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12. Effects of Cumulative Head Impact Exposure in Adolescent Male Contact and Collision Sport Student Athletes.

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Ransom, Danielle M., Ahumada, Luis, Amankwah, Ernest K., Katzenstein, Jennifer M., Goldenberg, Neil A., Bauer, Timothy A., and Mularoni, P. Patrick

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Objective: This prospective cohort study aimed to investigate the association between head impact exposure (HIE) and neuropsychological sequelae in high school football and ice hockey players over 1 year. Setting: Community sample. Participants: A cohort of 52 adolescent American football and ice hockey players were enrolled in the study, with a final study sample of 35 included in analyses. Design: The study followed a prospective cohort design, with participants undergoing neuropsychological screening and accelerometer-based measurement of HIE over 1 season. Main Measures: Changes in cognition, emotions, behavior, and reported symptoms were assessed using standardized neuropsychological tests and self-reported questionnaires. Results: Cumulative HIE was not consistently associated with changes in cognition, emotions, behavior, or reported symptoms. However, it was linked to an isolated measure of processing speed, showing inconsistent results based on the type of HIE. History of previous concussion was associated with worsened verbal memory recognition (ImPACT Verbal Memory) but not on a more robust measure of verbal memory (California Verbal Learning Test [CVLT]). Reported attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder history predicted improved neurocognitive change scores. No associations were found between reported history of anxiety/depression or headaches/migraines and neuropsychological change scores. Conclusion: Overall, our findings do not support the hypothesis that greater HIE is associated with an increase in neuropsychological sequelae over time in adolescent football and ice hockey players. The results align with the existing literature, indicating that HIE over 1 season of youth sports is not consistently associated with significant neuropsychological changes. However, the study is limited by a small sample size, attrition over time, and the absence of performance validity testing for neurocognitive measures. Future studies with larger and more diverse samples, longer follow-up, and integration of advanced imaging and biomarkers are needed to comprehensively understand the relationship between HIE and neurobehavioral outcomes. Findings can inform guidelines for safe youth participation in contact sports while promoting the associated health and psychosocial benefits. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2024
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15. Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition (EMT) Gene Variants and Epithelial Ovarian Cancer (EOC) Risk.

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Amankwah, Ernest K, Lin, Hui-Yi, Tyrer, Jonathan P, Lawrenson, Kate, Dennis, Joe, Chornokur, Ganna, Aben, Katja KH, Anton-Culver, Hoda, Antonenkova, Natalia, Bruinsma, Fiona, Bandera, Elisa V, Bean, Yukie T, Beckmann, Matthias W, Bisogna, Maria, Bjorge, Line, Bogdanova, Natalia, Brinton, Louise A, Brooks-Wilson, Angela, Bunker, Clareann H, Butzow, Ralf, Campbell, Ian G, Carty, Karen, Chen, Zhihua, Chen, Y Ann, Chang-Claude, Jenny, Cook, Linda S, Cramer, Daniel W, Cunningham, Julie M, Cybulski, Cezary, Dansonka-Mieszkowska, Agnieszka, du Bois, Andreas, Despierre, Evelyn, Dicks, Ed, Doherty, Jennifer A, Dörk, Thilo, Dürst, Matthias, Easton, Douglas F, Eccles, Diana M, Edwards, Robert P, Ekici, Arif B, Fasching, Peter A, Fridley, Brooke L, Gao, Yu-Tang, Gentry-Maharaj, Aleksandra, Giles, Graham G, Glasspool, Rosalind, Goodman, Marc T, Gronwald, Jacek, Harrington, Patricia, Harter, Philipp, Hasmad, Hanis N, Hein, Alexander, Heitz, Florian, Hildebrandt, Michelle AT, Hillemanns, Peter, Hogdall, Claus K, Hogdall, Estrid, Hosono, Satoyo, Iversen, Edwin S, Jakubowska, Anna, Jensen, Allan, Ji, Bu-Tian, Karlan, Beth Y, Jim, Heather, Kellar, Melissa, Kiemeney, Lambertus A, Krakstad, Camilla, Kjaer, Susanne K, Kupryjanczyk, Jolanta, Lambrechts, Diether, Lambrechts, Sandrina, Le, Nhu D, Lee, Alice W, Lele, Shashi, Leminen, Arto, Lester, Jenny, Levine, Douglas A, Liang, Dong, Lim, Boon Kiong, Lissowska, Jolanta, Lu, Karen, Lubinski, Jan, Lundvall, Lene, Massuger, Leon FAG, Matsuo, Keitaro, McGuire, Valerie, McLaughlin, John R, McNeish, Ian, Menon, Usha, Milne, Roger L, Modugno, Francesmary, Moysich, Kirsten B, Ness, Roberta B, Nevanlinna, Heli, Eilber, Ursula, Odunsi, Kunle, Olson, Sara H, Orlow, Irene, Orsulic, Sandra, and Weber, Rachel Palmieri

