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French Institute of Health and Medical Research
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About: French Institute of Health and Medical Research is a government organization based out in Paris, France. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Receptor. The organization has 109367 authors who have published 174236 publications receiving 8365503 citations.
Topics: Population, Receptor, Immune system, Transplantation, T cell
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TL;DR: It is shown that mouse interferon-α–producing cells (mIPCs) are a unique subset of immature antigen-presenting cells (APCs) that secrete IFN-α upon stimulation with viruses and interleukin 12 (IL-12) in response to viruses and CpG oligodeoxynucleotides, but not bacterial products.
Abstract: We show here that mouse interferon-alpha (IFN-alpha)-producing cells (mIPCs) are a unique subset of immature antigen-presenting cells (APCs) that secrete IFN-alpha upon stimulation with viruses. mIPCs have a plasmacytoid morphology, can be stained with an antibody to Ly6G and Ly6C (anti-Ly6G/C) and are Ly6C+B220+CD11cloCD4+; unlike other dendritic cell subsets, however, they do not express CD8alpha or CD11b. Although mIPCs undergo apoptosis in vitro, stimulation with viruses, IFN-alpha or CpG oligonucleotides enhanced their survival and T cell stimulatory activity. In vivo, mIPCs were the main producers of IFN-alpha in cytomegalovirus-infected mice, as depletion of Ly6G+/C+ cells abrogated IFN-alpha production. mIPCs produced interleukin 12 (IL-12) in response to viruses and CpG oligodeoxynucleotides, but not bacterial products. Although different pathogens can selectively engage various APC subsets for IL-12 production, IFN-alpha production is restricted to mIPCs' response to viral infection.
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Utrecht University1, University of Copenhagen2, University of Düsseldorf3, University of Ulm4, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens5, Imperial College London6, University College London7, Umeå University8, National Institutes of Health9, Norwegian Institute of Public Health10, University of Oslo11, Karolinska Institutet12, Aarhus University13, University Medical Center Utrecht14, Cancer Epidemiology Unit15, University of Basel16, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute17, French Institute of Health and Medical Research18, Institut Gustave Roussy19, University of Washington20, University of Turin21, Basque Government22
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the association between natural-cause mortality and long-term exposure to several air pollutants, such as PM2.5, nitrogen oxides, and NOx.
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TL;DR: Because necrosis is prominent in ischemia, trauma and possibly some forms of neurodegeneration, further biochemical comprehension and molecular definition of this process could have important clinical implications.
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TL;DR: These results are the first to identify a defect in a molecular chaperone as a cause for an inherited human muscle disorder, and an R120G missense mutation in CRYAB that co-segregates with the disease phenotype in this family.
Abstract: Desmin-related myopathies (DRM) are inherited neuromuscular disorders characterized by adult onset and delayed accumulation of aggregates of desmin, a protein belonging to the type III intermediate filament family, in the sarcoplasma of skeletal and cardiac muscles. In this paper, we have mapped the locus for DRM in a large French pedigree to a 26-cM interval in chromosome 11q21-23. This region contains the alphaB-crystallin gene (CRYAB), a candidate gene encoding a 20-kD protein that is abundant in lens and is also present in a number of non-ocular tissues, including cardiac and skeletal muscle. AlphaB-crystallin is a member of the small heat shock protein (shsp) family and possesses molecular chaperone activity. We identified an R120G missense mutation in CRYAB that co-segregates with the disease phenotype in this family. Muscle cell lines transfected with the mutant CRYAB cDNA showed intracellular aggregates that contain both desmin and alphaB-crystallin as observed in muscle fibers from DRM patients. These results are the first to identify a defect in a molecular chaperone as a cause for an inherited human muscle disorder.
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TL;DR: The psychometric properties of the NPSI suggest that it might be used to characterize subgroups of neuropathic pain patients and verify whether they respond differentially to various pharmacological agents or other therapeutic interventions.
Abstract: This study describes the development and validation of the Neuropathic Pain Symptom Inventory (NPSI), a new self-questionnaire specifically designed to evaluate the different symptoms of neuropathic pain. Following a development phase and a pilot study, we generated a list of descriptors reflecting spontaneous ongoing or paroxysmal pain, evoked pain (i.e. mechanical and thermal allodynia/hyperalgesia) and dysesthesia/paresthesia. Each of these items was quantified on a (0-10) numerical scale. The validation procedure was performed in 176 consecutive patients with neuropathic pain of peripheral (n = 120) or central (n = 56) origin, recruited in five pain centers in France and Belgium. It included: (i) assessment of the test-retest reliability of each item, (ii) determination of the factorial structure of the questionnaire and analysis of convergent and divergent validities (i.e. construct validity), and (iii) evaluation of the ability of the NPSI to detect the effects of treatment (i.e. sensitivity to change). The final version of the NPSI includes 10 descriptors (plus two temporal items) that allow discrimination and quantification of five distinct clinically relevant dimensions of neuropathic pain syndromes and that are sensitive to treatment. The psychometric properties of the NPSI suggest that it might be used to characterize subgroups of neuropathic pain patients and verify whether they respond differentially to various pharmacological agents or other therapeutic interventions.
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| Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guido Kroemer | 236 | 1404 | 246571 |
| Pierre Chambon | 211 | 884 | 161565 |
| Peer Bork | 206 | 697 | 245427 |
| Ronald M. Evans | 199 | 708 | 166722 |
| Raymond J. Dolan | 196 | 919 | 138540 |
| Matthew Meyerson | 194 | 553 | 243726 |
| Charles A. Dinarello | 190 | 1058 | 139668 |
| Julie E. Buring | 186 | 950 | 132967 |
| Tadamitsu Kishimoto | 181 | 1067 | 130860 |
| Didier Raoult | 173 | 3267 | 153016 |
| Giuseppe Remuzzi | 172 | 1226 | 160440 |
| Zena Werb | 168 | 473 | 122629 |
| Nahum Sonenberg | 167 | 647 | 104053 |
| Philippe Froguel | 166 | 820 | 118816 |
| Gordon J. Freeman | 164 | 579 | 105193 |