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  1. Article ; Online: Large-for-gestational-age (LGA) neonate predicts a 2.5-fold increased odds of neonatal hypoglycaemia in women with type 1 diabetes.

    Yamamoto, Jennifer M / Kallas-Koeman, Melissa M / Butalia, Sonia / Lodha, Abhay K / Donovan, Lois E

    Diabetes/metabolism research and reviews

    2017  Volume 33, Issue 1

    Abstract: Objective: The objective of the study is to assess the impact of maternal glycaemic control and large-for-gestational-age (LGA) infant size on the risk of developing neonatal hypoglycaemia in offspring of women with type 1 diabetes and to determine ... ...

    Abstract Objective: The objective of the study is to assess the impact of maternal glycaemic control and large-for-gestational-age (LGA) infant size on the risk of developing neonatal hypoglycaemia in offspring of women with type 1 diabetes and to determine possible predictors of neonatal hypoglycaemia and LGA.
    Research methods and design: This retrospective cohort study evaluated pregnancies in 161 women with type 1 diabetes mellitus at a large urban centre between 2006 and 2010. Mean trimester A
    Results: Hypoglycaemia occurred in 36.6% of neonates. There was not a linear association between trimester specific A
    Conclusions: Large-for-gestational-age imparts a 2.5-fold increased odds of hypoglycaemia in neonates of women with type 1 diabetes and may be a better predictor of neonatal hypoglycaemia than maternal glycaemic control. Our data suggest that LGA neonates of women with type 1 diabetes should prompt increased surveillance for neonatal hypoglycaemia and that the presence of optimum maternal glycaemic control should not reduce this surveillance. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
    MeSH term(s) Adult ; Body Size ; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1/physiopathology ; Diabetes, Gestational/physiopathology ; Female ; Fetal Macrosomia/complications ; Follow-Up Studies ; Gestational Age ; Humans ; Hypoglycemia/etiology ; Infant, Newborn ; Male ; Pregnancy ; Pregnancy Outcome ; Pregnancy Trimester, Second ; Retrospective Studies ; Risk Factors
    Language English
    Publishing date 2017-01
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1470192-3
    ISSN 1520-7560 ; 1520-7552
    ISSN (online) 1520-7560
    ISSN 1520-7552
    DOI 10.1002/dmrr.2824
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  2. Article ; Online: Rare causes of calcitriol-mediated hypercalcemia: a case report and literature review.

    Kallas, Melissa / Green, Francis / Hewison, Martin / White, Christopher / Kline, Gregory

    The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism

    2010  Volume 95, Issue 7, Page(s) 3111–3117

    Abstract: Context: Calcitriol-mediated hypercalcemia resulting from elevated extrarenal 25-hydroxyvitamin D-1alpha-hydroxylase (1alpha-hydroxylase) activity has not previously been described in giant cell polymyositis.: Case: We report an unusual case of ... ...

    Abstract Context: Calcitriol-mediated hypercalcemia resulting from elevated extrarenal 25-hydroxyvitamin D-1alpha-hydroxylase (1alpha-hydroxylase) activity has not previously been described in giant cell polymyositis.
    Case: We report an unusual case of hypercalcemia due to disseminated granulomatous disease in a 62-yr-old woman with profound proximal muscle weakness and weight loss. She was initially diagnosed with vitamin D deficiency myopathy with a low serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D; serum calcium at this time was low-normal. Vitamin D(3) 3000 IU daily was prescribed. One month later, blood work showed new hypercalcemia and hypercalciuria with normalized 25-hydroxyvitamin D. 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D was high-normal, despite a suppressed PTH, undetectable PTHrP, and essentially normal renal function. Her hypercalcemia resolved, and her strength improved only after prednisone was added to bisphosphonate therapy. Two weeks later, she died from acute congestive heart failure.
    Methods and results: Autopsy revealed a disseminated giant cell myositis affecting skeletal, cardiac, and gastrointestinal smooth muscle. Immunohistochemistry localized 1alpha-hydroxylase to the inflammatory infiltrates in skeletal and cardiac muscle.
    Evidence: A review of English publications in Medline and Embase, including a reference search of retrieved articles, revealed that calcitriol-mediated hypercalcemia has been described in over 30 conditions, most of which are granulomatous in nature, ranging from inflammatory conditions and foreign body exposures to infections and neoplasms.
    Conclusions: Hypercalcemia resulting from autonomous 1alpha-hydroxylase activity may be unmasked by low-dose vitamin D supplementation and should not be excluded from the differential diagnosis of nonparathyroid causes if the serum calcitriol is inappropriately normal, rather than frankly elevated.
    MeSH term(s) Calcitriol/blood ; Cholecalciferol/therapeutic use ; Fatal Outcome ; Female ; Heart Failure/etiology ; Humans ; Hypercalcemia/blood ; Hypercalcemia/diagnosis ; Hypercalcemia/etiology ; Middle Aged ; Neurologic Examination ; Polymyositis/blood ; Polymyositis/complications ; Polymyositis/diagnosis ; Vitamin D Deficiency/complications ; Vitamin D Deficiency/drug therapy
    Chemical Substances Cholecalciferol (1C6V77QF41) ; Calcitriol (FXC9231JVH)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2010-07
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Case Reports ; Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 3029-6
    ISSN 1945-7197 ; 0021-972X
    ISSN (online) 1945-7197
    ISSN 0021-972X
    DOI 10.1210/jc.2009-2673
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  3. Article ; Online: Insulin pump use in pregnancy is associated with lower HbA1c without increasing the rate of severe hypoglycaemia or diabetic ketoacidosis in women with type 1 diabetes.

