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- Figtree, G. A., et al.
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Novel estrogen receptor alpha promoter polymorphism increases ventricular hypertrophic response to hypertension
- 2007
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Ingår i: Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. - : Elsevier BV. - 0960-0760 .- 1879-1220. ; 103:2, s. 110-118
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Given the strong genetic contribution to blood pressure and left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH), and the influence of estrogen on these parameters, we hypothesized that polymorphisms in the estrogen receptor alpha (ERα) promoter may influence LVH. Three novel polymorphisms were identified upstream of the ERα alternatively spliced exon 1E, within sequence which demonstrated significant promoter activity in vitro. Demonstration of ERα E isoform expression in human ventricle by RT-PCR supported a possible functional role for the 1E novel polymorphisms in estrogen signaling in the heart. Indeed, G > A (-721 E) was significantly associated with LVH after controlling for systolic blood pressure and sex in a healthy population (n = 74), contributing to 23% of interventricular septum (IVS) width variance (p < 0.001) and 9.4% of left ventricular mass index (LVMI) variance (p = 0.035). In a separate hypertensive cohort, male carriers of the A allele (n = 8) had a 17% increase in IVS (95% CI: 6-28%) and a 19% increase in LVMI (3-34%) compared to GG homozygotes (n = 84). We conclude that a novel polymorphism in the promoter of a cardiac mRNA splice isoform of ERα is associated with LVH.
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- Hostmann, Arwed, et al.
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Biphasic onset of splenic apoptosis following hemorrhagic shock: critical implications for Bax, Bcl-2, and Mcl-1 proteins.
- 2008
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Ingår i: Critical care (London, England). - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1466-609X .- 1364-8535. ; 12:1
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The innate immune response to trauma hemorrhage involves inflammatory mediators, thus promoting cellular dysfunction as well as cell death in diverse tissues. These effects ultimately bear the risk of post-traumatic complications such as organ dysfunction, multiple organ failure, or adult respiratory distress syndrome. In this study, a murine model of resuscitated hemorrhagic shock (HS) was used to determine the apoptosis in spleen as a marker of cellular injury and reduced immune functions.Male C57BL-6 mice were subjected to sham operation or resuscitated HS. At t = 0 hours, t = 24 hours, and t = 72 hours, mice were euthanized and the spleens were removed and evaluated for apoptotic changes via DNA fragmentation, caspase activities, and activation of both extrinsic and intrinsic apoptotic pathways. Spleens from untreated mice were used as control samples.HS was associated with distinct lymphocytopenia as early as t = 0 hours after hemorrhage without regaining baseline levels within the consecutive 72 hours when compared with sham and control groups. A rapid activation of splenic apoptosis in HS mice was observed at t = 0 hours and t = 72 hours after hemorrhage and predominantly confirmed by increased DNA fragmentation, elevated caspase-3/7, caspase-8, and caspase-9 activities, and enhanced expression of intrinsic mitochondrial proteins. Accordingly, mitochondrial pro-apoptotic Bax and anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 proteins were inversely expressed within the 72-hour observation period, thereby supporting significant pro-apoptotic changes. Solely at t = 24 hours, expression of the anti-apoptotic Mcl-1 protein shows a significant increase when compared with sham-operated and control animals. Furthermore, expression of extrinsic death receptors were only slightly increased.Our data suggest that HS induces apoptotic changes in spleen through a biphasic caspase-dependent mechanism and imply a detrimental imbalance of pro- and anti-apoptotic mitochondrial proteins Bax, Bcl-2, and Mcl-1, thereby promoting post-traumatic immunosuppression.
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- Robinson, Yohan, 1977, et al.
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Erythropoiesis in multiply injured patients.
- 2006
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Ingår i: The Journal of trauma. - : Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health). - 0022-5282 .- 1529-8809. ; 61:5, s. 1285-91
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Forskningsöversikt (refereegranskat)abstract
- Posttraumatic anemia in multiply injured patients is caused by hemorrhage, reduced red blood cell survival, and impaired erythropoiesis. Trauma-induced hyperinflammation causes impaired bone-marrow function by means of blunted erythropoietin (EPO) response, reduced iron availability, suppression and egress of erythroid progenitor cells. To treat posttraumatic anemia in severely injured patients, symptomatic therapy by blood transfusion is not sufficient. Furthermore, EPO, iron, and the use of red cell substitutes should be considered. The posttraumatic systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) induces posttraumatic anemia. Thus, a worsening of SIRS by a "second-hit" through blood transfusion ought to be avoided.
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- Robinson, Yohan, et al.
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Impaired erythropoiesis after haemorrhagic shock in mice is associated with erythroid progenitor apoptosis in vivo
- 2008
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Ingår i: Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica. - : Wiley. - 0001-5172 .- 1399-6576. ; 52:5, s. 605-13
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- OBJECTIVE: Multiply traumatised patients often suffer from blood loss and from subsequent therapy-resistant anaemia, possibly mediated by apoptosis, necrosis, or humoral factors. Therefore, the underlying mechanisms were investigated in bone marrow (BM) and peripheral blood in a murine resuscitated haemorrhagic shock (HS) model. METHODS: In healthy male mice, pressure-controlled HS was induced for 60 min. The BM was analysed for Annexin-V, 7-amino-actinomycin D, apoptotic enzymes (caspases-3/7, -8, and -9), expression of death receptors (CD120a, CD95), mitochondrial proteins (Bax, Bcl-2, Bcl-x), as well as erythropoietin (EPO) receptor (EPO-R). Blood cell count, peripheral EPO, and tumour necrosis factor-alpha response were additionally monitored. RESULTS: Twenty-four and 72 h after HS, EPO and EPO-R were strongly up-regulated in peripheral blood and BM, respectively. Decreasing numbers of erythroid progenitors in BM after HS correlated with significant apoptotic changes confirmed by increased caspases-3/7, -8, -9 activity in total BM, death receptor CD95 and CD120a expression on erythroid progenitors, and down-regulated mitochondrial Bcl-2 expression in total BM. Erythroid progenitors in peripheral blood were found to be increased after 72 h. CONCLUSION: Despite the massive EPO response and up-regulation of EPO-R, BM erythroblasts (EBs) decreased. This could be due to deficient maturation of erythroid progenitors. Furthermore, the increased intrinsic and extrinsic apoptosis activation suggests programmed death of erythroid progenitors. We propose that both apoptosis and negatively regulated erythropoiesis contribute to BM dysfunction, while erythroid progenitor egress plays an additional role.
