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2. Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in the Time of Coronavirus: A Level-1 Trauma Center’s Experience
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Cohen, Ryan B., primary, Severance, Grace, additional, Olafson, Samantha N., additional, Ward, Candace L., additional, Parsikia, Afshin, additional, Bloom, Alexi R., additional, Moran, Benjamin, additional, Kaplan, Mark J., additional, and Leung, Pak, additional
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- 2022
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3. Neurological Manifestations Associated with Synthetic Cannabinoid Use- A Case Series
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Abid Hussain, Kerri Remmel, Alexi R. Hernandez, Pradeepthi Badugu, Wei Liu, Cody B. Stephens, Riwaj Bhagat, Adriana E. Palade, Marwa Elnazeir, Siddharth Narayanan, and Christopher M. Jones
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0303 health sciences ,business.industry ,medicine.medical_treatment ,030302 biochemistry & molecular biology ,Bioinformatics ,medicine.disease ,03 medical and health sciences ,Psychiatry and Mental health ,0302 clinical medicine ,Neurology ,Synthetic cannabinoids ,medicine ,Neurology (clinical) ,Cannabinoid ,business ,Stroke ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery ,medicine.drug - Abstract
Background: Synthetic Cannabinoid (SC) use has emerged as a growing public health threat in the United States. Several unexpected cases, presenting with a constellation of unrelated symptoms, but all having toxicity linked to SC use, have been reported in the last decade (2010-2019). Methods: We report a cluster of several independent cases where patients were admitted having different neurological manifestations. Extensive and expensive work-ups were performed. Upon further inspection, extended toxicology screens were found to be positive for SC metabolites. Results: It is alarming to observe that several reports highlight an increase in the varied and significant morbidity associated after SC use. Various SC compositions have been synthesized and distributed, with new molecules being generated at a staggering rate leading to unexpected manifestations. Conclusion: Young people are the most frequent users owing to its recreational effects, its easy accessibility, lower cost and difficulty in being detected in the urine by routine drug screens. From a hospital quality improvement perspective, efforts to characterize the presence of newly generated SC molecules and establish more accessible in-house screening methods will be a starting step in reducing the associated cost-burden. This will also minimize the unnecessary invasive procedures performed on a specific patient. From a socioeconomic viewpoint, solid and systematic crosstalk with increased recognition and reporting mechanism between the healthcare staff and public health personnel is strongly warranted to support state and federal regulatory efforts in combating this ongoing SC epidemic.
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- 2020
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4. Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in the Time of Coronavirus: A Level-1 Trauma Center’s Experience
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Cohen, Ryan B., Severance, Grace, Olafson, Samantha N., Ward, Candace L., Parsikia, Afshin, Bloom, Alexi R., Moran, Benjamin, Kaplan, Mark J., and Leung, Pak
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Introduction Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC), one of the most common surgical procedures performed in the U.S., offers a window into the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on routine surgical care. The purpose of our study was to analyze the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic at a Level-1 trauma center on the performance rate of non-elective LC over time.Methods A retrospective chart review from July 2019 to December 2020 identified all non-elective LC cases performed at a level-1 trauma center. Patients were categorized into 4 temporal phases along the course of the pandemic based on statewide incidence data on COVID-19: pre-pandemic, peak 1, recovery, and peak 2. We compared the phases based on demographic information and outcomes.Results In total, 176 patients were reviewed. The performance rate in cases/day varied as follows: pre-pandemic .61, 1st peak .34, recovery .44, and 2nd peak .53. The complication rate was highest in the 2nd peak (16%) (P< .05). Compared to the pre-pandemic period, the intra-pandemic period had a higher incidence of complicated gallbladder disease (P< .05). In the non-elderly subgroup, complicated gallbladder disease was significantly more prevalent in the intra-pandemic period compared to the pre-pandemic period (25% vs 10%, P< .05).Conclusions Our data suggests a learning curve throughout the course of the pandemic, reflecting a stepwise increase in the performance rate of LC. The higher incidence of complicated gallbladder disease in the intra-pandemic period may imply patient hesitancy to seek routine surgical care, especially among younger patients.