    Kallas-Koeman, Melissa M / Kong, Jason M / Klinke, Jennifer A / Butalia, Sonia / Lodha, Abhay K / Lim, Ken I / Duan, Qiuli M / Donovan, Lois E

    Diabetologia

    2014  Volume 57, Issue 4, Page(s) 681–689

    Abstract: Aims/hypothesis: The aim of this study was to compare glycaemic control and maternal-fetal outcomes in women with type 1 diabetes managed on insulin pumps compared with multiple daily injections of insulin (MDI).: Methods: In a retrospective study, ... ...

    Abstract Aims/hypothesis: The aim of this study was to compare glycaemic control and maternal-fetal outcomes in women with type 1 diabetes managed on insulin pumps compared with multiple daily injections of insulin (MDI).
    Methods: In a retrospective study, glycaemic control and outcomes of 387 consecutive pregnancies in women with type 1 diabetes who attended specialised clinics at three centres 2006-2010 were assessed.
    Results: Women using insulin pumps (129/387) were older and had a longer duration of diabetes, more retinopathy, smoked less in pregnancy, and had more preconception care (p < 0.01 for each). Among 113 pregnancies >20 weeks' gestation in women on insulin pumps and 218 in women on MDI, there was a significant difference in HbA1c in the first trimester (mean HbA1c 6.90 ± 0.71% (52 ± 7.8 mmol/mol) vs 7.60 ± 1.38% (60 ± 15.1 mmol/mol), p < 0.001), which persisted until the third trimester (mean HbA1c 6.49 ± 0.52% (47 ± 5.7 mmol/mol) vs 6.81 ± 0.85% (51 ± 9.3 mmol/mol), p = 0.002). Rates of diabetic ketoacidosis were similar in women on insulin pumps vs MDI (1.8% vs 3.0%, p = 0.72). Despite lower HbA1c, women on insulin pumps did not have an increased incidence of severe hypoglycaemia (8.0% vs 7.6%, p = 0.90) or more weight gain (16.3 ± 8.7 vs 15.2 ± 6.2 kg, p = 0.18). More large-for-gestational-age infants in the pump group (55.0% vs 39.2%, p = 0.007) may have resulted from confounding by parity.
    Conclusions/interpretation: In this large multicentre study, women using insulin pumps in pregnancy had lower HbA1c without increased risk of severe hypoglycaemia or diabetic ketoacidosis but no improvement in other pregnancy outcomes. This information can help inform care providers and patients about the glycaemic effectiveness and safety of insulin pumps in pregnancy.
    MeSH term(s) Adult ; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1/drug therapy ; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1/metabolism ; Diabetic Ketoacidosis/epidemiology ; Diabetic Ketoacidosis/metabolism ; Female ; Glycated Hemoglobin A/metabolism ; Humans ; Hypoglycemia/epidemiology ; Hypoglycemia/metabolism ; Hypoglycemic Agents/administration & dosage ; Hypoglycemic Agents/therapeutic use ; Insulin/administration & dosage ; Insulin/therapeutic use ; Insulin Infusion Systems/adverse effects ; Male ; Pregnancy ; Retrospective Studies ; Young Adult
    Chemical Substances Glycated Hemoglobin A ; Hypoglycemic Agents ; Insulin
    Language English
    Publishing date 2014-01-17
    Publishing country Germany
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 1694-9
    ISSN 1432-0428 ; 0012-186X
    ISSN (online) 1432-0428
    ISSN 0012-186X
    DOI 10.1007/s00125-014-3163-6
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  4. Article ; Online: CD4+ CD25+ Foxp3+ regulatory T cells, dendritic cells, and circulating cytokines in uncomplicated malaria: do different parasite species elicit similar host responses?

