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  1. Article ; Online: Experimental Identification of Potential Martian Biosignatures in Open and Closed Systems.

    Ramkissoon, Nisha K / Macey, Michael C / Kucukkilic-Stephens, Ezgi / Barton, Timothy / Steele, Andrew / Johnson, David N / Stephens, Ben P / Schwenzer, Susanne P / Pearson, Victoria K / Olsson-Francis, Karen

    Astrobiology

    2024  

    Abstract: NASA's Perseverance and ESA's Rosalind Franklin rovers have the scientific goal of searching for evidence of ancient life on Mars. Geochemical biosignatures that form because of microbe-mineral interactions could play a key role in achieving this, as ... ...

    Abstract NASA's Perseverance and ESA's Rosalind Franklin rovers have the scientific goal of searching for evidence of ancient life on Mars. Geochemical biosignatures that form because of microbe-mineral interactions could play a key role in achieving this, as they can be preserved for millions of years on Earth, and the same could be true for Mars. Previous laboratory experiments have explored the formation of biosignatures under closed systems, but these do not represent the open systems that are found in natural martian environments, such as channels and lakes. In this study, we have conducted environmental simulation experiments using a global regolith simulant (OUCM-1), a thermochemically modelled groundwater, and an anaerobic microbial community to explore the formation of geochemical biosignatures within plausible open and closed systems on Mars. This initial investigation showed differences in the diversity of the microbial community developed after 28 days. In an open-system simulation (flow-through experiment), the acetogenic
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-04-22
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2047736-3
    ISSN 1557-8070 ; 1531-1074
    ISSN (online) 1557-8070
    ISSN 1531-1074
    DOI 10.1089/ast.2023.0013
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  2. Article ; Online: Catalytic Ammonia Oxidation to Dinitrogen by a Nickel Complex.

    Stephens, David N / Szilagyi, Robert K / Roehling, Paige N / Arulsamy, Navamoney / Mock, Michael T

    Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)

    2022  , Page(s) e202213462

    Abstract: We report a nickel complex for catalytic oxidation of ammonia to dinitrogen under ambient conditions. Using the aryloxyl radical 2,4,6-tri-tert-butylphenoxyl ( ...

    Abstract We report a nickel complex for catalytic oxidation of ammonia to dinitrogen under ambient conditions. Using the aryloxyl radical 2,4,6-tri-tert-butylphenoxyl (
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-10-24
    Publishing country Germany
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2011836-3
    ISSN 1521-3773 ; 1433-7851
    ISSN (online) 1521-3773
    ISSN 1433-7851
    DOI 10.1002/anie.202213462
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  3. Article ; Online: Immune signaling in sex-specific neural and behavioral development: Adolescent opportunity.

    King'uyu, David N / Stephens, Shannon B Z / Kopec, Ashley M

    Current opinion in neurobiology

    2022  Volume 77, Page(s) 102647

    Abstract: Sex differences in neural and behavioral development are integral to understanding neurodevelopmental, mental health, and neurodegenerative disorders. Much of the literature has focused on late prenatal and early postnatal life as a critical juncture for ...

    Abstract Sex differences in neural and behavioral development are integral to understanding neurodevelopmental, mental health, and neurodegenerative disorders. Much of the literature has focused on late prenatal and early postnatal life as a critical juncture for establishing sex-specific developmental trajectories, and data are now clear that immune signaling plays a central role in establishing sex differences early in life. Adolescence is another developmental period during which sex differences arise. However, we know far less about how immune signaling plays a role in establishing sex differences during adolescence. Herein, we review well-defined examples of sex differences during adolescence and then survey the literature to speculate how immune signaling might be playing a role in defining sex-specific adolescent outcomes. We discuss open questions in the literature and propose experimental design tenets that may assist in better understanding adolescent neurodevelopment.
    MeSH term(s) Pregnancy ; Adolescent ; Humans ; Female ; Male ; Mental Health ; Sexual Maturation ; Sex Characteristics ; Signal Transduction
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-11-01
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Review ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
    ZDB-ID 1078046-4
    ISSN 1873-6882 ; 0959-4388
    ISSN (online) 1873-6882
    ISSN 0959-4388
    DOI 10.1016/j.conb.2022.102647
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  4. Article: Characteristics and Physiologic Changes After 4% Albumin Fluid Boluses in a PICU.