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- 2023
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5. Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in the Time of Coronavirus: A Level-1 Trauma Center’s Experience
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Ryan B. Cohen, Grace Severance, Samantha N. Olafson, Candace L. Ward, Afshin Parsikia, Alexi R. Bloom, Benjamin Moran, Mark J. Kaplan, and Pak Leung
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Introduction Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC), one of the most common surgical procedures performed in the U.S., offers a window into the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on routine surgical care. The purpose of our study was to analyze the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic at a Level-1 trauma center on the performance rate of non-elective LC over time. Methods A retrospective chart review from July 2019 to December 2020 identified all non-elective LC cases performed at a level-1 trauma center. Patients were categorized into 4 temporal phases along the course of the pandemic based on statewide incidence data on COVID-19: pre-pandemic, peak 1, recovery, and peak 2. We compared the phases based on demographic information and outcomes. Results In total, 176 patients were reviewed. The performance rate in cases/day varied as follows: pre-pandemic .61, 1st peak .34, recovery .44, and 2nd peak .53. The complication rate was highest in the 2nd peak (16%) ( P < .05). Compared to the pre-pandemic period, the intra-pandemic period had a higher incidence of complicated gallbladder disease ( P < .05). In the non-elderly subgroup, complicated gallbladder disease was significantly more prevalent in the intra-pandemic period compared to the pre-pandemic period (25% vs 10%, P < .05). Conclusions Our data suggests a learning curve throughout the course of the pandemic, reflecting a stepwise increase in the performance rate of LC. The higher incidence of complicated gallbladder disease in the intra-pandemic period may imply patient hesitancy to seek routine surgical care, especially among younger patients.
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- 2022
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6. Neurological Manifestations Associated with Synthetic Cannabinoid Use- A Case Series
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Elnazeir, Marwa, primary, Narayanan, Siddharth, additional, Badugu, Pradeepthi, additional, Hussain, Abid, additional, Stephens, Cody B., additional, Bhagat, Riwaj, additional, Jones, Christopher M., additional, Liu, Wei, additional, Hernandez, Alexi R., additional, Remmel, Kerri S., additional, and Palade, Adriana E., additional
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- 2020
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7. Myasthenia Gravis Masquerading as an Idiopathic Unilateral Facial Paralysis (Bell's Palsy)—A Very Rare and Unique Clinical Find
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Elnazeir, Marwa, primary, Narayanan, Siddharth, additional, Badugu, Pradeepthi, additional, Hussain, Abid, additional, Tareen, Tamour, additional, Hernandez, Alexi R., additional, Liu, Wei, additional, Palade, Adriana E., additional, and Brown, Martin E., additional
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- 2020
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8. Epigenome-wide DNA methylation association study of circulating IgE levels identifies novel targets for asthmaResearch in context
