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Antibiotic-Loaded Bone Cement for Infection Prophylaxis in Total Joint Replacement (2006)

Use of antibiotic-loaded bone cement for prophylaxis against infection is not indicated for patients not at high risk for infection who are undergoing routine primary or revision joint replacement with cement. The mechanical and elution properties of commercially available premixed antibiotic-loaded bone-cement products are superior to those of hand-mixed preparations. Use of commercially available antibiotic-loaded bone-cement products has been cleared by the United States Food and Drug Administration only for use in the second stage of a two-stage total joint revision following removal of the original prosthesis and elimination of active periprosthetic infection. Use of antibiotic-loaded bone cement for prophylaxis against infection in the second stage of a two-stage total joint revision involves low doses of antibiotics. Active infection cannot be treated with commercially available antibiotic-loaded bone cement as such treatment requires higher doses of antibiotics.
Effect of Mastication on Human Brain Activity (2010)

Mastication is a complicated movement generated from a neural population in the brainstem and a neural network involving several brain regions. Recently, attention has been focused on the relationship between mastication and age-related decline in human cognitive function, but the neural mechanisms underlying this association remain unknown. In this article, we review research on the effect of mastication based on data obtained using event-related potentials (ERPs), including the P300 component and contingent negative variation (CNV), motor-related cortical potentials (MRCPs), and reaction time (RT) as behavioral data. The peak latency of P300 and RT clearly shortened with the repetition of sessions in Mastication, but not in Control, Jaw Movement, or Finger Tapping. The mean amplitude of CNV differed between the Mastication and Control conditions with the repetition of sessions. By contrast, there was no significant difference in the amplitude of MRCP between Mastication and Control in any of the sessions. These results suggest that mastication is associated with cognitive processing rather than movement-related processing in the human brain. We believe that non-invasive recording methods, such as electroencephalography (EEG), magnetoencephalography (MEG), transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), and near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS), will supply valuable evidence in support of a positive relationship between mastication and cognition.
Cover Picture: Eur. J. Immunol. 8/11 (2011)

Abstract A cryosection of the liver taken from a mouse treated with concanavalin A to induce acute hepatitis features on this issue's cover; the section is stained with Hoechst, Texas red‐phalloidin and anti‐mIL‐33 goat IgG/Cy5‐conjugated secondary antibody, identifying the nuclei in blue, F‐actin filaments in orange and IL‐33‐expressing cells in green respectively. The image is taken from the article by Arshad et al. ( pp . 2341–2349) in which the induction of IL‐33 expression in hepatocytes in concanavalin A‐induced hepatitis is suggested to be driven by NKT cells.
Activity of herpes simplex virus type 1 latency-associated transcript (LAT) promoter in neuron-derived cells: evidence for neuron specificity and for a large LAT transcript (1990)

By using chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT) assays in neuron-derived cell lines, we show here that promoter activity associated with the herpes simplex virus type 1 latency-associated transcript (LAT) had neuronal specificity. Promoter activity in these transient CAT assays coincided with a DNA region containing excellent RNA polymerase II promoter consensus sequences. Primer extension analysis in a LAT promoter-CAT plasmid construct placed the start of transcription about 28 nucleotides from the first T in the consensus TATA box sequence. Neuronal specificity of this promoter was suggested by examining the effect of sequences upstream of the promoter on CAT activity in neuronal versus nonneuronal cells. In nonneuronal cells, promoter activity was decreased 3- to 12-fold with the addition of upstream sequences. In contrast, in neuron-derived cells, the addition of upstream sequences did not decrease promoter activity. The LAT promoter predicted by our transient CAT assays was located over 660 nucleotides upstream from the 5' end of the previously mapped 2-kilobase (kb) LAT. This unusual location was explained by in situ and Northern (RNA) blot hybridization analyses that suggested that LAT transcription began near the promoter detected in our CAT assays, rather than near the 5' end of the 2-kb LAT. In situ hybridization with neurons from latently infected rabbits detected small amounts of LAT RNA within 30 nucleotides of the consensus TATA box sequence. This suggested that LAT transcription began near this TATA box. Northern blot hybridization of RNA from ganglia of latently infected rabbits revealed a faint 8.3-kb band of the same sense as LAT. We conclude that (i) the LAT promoter has neuronal specificity, (ii) the LAT promoter is located over 660 nucleotides upstream of the 5' end of the previously characterized stable 2-kb LAT, (iii) LAT transcription begins about 28 nucleotides from the first T of the consensus TATA box sequence and extends to near the first available polyadenylation site approximately 8.3 kb away, and (iv) this 8.3-kb RNA may be an unstable precursor of the more stable 2- and 1.3-kb LATs.
Les sérums hémolytiques, leurs antitoxines et les théories des sérums cytolytiques (1900)