    Gelbart, Ben / Fulkoski, Nick / Stephens, David / Bellomo, Rinaldo

    Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies

    2021  Volume 23, Issue 1, Page(s) e10–e19

    Abstract: ... kg), and its duration 30 minutes (interquartile range, 14.0-40.0 min; n = 223). After the fluid bolus ...

    Abstract Objectives: To describe the characteristics, hemodynamic, and physiologic changes after 4% albumin fluid boluses in critically ill children.
    Design: Retrospective observational study.
    Setting: Single-center PICU.
    Patients: Children in a cardiac and general PICU.
    Interventions: None.
    Measurements and main results: Between January 2017 and May 2019, there were 1,003 fluid boluses of 4% albumin during 420 of 5,731 admissions (7.8%), most commonly in children with congenital/acquired heart disease (71.2%) and sepsis (7.9%). The median fluid bolus dose was 10 mL/kg (interquartile range, 5.8-14.6 mL/kg), and its duration 30 minutes (interquartile range, 14.0-40.0 min; n = 223). After the fluid bolus, a significant change in mean arterial pressure (2.3 mm Hg [5.1%], 2.7 mm Hg [5.8%], 2.9 mm Hg [6.1%], and 3.8 mm Hg [8.0%] at 1, 2, 3, and 4 hr, respectively [p ≤ 0.001]) only occurred in children less than or equal to 12 months old. A mean arterial pressure response, defined by an increase greater than or equal to 10% from baseline, occurred in 290 of 887 patients (33%) with maximal response at 1 hour. Hypotension at baseline predicted the magnitude of mean arterial pressure increase at 60 (coefficient 24.3 [95% CI, 0.79-7.87]; p = 0.04) and 120 minutes (coefficient 26.1 [95% CI, 2.75-48.2]; p = 0.02). There were no biochemical or hematocrit changes within 4 hours of the fluid bolus. Urine output for the entire cohort was 2 mL/kg/hr at baseline and did not change with the fluid bolus.
    Conclusions: Fluid boluses of 4% albumin were common and predominantly in children with cardiac disease and sepsis with a median dose of 10 mL/kg given over half an hour. Such treatment was associated with significant hemodynamic changes only in children less than 12 months old, and we failed to identify an association with urine output.
    MeSH term(s) Albumins ; Child ; Fluid Therapy/adverse effects ; Hemodynamics ; Humans ; Hypotension ; Infant ; Intensive Care Units, Pediatric
    Chemical Substances Albumins
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-07-15
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Observational Study
    ZDB-ID 2052349-X
    ISSN 1947-3893 ; 1529-7535
    ISSN (online) 1947-3893
    ISSN 1529-7535
    DOI 10.1097/PCC.0000000000002809
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  5. Article ; Online: Working Toward Solutions for Gender Disparity: Implications of the 2022 Congenital Workforce Survey.

    Stephens, Elizabeth H / Romano, Jennifer C / Karamlou, Tara / Hayes, Sharonne N / Bontrager, Colleen E / Overman, David M / Fuller, Stephanie M

    The Annals of thoracic surgery

    2023  Volume 117, Issue 3, Page(s) 497–500

    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Workforce ; Surveys and Questionnaires
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-12-01
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Editorial
    ZDB-ID 211007-6
    ISSN 1552-6259 ; 0003-4975
    ISSN (online) 1552-6259
    ISSN 0003-4975
    DOI 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2023.11.019
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  6. Article ; Online: Impact of Genetic Disorders in the Surgical Management of Congenital Heart Disease.