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Kathryn Recto, Priyadarshini Kachroo, Tianxiao Huan, David Van Den Berg, Gha Young Lee, Helena Bui, Dong Heon Lee, Jessica Gereige, Chen Yao, Shih-Jen Hwang, Roby Joehanes, Scott T. Weiss, George T. O’Connor, Daniel Levy, Dawn L. DeMeo, Namiko Abe, Gonçalo Abecasis, Francois Aguet, Christine Albert, Laura Almasy, Alvaro Alonso, Seth Ament, Peter Anderson, Pramod Anugu, Deborah Applebaum-Bowden, Kristin Ardlie, Dan Arking, Donna K. Arnett, Allison Ashley-Koch, Stella Aslibekyan, Tim Assimes, Paul Auer, Dimitrios Avramopoulos, Najib Ayas, Adithya Balasubramanian, John Barnard, Kathleen Barnes, R. Graham Barr, Emily Barron-Casella, Lucas Barwick, Terri Beaty, Gerald Beck, Diane Becker, Lewis Becker, Rebecca Beer, Amber Beitelshees, Emelia Benjamin, Takis Benos, Marcos Bezerra, Larry Bielak, Joshua Bis, Thomas Blackwell, John Blangero, Nathan Blue, Eric Boerwinkle, Donald W. Bowden, Russell Bowler, Jennifer Brody, Ulrich Broeckel, Jai Broome, Deborah Brown, Karen Bunting, Esteban Burchard, Carlos Bustamante, Erin Buth, Brian Cade, Jonathan Cardwell, Vincent Carey, Julie Carrier, April P. Carson, Cara Carty, Richard Casaburi, Juan P. Casas Romero, James Casella, Peter Castaldi, Mark Chaffin, Christy Chang, Yi-Cheng Chang, Daniel Chasman, Sameer Chavan, Bo-Juen Chen, Wei-Min Chen, Yii-Der Ida Chen, Michael Cho, Seung Hoan Choi, Lee-Ming Chuang, Mina Chung, Ren-Hua Chung, Clary Clish, Suzy Comhair, Matthew Conomos, Elaine Cornell, Adolfo Correa, Carolyn Crandall, James Crapo, L. Adrienne Cupples, Joanne Curran, Jeffrey Curtis, Brian Custer, Coleen Damcott, Dawood Darbar, Sean David, Colleen Davis, Michelle Daya, Mariza de Andrade, Lisa de las Fuentes, Paul de Vries, Michael DeBaun, Ranjan Deka, Dawn DeMeo, Scott Devine, Huyen Dinh, Harsha Doddapaneni, Qing Duan, Shannon Dugan-Perez, Ravi Duggirala, Jon Peter Durda, Susan K. Dutcher, Charles Eaton, Lynette Ekunwe, Adel El Boueiz, Patrick Ellinor, Leslie Emery, Serpil Erzurum, Charles Farber, Jesse Farek, Tasha Fingerlin, Matthew Flickinger, Myriam Fornage, Nora Franceschini, Chris Frazar, Mao Fu, Stephanie M. Fullerton, Lucinda Fulton, Stacey Gabriel, Weiniu Gan, Shanshan Gao, Yan Gao, Margery Gass, Heather Geiger, Bruce Gelb, Mark Geraci, Soren Germer, Robert Gerszten, Auyon Ghosh, Richard Gibbs, Chris Gignoux, Mark Gladwin, David Glahn, Stephanie Gogarten, Da-Wei Gong, Harald Goring, Sharon Graw, Kathryn J. Gray, Daniel Grine, Colin Gross, C. Charles Gu, Yue Guan, Xiuqing Guo, Namrata Gupta, Jeff Haessler, Michael Hall, Yi Han, Patrick Hanly, Daniel Harris, Nicola L. Hawley, Jiang He, Ben Heavner, Susan Heckbert, Ryan Hernandez, David Herrington, Craig Hersh, Bertha Hidalgo, James Hixson, Brian Hobbs, John Hokanson, Elliott Hong, Karin Hoth, Chao (Agnes) Hsiung, Jianhong Hu, Yi-Jen Hung, Haley Huston, Chii Min Hwu, Marguerite Ryan Irvin, Rebecca Jackson, Deepti Jain, Cashell Jaquish, Jill Johnsen, Andrew Johnson, Craig Johnson, Rich Johnston, Kimberly Jones, Hyun Min Kang, Robert Kaplan, Sharon Kardia, Shannon Kelly, Eimear Kenny, Michael Kessler, Alyna Khan, Ziad Khan, Wonji Kim, John Kimoff, Greg Kinney, Barbara Konkle, Charles Kooperberg, Holly Kramer, Christoph Lange, Ethan Lange, Leslie Lange, Cathy Laurie, Cecelia Laurie, Meryl LeBoff, Jiwon Lee, Sandra Lee, Wen-Jane Lee, Jonathon LeFaive, David Levine, Joshua Lewis, Xiaohui Li, Yun Li, Henry Lin, Honghuang Lin, Xihong Lin, Simin Liu, Yongmei Liu, Yu Liu, Ruth J.F. Loos, Steven Lubitz, Kathryn Lunetta, James Luo, Ulysses Magalang, Michael Mahaney, Barry Make, Ani Manichaikul, Alisa Manning, JoAnn Manson, Lisa Martin, Melissa Marton, Susan Mathai, Rasika Mathias, Susanne May, Patrick McArdle, Merry-Lynn McDonald, Sean McFarland, Stephen McGarvey, Daniel McGoldrick, Caitlin McHugh, Becky McNeil, Hao Mei, James Meigs, Vipin Menon, Luisa Mestroni, Ginger Metcalf, Deborah A. Meyers, Emmanuel Mignot, Julie Mikulla, Nancy Min, Mollie Minear, Ryan L. Minster, Braxton D. Mitchell, Matt Moll, Zeineen Momin, May E. Montasser, Courtney Montgomery, Donna Muzny, Josyf C. Mychaleckyj, Girish Nadkarni, Rakhi Naik, Take Naseri, Pradeep Natarajan, Sergei Nekhai, Sarah C. Nelson, Bonnie Neltner, Caitlin Nessner, Deborah Nickerson, Osuji Nkechinyere, Kari North, Jeff O'Connell, Tim O'Connor, Heather Ochs-Balcom, Geoffrey Okwuonu, Allan Pack, David T. Paik, Nicholette