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- Departments of Molecular Medicine and Neuroscience, and Neuroscience Translational Center, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.,Neurodegenerative Disease Center, Scintillon Institute, San Diego, CA 92121, USA
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- Departments of Molecular Medicine and Neuroscience, and Neuroscience Translational Center, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Departments of Molecular Medicine and Neuroscience, and Neuroscience Translational Center, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.,Neurodegenerative Disease Center, Scintillon Institute, San Diego, CA 92121, USA
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- Neurodegenerative Disease Center, Scintillon Institute, San Diego, CA 92121, USA
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- Department of Neurosciences, University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Departments of Molecular Medicine and Neuroscience, and Neuroscience Translational Center, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Departments of Molecular Medicine and Neuroscience, and Neuroscience Translational Center, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Department of Neurosciences, University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Department of Neurosciences, University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Department of Neurosciences, University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.,VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA 92161, USA
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- Departments of Molecular Medicine and Neuroscience, and Neuroscience Translational Center, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Departments of Molecular Medicine and Neuroscience, and Neuroscience Translational Center, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA. .,Neurodegenerative Disease Center, Scintillon Institute, San Diego, CA 92121, USA.,Department of Neurosciences, University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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Scott HR, Isles CJ, Fisher BM, Long J, Dunn FG. Adopting seven-day working in practice: a report by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow. Scott Med J 2014; 59:193-7. [PMID: 25351425 DOI: 10.1177/0036933014556937] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Following the UK Academy of Medical Royal Colleges Report on seven day consultant present care, the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow held a symposium to explore clinicians' views on the ways in which clinical care should best be enhanced outside 'normal' working hours. In addition, a survey of members and fellows was undertaken to identify the tests which would make the greatest impact on care out of hours. Key messages were: (a) that seven-day consultant delivered care would not achieve the desired benefit to patient care if introduced in isolation from other inter-relating factors. These include alternatives to hospital admission, enhanced nursing support, increased junior medical, pharmacy, social care and ambulance availability and greater access to selected diagnostic services; (b) that the care of hospital inpatients is a service which is one part of the totality of secondary care provision. Any significant change in the deployment of staff for inpatient care must be carefully managed so as not to result in a reduced quality of care provided by the rest of the system.
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- H R Scott
- Honorary Secretary, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, UK; Consultant Physician NHS Lanarkshire, UK
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- Consultant Physician, NHS Dumfries and Galloway, UK
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- Vice-President Medical, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, UK; Consultant Physician, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde, UK
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- Dean, College of Emergency Medicine, UK; Consultant Emergency Physician, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde, UK
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- President, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, UK; Consultant Physician, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde, UK
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Forrest LM, McMillan DC, McArdle CS, Angerson WJ, Dagg K, Scott HR. A prospective longitudinal study of performance status, an inflammation-based score (GPS) and survival in patients with inoperable non-small-cell lung cancer. Br J Cancer 2005; 92:1834-6. [PMID: 15870712 PMCID: PMC2361776 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6602591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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The value of an inflammation-based prognostic score (Glasgow Prognostic score, GPS) was compared with performance status (ECOG-ps) in a longitudinal study of patients (n=101) with inoperable non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). At diagnosis, stratified for treatment, only the GPS (HR 2.32, 95% CI 1.52–3.54, P<0.001) was a significant predictor of survival. In contrast, neither the GPS nor ECOG-ps measured at 3–6 months follow-up were significant predictors of residual survival. This study confirms the prognostic value of the GPS, at diagnosis, in patients with inoperable NSCLC. However, the role of the GPS and ECOG-ps during follow-up has not been established.
