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  1. Article ; Online: Management of Possible Multiple Sclerosis.

    Lee, Clement D / Galetta, Steven L / Dobson, Ruth

    The New England journal of medicine

    2023  Volume 388, Issue 23, Page(s) 2195–2198

    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Multiple Sclerosis/drug therapy
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-06-07
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Case Reports ; Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 207154-x
    ISSN 1533-4406 ; 0028-4793
    ISSN (online) 1533-4406
    ISSN 0028-4793
    DOI 10.1056/NEJMclde2300812
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  2. Article ; Online: Hyaluronic acid-bilirubin nanomedicine-based combination chemoimmunotherapy.

    Lee, Yonghyun / Shinn, Jongyoon / Xu, Cheng / Dobson, Hannah E / Neamati, Nouri / Moon, James J

    Nature communications

    2023  Volume 14, Issue 1, Page(s) 4771

    Abstract: Despite significant advances in immune checkpoint blockade (ICB), immunosuppression mediated by tumor-associated myeloid cells (TAMCs) poses a major barrier to cancer immunotherapy. In addition, while immunogenic cell death (ICD) provides a viable ... ...

    Abstract Despite significant advances in immune checkpoint blockade (ICB), immunosuppression mediated by tumor-associated myeloid cells (TAMCs) poses a major barrier to cancer immunotherapy. In addition, while immunogenic cell death (ICD) provides a viable approach to inducing anti-tumor immune response, it remains unknown how to effectively trigger ICD while addressing immunosuppressive TAMCs. Here, we show that SC144, a gp130 inhibitor that blocks the IL-6/gp130/STAT3 pathway, induces ICD of tumor cells and polarizes macrophages to M1-phenotype in vitro. However, as SC144 also induces killing of CD8
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Hyaluronic Acid/pharmacology ; CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/metabolism ; Nanomedicine ; Bilirubin ; Cytokine Receptor gp130 ; Neoplasms/drug therapy ; Neoplasms/metabolism ; Immunotherapy ; Tumor Microenvironment ; Cell Line, Tumor
    Chemical Substances Hyaluronic Acid (9004-61-9) ; Bilirubin (RFM9X3LJ49) ; Cytokine Receptor gp130 (133483-10-0)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-08-08
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2553671-0
    ISSN 2041-1723 ; 2041-1723
    ISSN (online) 2041-1723
    ISSN 2041-1723
    DOI 10.1038/s41467-023-40270-5
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  3. Article: The Effect of Dysglycaemia on Changes in Pulmonary and Aerobic Function in Cystic Fibrosis.

    Tomlinson, Owen W / Stoate, Anna L E / Dobson, Lee / Williams, Craig A

    Frontiers in physiology

    2022  Volume 13, Page(s) 834664

    Abstract: Cross-sectional studies have reported lower pulmonary and aerobic function during exercise in people with cystic fibrosis-related diabetes (CFRD) compared to non-CFRD counterparts. However, this association has yet to be longitudinally investigated. ... ...

    Abstract Cross-sectional studies have reported lower pulmonary and aerobic function during exercise in people with cystic fibrosis-related diabetes (CFRD) compared to non-CFRD counterparts. However, this association has yet to be longitudinally investigated. Therefore, this study examines these differences over time between people with cystic fibrosis (CF) of differing glycaemic status. Annual review data, including cardiopulmonary exercise tests and pulmonary function tests, were retrospectively analysed at baseline (T0,
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-03-30
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2564217-0
    ISSN 1664-042X
    ISSN 1664-042X
    DOI 10.3389/fphys.2022.834664
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  4. Article: Idiopathic Spontaneous Pneumomediastinum in an Adolescent.

    Malik, Hamza / Boyes, Sophie / Dobson, Lee / Kent, William

    Cureus

    2021  Volume 13, Issue 9, Page(s) e17941

    Abstract: Idiopathic spontaneous pneumomediastinum (ISPM) is a diagnosis of exclusion after a spontaneous pneumomediastinum (SPM) occurs without any identifiable predisposing factors or known aetiology. It is a rare diagnosis in adolescents, with a few cases ... ...

