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  1. Article ; Online: Addressing Competency in Rheumatology Telehealth Care Delivery.

    Zickuhr, Lisa / Albert, Daniel A / Herndon, Connie / Imundo, Lisa F / Lopker, Michael J / Marston, Bethany / Mian, Nabeela / O'Rourke, Kenneth / Torralba, Karina D / Westrich-Robertson, Tiffany / Venuturupalli, R Swamy / Kolfenbach, Jason / Bolster, Marcy B

    Arthritis care & research

    2023  Volume 75, Issue 6, Page(s) 1213–1219

    Abstract: Objective: Telehealth is an essential facet of care delivery for patients with rheumatic diseases. The Association of American Medical College's (AAMC) telehealth competencies (TCs) define the skills required for delivering general telehealth care ... ...

    Abstract Objective: Telehealth is an essential facet of care delivery for patients with rheumatic diseases. The Association of American Medical College's (AAMC) telehealth competencies (TCs) define the skills required for delivering general telehealth care across the range of clinician experience. In this study, the American College of Rheumatology's (ACR) TCs working group aimed to adapt the AAMC TCs to rheumatology, outlining the skills acquisition unique to rheumatology with a focus on knowledge, skills, and behaviors expected of recent rheumatology fellowship graduates.
    Methods: Through a collaborative process, the working group adapted the AAMC TCs to the training structure and practice of rheumatology. The rheumatology TCs underwent peer review among recipients of the Clinician Scholar Educator Award and attendees at the ACR 2021 Convergence conference.
    Results: The rheumatology TCs define 24 essential skills required for synchronous telehealth care of patients with rheumatic diseases. The working group adapted the AAMC's 20 TCs organized within 6 domains, added 2 skills to the AAMC's domains of patient safety and appropriate use, and data collection and assessment, and created a novel domain of systems-based requirements with 2 competencies. The rheumatology TCs define expected skill levels for recent rheumatology fellowship graduates and experienced rheumatology clinicians.
    Conclusion: The rheumatology TCs represent the first adaptation of the AAMC TCs to subspecialty care, expanding the scope to include rheumatology fellowship graduates and additional domains of rheumatology practice. These competencies can guide curricular innovations and measurements of proficiency in telehealth care delivery among rheumatology trainees and experienced clinicians, enhancing the care provided to patients with rheumatic diseases.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Rheumatology ; Rheumatic Diseases ; Education, Medical, Graduate ; Curriculum ; Telemedicine
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-01-06
    Publishing country United States
    Document type 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.25023
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  2. Article ; Online: Translational control of recombinant human acetylcholinesterase accumulation in plants

    Geyer Brian C / Fletcher Samuel P / Griffin Tagan A / Lopker Michael J / Soreq Hermona / Mor Tsafrir S

    BMC Biotechnology, Vol 7, Iss 1, p

    2007  Volume 27

    Abstract: Abstract Background Codon usage differences are known to regulate the levels of gene expression in a species-specific manner, with the primary factors often cited to be mRNA processing and accumulation. We have challenged this conclusion by expressing ... ...

    Abstract Abstract Background Codon usage differences are known to regulate the levels of gene expression in a species-specific manner, with the primary factors often cited to be mRNA processing and accumulation. We have challenged this conclusion by expressing the human acetylcholinesterase coding sequence in transgenic plants in its native GC-rich sequence and compared to a matched sequence with (dicotyledonous) plant-optimized codon usage and a lower GC content. Results We demonstrate a 5 to 10 fold increase in accumulation levels of the "synaptic" splice variant of human acetylcholinesterase in Nicotiana benthamiana plants expressing the optimized gene as compared to the native human sequence. Both transient expression assays and stable transformants demonstrated conspicuously increased accumulation levels. Importantly, we find that the increase is not a result of increased levels of acetylcholinesterase mRNA, but rather its facilitated translation, possibly due to the reduced energy required to unfold the sequence-optimized mRNA. Conclusion Our findings demonstrate that codon usage differences may regulate gene expression at different levels and anticipate translational control of acetylcholinesterase gene expression in its native mammalian host as well.
    Keywords Biotechnology ; TP248.13-248.65 ; Chemical technology ; TP1-1185 ; Technology ; T ; DOAJ:Biotechnology ; DOAJ:Life Sciences ; DOAJ:Biology and Life Sciences
    Subject code 580
    Language English
    Publishing date 2007-05-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher BioMed Central
    Document type Article ; Online
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  3. Article ; Online: Derivation and Characterization of Pathogenic Transmitted/Founder Molecular Clones from Simian Immunodeficiency Virus SIVsmE660 and SIVmac251 following Mucosal Infection.

    Lopker, Michael J / Del Prete, Gregory Q / Estes, Jacob D / Li, Hui / Reid, Carolyn / Newman, Laura / Lipkey, Leslie / Camus, Celine / Easlick, Juliet L / Wang, Shuyi / Decker, Julie M / Bar, Katharine J / Learn, Gerald / Pal, Ranajit / Weiss, Deborah E / Hahn, Beatrice H / Lifson, Jeffrey D / Shaw, George M / Keele, Brandon F

    Journal of virology

    2016  Volume 90, Issue 19, Page(s) 8435–8453

    Abstract: Unlabelled: Currently available simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) infectious molecular clones (IMCs) and isolates used in nonhuman primate (NHP) models of AIDS were originally derived from infected macaques during chronic infection or end stage ... ...