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Georgia Chenevix-Trench on behalf of the AOCS management group, Humans, Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial, Ovarian Neoplasms, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Odds Ratio, Risk, Genotype, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Adult, Aged, Middle Aged, European Continental Ancestry Group, Female, Genome-Wide Association Study, Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition, Carcinoma, Ovarian Epithelial, epithelial-mesenchymal transition, ovarian cancer, single-nucleotide polymorphisms, Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Carcinoma, Ovarian Epithelial, Epidemiology, Public Health and Health Services, Genetics
Abstract

Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a process whereby epithelial cells assume mesenchymal characteristics to facilitate cancer metastasis. However, EMT also contributes to the initiation and development of primary tumors. Prior studies that explored the hypothesis that EMT gene variants contribute to epithelial ovarian carcinoma (EOC) risk have been based on small sample sizes and none have sought replication in an independent population. We screened 15,816 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in 296 genes in a discovery phase using data from a genome-wide association study of EOC among women of European ancestry (1,947 cases and 2,009 controls) and identified 793 variants in 278 EMT-related genes that were nominally (P < 0.05) associated with invasive EOC. These SNPs were then genotyped in a larger study of 14,525 invasive-cancer patients and 23,447 controls. A P-value

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2015

16. Common Genetic Variation In Cellular Transport Genes and Epithelial Ovarian Cancer (EOC) Risk

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Chornokur, Ganna, Lin, Hui-Yi, Tyrer, Jonathan P, Lawrenson, Kate, Dennis, Joe, Amankwah, Ernest K, Qu, Xiaotao, Tsai, Ya-Yu, Jim, Heather SL, Chen, Zhihua, Chen, Ann Y, Permuth-Wey, Jennifer, Aben, Katja KH, Anton-Culver, Hoda, Antonenkova, Natalia, Bruinsma, Fiona, Bandera, Elisa V, Bean, Yukie T, Beckmann, Matthias W, Bisogna, Maria, Bjorge, Line, Bogdanova, Natalia, Brinton, Louise A, Brooks-Wilson, Angela, Bunker, Clareann H, Butzow, Ralf, Campbell, Ian G, Carty, Karen, Chang-Claude, Jenny, Cook, Linda S, Cramer, Daniel W, Cunningham, Julie M, Cybulski, Cezary, Dansonka-Mieszkowska, Agnieszka, du Bois, Andreas, Despierre, Evelyn, Dicks, Ed, Doherty, Jennifer A, Dörk, Thilo, Dürst, Matthias, Easton, Douglas F, Eccles, Diana M, Edwards, Robert P, Ekici, Arif B, Fasching, Peter A, Fridley, Brooke L, Gao, Yu-Tang, Gentry-Maharaj, Aleksandra, Giles, Graham G, Glasspool, Rosalind, Goodman, Marc T, Gronwald, Jacek, Harrington, Patricia, Harter, Philipp, Hein, Alexander, Heitz, Florian, Hildebrandt, Michelle AT, Hillemanns, Peter, Hogdall, Claus K, Hogdall, Estrid, Hosono, Satoyo, Jakubowska, Anna, Jensen, Allan, Ji, Bu-Tian, Karlan, Beth Y, Kelemen, Linda E, Kellar, Mellissa, Kiemeney, Lambertus A, Krakstad, Camilla, Kjaer, Susanne K, Kupryjanczyk, Jolanta, Lambrechts, Diether, Lambrechts, Sandrina, Le, Nhu D, Lee, Alice W, Lele, Shashi, Leminen, Arto, Lester, Jenny, Levine, Douglas A, Liang, Dong, Lim, Boon Kiong, Lissowska, Jolanta, Lu, Karen, Lubinski, Jan, Lundvall, Lene, Massuger, Leon FAG, Matsuo, Keitaro, McGuire, Valerie, McLaughlin, John R, McNeish, Iain, Menon, Usha, Milne, Roger L, Modugno, Francesmary, Moysich, Kirsten B, Ness, Roberta B, Nevanlinna, Heli, Eilber, Ursula, Odunsi, Kunle, Olson, Sara H, and Orlow, Irene

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Biological Sciences, Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Oncology and Carcinogenesis, Genetics, Cancer, Ovarian Cancer, Rare Diseases, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Aetiology, Black or African American, Alleles, Asian, Biological Transport, Carcinoma, Ovarian Epithelial, Carrier Proteins, Case-Control Studies, Female, Genetic Association Studies, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Genetic Variation, Humans, Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial, Odds Ratio, Ovarian Neoplasms, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Risk, Georgia Chenevix-Trench, AOCS management group, General Science & Technology
Abstract