    Abstract Idiopathic spontaneous pneumomediastinum (ISPM) is a diagnosis of exclusion after a spontaneous pneumomediastinum (SPM) occurs without any identifiable predisposing factors or known aetiology. It is a rare diagnosis in adolescents, with a few cases reported in the literature. To increase awareness of this rare diagnosis, we present a case of a 17-year-old, fit and healthy male who presented with acute atraumatic chest pain. On examination, surgical emphysema in the supraclavicular fossa was identified. His chest X-ray and a subsequent computed tomography (CT) of the thorax showed extensive pneumomediastinum, with infiltration of air into the soft tissues of the neck and upper arms, but with no identifiable cause. On follow-up, he remained asymptomatic, and a repeat CT of the thorax four weeks after his initial presentation showed complete resolution of the pneumomediastinum. Once confirmed, ISPM is expected to resolve spontaneously without complications, with a very low rate of recurrence in nearly all cases.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-09-13
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Case Reports
    ZDB-ID 2747273-5
    ISSN 2168-8184
    ISSN 2168-8184
    DOI 10.7759/cureus.17941
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  5. Article ; Online: The COPILOT Raw Illumina Genotyping QC Protocol.

    Patel, Hamel / Lee, Sang-Hyuck / Breen, Gerome / Menzel, Stephen / Ojewunmi, Oyesola / Dobson, Richard J B

    Current protocols

    2022  Volume 2, Issue 4, Page(s) e373

    Abstract: The Illumina genotyping microarrays generate data in image format, which is processed by the platform-specific software GenomeStudio, followed by an array of complex bioinformatics analyses that rely on various software, different programming languages, ... ...

    Abstract The Illumina genotyping microarrays generate data in image format, which is processed by the platform-specific software GenomeStudio, followed by an array of complex bioinformatics analyses that rely on various software, different programming languages, and numerous dependencies to be installed and configured correctly. The entire process can be time-consuming, can lead to reproducibility errors, and can be a daunting task for bioinformaticians. To address this, we introduce the COPILOT protocol, which has been successfully used to transform raw Illumina genotype intensity data into high-quality analysis-ready data on tens of thousands of human patient samples that have been genotyped on a variety of Illumina genotyping arrays. This includes processing both mainstream and custom content genotyping chips with over 4 million markers per sample. The COPILOT QC protocol consists of two distinct tandem procedures to process raw Illumina genotyping data. The first protocol is an up-to-date process to systematically QC raw Illumina microarray genotyping data using the Illumina-specific GenomeStudio software. The second protocol takes the output from the first protocol and further processes the data through the COPILOT (Containerised wOrkflow for Processing ILlumina genOtyping daTa) containerized QC pipeline, to automate an array of complex bioinformatics analyses to improve data quality through a secondary clustering algorithm and to automatically identify typical Genome-Wide Association Study (GWAS) data issues, including gender discrepancies, heterozygosity outliers, related individuals, and population outliers, through ancestry estimation. The data is returned to the user in analysis-ready PLINK binary format and is accompanied by a comprehensive and interactive HTML summary report file which quickly helps the user understand the data and guides the user for further data analyses. The COPILOT protocol and containerized pipeline are also available at https://khp-informatics.github.io/COPILOT/index.html. © 2022 The Authors. Current Protocols published by Wiley Periodicals LLC. Basic Protocol 1: Processing raw Illumina genotyping data using GenomeStudio Basic Protocol 2: COPILOT: A containerised workflow for processing Illumina genotyping data.
    MeSH term(s) Genome-Wide Association Study ; Genotype ; High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing/methods ; Humans ; Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide ; Reproducibility of Results
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-04-22
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ISSN 2691-1299
    ISSN (online) 2691-1299
    DOI 10.1002/cpz1.373
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  6. Article ; Online: Cardiovascular screening prior to stem cell transplantation in the United Kingdom.

    Gent, David G / Saif, Muhammad / Lee, Julia / Tóth, Arpad G / Tholouli, Eleni / Dobson, Rebecca / Wright, David J

    EJHaem

    2022  Volume 3, Issue 4, Page(s) 1455–1458

    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-10-18
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ISSN 2688-6146
    ISSN (online) 2688-6146
    DOI 10.1002/jha2.599
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  7. Article ; Online: How Do Nonsurgical Interventions Improve Pain and Physical Function in People With Osteoarthritis? A Scoping Review of Mediation Analysis Studies.

    Lima, Yuri Lopes / Lee, Hopin / Klyne, David M / Dobson, Fiona L / Hinman, Rana S / Bennell, Kim L / Hall, Michelle

    Arthritis care & research

    2022  Volume 75, Issue 3, Page(s) 467–481

    Abstract: Objective: Nonsurgical interventions are recommended for osteoarthritis (OA). However, how interventions change pain and physical function is unclear. Therefore, the objectives of this scoping review were to 1) identify what potential mediators of ... ...

