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  1. Article ; Online: Evaluation of height centile growth patterns compared with parental-adjusted target height following kidney transplantation.

    Ng, Natasha Su Lynn / Gajendran, Sellathurai / Plant, Nicholas / Shenoy, Mohan

    Pediatric transplantation

    2023  Volume 27, Issue 4, Page(s) e14508

    Abstract: Background: Early steroid withdrawal (ESW) improves growth following kidney transplant (KT). It is not known whether these children achieve target height within mid-parental height range post-KT.: Methods: Retrospective analysis of growth patterns of ...

    Abstract Background: Early steroid withdrawal (ESW) improves growth following kidney transplant (KT). It is not known whether these children achieve target height within mid-parental height range post-KT.
    Methods: Retrospective analysis of growth patterns of KT recipients following ESW in our center between 2009 and 2020 had minimum follow-up period of 12 months.
    Results: Forty-eight (female 29.2%) KT recipients, median age 5.3 years at first KT, were included. At KT, 29 (60.4%) recipients had normal height (SDS≥-1.88) and in 23 (47.9%), the height was within their target height (parental-adjusted height SDS within ±1.55). The proportion of children achieving normal height at 1-, 2-, 3-, and 5-years post-KT (median 5.5 years) were 75%, 83.3%, 86.5%, and 88% respectively. The proportion of children achieving target height measured at the same intervals was 68.8%, 73.8%, 73%, and 80%, respectively. Children <6 years were most growth impaired at KT but were most likely to achieve target height within first-year post-KT (72%; p = .023). All 19 children with short stature at KT received dialysis. Three children received growth hormone post-KT. Children who did not achieve target height post-KT (n = 14), five had eGFR <60 mL/min/1.73 m
    Conclusions: Although vast majority of children achieved normal height post-KT following ESW during the first 5 years post-KT, 20% of these children had not achieved their target height post-KT.
    MeSH term(s) Child ; Humans ; Female ; Child, Preschool ; Kidney Transplantation ; Retrospective Studies ; Renal Dialysis
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-03-15
    Publishing country Denmark
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1390284-2
    ISSN 1399-3046 ; 1397-3142
    ISSN (online) 1399-3046
    ISSN 1397-3142
    DOI 10.1111/petr.14508
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  2. Article ; Online: Rural nurse recruitment.

    Mester, Jaci SuLynn

    Nursing management

    2018  Volume 49, Issue 12, Page(s) 51–53

    MeSH term(s) Adult ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Nursing Staff, Hospital/supply & distribution ; Personnel Selection/organization & administration ; Rural Health Services/organization & administration ; Rural Population ; United States ; Workforce/organization & administration
    Language English
    Publishing date 2018-12-14
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 605889-9
    ISSN 1538-8670 ; 0744-6314
    ISSN (online) 1538-8670
    ISSN 0744-6314
    DOI 10.1097/01.NUMA.0000544468.98484.b7
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  3. Article: Family Resilience and Psychological Responses to COVID-19: A Study of Concordance and Dyadic Effects in Singapore Households.

    Ho, Yi-Ching Lynn / Chew, Mary Su-Lynn / Mahirah, Dhiya / Thumboo, Julian

    Frontiers in psychology

    2022  Volume 13, Page(s) 770927

    Abstract: The impacts of COVID-19 may be magnified in a shared environment like the household, especially with people spending extended time at home during the pandemic. Family resilience is the ability of a family to adapt to crisis and can be a protective factor ...

    Abstract The impacts of COVID-19 may be magnified in a shared environment like the household, especially with people spending extended time at home during the pandemic. Family resilience is the ability of a family to adapt to crisis and can be a protective factor against stress and negative affect. While there have been calls to address family resilience during the pandemic, there is a lack of empirical study on its benefit. In this dyadic observational study, we sought to investigate the concordance of family members' psychological responses to COVID-19, whether dyad members' risk factors (COVID-19 exposure and financial impact) mutually affected each other's psychological responses, and importantly, whether family resilience was a significant factor in these responses. A total of 200 family dyads from the same household completed the Family Resilience Assessment Scale and questionnaires on COVID-19 threat perception, impacts, and exposure. We found concordant dyad responses for COVID-19 threat perception, but not for psychological impact. Using the Actor-Partner-Interdependence Model framework, we found that one's psychological impact was affected by the financial impact from both dyad members. After controlling for risk factors and demographic covariates, we found that family resilience significantly associated with lower COVID-19 psychological impact, though not with threat perception. The findings suggest that both family and individual factors need to be addressed and there may be benefit in addressing multilevel risk and protective factors using an ecological systems approach, which may help prepare the population for future crises.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-03-01
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2563826-9
    ISSN 1664-1078
    ISSN 1664-1078
    DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.770927
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  4. Article ; Online: Mapping human norovirus antigens during infection reveals the breadth of the humoral immune response.