BackgroundDefective cellular transport processes can lead to aberrant accumulation of trace elements, iron, small molecules and hormones in the cell, which in turn may promote the formation of reactive oxygen species, promoting DNA damage and aberrant expression of key regulatory cancer genes. As DNA damage and uncontrolled proliferation are hallmarks of cancer, including epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC), we hypothesized that inherited variation in the cellular transport genes contributes to EOC risk.MethodsIn total, DNA samples were obtained from 14,525 case subjects with invasive EOC and from 23,447 controls from 43 sites in the Ovarian Cancer Association Consortium (OCAC). Two hundred seventy nine SNPs, representing 131 genes, were genotyped using an Illumina Infinium iSelect BeadChip as part of the Collaborative Oncological Gene-environment Study (COGS). SNP analyses were conducted using unconditional logistic regression under a log-additive model, and the FDR q

Published
2015

18. Comparison of Caregiver and Provider Food Insecurity Screening Preferences Within a Health System.

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Alvis, Courtney E., Mosha, Maua, Amankwah, Ernest K., Hernandez, Raquel G., and Morrison, John M.

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CROSS-sectional method, HEALTH services accessibility, HEALTH attitudes, SOCIAL determinants of health, RESEARCH funding, FOOD security, CHILDREN'S hospitals, ATTITUDES of medical personnel, MEDICAL screening, SHAME, CAREGIVER attitudes, PATIENTS' attitudes, DISCLOSURE
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Food insecurity is a public health concern associated with poor health. Evidence guiding how to best implement screening for food insecurity across a pediatric health care system is lacking. We performed a single-center, multi-department, cross-sectional study of caregivers and health care providers in outpatient and inpatient settings to describe the beliefs, barriers, preferences, and preferred food insecurity screening location. Most providers and caregivers underestimated the pervasiveness of food insecurity while acknowledging the benefit of screening. Caregivers are overall receptive to food insecurity screening and disagree with feelings of discomfort or shame when disclosing food insecurity status. Providers acknowledged perceived caregiver discomfort, lack of community food resources, and lack of a validated screening tool as barriers to screening. Both caregivers and providers identified the primary care setting as the preferred screening setting. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2024
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20. Polymorphisms in Stromal Genes and Susceptibility to Serous Epithelial Ovarian Cancer: A Report from the Ovarian Cancer Association Consortium

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Amankwah, Ernest K., Wang, Qinggang, Schildkraut, Joellen M., Tsai, Ya-Yu, Ramus, Susan J., Fridley, Brooke L., Beesley, Jonathan, Johnatty, Sharon E., Webb, Penelope M., Chenevix-Trench, Georgia, Dale, Laura C., Lambrechts, Diether, Amant, Frederic, Despierre, Evelyn, Vergote, Ignace, Gayther, Simon A., Gentry-Maharaj, Aleksandra, Menon, Usha, Chang-Claude, Jenny, Wang-Gohrke, Shan, Anton-Culver, Hoda, Ziogas, Argyrios, Dork, Thilo, Durst, Matthias, Antonenkova, Natalia, Bogdanova, Natalia, Brown, Robert, Flanagan, James M., Kaye, Stanley B., Paul, James, Butzow, Ralf, Nevanlinna, Heli, Campbell, Ian, Eccles, Diana M., Karlan, Beth Y., Gross, Jenny, Walsh, Christine, Pharoah, Paul P., Song, Honglin, Kruger Kjaer, Susanne, H?gdall, Estrid, H?gdall, Claus, Lundvall, Lene, Nedergaard, Lotte, Kiemeney, Lambertus M., Massuger, Leon G., van Altena, Anne M., Vermeulen, Sita M., Le, Nhu D., Brooks-Wilson, Angela, Cook, Linda S., Phelan, Catherine M., Cunningham, Julie M., Vachon, Celine M., Vierkant, Robert A., Iversen, Edwin S., Berchuck, Andrew, Goode, Ellen L., Sellers, Thomas A., and Kelemen, Linda E.

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growth-factor-beta, genome-wide association, mammary-gland, tgf-beta, oral-contraceptives, expression, decorin, risk, carcinoma, trends
Abstract