Palmer, James Pankow, George Papanicolaou, Cora Parker, Gina Peloso, Juan Manuel Peralta, Marco Perez, James Perry, Ulrike Peters, Patricia Peyser, Lawrence S. Phillips, Jacob Pleiness, Toni Pollin, Wendy Post, Julia Powers Becker, Meher Preethi Boorgula, Michael Preuss, Bruce Psaty, Pankaj Qasba, Dandi Qiao, Zhaohui Qin, Nicholas Rafaels, Laura Raffield, Mahitha Rajendran, Vasan S. Ramachandran, D.C. Rao, Laura Rasmussen-Torvik, Aakrosh Ratan, Susan Redline, Robert Reed, Catherine Reeves, Elizabeth Regan, Alex Reiner, Muagututi‘a Sefuiva Reupena, Ken Rice, Stephen Rich, Rebecca Robillard, Nicolas Robine, Dan Roden, Carolina Roselli, Jerome Rotter, Ingo Ruczinski, Alexi Runnels, Pamela Russell, Sarah Ruuska, Kathleen Ryan, Ester Cerdeira Sabino, Danish Saleheen, Shabnam Salimi, Sejal Salvi, Steven Salzberg, Kevin Sandow, Vijay G. Sankaran, Jireh Santibanez, Karen Schwander, David Schwartz, Frank Sciurba, Christine Seidman, Jonathan Seidman, Frédéric Sériès, Vivien Sheehan, Stephanie L. Sherman, Amol Shetty, Aniket Shetty, Wayne Hui-Heng Sheu, M. Benjamin Shoemaker, Brian Silver, Edwin Silverman, Robert Skomro, Albert Vernon Smith, Jennifer Smith, Josh Smith, Nicholas Smith, Tanja Smith, Sylvia Smoller, Beverly Snively, Michael Snyder, Tamar Sofer, Nona Sotoodehnia, Adrienne M. Stilp, Garrett Storm, Elizabeth Streeten, Jessica Lasky Su, Yun Ju Sung, Jody Sylvia, Adam Szpiro, Daniel Taliun, Hua Tang, Margaret Taub, Kent Taylor, Matthew Taylor, Simeon Taylor, Marilyn Telen, Timothy A. Thornton, Machiko Threlkeld, Lesley Tinker, David Tirschwell, Sarah Tishkoff, Hemant Tiwari, Catherine Tong, Russell Tracy, Michael Tsai, Dhananjay Vaidya, Peter VandeHaar, Scott Vrieze, Tarik Walker, Robert Wallace, Avram Walts, Fei Fei Wang, Heming Wang, Jiongming Wang, Karol Watson, Jennifer Watt, Daniel E. Weeks, Joshua Weinstock, Bruce Weir, Lu-Chen Weng, Jennifer Wessel, Cristen Willer, Kayleen Williams, L. Keoki Williams, Scott Williams, Carla Wilson, James Wilson, Lara Winterkorn, Quenna Wong, Baojun Wu, Joseph Wu, Huichun Xu, Lisa Yanek, Ivana Yang, Ketian Yu, Seyedeh Maryam Zekavat, Yingze Zhang, Snow Xueyan Zhao, Wei Zhao, Xiaofeng Zhu, Elad Ziv, Michael Zody, and Sebastian Zoellner
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EWAS ,DNA methylation ,IgE ,Asthma ,RNA-Sequencing ,Mendelian randomization ,Medicine ,Medicine (General) ,R5-920 - Abstract
Summary: Background: Identifying novel epigenetic signatures associated with serum immunoglobulin E (IgE) may improve our understanding of molecular mechanisms underlying asthma and IgE-mediated diseases. Methods: We performed an epigenome-wide association study using whole blood from Framingham Heart Study (FHS; n = 3,471, 46% females) participants and validated results using the Childhood Asthma Management Program (CAMP; n = 674, 39% females) and the Genetic Epidemiology of Asthma in Costa Rica Study (CRA; n = 787, 41% females). Using the closest gene to each IgE-associated CpG, we highlighted biologically plausible pathways underlying IgE regulation and analyzed the transcription patterns linked to IgE-associated CpGs (expression quantitative trait methylation loci; eQTMs). Using prior UK Biobank summary data from genome-wide association studies of asthma and allergy, we performed Mendelian randomization (MR) for causal inference testing using the IgE-associated CpGs from FHS with methylation quantitative trait loci (mQTLs) as instrumental variables. Findings: We identified 490 statistically significant differentially methylated CpGs associated with IgE in FHS, of which 193 (39.3%) replicated in CAMP and CRA (FDR < 0.05). Gene ontology analysis revealed enrichment in pathways related to transcription factor binding, asthma, and other immunological processes. eQTM analysis identified 124 cis-eQTMs for 106 expressed genes (FDR < 0.05). MR in combination with drug-target analysis revealed CTSB and USP20 as putatively causal regulators of IgE levels (Bonferroni adjusted P