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Defined tuberculosis vaccine, Mtb72F/AS02A, evidence of protection in cynomolgus monkeys (2009)

The development of a vaccine for tuberculosis requires a combination of antigens and adjuvants capable of inducing appropriate and long-lasting T cell immunity. We evaluated Mtb72F formulated in AS02A in the cynomolgus monkey model. The vaccine was immunogenic and caused no adverse reactions. When monkeys were immunized with bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) and then boosted with Mtb72F in AS02A, protection superior to that afforded by using BCG alone was achieved, as measured by clinical parameters, pathology, and survival. We observed long-term survival and evidence of reversal of disease progression in monkeys immunized with the prime-boost regimen. Antigen-specific responses from protected monkeys receiving BCG and Mtb72F/AS02A had a distinctive cytokine profile characterized by an increased ratio between 3 Th1 cytokines, IFN-gamma, TNF, and IL-2 and an innate cytokine, IL-6. To our knowledge, this is an initial report of a vaccine capable of inducing long-term protection against tuberculosis in a nonhuman primate model, as determined by protection against severe disease and death, and by other clinical and histopathological parameters.
Treatment of Hepatic Failure with ex Vivo Pig-Liver Perfusion Followed by Liver Transplantation (1994)

In 1990, more than 27,000 patients died of liver failure in the United States1. Perfusion through a liver from another person or a member of another species, such as a monkey, outside the body was used in the past to stabilize the condition of some patients with acute or subacute liver failure2–5. Few patients survived, however, and this approach was superseded by orthotopic liver transplantation6. Liver transplantation is associated with higher mortality for patients with fulminant hepatic failure than for patients with chronic liver disease, however. Patients with fulminant hepatic failure often have multiorgan failure and . . .
Microsecond Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Influenza Neuraminidase Suggest a Mechanism for the Increased Virulence of Stalk-Deletion Mutants (2016)

Deletions in the stalk of the influenza neuraminidase (NA) surface protein are associated with increased virulence, but the mechanisms responsible for this enhanced virulence are unclear. Here we use microsecond molecular dynamics simulations to explore the effect of stalk deletion on enzymatic activity, contrasting NA proteins from the A/swine/Shandong/N1/2009 strain both with and without a stalk deletion. By modeling and simulating neuraminidase apo glycoproteins embedded in complex-mixture lipid bilayers, we show that the geometry and dynamics of the neuraminidase enzymatic pocket may differ depending on stalk length, with possible repercussions on the binding of the endogenous sialylated-oligosaccharide receptors. We also use these simulations to predict previously unrecognized druggable "hotspots" on the neuraminidase surface that may prove useful for future efforts aimed at structure-based drug design.
Antigenic analysis of hematopoiesis. IV. The My-11 hematopoietic cell surface antigen is expressed by myelomonocytic and lymphoid, but not erythroid, progenitor cells. (1986)