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- L M Forrest
- University Department of Surgery, Royal Infirmary, Glasgow G31 2ER, UK
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- University Department of Surgery, Royal Infirmary, Glasgow G31 2ER, UK
- University Department of Surgery, Royal Infirmary, Glasgow G31 2ER, UK. E-mail:
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- University Department of Surgery, Royal Infirmary, Glasgow G31 2ER, UK
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- University Department of Surgery, Royal Infirmary, Glasgow G31 2ER, UK
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Wishaw General Hospital, Lanarkshire ML2 0DP, UK
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Wishaw General Hospital, Lanarkshire ML2 0DP, UK
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Scott HR, McMillan DC, Forrest LM, Brown DJF, McArdle CS, Milroy R. The systemic inflammatory response, weight loss, performance status and survival in patients with inoperable non-small cell lung cancer. Br J Cancer 2002; 87:264-7. [PMID: 12177792 PMCID: PMC2364225 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6600466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 225] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2002] [Revised: 05/14/2002] [Accepted: 05/29/2002] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The relationship between the magnitude of systemic inflammatory response and the nutritional/functional parameters in patients with inoperable non-small cell lung cancer were studied. The extent of weight loss, albumin, C-reactive protein, performance status and quality of life was measured in 106 patients with inoperable non-small cell lung cancer (stages III and IV). Survival analysis was performed using the Cox proportional hazard model. The majority of patients were male and almost 80% had elevated circulating C-reactive protein concentrations (>10 mg x l(-1)). On multivariate analysis, age (P=0.012), tumour type (0.002), weight loss (P=0.056), C-reactive protein (P=0.047), Karnofsky performance status (P=0.002) and fatigue (P=0.046) were independent predictors of survival. The patients were grouped according to the magnitude of the C-reactive protein concentrations (< or =10, 11-100 and >100 mg x l(-1)). An increase in the magnitude of the systemic inflammatory response was associated with increased weight loss (P=0.004), reduced albumin concentrations (P=0.001), reduced performance status (P=0.060), increased fatigue (P=0.011) and reduced survival (HR 1.936 95%CI 1.414-2.650, P<0.001). These results indicate that the majority of patients with inoperable non-small cell lung cancer have evidence of a systemic inflammatory response. Furthermore, an increase in the magnitude of the systemic inflammatory response resulted in greater weight loss, poorer performance status, more fatigue and poorer survival.
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- H R Scott
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Wishaw General Hospital, Lanarkshire ML 0DP, UK
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McMillan DC, Watson WS, O'Gorman P, Preston T, Scott HR, McArdle CS. Albumin concentrations are primarily determined by the body cell mass and the systemic inflammatory response in cancer patients with weight loss. Nutr Cancer 2002; 39:210-3. [PMID: 11759282 DOI: 10.1207/s15327914nc392_8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 320] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.5] [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: 01/17/2023]
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The association between hypoalbuminemia and poor prognosis in patients with cancer is well recognized. However, the factors that contribute to the fall in albumin concentrations are not well understood. In the present study, we examined the relationship between circulating albumin concentrations, weight loss, the body cell mass (measured using total body potassium), and the presence of an inflammatory response (measured using C-reactive protein) in male patients (n = 40) with advanced lung or gastrointestinal cancer. Albumin concentrations were significantly correlated with the percent ideal body weight (r = 0.390, p < 0.05), extent of reported weight loss (r = -0.492, p < 0.01), percent predicted total body potassium (adjusted for age, height, and weight, r = 0.686, p < 0.001), and log10 C-reactive protein concentrations (r = -0.545, p < 0.001). On multiple regression analysis, the percent predicted total body potassium and log10 C-reactive protein concentrations accounted for 63% of the variation in albumin concentrations (r2 = 0.626, p < 0.001). The interrelationship between albumin, body cell mass, and the inflammatory response is consistent with the concept that the presence of an ongoing inflammatory response contributes to the progressive loss of these vital protein components of the body and the subsequent death of patients with advanced cancer.
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- D C McMillan
- University Department of Surgery, Royal Infirmary, Glasgow G31 2ER, UK.