    Stephens, Elizabeth H / Dearani, Joseph A / Connolly, Heidi M / Gleich, Stephen J / Deyle, David R / Johnson, Jonathan N

    World journal for pediatric & congenital heart surgery

    2023  Volume 14, Issue 2, Page(s) 201–210

    Abstract: The congenital heart surgeon frequently encounters patients with various genetic disorders requiring surgical intervention. Although the specifics of the genetics for these patients and their families lie in the purview of specialists in genetics, the ... ...

    Abstract The congenital heart surgeon frequently encounters patients with various genetic disorders requiring surgical intervention. Although the specifics of the genetics for these patients and their families lie in the purview of specialists in genetics, the surgeon is well-served to be familiar with aspects of specific syndromes that impact surgical management and perioperative care. This aids in counseling families in expectations for the hospital course and recovery as well as can impact intraoperative and surgical management. This review article summarizes key characteristics for the congenital heart surgeon to be familiar with for common genetic disorders as they help coordinate care.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Heart Defects, Congenital/genetics ; Heart Defects, Congenital/surgery ; Perioperative Care
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-03-03
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 2550261-X
    ISSN 2150-136X ; 2150-1351
    ISSN (online) 2150-136X
    ISSN 2150-1351
    DOI 10.1177/21501351221139837
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  7. Book ; Conference proceedings: Anxiolytic beta-carbolines

    Stephens, David N.

    from molecular biology to the clinic ; [Symposium, held in Nice, France, inJuly 1992]

    (Psychopharmacology series ; 11)

    1993  

    Author's details ed. David N. Stephens
    Series title Psychopharmacology series ; 11
    Collection
    Keywords Anti-Anxiety Agents / congresses ; Carbolines / pharmacology / congresses ; Receptors, GABA-Benzodiazepine / drug effects / congresses ; Drug Screening / congresses ; Abecarnil
    Subject CAS 111841-85-1
    Language English
    Size X, 151 S. : Ill., graph. Darst.
    Publisher Springer
    Publishing place Berlin u.a.
    Document type Book ; Conference proceedings
    HBZ-ID HT006300232
    ISBN 3-540-57144-2 ; 0-387-57144-2 ; 978-3-540-57144-5 ; 978-0-387-57144-7
    Database Catalogue ZB MED Medicine, Health

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  8. Article ; Online: Structure and tethering mechanism of dynein-2 intermediate chains in intraflagellar transport.

    Mukhopadhyay, Aakash G / Toropova, Katerina / Daly, Lydia / Wells, Jennifer N / Vuolo, Laura / Mladenov, Miroslav / Seda, Marian / Jenkins, Dagan / Stephens, David J / Roberts, Anthony J

    The EMBO journal

    2024  Volume 43, Issue 7, Page(s) 1257–1272

    Abstract: ... more strongly on WDR60, because the unique N-terminal extension of WDR60 facilitates dynein-2 targeting ... to cilia. Strikingly, this N-terminal extension can be transplanted onto WDR34 and retain function ...

    Abstract Dynein-2 is a large multiprotein complex that powers retrograde intraflagellar transport (IFT) of cargoes within cilia/flagella, but the molecular mechanism underlying this function is still emerging. Distinctively, dynein-2 contains two identical force-generating heavy chains that interact with two different intermediate chains (WDR34 and WDR60). Here, we dissect regulation of dynein-2 function by WDR34 and WDR60 using an integrative approach including cryo-electron microscopy and CRISPR/Cas9-enabled cell biology. A 3.9 Å resolution structure shows how WDR34 and WDR60 use surprisingly different interactions to engage equivalent sites of the two heavy chains. We show that cilia can assemble in the absence of either WDR34 or WDR60 individually, but not both subunits. Dynein-2-dependent distribution of cargoes depends more strongly on WDR60, because the unique N-terminal extension of WDR60 facilitates dynein-2 targeting to cilia. Strikingly, this N-terminal extension can be transplanted onto WDR34 and retain function, suggesting it acts as a flexible tether to the IFT "trains" that assemble at the ciliary base. We discuss how use of unstructured tethers represents an emerging theme in IFT train interactions.
    MeSH term(s) Dyneins/metabolism ; Cryoelectron Microscopy ; Biological Transport ; Cilia/metabolism ; Flagella/metabolism
    Chemical Substances Dyneins (EC 3.6.4.2)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-03-07
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 586044-1
    ISSN 1460-2075 ; 0261-4189
    ISSN (online) 1460-2075
    ISSN 0261-4189
    DOI 10.1038/s44318-024-00060-1
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  9. Article ; Online: When should we tell patients there may be no blood? Evaluating the 'informed' consent process.