The anti-My-11 murine monoclonal antibody reported on in this work identifies a KG-1a cell surface glycoprotein with apparent molecular mass of 210,000 daltons. Peripheral blood B-lymphocytes, and a novel subset of T-lymphocytes (not coinciding with helper or cytotoxic subsets) express My-11 antigen; granulocytes, red cells, and platelets are antigen negative. In normal bone marrow, lymphoid progenitors (TdT positive) and most granulocyte-monocyte progenitors express My-11, but erythroid and multilineage progenitors are My-11 negative. Approximately half of acute leukemia blast cell specimens are My-11 positive. The My-11 antigen distinguishes between lymphohematopoietic cells on the basis of lineage, and assists in the purification of hematopoietic progenitor cells and the subclassification of leukemias and normal lymphocytes.
Adaptive Transthoracic Refocusing of Dual-Mode Ultrasound Arrays (2009)

We present experimental validation results of an adaptive, image-based refocusing algorithm of dual-mode ultrasound arrays (DMUAs) in the presence of strongly scattering objects. This study is motivated by the need to develop noninvasive techniques for therapeutic targeting of tumors seated in organs where the therapeutic beam is partially obstructed by the ribcage, e.g., liver and kidney. We have developed an algorithm that takes advantage of the imaging capabilities of DMUAs to identify the ribs and the intercostals within the path of the therapeutic beam to produce a specified power deposition at the target while minimizing the exposure at the rib locations. This image-based refocusing algorithm takes advantage of the inherent registration between the imaging and therapeutic coordinate systems of DMUAs in the estimation of array directivity vectors at the target and rib locations. These directivity vectors are then used in solving a constrained optimization problem allowing for adaptive refocusing, directing the acoustical energy through the intercostals, and avoiding the rib locations. The experimental validation study utilized a 1-MHz, 64-element DMUA in focusing through a block of tissue-mimicking phantom [0.5 dB/(cm .MHz)] with embedded Plexiglas ribs. Single transmit focus (STF) images obtained with the DMUA were used for image-guided selection of the critical and target points to be used for adaptive refocusing. Experimental results show that the echogenicity of the ribs in STF images provide feedback on the reduction of power deposition at rib locations. This was confirmed by direct comparison of measured temperature rise and integrated backscatter at the rib locations. Direct temperature measurements also confirm the improved power deposition at the target and the reduction in power deposition at the rib locations. Finally, we have compared the quality of the image-based adaptive refocusing algorithm with a phase-conjugation solution obtained by direct measurement of the complex pressures at the target location. It is shown that our adaptive refocusing algorithm achieves similar improvements in power deposition at the target while achieving larger reduction of power deposition at the rib locations.
Anticardiolipin antibodies in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (1989)

• We undertook a prospective study of IgG and IgM anticardiolipin antibodies (ACAs) to determine their clinical significance in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). IgG ACAs were found in 24 (92.3%) of 26 patients with AIDS who were hospitalized for pulmonary complaints (group 1) and in 13 (93%) of 14 patients with AIDS-related complex (group 2). In addition, 17 (94%) of 18 patients with AIDS (group 3) who had coagulation tests and were studied retrospectively had IgG ACAs. The prevalence of IgG ACAs in these three groups was significantly higher than in healthy controls, but was comparable to that in 31 consecutive patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (67.7%). The mean titer of IgG ACAs in group 1 was higher than in groups 2 and 3 but was not different from that in the patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. The frequency and titer of IgM ACAs in group 1 (7.6%) or group 2 (14.3%) were not significantly different from those in normal controls (4.7%). In contrast, half of the patients in group 3 had low-titer IgM ACAs. The serum titer of IgG ACAs in patients with AIDS with thrombocytopenia was significantly higher than it was in those with normal platelet counts. There was no association between ACAs and Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia or other infections, cancer, thrombosis, positive VDRL test, or presence of the lupus anticoagulant. The prevalence and titer of IgG or IgM ACAs were not associated with abnormal results of any coagulation test. Although we found IgG ACAs to be associated with thrombocytopenia in AIDS, their presence does not carry exactly the same clinical significance as it does in systemic lupus erythematosus. The high prevalence of ACAs in AIDS, in AIDS-related complex, and in otherwise healthy contacts with antibodies to human immunodeficiency virus suggests that their occurrence may be related to the underlying human immunodeficiency virus infection. (<i>Arch Intern Med</i>. 1989;149:1833-1835)
Design and implementation of an authentication system in WIDE Internet environment (2002)