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Scott HR, McMillan DC, Watson WS, Milroy R, McArdle CS. Longitudinal study of resting energy expenditure, body cell mass and the inflammatory response in male patients with non-small cell lung cancer. Lung Cancer 2001; 32:307-12. [PMID: 11390012 DOI: 10.1016/s0169-5002(00)00244-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The aim of this study was to examine the inter-relationship between the inflammatory response and resting energy expenditure in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) before and after the onset of weight loss. Healthy subjects (n=7) and patients with NSCLC without weight loss (n=12) were studied. Resting energy expenditure adjusted for metabolically active tissue, as measured by total body potassium, was approximately 15% higher in the NSCLC group (P<0.01). Moreover, the resting energy expenditure, correlated with the magnitude of the inflammatory response (r=0.753, P<0.01). Six cancer patients subsequently lost weight and the relationship between resting energy expenditure and the inflammatory response was maintained. These results highlight the impact of the inflammatory response on the increase in the resting energy expenditure which precedes the onset of weight loss in patients with NSCLC.
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- H R Scott
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Stobhill NHS Trust, G21 3UW, Glasgow, UK
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McMillan DC, Scott HR, Watson WS, Preston T, Milroy R, McArdle CS. Longitudinal study of body cell mass depletion and the inflammatory response in cancer patients. Nutr Cancer 1998; 31:101-5. [PMID: 9770720 DOI: 10.1080/01635589809514687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [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: 02/09/2023]
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There is recent evidence that the inflammatory response may be important in the disproportionate loss of body cell mass in cancer patients. To examine this further, 18 male patients with lung or gastrointestinal cancer were studied over a 12-week period. In addition to weight, anthropometry, C-reactive protein (marker of the inflammatory response), albumin, and total body potassium were measured at baseline and 12 weeks. When those patients who lost total body potassium were compared with those who had not, there was a significant increase in the baseline and 12-week C-reactive protein concentrations (p < 0.05). The reduction in total body potassium was also associated with a reduction in triceps skinfold thickness (p < 0.05). There were significant correlations between the mean C-reactive protein concentration and the relative (r = -0.846, p < 0.001) and absolute (r = -0.806, p < 0.001) change in total body potassium over the follow-up period. This study demonstrates the association of a chronic inflammatory response with the rate of loss of body cell mass observed in cancer patients.
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- D C McMillan
- University Department of Surgery, Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, UK.
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The aim of this study was to develop a structured approach to the reporting and in particular the clinical interpretation of ventilation/perfusion (V/Q) scan results. An initial audit indicated that there were significant variations in the clinical management of patients particularly after a non-diagnostic V/Q scan report. There were also differences in the approaches used to interpret the scan itself. In an attempt to improve this, a set of interpretation guidelines was produced based on the revised PIOPED data. To combat the problems with clinical interpretation, a standard method for assessing the pre-test clinical probability of pulmonary embolism was established. This clinical risk was then combined with the V/Q scan result to give an overall probability for the presence of pulmonary embolism. The more precise risk stratification which resulted allowed explicit clinical advice on patient management to be incorporated into the final report. A second audit was performed with the revised methodology in place. The level of inter-observer variability for scan reporting decreased from 30% to 12%. The prior assessment of clinical risk and the standardized method of combining this with the scan result led to an improvement in patient management. This was particularly true for the non-diagnostic group, in whom additional investigations were more appropriately used. A structured approach which allows the pre-test probability of pulmonary embolism to be combined in an explicit fashion with the V/Q scan result can provide a more precise risk stratification allowing appropriate recommendations to be made. Such an approach can result in improved patient management.
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- H R Scott
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Stobhill Hospital, Glasgow, UK
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Talwar D, Ha TK, Scott HR, Cooney J, Fell GS, O'Reilly DS, Lean ME, McMillan DC. Effect of inflammation on measures of antioxidant status in patients with non-small cell lung cancer. Am J Clin Nutr 1997; 66:1283-5. [PMID: 9356549 DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/66.5.1283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [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: 02/05/2023] Open
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This study examined the effect of an inflammatory response on measures of antioxidant status in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). In healthy, control subjects (n = 13) and NSCLC patients (n = 22) fasting concentrations of albumin, C-reactive protein, cholesterol, and the antioxidants alpha-tocopherol, retinol, lutein, lycopene, and alpha- and beta-carotene were measured. The two groups were similar in terms of age, sex, and body mass index. However, the cancer group had an inflammatory response as evidenced by significantly increased C-reactive protein concentrations. Concentrations of all the measured antioxidants of the NSCLC group were significantly lower than those of the control group (P < 0.01). The lowest concentrations were those of the carotenoids lycopene and alpha- and beta-carotene. In the cancer group there were significant negative correlations between concentrations of C-reactive protein and retinol (r = -0.682, P < 0.01), alpha-tocopherol (r = -0.464, P < 0.05), and lutein (r = -0.599, P < 0.01). The results of this study have implications for the interpretation of circulating antioxidant concentrations in patients with NSCLC.