    Abstract Objective: Nonsurgical interventions are recommended for osteoarthritis (OA). However, how interventions change pain and physical function is unclear. Therefore, the objectives of this scoping review were to 1) identify what potential mediators of nonsurgical interventions on pain and physical function have been evaluated and 2) summarize the findings according to intervention, joint, and outcome.
    Methods: We searched Medline, Embase, CINAHL, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, and Scopus databases. Studies were included if they conducted a mediation analysis on a randomized controlled trial evaluating a nonsurgical intervention on OA of any joint. Outcomes were pain and physical function.
    Results: Nine knee OA studies, evaluating diet plus exercise, exercise, unloading shoes, high-expectation communication during acupuncture, and telephone-based weight loss plus exercise were identified. Except for weight loss and self-efficacy, putative mediators (knee muscle perfusion/extensor strength/adduction moment, systemic inflammatory biomarkers, physical activity, dietary intake, and pain beliefs) were evaluated by single studies. Ten mediators partially mediated intervention (diet plus exercise, exercise, high-expectation communication) effects on pain and physical function. Eight mediators were common to pain and function (reduced weight, increased knee extensor strength, and increased self-efficacy). Constant knee flexor muscle perfusion partially mediated exercise effects on pain, and knee pain relief partially mediated exercise effects on function.
    Conclusion: In knee OA, some evidence suggests that the benefits of 1) diet and exercise are mediated through changes in body weight, systemic inflammation, and self-efficacy; 2) exercise is mediated through changes in knee muscle strength and self-efficacy; and 3) high-expectation communication style is mediated through changes in self-efficacy.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Mediation Analysis ; Pain ; Osteoarthritis, Knee ; Knee Joint ; Exercise Therapy ; Weight Loss ; Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-10-31
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Review ; Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 645059-3
    ISSN 2151-4658 ; 0893-7524 ; 2151-464X
    ISSN (online) 2151-4658
    ISSN 0893-7524 ; 2151-464X
    DOI 10.1002/acr.24983
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  8. Article ; Online: The randomised thoracoscopic talc poudrage+indwelling pleural catheters versus thoracoscopic talc poudrage only in malignant pleural effusion trial (TACTIC): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

    Dipper, Alexandra / Sundaralingam, Anand / Hedley, Emma / Tucker, Emma / White, Paul / Bhatnagar, Rahul / Moore, Andrew / Dobson, Melissa / Luengo-Fernandez, Ramon / Mills, Janet / Sowden, Sandra / Harvey, John E / Dobson, Lee / Miller, Robert F / Munavvar, Mohammed / Rahman, Najib / Maskell, Nick

    BMJ open respiratory research

    2023  Volume 10, Issue 1

    Abstract: Introduction: Malignant pleural effusion (MPE) is common, with 50 000 new cases per year in the UK. MPE causes disabling breathlessness and indicates advanced disease with a poor prognosis. Treatment approaches focus on symptom relief and optimising ... ...

    Abstract Introduction: Malignant pleural effusion (MPE) is common, with 50 000 new cases per year in the UK. MPE causes disabling breathlessness and indicates advanced disease with a poor prognosis. Treatment approaches focus on symptom relief and optimising quality of life (QoL). Patients who newly present with MPE commonly require procedural intervention for both diagnosis and therapeutic benefit.Thoracoscopic pleural biopsies are highly sensitive in diagnosing pleural malignancy. Talc poudrage may be delivered at thoracoscopy (TTP) to prevent effusion recurrence by effecting pleurodesis. Indwelling pleural catheters (IPCs) offer an alternative strategy for fluid control, enabling outpatient management and are often used as 'rescue' therapy following pleurodesis failure or in cases of 'trapped lung'. It is unknown whether combining a TTP with IPC insertion will improve patient symptoms or reduce time spent in the hospital.The randomised thoracoscopic talc poudrage + indwelling pleural catheters versus thoracoscopic talc poudrage only in malignant pleural effusion trial (TACTIC) is the first randomised controlled trial (RCT) to examine the benefit of a combined TTP and IPC procedure, evaluating cost-effectiveness and patient-centred outcomes such as symptoms and QoL. The study remains in active recruitment and has the potential to radically transform the pathway for all patients presenting with MPE.
    Methods and analysis: TACTIC is an unblinded, multicentre, RCT comparing the combination of TTP with an IPC to TTP alone. Co-primary outcomes are time spent in the hospital and mean breathlessness score over 4 weeks postprocedure. The study will recruit 124 patients and aims to define the optimal pathway for patients presenting with symptomatic MPE.
    Ethics and dissemination: TACTIC is sponsored by North Bristol NHS Trust and has been granted ethical approval by the London-Brent Research Ethics Committee (REC ref: 21/LO/0495). Publication of results in a peer-reviewed journal and conference presentations are anticipated.
    Trial registration: ISRCTN 11058680.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Catheters, Indwelling ; Dyspnea/etiology ; Pleura ; Pleural Effusion, Malignant/etiology ; Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic ; Talc/therapeutic use
    Chemical Substances Talc (14807-96-6)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-05-24
    Publishing country England
    Document type Clinical Trial Protocol ; Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2736454-9
    ISSN 2052-4439 ; 2052-4439
    ISSN (online) 2052-4439
    ISSN 2052-4439
    DOI 10.1136/bmjresp-2023-001682
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  9. Article ; Online: Trauma care in the tropics