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- Robinson, Yohan, 1977, et al.
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Traumatic proximal tibiofibular joint dislocation treated by open reduction and temporary fixation: a case report.
- 2007
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Ingår i: Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 0942-2056 .- 1433-7347. ; 15:2, s. 199-201
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Forskningsöversikt (refereegranskat)abstract
- Isolated dislocations of the proximal tibiofibular joint are a rare condition. Missed diagnosis can lead to chronic knee pain and disability. Early recognition should be followed by immediate closed reduction or open reduction and joint transfixation. We present a young athlete with this injury which was treated successfully by open reduction.
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- Tschoeke, Sven K, et al.
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Apoptosis of human intervertebral discs after trauma compares to degenerated discs involving both receptor-mediated and mitochondrial-dependent pathways.
- 2008
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Ingår i: Journal of orthopaedic research : official publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society. - : Wiley. - 1554-527X .- 0736-0266. ; 26:7, s. 999-1006
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Post-traumatic disc degeneration with consecutive loss of reduction and kyphosis remains a debatable issue within both the operative and nonoperative treatment regimen of thoracolumbar spine fractures. Intervertebral disc (IVD) cell apoptosis has been suggested to play a vital role in promoting the degeneration process. To evaluate and compare apoptosis-regulating signaling mechanisms, IVDs were obtained from patients with thoracolumbar spine fractures (n = 21), patients suffering from symptomatic IVD degeneration (n = 6), and from patients undergoing surgical resection of a primary vertebral tumor (n = 3 used as control samples). All tissues were prospectively analyzed in regards to caspase-3/7, -8, and -9 activity, apoptosis-receptor expression levels, and gene expression of the mitochondria-bound apoptosis-regulating proteins Bax and Bcl-2. Morphologic changes characteristic for apoptotic cell death were confirmed by H&E staining. Statistical significance was designated at p < 0.05 using the Student's t-test. Both traumatic and degenerative IVD demonstrated a significant increase of caspase-3/7 activity with evident apoptosis. Although caspase-3/7 activation was significantly greater in degenerated discs, both showed equally significant activation of the initiator caspases 8 and 9. Traumatic IVD alone demonstrated a significant increase of the Fas receptor (FasR), whereas the TNF receptor I (TNFR I) was equally up-regulated in both morbid IVD groups. Only traumatic IVD showed distinct changes in up-regulated TNF expression, in addition to significantly down-regulated antiapoptotic Bcl-2 protein. Our results suggest that post-traumatic disc changes may be promoted and amplified by both the intrinsic mitochondria-mediated and extrinsic receptor-mediated apoptosis signaling pathways, which could be, in part, one possible explanation for developing subsequent disc degeneration.
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- Wolever, Thomas M S, et al.
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Measuring the glycemic index of foods: interlaboratory study.
- 2008
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Ingår i: The American journal of clinical nutrition. - 0002-9165 .- 1938-3207. ; 87:1
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- BACKGROUND: Many laboratories offer glycemic index (GI) services. OBJECTIVE: We assessed the performance of the method used to measure GI. DESIGN: The GI of cheese-puffs and fruit-leather (centrally provided) was measured in 28 laboratories (n=311 subjects) by using the FAO/WHO method. The laboratories reported the results of their calculations and sent the raw data for recalculation centrally. RESULTS: Values for the incremental area under the curve (AUC) reported by 54% of the laboratories differed from central calculations. Because of this and other differences in data analysis, 19% of reported food GI values differed by >5 units from those calculated centrally. GI values in individual subjects were unrelated to age, sex, ethnicity, body mass index, or AUC but were negatively related to within-individual variation (P=0.033) expressed as the CV of the AUC for repeated reference food tests (refCV). The between-laboratory GI values (mean+/-SD) for cheese-puffs and fruit-leather were 74.3+/-10.5 and 33.2+/-7.2, respectively. The mean laboratory GI was related to refCV (P=0.003) and the type of restrictions on alcohol consumption before the test (P=0.006, r2=0.509 for model). The within-laboratory SD of GI was related to refCV (P<0.001), the glucose analysis method (P=0.010), whether glucose measures were duplicated (P=0.008), and restrictions on dinner the night before (P=0.013, r2=0.810 for model). CONCLUSIONS: The between-laboratory SD of the GI values is approximately 9. Standardized data analysis and low within-subject variation (refCV<30%) are required for accuracy. The results suggest that common misconceptions exist about which factors do and do not need to be controlled to improve precision. Controlled studies and cost-benefit analyses are needed to optimize GI methodology. The trial was registered at clinicaltrials.gov as NCT00260858.
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