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- D Talwar
- Department of Human Nutrition, Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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Sattar N, Scott HR, McMillan DC, Talwar D, O'Reilly DS, Fell GS. Acute-phase reactants and plasma trace element concentrations in non-small cell lung cancer patients and controls. Nutr Cancer 1997; 28:308-12. [PMID: 9343841 DOI: 10.1080/01635589709514592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [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: 02/05/2023]
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This study examined the effect of an acute-phase response on plasma trace element concentrations of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients. In normal subjects (n = 13) and NSCLC patients (n = 22), fasting concentrations of albumin, C-reactive protein, the trace elements iron, zinc, copper, and selenium, and their associated proteins transferrin, albumin, ceruloplasmin, and glutathione peroxidase were measured. The NSCLC patients were subdivided into two equal groups depending on whether they had a C-reactive protein concentration < 35 mg/l (Group 1) or > 35 mg/l (Group 2). Circulating zinc, iron, and transferrin concentrations were significantly lower in NSCLC Group 1 than in the control group (p < 0.05). Circulating concentrations of iron, zinc, and the binding proteins transferrin and albumin were significantly lower in NSCLC Group 2 than in the control group and NSCLC Group 1 (zinc not significantly different) (p < 0.01). In contrast circulating concentrations of copper and its binding protein ceruloplasmin were significantly increased in NSCLC Group 2 compared with NSCLC Group 1 and the control group (p < 0.01). Additionally, plasma selenium and glutathione peroxidase concentrations were significantly lower (p < 0.05) in NSCLC Group 2 than in NSCLC Group 1 and the control group. In the NSCLC patients there were significant negative correlations between concentrations of C-reactive protein and iron, transferrin, zinc, albumin, and selenium (p < 0.05). Furthermore, there were also significant positive correlations between C-reactive protein and copper (r = 0.788, p < 0.001) and ceruloplasmin (r = 0.831, p < 0.001) concentrations. The presence of an acute-phase response has implications for the interpretation of circulating trace element concentrations, the status of patients with NSCLC, and supplementation with trace elements in patients with NSCLC.
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- N Sattar
- Department of Pathological Biochemistry, Royal Infirmary University NHS Trust, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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Markers of the inflammatory response, interleukin 6, C-reactive protein, albumin and full blood count, were measured in non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients (n = 21) with and without weight loss ( > 5%). There were significant increases in circulating C-reactive protein (P < 0.001), interleukin 6 (P < 0.01) and platelets (P < 0.01) in the weight-losing group. Moreover, there was a statistically significant correlation (r = 0.785, P < 0.001) between interleukin 6 and C-reactive protein concentrations. These results are consistent with interleukin 6 and the acute phase response promoting weight loss in NSCLC.
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- H R Scott
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Stobhill NHS Trust, Glasgow, UK
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Scott HR. Breast-feeding: not all romance. Midwives Chron 1989; 102:413-4. [PMID: 2615681] [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: 01/01/2023]
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Scott HR. Pregnancy--a barrier to grieving? Midwives Chron 1989; 102:332-3. [PMID: 2811704] [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: 01/02/2023]
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Palmer GC, Scott HR. The cyclic AMP response to noradrenalin in young adult rat brain following post-natal injections of 6-hydroxydopamine. Experientia 1974; 30:520-1. [PMID: 4365010 DOI: 10.1007/bf01926327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Collins M, Palmer GC, Baca G, Scott HR. Stimulation of cyclic AMP in the isolated perfused rat lung. Res Commun Chem Pathol Pharmacol 1973; 6:805-12. [PMID: 4357404] [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: 01/10/2023]
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