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9. Racial athletic stereotype confirmation in college football recruiting
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Grant Thomas, Jessica J. Good, and Alexi R Gross
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Adult ,Male ,Stereotyping ,Group membership ,Social Psychology ,Universities ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Racial Groups ,Football ,Context (language use) ,Stereotype ,Middle Aged ,United States ,Race (biology) ,Athletes ,Humans ,Psychology ,Personnel Selection ,Students ,human activities ,Social psychology ,media_common ,College football - Abstract
The present study tested real-world racial stereotype use in the context of college athletic recruiting. Stereotype confirmation suggests that observers use stereotypes as hypotheses and interpret relevant evidence in a biased way that confirms their stereotypes. Shifting standards suggest that the evaluative standard to which we hold a target changes as a function of their group membership. We examined whether stereotype confirmation and shifting standards effects would be seen in college football coaches during recruiting. College football coaches evaluated a Black or White player on several attributes and made both zero- and non-zero-sum allocations. Results suggested that coaches used the evidence presented to develop biased subjective evaluations of the players based on race while still maintaining equivalent objective evaluations. Coaches also allocated greater overall resources to the Black recruit than the White recruit.
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10. Synthesis of a statistically exhaustive fluorescent peptide substrate library for profiling protease specificity
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Siobhan M Loftus, James E. Sheppeck, Luke J. Gosink, Erik Gjerstad, Alexi R Zubiria, Jeffrey B Wheatley, James W. Janc, and Heidi Kar
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Proteases ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Clinical Biochemistry ,Pharmaceutical Science ,Peptide ,Biochemistry ,Substrate Specificity ,Serine ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Coumarins ,Endopeptidases ,Drug Discovery ,medicine ,Peptide synthesis ,Combinatorial Chemistry Techniques ,Peptide library ,Molecular Biology ,Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid ,Fluorescent Dyes ,chemistry.chemical_classification ,Protease ,Organic Chemistry ,chemistry ,Molecular Probes ,Molecular Medicine ,Molecular probe ,Cysteine - Abstract
A statistically exhaustive, 8800 compound tripeptidal amidomethylcoumarin library was synthesized as discreet compounds using solid-phase combinatorial chemistry. A subset of the compounds was purified by HPLC and tested in a high-throughput fluorometric assay against several known serine and cysteine proteases to demonstrate the utility of this library for profiling protease substrate specificity.
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11. Racial Athletic Stereotype Confirmation in College Football Recruiting
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Thomas, Grant, primary, Good, Jessica J., additional, and Gross, Alexi R., additional
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12. Synthesis of a statistically exhaustive fluorescent peptide substrate library for profiling protease specificity
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Sheppeck II, James E, primary, Kar, Heidi, additional, Gosink, Luke, additional, Wheatley, Jeffrey B, additional, Gjerstad, Erik, additional, Loftus, Siobhan M, additional, Zubiria, Alexi R, additional, and Janc, James W, additional
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- 2000
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13. Application of rhBMP in spinal fusion surgery: any correlation of cancer incidence? A systematic review and meta-analysis.