    Gonçalves, Raquel M / Salmazi, Karina C / Santos, Bianca A N / Bastos, Melissa S / Rocha, Sandra C / Boscardin, Sílvia B / Silber, Ariel M / Kallás, Esper G / Ferreira, Marcelo U / Scopel, Kézia K G

    Infection and immunity

    2010  Volume 78, Issue 11, Page(s) 4763–4772

    Abstract: Clearing blood-stage malaria parasites without inducing major host pathology requires a finely tuned balance between pro- and anti-inflammatory responses. The interplay between regulatory T (Treg) cells and dendritic cells (DCs) is one of the key ... ...

    Abstract Clearing blood-stage malaria parasites without inducing major host pathology requires a finely tuned balance between pro- and anti-inflammatory responses. The interplay between regulatory T (Treg) cells and dendritic cells (DCs) is one of the key determinants of this balance. Although experimental models have revealed various patterns of Treg cell expansion, DC maturation, and cytokine production according to the infecting malaria parasite species, no studies have compared all of these parameters in human infections with Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax in the same setting of endemicity. Here we show that during uncomplicated acute malaria, both species induced a significant expansion of CD4(+) CD25(+) Foxp3(+) Treg cells expressing the key immunomodulatory molecule CTLA-4 and a significant increase in the proportion of DCs that were plasmacytoid (CD123(+)), with a decrease in the myeloid/plasmacytoid DC ratio. These changes were proportional to parasite loads but correlated neither with the intensity of clinical symptoms nor with circulating cytokine levels. One-third of P. vivax-infected patients, but no P. falciparum-infected subjects, showed impaired maturation of circulating DCs, with low surface expression of CD86. Although vivax malaria patients overall had a less inflammatory cytokine response, with a higher interleukin-10 (IL-10)/tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) ratio, this finding did not translate to milder clinical manifestations than those of falciparum malaria patients. We discuss the potential implications of these findings for species-specific pathogenesis and long-lasting protective immunity to malaria.
    MeSH term(s) Adult ; Animals ; CD4 Antigens/metabolism ; Cytokines/blood ; Dendritic Cells/immunology ; Female ; Forkhead Transcription Factors/metabolism ; Host-Parasite Interactions/immunology ; Humans ; Interleukin-2 Receptor alpha Subunit/metabolism ; Lymphocyte Activation ; Malaria, Falciparum/immunology ; Malaria, Falciparum/parasitology ; Malaria, Vivax/immunology ; Malaria, Vivax/parasitology ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Plasmodium falciparum/immunology ; Plasmodium falciparum/physiology ; Plasmodium vivax/immunology ; Plasmodium vivax/physiology ; Species Specificity ; T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory/immunology ; Young Adult
    Chemical Substances CD4 Antigens ; Cytokines ; FOXP3 protein, human ; Forkhead Transcription Factors ; IL2RA protein, human ; Interleukin-2 Receptor alpha Subunit
    Language English
    Publishing date 2010-08-16
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 218698-6
    ISSN 1098-5522 ; 0019-9567
    ISSN (online) 1098-5522
    ISSN 0019-9567
    DOI 10.1128/IAI.00578-10
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  5. Article ; Online: Dengue Virus Evades AAV-Mediated Neutralizing Antibody Prophylaxis in Rhesus Monkeys.

    Magnani, Diogo M / Ricciardi, Michael J / Bailey, Varian K / Gutman, Martin J / Pedreño-Lopez, Núria / Silveira, Cassia G T / Maxwell, Helen S / Domingues, Aline / Gonzalez-Nieto, Lucas / Su, Qin / Newman, Ruchi M / Pack, Melissa / Martins, Mauricio A / Martinez-Navio, José M / Fuchs, Sebastian P / Rakasz, Eva G / Allen, Todd M / Whitehead, Stephen S / Burton, Dennis R /
    Gao, Guangping / Desrosiers, Ronald C / Kallas, Esper G / Watkins, David I

    Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy

    2017  Volume 25, Issue 10, Page(s) 2323–2331

    Abstract: Development of vaccines against mosquito-borne Flaviviruses is complicated by the occurrence of antibody-dependent enhancement (ADE), which can increase disease severity. Long-term delivery of neutralizing antibodies (nAbs) has the potential to ... ...