The authors discuss the design and implementation of the authentication system called SPLICE/AS in the WIDE (widely integrated distributed environment) Internet environment. SPLICE/AS is designed based on the public-key encryption, and the authentication scheme originally proposed by R.M. Needham and M.O. Schroeder (1978). In order to manage a large-scale network like WIDE Internet, the hierarchical domain-based management scheme is introduced. Currently, the prototype of SPLICE/AS is working on the 4.3 Berkeley UNIX system. To improve the reliability and robustness of SPLICE/AS, the authors are modifying SPLICE/AS and developing a new protocol for database propagation which is discussed.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">&gt;</ETX>
Review article: the pathophysiological roles of the renin–angiotensin system in the gastrointestinal tract (2012)

The gastrointestinal renin-angiotensin system appears to be intricately involved in a number of physiological processes, and provides a possible target for novel investigative and therapeutic approaches.
Detection and genotyping of SNPs tightly linked to two disease resistance loci, Rsv1 and Rsv3, of soybean (2004)

Abstract Allele‐specific polymerase chain reaction (AS‐PCR) for assaying single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) would be more widely used with increased availability of AS primers sufficient to distinguish between SNP alleles. AS‐PCR could be a means unambiguously to detect the presence or absence of PCR products. Examples are given here of the detection and genotyping of SNPs in the genomic DNA fragments tightly linked to two soybean mosaic virus resistance genes, Rsv1 and Rsv3 , with a modified AS‐PCR procedure in soybean. The modified AS‐PCR that introduces an additional base mismatch closest to the 3′‐end of the AS primers and uses publicly available microsatellite markers as positive controls directly determined SNP alleles from primary PCR of genomic DNAs. It was demonstrated that a set of AS primers designed from two adjacent SNP loci could simultaneously detect the two SNP loci. Using the modified procedure, many SNP loci in eight soybean parental lines and F 2 individuals of three mapping populations could be genotyped. The modified AS‐PCR procedure could greatly facilitate small‐to‐medium scale marker‐assisted selection programmes for agronomically important genes.
Catheter‐Based Renal Denervation for Resistant Hypertension: Rationale and Design of the SYMPLICITY HTN‐3 Trial (2012)

Hypertension represents a significant global public health concern, contributing to vascular and renal morbidity, cardiovascular mortality, and economic burden. The opportunity to influence clinical outcomes through hypertension management is therefore paramount. Despite adherence to multiple available medical therapies, a significant proportion of patients have persistent blood pressure elevation, a condition termed resistant hypertension. Recent recognition of the importance of the renal sympathetic and somatic nerves in modulating blood pressure and the development of a novel procedure that selectively removes these contributors to resistant hypertension represents an opportunity to provide clinically meaningful benefit across wide and varied patient populations. Early clinical evaluation with catheter-based, selective renal sympathetic denervation in patients with resistant hypertension has mechanistically correlated sympathetic efferent denervation with decreased renal norepinephrine spillover and renin activity, increased renal plasma flow, and has demonstrated clinically significant, sustained reductions in blood pressure. The SYMPLICITY HTN-3 Trial is a pivotal study designed as a prospective, randomized, masked procedure, single-blind trial evaluating the safety and effectiveness of catheter-based bilateral renal denervation for the treatment of uncontrolled hypertension despite compliance with at least 3 antihypertensive medications of different classes (at least one of which is a diuretic) at maximal tolerable doses. The primary effectiveness endpoint is measured as the change in office-based systolic blood pressure from baseline to 6 months. This manuscript describes the design and methodology of a regulatory trial of selective renal denervation for the treatment of hypertension among patients who have failed pharmacologic therapy.
Nitrite as a vascular endocrine nitric oxide reservoir that contributes to hypoxic signaling, cytoprotection, and vasodilation (2006)