    Su, Lynn / Huang, Wanzhi / Neill, Frederick H / Estes, Mary K / Atmar, Robert L / Palzkill, Timothy

    NPJ vaccines

    2023  Volume 8, Issue 1, Page(s) 87

    Abstract: Human noroviruses (HuNoV) are the leading cause of acute gastroenteritis worldwide. The humoral immune response plays an important role in clearing HuNoV infections and elucidating the antigenic landscape of HuNoV during an infection can shed light on ... ...

    Abstract Human noroviruses (HuNoV) are the leading cause of acute gastroenteritis worldwide. The humoral immune response plays an important role in clearing HuNoV infections and elucidating the antigenic landscape of HuNoV during an infection can shed light on antibody targets to inform vaccine design. Here, we utilized Jun-Fos-assisted phage display of a HuNoV genogroup GI.1 genomic library and deep sequencing to simultaneously map the epitopes of serum antibodies of six individuals infected with GI.1 HuNoV. We found both unique and common epitopes that were widely distributed among both nonstructural proteins and the major capsid protein. Recurring epitope profiles suggest immunodominant antibody footprints among these individuals. Analysis of sera collected longitudinally from three individuals showed the presence of existing epitopes in the pre-infection sera, suggesting these individuals had prior HuNoV infections. Nevertheless, newly recognized epitopes surfaced seven days post-infection. These new epitope signals persisted by 180 days post-infection along with the pre-infection epitopes, suggesting a persistent production of antibodies recognizing epitopes from previous and new infections. Lastly, analysis of a GII.4 genotype genomic phage display library with sera of three persons infected with GII.4 virus revealed epitopes that overlapped with those identified in GI.1 affinity selections, suggesting the presence of GI.1/GII.4 cross-reactive antibodies. The results demonstrate that genomic phage display coupled with deep sequencing can characterize HuNoV antigenic landscapes from complex polyclonal human sera to reveal the timing and breadth of the human humoral immune response to infection.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-06-06
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ISSN 2059-0105
    ISSN (online) 2059-0105
    DOI 10.1038/s41541-023-00683-1
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  5. Article ; Online: Deep Sequencing of a Systematic Peptide Library Reveals Conformationally-Constrained Protein Interface Peptides that Disrupt a Protein-Protein Interaction.

    Boragine, David M / Huang, Wanzhi / Su, Lynn H / Palzkill, Timothy

    Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology

    2021  Volume 23, Issue 3, Page(s) e202100504

    Abstract: Disrupting protein-protein interactions is difficult due to the large and flat interaction surfaces of the binding partners. The BLIP and BLIP-II proteins are unrelated in sequence and structure and yet each potently inhibit β-lactamases. High-throughput ...

    Abstract Disrupting protein-protein interactions is difficult due to the large and flat interaction surfaces of the binding partners. The BLIP and BLIP-II proteins are unrelated in sequence and structure and yet each potently inhibit β-lactamases. High-throughput oligonucleotide synthesis was used to construct a 12,470-member library containing overlapping linear and cyclic peptides ranging in size from 6 to 21 amino acids that scan through the sequences of BLIP and BLIP-II. Phage display affinity selections and deep sequencing revealed that, despite the differences in interaction surfaces with β-lactamases, rapid enrichment of consensus peptide regions originating from both BLIP and BLIP-II contact residues in the binding interface occurred. BLIP and BLIP-II peptides that were enriched by affinity selection were shown to bind β-lactamases and disrupt the BLIP/β-lactamase interaction. The results suggest that peptides that bind at and disrupt PPI interfaces can be identified through systematic peptide library construction, affinity selection, and deep sequencing.
    MeSH term(s) Bacterial Proteins/chemistry ; Bacterial Proteins/metabolism ; Models, Molecular ; Peptide Library ; Protein Binding ; Streptomyces/chemistry ; beta-Lactamase Inhibitors/chemistry ; beta-Lactamase Inhibitors/metabolism ; beta-Lactamases/chemistry ; beta-Lactamases/metabolism
    Chemical Substances Bacterial Proteins ; Peptide Library ; beta-Lactamase Inhibitors ; beta-Lactamases (EC 3.5.2.6)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-12-07
    Publishing country Germany
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
    ZDB-ID 2020469-3
    ISSN 1439-7633 ; 1439-4227
    ISSN (online) 1439-7633
    ISSN 1439-4227
    DOI 10.1002/cbic.202100504
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  6. Article ; Online: Evaluation of Tebipenem Hydrolysis by β-Lactamases Prevalent in Complicated Urinary Tract Infections.