    Abstract Unlabelled: Currently available simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) infectious molecular clones (IMCs) and isolates used in nonhuman primate (NHP) models of AIDS were originally derived from infected macaques during chronic infection or end stage disease and may not authentically recapitulate features of transmitted/founder (T/F) genomes that are of particular interest in transmission, pathogenesis, prevention, and treatment studies. We therefore generated and characterized T/F IMCs from genetically and biologically heterogeneous challenge stocks of SIVmac251 and SIVsmE660. Single-genome amplification (SGA) was used to identify full-length T/F genomes present in plasma during acute infection resulting from atraumatic rectal inoculation of Indian rhesus macaques with low doses of SIVmac251 or SIVsmE660. All 8 T/F clones yielded viruses that were infectious and replication competent in vitro, with replication kinetics similar to those of the widely used chronic-infection-derived IMCs SIVmac239 and SIVsmE543. Phenotypically, the new T/F virus strains exhibited a range of neutralization sensitivity profiles. Four T/F virus strains were inoculated into rhesus macaques, and each exhibited typical SIV replication kinetics. The SIVsm T/F viruses were sensitive to TRIM5α restriction. All T/F viruses were pathogenic in rhesus macaques, resulting in progressive CD4(+) T cell loss in gastrointestinal tissues, peripheral blood, and lymphatic tissues. The animals developed pathological immune activation; lymphoid tissue damage, including fibrosis; and clinically significant immunodeficiency leading to AIDS-defining clinical endpoints. These T/F clones represent a new molecular platform for the analysis of virus transmission and immunopathogenesis and for the generation of novel "bar-coded" challenge viruses and next-generation simian-human immunodeficiency viruses that may advance the HIV/AIDS vaccine agenda.
    Importance: Nonhuman primate research has relied on only a few infectious molecular clones for a myriad of diverse research projects, including pathogenesis, preclinical vaccine evaluations, transmission, and host-versus-pathogen interactions. With new data suggesting a selected phenotype of the virus that causes infection (i.e., the transmitted/founder virus), we sought to generate and characterize infectious molecular clones from two widely used simian immunodeficiency virus lineages (SIVmac251 and SIVsmE660). Although the exact requirements necessary to be a T/F virus are not yet fully understood, we generated cloned viruses with all the necessary characteristic of a successful T/F virus. The cloned viruses revealed typical acute and set point viral-load dynamics with pathological immune activation, lymphoid tissue damage progressing to significant immunodeficiency, and AIDS-defining clinical endpoints in some animals. These T/F clones represent a new molecular platform for studies requiring authentic T/F viruses.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Genotype ; Macaca mulatta ; Phenotype ; Simian Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/transmission ; Simian Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/virology ; Simian Immunodeficiency Virus/classification ; Simian Immunodeficiency Virus/genetics ; Simian Immunodeficiency Virus/isolation & purification ; Simian Immunodeficiency Virus/pathogenicity ; Virus Replication
    Language English
    Publishing date 2016-09-12
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
    ZDB-ID 80174-4
    ISSN 1098-5514 ; 0022-538X
    ISSN (online) 1098-5514
    ISSN 0022-538X
    DOI 10.1128/JVI.00718-16
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  4. Article ; Online: Translational control of recombinant human acetylcholinesterase accumulation in plants.

    Geyer, Brian C / Fletcher, Samuel P / Griffin, Tagan A / Lopker, Michael J / Soreq, Hermona / Mor, Tsafrir S

    BMC biotechnology

    2007  Volume 7, Page(s) 27

    Abstract: Background: Codon usage differences are known to regulate the levels of gene expression in a species-specific manner, with the primary factors often cited to be mRNA processing and accumulation. We have challenged this conclusion by expressing the human ...

    Abstract Background: Codon usage differences are known to regulate the levels of gene expression in a species-specific manner, with the primary factors often cited to be mRNA processing and accumulation. We have challenged this conclusion by expressing the human acetylcholinesterase coding sequence in transgenic plants in its native GC-rich sequence and compared to a matched sequence with (dicotyledonous) plant-optimized codon usage and a lower GC content.
    Results: We demonstrate a 5 to 10 fold increase in accumulation levels of the "synaptic" splice variant of human acetylcholinesterase in Nicotiana benthamiana plants expressing the optimized gene as compared to the native human sequence. Both transient expression assays and stable transformants demonstrated conspicuously increased accumulation levels. Importantly, we find that the increase is not a result of increased levels of acetylcholinesterase mRNA, but rather its facilitated translation, possibly due to the reduced energy required to unfold the sequence-optimized mRNA.
    Conclusion: Our findings demonstrate that codon usage differences may regulate gene expression at different levels and anticipate translational control of acetylcholinesterase gene expression in its native mammalian host as well.
    MeSH term(s) Acetylcholinesterase/biosynthesis ; Acetylcholinesterase/genetics ; Base Composition ; Codon/genetics ; Genetic Enhancement/methods ; Humans ; Plants, Genetically Modified/metabolism ; Protein Biosynthesis/genetics ; Protein Engineering/methods ; Nicotiana/enzymology ; Nicotiana/genetics
    Chemical Substances Codon ; Acetylcholinesterase (EC 3.1.1.7)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2007-05-30
    Publishing country England
    Document type Evaluation Study ; Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
    ZDB-ID 2052746-9
    ISSN 1472-6750 ; 1472-6750
    ISSN (online) 1472-6750
    ISSN 1472-6750
    DOI 10.1186/1472-6750-7-27
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