Accumulating evidence suggests that the simple and ubiquitous anion salt, nitrite (NO(2)(-)), is a physiological signaling molecule with potential roles in intravascular endocrine nitric oxide (NO) transport, hypoxic vasodilation, signaling, and cytoprotection after ischemia-reperfusion. Human and animal studies of nitrite treatment and NO gas inhalation provide evidence that nitrite mediates many of the systemic therapeutic effects of NO gas inhalation, including peripheral vasodilation and prevention of ischemia-reperfusion-mediated tissue infarction. With regard to nitrite-dependent hypoxic signaling, biochemical and physiological studies suggest that hemoglobin possesses an allosterically regulated nitrite reductase activity that reduces nitrite to NO along the physiological oxygen gradient, potentially contributing to hypoxic vasodilation. An expanded consideration of nitrite as a hypoxia-dependent intrinsic signaling molecule has opened up a new field of research and therapeutic opportunities for diseases associated with regional hypoxia and vasoconstriction.
Cerebellum and auditory function: An ALE meta‐analysis of functional neuroimaging studies (2005)

Over the past two decades neuroimaging data have accumulated showing that the cerebellum, traditionally viewed only as a motor structure, is also active in a wide variety of sensory and cognitive tasks. We have proposed that instead of explicit involvement in any particular motor, sensory, or cognitive task, the cerebellum performs a much more fundamental computation involving the active acquisition of sensory data. We carried out an activation likelihood estimate (ALE) meta-analysis to determine whether neuroimaging results obtained during a wide range of auditory tasks support this proposal. Specifically, we analyzed the coordinates of 231 activation foci obtained in 15 different auditory studies selected through an extensive search of the positron emission tomography (PET) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) literature. The studies selected represent a wide variety of purely auditory tasks using highly controlled synthesized acoustic stimuli. The results clearly revealed that in addition to temporal auditory areas of cerebral cortex, specific regions in the cerebellum are activated consistently across studies regardless of the particular auditory task involved. In particular, one area in left lateral crus I area showed the greatest volume and ALE peak value among the extratemporal regions. A subanalysis was carried out that ruled out the specific association of this cerebellar cluster with attentional demand. The results are consistent with the hypothesis that the cerebellum may play a role in purely sensory auditory processing, and are discussed in light of the broader idea of the cerebellum subserving a fundamental sensory function.
Translocation of Human Calcitonin in Respiratory Nasal Epithelium Is Associated with Self-Assembly in Lipid Membrane (1998)

We studied the mechanisms involved in the translocation of human calcitonin (hCT) through excised bovine nasal mucosa (net mucosal-to-serosal permeability approximately 10(-)5 cm s-1). To determine structural requirements for the suggested vesicular internalization two carboxyfluorescein-labeled (fl) hCT fragments, the C-terminal fragment [Nalpha-fl]hCT(9-32) and the N-terminal fragment [Lys(fl)18]hCT(1-24) were synthesized. In presence of the endocytosis inhibitor cytochalasin D mucosal-to-serosal and serosal-to-mucosal hCT permeabilities were equal. Pathway visualization by confocal laser scanning microscopy showed punctated fluorescence indicating vesicular internalization of both hCT and [Nalpha-fl]hCT(9-32). In contrast, the N-terminal fragment lacking the beta-sheet forming C-terminus (25-32) was not internalized. Circular dichroism showed that, when interacting with neutral and negatively charged liposomes, hCT adopts beta-sheet conformation. In a concentrated aqueous solution, beta-sheet formation induces hCT self-assembly and fibrillation. High partitioning of hCT into lipid bilayer membranes was reflected by an apparent partition coefficient log D(pH 7.4) = 2.5 (liposome-buffer equilibrium dialysis). We propose that the high lipid partitioning and beta-sheet formation result in C-terminus-restricted supramolecular self-assembly of hCT and [Nalpha-fl]hCT(9-32) in lipid membranes. Vesicular internalization is suggested to be associated with self-assembly induced perturbation of the lipid bilayer. Condensed hCT self-assemblies may explain the high capacity of net mucosal-to-serosal hCT permeation, which compares favorably with the low transport capacity of receptor-mediated endocytosis.