    Sun, Zhizeng / Su, Lynn / Cotroneo, Nicole / Critchley, Ian / Pucci, Michael / Jain, Akash / Palzkill, Timothy

    Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

    2022  Volume 66, Issue 5, Page(s) e0239621

    Abstract: Tebipenem pivoxil is the first orally available carbapenem antibiotic and has been approved in Japan for treating ear, nose, and throat and respiratory infections in pediatric patients. Its active moiety, tebipenem, has shown potent antimicrobial ... ...

    Abstract Tebipenem pivoxil is the first orally available carbapenem antibiotic and has been approved in Japan for treating ear, nose, and throat and respiratory infections in pediatric patients. Its active moiety, tebipenem, has shown potent antimicrobial activity
    MeSH term(s) Anti-Bacterial Agents/pharmacokinetics ; Anti-Bacterial Agents/pharmacology ; Carbapenems/pharmacokinetics ; Carbapenems/pharmacology ; Child ; Humans ; Hydrolysis ; Microbial Sensitivity Tests ; Urinary Tract Infections/drug therapy ; Urinary Tract Infections/metabolism ; beta-Lactamases/metabolism
    Chemical Substances Anti-Bacterial Agents ; Carbapenems ; beta-Lactamases (EC 3.5.2.6) ; tebipenem (Q2TWQ1I31U)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-05-02
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
    ZDB-ID 217602-6
    ISSN 1098-6596 ; 0066-4804
    ISSN (online) 1098-6596
    ISSN 0066-4804
    DOI 10.1128/aac.02396-21
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  7. Article ; Online: Prevalence of eating disorder is lower in migrants than in the Australian-born population.

    Cheah, Su Lynn / Jackson, Elizabeth / Touyz, Stephen / Hay, Phillipa

    Eating behaviors

    2020  Volume 37, Page(s) 101370

    Abstract: Objectives: There are limited data on the epidemiology of eating disorders (ED) in migrants. Recent Scandinavian research suggests that migrants are at lower risk of eating disorders, however, to our knowledge there have not been comparable studies ... ...

    Abstract Objectives: There are limited data on the epidemiology of eating disorders (ED) in migrants. Recent Scandinavian research suggests that migrants are at lower risk of eating disorders, however, to our knowledge there have not been comparable studies exploring eating disorders in Australian adult populations. We sought to explore the prevalence of EDs in first-generation migrants to Australia in comparison with the Australian-born population. A secondary aim was to explore ED prevalence across first-generation migrants from different regions of birth (Europe, Asia, Africa, and Other).
    Methods: We conducted sequential cross-sectional population surveys in South Australian individuals aged over 15 years in 2015 and 2016 (n = 6052). Demographic data were collected and migration status was inferred based on a country of birth outside Australia. Questions asked regarding disordered eating were based on the Eating Disorders Examination.
    Findings: The 3-month prevalence of any ED was found to be significantly lower in first-generation migrants born outside Australia (4.5%, 95% CI 3.6-5.6) in comparison to the Australian-born population (6.4%, 95% CI 5.7-7.2). People born in countries in Africa (11.0% 95% CI 6.1-19.1) had a significantly higher prevalence of EDs than those born in Asia (4.0% 95% CI 2.7-5.8).
    Conclusions: First-generation migrants to Australia may be at lower risk of eating disorders compared to their Australia-born peers, suggesting support for a 'healthy immigrant effect'.
    MeSH term(s) Adult ; Australia/epidemiology ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Feeding and Eating Disorders/epidemiology ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Prevalence ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Transients and Migrants/statistics & numerical data
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-02-14
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2073366-5
    ISSN 1873-7358 ; 1471-0153
    ISSN (online) 1873-7358
    ISSN 1471-0153
    DOI 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2020.101370
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  8. Article ; Online: 15-keto-PGE

    Hee, Siow-Wey / Chang, Yi-Cheng / Su, Lynn / Chen, Ing-Jung / Jeng, Yung-Ming / Hsieh, Meng-Lun / Chang, Yu-Chia / Li, Fu-An / Liao, Daniel / Chen, Shiau-Mei / Chuang, Lee-Ming

    iScience

    2023  Volume 26, Issue 10, Page(s) 107997

    Abstract: ... 15-keto- ... ...