    Abstract Development of vaccines against mosquito-borne Flaviviruses is complicated by the occurrence of antibody-dependent enhancement (ADE), which can increase disease severity. Long-term delivery of neutralizing antibodies (nAbs) has the potential to effectively block infection and represents an alternative to vaccination. The risk of ADE may be avoided by using prophylactic nAbs harboring amino acid mutations L234A and L235A (LALA) in the immunoglobulin G (IgG) constant region. Here, we used recombinant adeno-associated viruses (rAAVs) to deliver the anti-dengue virus 3 (DENV3) nAb P3D05. While the administration of rAAV-P3D05-rhesus immunoglobulin G1 (rhIgG1)-LALA to rhesus macaques engendered DENV3-neutralizing activity in serum, it did not prevent infection. The emergence of viremia following DENV3 challenge was delayed by 3-6 days in the rAAV-treated group, and replicating virus contained the envelope mutation K64R. This neutralization-resistant variant was also confirmed by virus outgrowth experiments in vitro. By delivering P3D05 with unmutated Fc sequences, we further demonstrated that DENV3 also evaded wild-type nAb prophylaxis, and serum viral loads appeared to be higher in the presence of low levels of unmutated P3D05-rhIgG1. Our study shows that a vectored approach for long-term delivery of nAbs with the LALA mutations is promising, but prophylaxis using a single nAb is likely insufficient at preventing DENV infection and replication.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Antibodies, Monoclonal/immunology ; Antibodies, Neutralizing/immunology ; Antibodies, Viral/immunology ; Dengue Virus/immunology ; Dependovirus/genetics ; Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay ; Female ; Macaca mulatta ; Male
    Chemical Substances Antibodies, Monoclonal ; Antibodies, Neutralizing ; Antibodies, Viral
    Language English
    Publishing date 2017-07-24
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2010592-7
    ISSN 1525-0024 ; 1525-0016
    ISSN (online) 1525-0024
    ISSN 1525-0016
    DOI 10.1016/j.ymthe.2017.06.020
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  6. Article: CD4⁺ CD25⁺ Foxp3⁺ Regulatory T Cells, Dendritic Cells, and Circulating Cytokines in Uncomplicated Malaria: Do Different Parasite Species Elicit Similar Host Responses?

    Gonçalves, Raquel M / Salmazi, Karina C / Santos, Bianca A.N / Bastos, Melissa S / Rocha, Sandra C / Boscardin, Sílvia B / Silber, Ariel M / Kallás, Esper G / Ferreira, Marcelo U / Scopel, Kézia K.G

    Infection and immunity. 2010 Nov., v. 78, no. 11

    2010  

    Abstract: Clearing blood-stage malaria parasites without inducing major host pathology requires a finely tuned balance between pro- and anti-inflammatory responses. The interplay between regulatory T (Treg) cells and dendritic cells (DCs) is one of the key ... ...

    Abstract Clearing blood-stage malaria parasites without inducing major host pathology requires a finely tuned balance between pro- and anti-inflammatory responses. The interplay between regulatory T (Treg) cells and dendritic cells (DCs) is one of the key determinants of this balance. Although experimental models have revealed various patterns of Treg cell expansion, DC maturation, and cytokine production according to the infecting malaria parasite species, no studies have compared all of these parameters in human infections with Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax in the same setting of endemicity. Here we show that during uncomplicated acute malaria, both species induced a significant expansion of CD4⁺ CD25⁺ Foxp3⁺ Treg cells expressing the key immunomodulatory molecule CTLA-4 and a significant increase in the proportion of DCs that were plasmacytoid (CD123⁺), with a decrease in the myeloid/plasmacytoid DC ratio. These changes were proportional to parasite loads but correlated neither with the intensity of clinical symptoms nor with circulating cytokine levels. One-third of P. vivax-infected patients, but no P. falciparum-infected subjects, showed impaired maturation of circulating DCs, with low surface expression of CD86. Although vivax malaria patients overall had a less inflammatory cytokine response, with a higher interleukin-10 (IL-10)/tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) ratio, this finding did not translate to milder clinical manifestations than those of falciparum malaria patients. We discuss the potential implications of these findings for species-specific pathogenesis and long-lasting protective immunity to malaria.
    Keywords Plasmodium falciparum ; T-lymphocytes ; dendritic cells ; human diseases ; immunity ; indigenous species ; interleukin-10 ; malaria ; models ; parasites ; pathogenesis ; patients ; tumor necrosis factor-alpha
    Language English
    Size p. 4763-4772.
    Publishing place American Society for Microbiology
    Document type Article
    ZDB-ID 218698-6
    ISSN 1098-5522 ; 0019-9567
    ISSN (online) 1098-5522
    ISSN 0019-9567
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