    Booth, Garrett S / Jacobs, Jeremy W / Stephens, Laura D / Chooljian, David M / Savani, Bipin N / Gehrie, Eric A

    British journal of haematology

    2022  Volume 198, Issue 1, Page(s) e8–e10

    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Informed Consent ; Physician-Patient Relations
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-03-22
    Publishing country England
    Document type Letter
    ZDB-ID 80077-6
    ISSN 1365-2141 ; 0007-1048
    ISSN (online) 1365-2141
    ISSN 0007-1048
    DOI 10.1111/bjh.18156
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  10. Article ; Online: In-Clinic vs. Online Recruitment of Women with a History of Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia or Cervical Cancer to a Smoking Cessation Trial: A Post-hoc Comparison of Participant Characteristics, Study Retention, and Cessation Outcomes.

    Fennell, Bethany Shorey / Jones, Sarah R / Sutton, Steven K / Hoogland, Charles E / Cottrell-Daniels, Cherell / Wetter, David W / Shih, Ya-Chen Tina / Simmons, Vani N / Stephens, Yesenia P / Vidrine, Damon J / Vidrine, Jennifer I

    Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco

    2024  

    Abstract: ... recruited from clinics within a university-based NCI-designated cancer center (n=87) and online nationally ... via Facebook (n=115). Baseline measures included sociodemographics, smoking history, and cancer or CIN ...

    Abstract Introduction: Recruiting special populations to smoking cessation trials is challenging and approaches beyond in-clinic recruitment may be beneficial. This secondary analysis of data from a smoking cessation RCT for individuals with a history of cervical cancer or cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) explored differences associated with in-clinic vs. online recruitment.
    Methods: Participants were recruited from clinics within a university-based NCI-designated cancer center (n=87) and online nationally via Facebook (n=115). Baseline measures included sociodemographics, smoking history, and cancer or CIN history. Study retention and smoking abstinence were assessed 12 months post-baseline. Group differences in baseline characteristics were evaluated. Retention and abstinence were evaluated while controlling for group differences and predictors.
    Results: Participants recruited online (vs. in-clinic) had higher educational attainment (p=.01) and health literacy (p=.003). They were more likely to have CIN vs. cancer, to be further from the time of diagnosis, and to have completed active treatment (p values<.001). While controlling for these group differences and independent predictors, retention was higher among participants recruited online (log-likelihood χ2(1)=11.41, p<.001). There were no recruitment differences in self-reported (p=.90) or biochemically confirmed smoking abstinence (p=.18).
    Conclusions: Compared to individuals recruited in-person, individuals recruited online were more educated, had higher health literacy, and presented with a different clinical profile (i.e., more likely to have CIN vs. cancer and to have completed active treatment). There were few differences in participant characteristics between recruitment approaches, and no differences on any smoking-related variables. Online recruitment has the potential to improve enrollment of cancer survivors to smoking cessation trials.
    Implications: People with a history of CIN or cervical cancer recruited to a smoking cessation RCT online (vs. in-clinic) were more likely to have a diagnosis of CIN vs. cancer and were more educated and health literate. Participants recruited online were more likely to be retained in the study and there were no differences in smoking abstinence rates at 12-months. Incorporating online recruitment increased the reach of tobacco treatment efforts to a larger and more diverse sample. This could reduce the burden of tobacco-related disease, improve CIN and cancer treatment outcomes, and reduce secondary malignancies and morbidity among this underserved group.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-03-07
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1452315-2
    ISSN 1469-994X ; 1462-2203
    ISSN (online) 1469-994X
    ISSN 1462-2203
    DOI 10.1093/ntr/ntae049
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