    Abstract 15-keto-PGE
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-09-22
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ISSN 2589-0042
    ISSN (online) 2589-0042
    DOI 10.1016/j.isci.2023.107997
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  9. Article ; Online: Prevention and treatment of diabetic foot ulcers.

    Lim, Jonathan Zhang Ming / Ng, Natasha Su Lynn / Thomas, Cecil

    Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

    2017  Volume 110, Issue 3, Page(s) 104–109

    Abstract: The rising prevalence of diabetes estimated at 3.6 million people in the UK represents a major public health and socioeconomic burden to our National Health Service. Diabetes and its associated complications are of a growing concern. Diabetes-related ... ...

    Abstract The rising prevalence of diabetes estimated at 3.6 million people in the UK represents a major public health and socioeconomic burden to our National Health Service. Diabetes and its associated complications are of a growing concern. Diabetes-related foot complications have been identified as the single most common cause of morbidity among diabetic patients. The complicating factor of underlying peripheral vascular disease renders the majority of diabetic foot ulcers asymptomatic until latter evidence of non-healing ulcers become evident. Therefore, preventative strategies including annual diabetic foot screening and diabetic foot care interventions facilitated through a multidisciplinary team have been implemented to enable early identification of diabetic patients at high risk of diabetic foot complications. The National Diabetes Foot Care Audit reported significant variability and deficiencies of care throughout England and Wales, with emphasis on change in the structure of healthcare provision and commissioning, improvement of patient education and availability of healthcare access, and emphasis on preventative strategies to reduce morbidities and mortality of this debilitating disease. This review article aims to summarise major risk factors contributing to the development of diabetic foot ulcers. It also considers the key evidence-based strategies towards preventing diabetic foot ulcer. We discuss tools used in risk stratification and classifications of foot ulcer.
    MeSH term(s) Diabetic Foot/diagnosis ; Diabetic Foot/prevention & control ; Diabetic Foot/therapy ; Humans ; Mass Screening ; Risk Factors ; Wound Healing
    Language English
    Publishing date 2017-01-24
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 6731-3
    ISSN 1758-1095 ; 0141-0768 ; 0035-9157
    ISSN (online) 1758-1095
    ISSN 0141-0768 ; 0035-9157
    DOI 10.1177/0141076816688346
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  10. Article ; Online: Diagnostic Imaging: Ultrasound.

    Kane, Stefan C / Khong, Su Lynn / da Silva Costa, Fabricio

    Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)

    2017  Volume 1710, Page(s) 1–8

    Abstract: Diagnostic ultrasound imaging, particularly that which includes pulsed wave Doppler interrogation, is a safe, real-time modality by which the risk of developing preeclampsia can be refined, and the effects of established disease can be assessed. This ... ...

    Abstract Diagnostic ultrasound imaging, particularly that which includes pulsed wave Doppler interrogation, is a safe, real-time modality by which the risk of developing preeclampsia can be refined, and the effects of established disease can be assessed. This chapter outlines the rationale and technique for Doppler interrogation of the maternal ophthalmic and uterine arteries and grayscale imaging of the maternal optic nerve sheath diameter.
    MeSH term(s) Female ; Humans ; Ophthalmic Artery/diagnostic imaging ; Optic Nerve/diagnostic imaging ; Pre-Eclampsia/diagnostic imaging ; Pregnancy ; Pregnancy Trimester, First ; Pregnancy Trimester, Second ; Ultrasonography, Doppler/methods ; Uterine Artery/diagnostic imaging ; Uterus/diagnostic imaging
    Language English
    Publishing date 2017-12-02
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ISSN 1940-6029
    ISSN (online) 1940-6029
    DOI 10.1007/978-1-4939-7498-6_1
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