    Geoffrey Dobson / Clinton Gibbs / Lee Poole / Ben Butson / Luke Lawton / Jodie Morris / Hayley Letson

    Rural and Remote Health, Vol

    addressing gaps in treating injury in rural and remote Australia

    2022  Volume 22

    Abstract: In Australia, over half a million people are admitted to hospital every year as a result of injury, and where you live matters. Rural populations have disproportionately higher injury hospitalisation rates (1.5-2.5-fold), higher rates of preventable ... ...

    Abstract In Australia, over half a million people are admitted to hospital every year as a result of injury, and where you live matters. Rural populations have disproportionately higher injury hospitalisation rates (1.5-2.5-fold), higher rates of preventable secondary complications, higher mortality rates (up to fivefold), and higher costs (threefold) than patients injured in major cities. These disparities scale up rapidly with increased remoteness, and shift the service needle from 'scoop and run' to 'continuum of care'. Poorer outcomes, however, are not solely due to longer retrieval distances or delays; they arise from inefficiencies in one or more potentially modifiable factors in the chain of survival. After discussing the burden of injury in Australia, we present a brief history of retrieval services in Queensland and discuss how remoteness requires a different kind of service delivery with many moving parts from point of injury to definitive care. We next address the ongoing challenges for the Australian Trauma Registry, and how centralisation of data from the metropolitan cities masks the inequities in rural and remote trauma. There is an urgent need for accurate data from all service providers around Australia to inform state and federal governments, and we highlight the paucity of trauma data analysis in North Queensland. Last, we identify some major gaps in treating rural and remote polytrauma and en-route patient stabilisation, and discuss the relevance of combat casualty care research and practices. We conclude that a greater emphasis should be placed on collecting more robust trauma patient records, as only accurate data will drive change.
    Keywords aeromedical ; Australia ; haemorrhage ; prehospital ; retrieval ; shock ; Special situations and conditions ; RC952-1245 ; Public aspects of medicine ; RA1-1270
    Subject code 360
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher James Cook University
    Document type Article ; Online
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  10. Article ; Online: Trauma care in the tropics: addressing gaps in treating injury in rural and remote Australia.

    Dobson, Geoffrey Phillip / Gibbs, Clinton / Poole, Lee / Butson, Ben / Lawton, Luke D / Morris, Jodie L / Letson, Hayley L

    Rural and remote health

    2022  Volume 22, Issue 1, Page(s) 6928

    Abstract: In Australia, over half a million people are admitted to hospital every year as a result of injury, and where you live matters. Rural populations have disproportionately higher injury hospitalisation rates (1.5-2.5-fold), higher rates of preventable ... ...

    Abstract In Australia, over half a million people are admitted to hospital every year as a result of injury, and where you live matters. Rural populations have disproportionately higher injury hospitalisation rates (1.5-2.5-fold), higher rates of preventable secondary complications, higher mortality rates (up to fivefold), and higher costs (threefold) than patients injured in major cities. These disparities scale up rapidly with increased remoteness, and shift the service needle from 'scoop and run' to 'continuum of care'. Poorer outcomes, however, are not solely due to longer retrieval distances or delays; they arise from inefficiencies in one or more potentially modifiable factors in the chain of survival. After discussing the burden of injury in Australia, we present a brief history of retrieval services in Queensland and discuss how remoteness requires a different kind of service delivery with many moving parts from point of injury to definitive care. We next address the ongoing challenges for the Australian Trauma Registry, and how centralisation of data from the metropolitan cities masks the inequities in rural and remote trauma. There is an urgent need for accurate data from all service providers around Australia to inform state and federal governments, and we highlight the paucity of trauma data analysis in North Queensland. Last, we identify some major gaps in treating rural and remote polytrauma and en-route patient stabilisation, and discuss the relevance of combat casualty care research and practices. We conclude that a greater emphasis should be placed on collecting more robust trauma patient records, as only accurate data will drive change.
    MeSH term(s) Australia ; Emergency Medical Services ; Humans ; Queensland/epidemiology ; Rural Health Services ; Rural Population
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-01-23
    Publishing country Australia
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
    ZDB-ID 2105620-1
    ISSN 1445-6354 ; 1445-6354
    ISSN (online) 1445-6354
    ISSN 1445-6354
    DOI 10.22605/RRH6928
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