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Wijaya JH, Tjahyanto T, Alexi R, Purnomo AE, Rianto L, Arjuna YYE, Tobing JFL, Yunus Y, and Faried A
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- Humans, Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2 adverse effects, Incidence, Neurosurgical Procedures adverse effects, Recombinant Proteins, Transforming Growth Factor beta adverse effects, Spinal Fusion adverse effects, Neoplasms chemically induced, Neoplasms epidemiology
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Purpose: Safety concerns regarding the application of bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) have been highlighted in recent years. It is noted that both BMP and their receptors being identified as a trigger for cancer growth. Here, we aimed to determine the safety and efficacy of BMP for spinal fusion surgery., Methods: We conducted this systematic review on topics of spinal fusion surgery with rhBMP application from three database (PubMed, EuropePMC, and Clinicaltrials.gov) with MeSH phrases such as "rh-BMP," "rhBMP," "spine surgery," "spinal arthrodesis," and "spinal fusion" were searched (using the Boolean operators "and" and "or"). Our research includes all articles, as long as published in English language. In the face of disagreement between the two reviewers, we discussed it together until all authors reached a consensus. The primary key outcome of our study is the incidence of cancer following rhBMP implantation., Results: Our study included a total of 8 unique studies (n = 37,682). The mean follow-up varies among all studies, with the longest follow-up is 66 months. Our meta-analysis showed that exposure to rhBMP in spinal surgery did increase the risk of cancers (RR 1.85, 95%CI [1.05, 3.24], p = 0.03)., Conclusions: Our study found that rhBMP was not associated with the increased risk of cancer incidence within the rhBMP cohort. Still, we did face several limitations, in which further studies are needed to confirm the result of our meta-analysis., (© 2023. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.)
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14. Plerixafor is effective given either preemptively or as a rescue strategy in poor stem cell mobilizing patients with multiple myeloma.
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Cheng J, Schmitt M, Wuchter P, Buss EC, Witzens-Harig M, Neben K, Hundemer M, Hillengass J, Alexi R, Goldschmidt H, Chen BA, Ho AD, and Schmitt A
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- Adult, Aged, Anti-HIV Agents adverse effects, Autografts, Benzylamines, Cyclams, Female, Heterocyclic Compounds adverse effects, Humans, Leukapheresis methods, Male, Middle Aged, Multiple Myeloma blood, Receptors, CXCR4, Retrospective Studies, Anti-HIV Agents administration & dosage, Hematopoietic Stem Cell Mobilization, Heterocyclic Compounds administration & dosage, Multiple Myeloma therapy, Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation
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Background: Harvest of more than one CD34+ stem cell transplant has become the standard, to ensure the option for a second autologous transplantation in patients with relapsed or progressive multiple myeloma (MM). Additional administration of the CXCR-4 inhibitor plerixafor has been shown to increase the efficiency of CD34+ stem cell harvest. However, the algorithm when to apply plerixafor is still under debate., Study Design and Methods: In this retrospective study, 46 MM patients were categorized into four groups according to their CD34+ stem cell count in peripheral blood (PB) and mobilization with or without plerixafor: Group A comprised poor mobilizers with CD34+ cell counts of fewer than 20 × 10(6) /L in PB. Group B included inadequate mobilizers with CD34+ cell counts of 20 × 10(6) /L or more in PB and a low CD34+ stem cell yield in the first leukapheresis session. Patients receiving plerixafor preemptively (Group A1) and as a rescue strategy (Group B1) were compared to patients continuing stem cell collection with granulocyte-colony-stimulating factor alone (Groups A2 and B2)., Results: In both, the preemptive and the rescue settings, plerixafor enhanced the CD34+ stem cell yield significantly. Poor mobilization and administration of plerixafor was not associated with delayed engraftment., Conclusion: Our data demonstrate that administration of plerixafor is safe and effective and facilitates a significantly higher CD34+ stem cell harvest. Based on the presented data, we propose an algorithm for the use of plerixafor for CD34+ stem cell mobilization and harvesting in poor mobilizing myeloma patients., (© 2014 The Authors. Transfusion published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of AABB.)
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