| Au: Quirke P; Mapstone N. ----- Ti: The
new biology: histopathology. ----- So: Lancet. 354 Suppl 1:SI26-31, 1999
Jul. |
| Au: Lohse MJ. ----- Ti: New directions
in pharmacology. ----- So: Lancet. 1999 Dec;354 Suppl:SIV52 |
| Au: Tournier-Lasserve E. ----- Ti: Gene
therapy and beyond. ----- So: Lancet. 1999 Dec;354 Suppl:SIV22 |
| Au: Butler D. ----- Ti: All parties
keen to press on with Europe-based science website. ----- So: Nature.
2000 Jan 27;403(6768):347-8 |
| Au: Reif W. ----- Ti: Linus Pauling: an
inspirational and humane genius. ----- So: Lancet. 2000 Jan 29;355 (9201)
:415-6 |
| Au: Dalton R. ----- Ti: DIY
microarrayers promise DNA chips with everything. ----- So: Nature. 2000
Jan 20;403 (6767):234 |
| Au: Abbott A. ----- Ti: Merger of Glaxo
Wellcome and SmithKline Beecham creates pharmaceutical giant. ----- So:
Nature. 2000 Jan 20;403(6767):232 |
| Au: Butler D, et al. ----- Ti: Celera
genome licensing terms spark concerns over 'monopoly'. ----- So: Nature.
2000 Jan 20;403(6767):231 |
| Ti: In praise of open software. ----- So:
Nature. 2000 Jan 20;403(6767):229 |
| Au: Horton B. ----- Ti: From bench to
bedside... research makes the translational transition. ----- So: Nature.
1999 Nov 11;402(6758):213-5 |
| Au: Butler D. ----- Ti: IBM promises
scientists 500-fold leap in supercomputing power...and a chance to tackle protein
structure. ----- So: Nature. 1999 Dec 16;402(6763):705-6 |
| Au: Bilder D, et al. ----- Ti:
Localization of apical epithelial determinants by the basolateral PDZ protein Scribble.
----- So: Nature. 2000 Feb 10;403(6770):676-80. |
| Au: Rongo C, et al. ----- Ti: CaMKII
regulates the density of central glutamatergic synapses in vivo. ----- So:
Nature. 1999 Nov 11;402(6758):195-9. |
| Au: Hegde RS, et al. ----- Ti:
Transmissible and genetic prion diseases share a common pathway of neurodegeneration.
----- So: Nature. 1999 Dec 16;402(6763):822-6. |
| Au: Hope J. ----- Ti: Spongiform
encephalopathies. Breech-birth prions. ----- So: Nature. 1999 Dec 16;402
(6763):737, 739 |
| Au: Kell DB. ----- Ti: Revolutionary
ideas come round again [letter; comment]. ----- Cm: Comment
on:/Nature/1999 Jan 14;397(6715):168-71. ----- So: Nature. 397(6721):644,
1999 Feb 25. |
| Au: Dill KA. ----- Ti: Strengthening
biomedicine's roots. ----- So: Nature. 400(6742):309-10, 1999 Jul 22. |
| Au: Helmer M. ----- Ti: Biophysics.
Singular take on molecules [news]. ----- So: Nature. 401(6750):225-6,
1999 Sep 16. |
| Au: Santis G; Evans TW. ----- Ti:
Molecular biology for the critical care physician. Part II: where are we now?. ----- So:
Crit Care Med. 27(5):997-1003, 1999 May. ----- Ab: The extraordinary
technical developments in molecular biology are having a profound impact in clinical
medicine. The contribution of recombinant DNA technology in defining the molecular
pathology of common disorders and of diagnostic molecular techniques for detection of
infectious organisms are used as examples to demonstrate the clinical relevance of these
developments. Finally, the potential use of DNA as a therapeutic drug (gene therapy) is
addressed (Au). |
| Au: Ohkuma H; Parney I; Megyesi J; Ghahary A; Findlay
JM. ----- Ti: Antisense preproendothelin-oligoDNA therapy for vasospasm
in a canine model of subarachnoid hemorrhage. ----- So: J Neurosurg.
90(6):1105-14, 1999 Jun. ----- Ab: OBJECT: The purpose of this study
is twofold: 1) to test antisense genetic techniques used in the prevention of cerebral
vasospasm in a canine model of subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), targeting the endothelin-1
(ET-1) gene; and 2) to determine if fibrinolysis of subarachnoid clot with recombinant
tissue plasminogen activator (rtPA) could enhance the effect of antisense treatment.