Alterations in stromal tissue components can inhibit or promote epithelial tumorigenesis. Decorin (DCN) and lumican (LUM) show reduced stromal expression in serous epithelial ovarian cancer (sEOC). We hypothesized that common variants in these genes associate with risk. Associations with sEOC among Caucasians were estimated with odds ratios (OR) among 397 cases and 920 controls in two U.S.-based studies (discovery set), 436 cases and 1,098 controls in Australia (replication set 1) and a consortium of 15 studies comprising 1,668 cases and 4,249 controls (replication set 2). The discovery set and replication set 1 (833 cases and 2,013 controls) showed statistically homogeneous (Pheterogeneity≥0.48) decreased risks of sEOC at four variants: DCN rs3138165, rs13312816 and rs516115, and LUM rs17018765 (OR = 0.6 to 0.9; Ptrend = 0.001 to 0.03). Results from replication set 2 were statistically homogeneous (Pheterogeneity≥0.13) and associated with increased risks at DCN rs3138165 and rs13312816, and LUM rs17018765: all ORs = 1.2; Ptrend≤0.02. The ORs at the four variants were statistically heterogeneous across all 18 studies (Pheterogeneity≤0.03), which precluded combining. In post-hoc analyses, interactions were observed between each variant and recruitment period (Pinteraction≤0.003), age at diagnosis (Pinteraction = 0.04), and year of diagnosis (Pinteraction = 0.05) in the five studies with available information (1,044 cases, 2,469 controls). We conclude that variants in DCN and LUM are not directly associated with sEOC, and that confirmation of possible effect modification of the variants by non-genetic factors is required.

Published
2011

28. Abstract 6507: E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase, tetratricopeptide repeat domain 3 (TTC3), H4 clustered histone 5 (H4C5), and epithelial cell adhesion molecule (EpCAM) are novel urine-enriched liquid biopsy biomarkers to detect prostate cancer in men

Author

Perera, Ranjan Joseph, primary, Moschovas, Marcio, additional, Perera, Roshane, additional, Lee, Bongyong, additional, Miller, Alexandra, additional, Amankwah, Ernest K., additional, Pokhrel, Rudramani, additional, Pavlovich, Christian, additional, Sonpavde, Guru, additional, and Patel, Vipul, additional

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2023
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34. Supplementary Table 1 from Gene Variants in Angiogenesis and Lymphangiogenesis and Cutaneous Melanoma Progression

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Park, Jong Y., primary, Amankwah, Ernest K., primary, Anic, Gabriella M., primary, Lin, Hui-Yi, primary, Walls, Brooke, primary, Park, Hyun, primary, Krebs, Kevin, primary, Madden, Melissa, primary, Maddox, Kristen, primary, Marzban, Suroosh, primary, Fang, Shenying, primary, Chen, Wei, primary, Lee, Jeffrey E., primary, Wei, Qingyi, primary, Amos, Christopher I., primary, Messina, Jane L., primary, Sondak, Vernon K., primary, Sellers, Thomas A., primary, and Egan, Kathleen M., primary

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2023
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45. Cohorts and consortia conference: a summary report (Banff, Canada, June 17-19, 2009)

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Boffetta, Paolo, Colditz, Graham A., Potter, John D., Kolonel, Laurence, Robson, Paula J., Malekzadeh, Reza, Seminara, Daniela, Goode, Ellen L., Yoo, Keun-Young, Demers, Paul, Gallagher, Richard, Prentice, Ross, Yasui, Yutaka, O'Doherty, Kieran, Petersen, Gloria M., Ulrich, Cornelia M., Csizmadi, Ilona, Amankwah, Ernest K., Brockton, Nigel T., Kopciuk, Karen, McGregor, S. Elizabeth, and Kelemen, Linda E.

Published
2011

46. Defining the Healthy Infant Metabolome: Liquid Chromatography Tandem-Mass Spectrometry Analysis of Dried Blood Spot Extracts from the Prospective Research on Early Determinants of Illness and Children’s Health Trajectories Birth Cohort Study

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Schleif, William S., primary, Harlan, Robert S., additional, Hamblin, Frances, additional, Amankwah, Ernest K., additional, Goldenberg, Neil A., additional, Hernandez, Raquel G., additional, Johnson, Sara B., additional, Reed, Shannon, additional, and Graham, David R., additional

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2022
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47. Trends in Pediatric Cancer Care in Florida from 1981-2020: Changing Patterns in a Growing and Increasingly Diverse Population

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SHAW, PETER H., primary, Metts, Jonathan L., additional, Amankwah, Ernest K., additional, Eslin, Don E., additional, Bradfield, Scott M., additional, Slayton, William B., additional, Hays, Brian, additional, Calkins, Brian, additional, Rico, Juan F., additional, Barredo, Julio C., additional, Smith, Amy, additional, Hanif, Iftikhar, additional, Rodriguez-Cortes, Hector, additional, Nagasubramanian, Ramamoorthy, additional, and Krischer, Jeffrey, additional

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2022
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48. Abstract 8999: Impact of Coronavirus 2019 on Pediatric and Adult Heart Transplantation Waitlist Activity and Mortality in the United States

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Ashfaq, Awais, primary, Gray, Geoffrey, additional, Carapellucci, Jennifer, additional, Amankwah, Ernest K, additional, Ahumada, Luis M, additional, PUCHALSKI, Michael, additional, Smith, Andrew, additional, Rehman, Mohamed, additional, Quintessenza, James A, additional, and Asante-Korang, Alfred, additional

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2021
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