METHODS: A total of 39 dogs were studied in this experiment. Placebo (six animals), rtPA
(six animals), antisense preproET-1 oligodeoxynucleotide (ASOD; five animals), or rtPA
plus ASOD (combined treatment; six animals) was injected into the cisterna magna 30
minutes after a second SAH was induced on the 2nd day of the experiment. The animals were
observed until Day 7, when they underwent follow-up angiography and then were killed;
their basilar arteries were removed for analysis. Control animals included in this study
(two animals in each group) received placebo, rtPA, ASOD, or rtPA plus ASOD without
induction of SAH, or rtPA with mismatched (nonsense) preproET-1 oligodeoxynucleotide
following SAH. Six additional dogs were analyzed earlier following SAH. Dogs that received
placebo developed severe vasospasm (51+/-8% of baseline caliber). Administration of ASOD
alone resulted in a mild reduction in vasospasm (64+/-13% of baseline caliber) and rtPA
alone resulted in a moderate reduction in vasospasm (81+/-5% of baseline caliber);
however, the combined therapy of rtPA plus ASOD almost completely prevented vasospasm
(95+/-6%, of baseline caliber), which was significantly different from all other groups (p
< 0.05). Morphological analysis of the basilar arteries yielded results similar to
angiography with respect to vasospasm severity. The ASOD treatment combined with rtPA
resulted in reduced ET-1 expression, as demonstrated by immunohistochemical staining of
the arteries, and reduced preproET-1 levels on Day 4, as measured by reverse
transcription-polymerase chain reaction. Nonsense DNA sequences had no effect on the
vessels. CONCLUSIONS: Antisense preproET-1 oligodeoxynucleotide treatment, when combined
with clot lysis caused by rtPA, reduced vasospasm in the canine model of SAH, and this
effect appeared to be related to reduced ET-1 synthesis. The results of this experiment
support a causative role for ET-1 early in the course of vasospasm development in dogs.
The apparent additive therapeutic effects of antisense and fibrinolytic treatments could
be due to clot lysis, which allows better delivery of oligodeoxynucleotides to arteries
within the subarachnoid space (Au). |
| Au: Santis G; Evans TW. ----- Ti:
Molecular biology for the critical care physician part I: terminology and technology.
----- So: Crit Care Med. 27(4):825-31, 1999 Apr. ----- Ab:
The past few years have seen a profound revolution in biological sciences. The
enormous advances in molecular biology are providing novel insights into the etiology and
treatment of human disease. These insights will undoubtedly have implications for
intensive care research and practice. In this first of two articles, the basic principles
and techniques of molecular biology are discussed to provide the intensive care physician
with background information on the subject (Au). |
| Au: Warner LE; Garcia CA; Lupski JR. ----- Ti:
Hereditary peripheral neuropathies: clinical forms, genetics, and molecular mechanisms.
----- So: Annu Rev Med. 50:263-75, 1999. ----- Ab: Hereditary
peripheral neuropathies, among the most common genetic disorders in humans, are a complex,
clinically and genetically heterogeneous group of disorders that produce progressive
deterioration of the peripheral nerves. This group of disorders includes hereditary
neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease,
Dejerine-Sottas syndrome, and congenital hypomyelinating neuropathy. Our understanding of
these disorders has progressed from the description of the clinical phenotypes and
delineation of the electrophysiologic and pathologic features to the identification of
disease genes and elucidation of the underlying molecular mechanisms (Au). |
| Au: Priori SG; Barhanin J; Hauer RN; Haverkamp W;
Jongsma HJ; Kleber AG; McKenna WJ; Roden DM; Rudy Y; Schwartz K; Schwartz PJ; Towbin JA;
Wilde AM. ----- Ti: Genetic and molecular basis of cardiac arrhythmias:
impact on clinical management parts I and II. ----- So: Circulation.
99(4):518-28, 1999 Feb 2. ----- Ab: Genetic approaches have succeeded
in defining the molecular basis of an increasing array of heart diseases, such as
hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and the long-QT syndromes, associated with serious
arrhythmias. Importantly, the way in which this new knowledge can be applied to managing
patients and to the development of syndrome-specific antiarrhythmic strategies is evolving
rapidly because of these recent advances. In addition, the extent to which new knowledge
represents a purely research tool versus the extent to which it can be applied clinically
is also evolving. The present article represents a consensus report of a meeting of the
European Working Group on Arrhythmias. The current state of the art of the molecular and
genetic basis of inherited arrhythmias is first reviewed, followed by practical advice on
the role of genetic testing in these and other syndromes and the way in which new findings
have influenced current understanding of the molecular and biophysical basis of
arrhythmogenesis (Au). |
| Au: Claverie JM. ----- Ti: Do we need a
huge new centre to annotate the human genome? ----- So: Nature. 2000 Jan
6;403(6765):12 |