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Rush University Medical Center
Healthcare•Chicago, Illinois, United States•
About: Rush University Medical Center is a healthcare organization based out in Chicago, Illinois, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Dementia. The organization has 13915 authors who have published 29027 publications receiving 1379216 citations. The organization is also known as: Rush Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center.
Topics: Population, Dementia, Transplantation, Cognitive decline, Health care
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TL;DR: Recent advances in understanding of the structural damage and the acute biological response following joint injury are highlighted, and important directions for future research are identified.
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TL;DR: Surface energy may be a more important determinant of cellAdhesion and proliferation, and may be more useful than surface roughness for directing cell adhesion and cell colonization onto engineered tissue scaffoldings.
Abstract: Directed cell adhesion remains an important goal of implant and tissue engineering technology. In this study, surface energy and surface roughness were investigated to ascertain which of these properties show more overall influence on biomaterial–cell adhesion and colonization. Jet impingement was used to quantify cellular adhesion strength. Cellular proliferation and extracellular matrix secretion were used to characterize colonization of 3T3MC fibroblasts on: HS25 (a cobalt based implant alloy, ASTM F75), 316L stainless steel, Ti-6Al4V (a titanium implant alloy), commercially pure tantalum (Ta), polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), silicone rubber (SR), and high-density polyethylene (HDPE). The metals exhibited a nearly five-fold greater adhesion strength than the polymeric materials tested. Generally, surface energy was proportional to cellular adhesion strength. Only polymeric materials demonstrated significant increased adhesion strength associated with increased surface roughness. Cellular adhesion on me...
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TL;DR: The initial data support the safety, tolerability, and potential efficacy of CERE-120 as a possible treatment for PD; however, these results must be viewed as preliminary until data from blinded, controlled clinical trials are available.
Abstract: Summary Background There is an urgent need for therapies that slow or reverse the progression of Parkinson's disease (PD) Neurotrophic factors can improve the function of degenerating neurons and protect against further neurodegeneration, and gene transfer might be a means to deliver effectively these factors to the brain The aim of this study was to assess the safety, tolerability, and potential efficacy of gene delivery of the neurotrophic factor neurturin Methods In this phase I, open-label clinical trial, 12 patients aged 35–75 years with a diagnosis of PD for at least 5 years in accordance with the UK Brain Bank Criteria received bilateral, stereotactic, intraputaminal injections of adeno-associated virus serotype 2–neurturin (CERE-120) The first six patients received doses of 1·3×10 11 vector genomes (vg)/patient, and the next six patients received 5·4×10 11 vg/patient This trial is registered with ClinicalTrialsgov, number NCT00252850 Findings The procedure was well tolerated Extensive safety monitoring in all patients revealed no clinically significant adverse events at 1 year Several secondary measures of motor function showed improvement at 1 year; for example, a mean improvement in the off-medication motor subscore of the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS) of 14 points (SD 8; p=0000121 [36% mean increase; p=0000123]) and a mean increase of 2·3 h (2; 25% group mean increase; p=0·0250) in on time without troublesome dyskinesia were seen Improvements in several secondary measures were not significant, including the timed walking test in the off condition (p=0·053), the Purdue pegboard test of hand dexterity (p=0·318), the reduction in off time (p=0·105), and the activities of daily living subscore (part II) of the UPDRS (p=0·080) 18 F-levodopa-uptake PET did not change after treatment with either dose of CERE-120 Interpretation The initial data support the safety, tolerability, and potential efficacy of CERE-120 as a possible treatment for PD; however, these results must be viewed as preliminary until data from blinded, controlled clinical trials are available Funding Ceregene; Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research
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TL;DR: The Mediterranean and dash diets have been shown to slow cognitive decline; however, neither diet is specific to the nutrition literature on dementia prevention.
Abstract: Introduction The Mediterranean and dash diets have been shown to slow cognitive decline; however, neither diet is specific to the nutrition literature on dementia prevention. Methods We devised the Mediterranean-Dietary Approach to Systolic Hypertension (DASH) diet intervention for neurodegenerative delay (MIND) diet score that specifically captures dietary components shown to be neuroprotective and related it to change in cognition over an average 4.7 years among 960 participants of the Memory and Aging Project. Results In adjusted mixed models, the MIND score was positively associated with slower decline in global cognitive score (β = 0.0092; P Discussion The study findings suggest that the MIND diet substantially slows cognitive decline with age. Replication of these findings in a dietary intervention trial would be required to verify its relevance to brain health.
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TL;DR: This 2-part review examines the current health economic literature for asthma and rhinitis and explores how comparative studies have contributed to understanding how to best diagnose and treat asthma and allergic Rhinitis.
Abstract: As new health care strategies compete with existing ones for limited resources, the health care system and its providers are beginning to turn to health economic analyses to help inform choices in the delivery of care. This 2-part review examines the current health economic literature for asthma and rhinitis. This first installment of the review focuses on studies that characterize the economic burden of asthma and rhinitis and examines how resources are allocated to the care of persons with asthma and rhinitis. In 1998, asthma in the United States accounted for an estimated 12.7 billion dollars annually. Similarly, in 1994, allergic rhinitis was estimated to cost 1.2 billion dollars. Most of the costs for these conditions are attributed to direct medical expenditures, with medications emerging as the single largest cost component. Indirect costs also represent an important social effect. While cost-of-illness studies help to characterize the economic burden, comparative health economic studies evaluate the value of new and existing strategies for clinical care. The second part of this review will explore how comparative studies have contributed to understanding how to best diagnose and treat asthma and allergic rhinitis.
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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John Q. Trojanowski | 226 | 1467 | 213948 |
Virginia M.-Y. Lee | 194 | 993 | 148820 |
Luigi Ferrucci | 193 | 1601 | 181199 |
David A. Bennett | 167 | 1142 | 109844 |
Todd R. Golub | 164 | 422 | 201457 |
David Cella | 156 | 1258 | 106402 |
M.-Marsel Mesulam | 150 | 558 | 90772 |
John D. E. Gabrieli | 142 | 480 | 68254 |
David J. Kupfer | 141 | 862 | 102498 |
Clifford B. Saper | 136 | 406 | 72203 |
Pasi A. Jänne | 136 | 685 | 89488 |
Nikhil C. Munshi | 134 | 906 | 67349 |
Martin B. Keller | 131 | 541 | 65069 |
Michael E. Thase | 131 | 923 | 75995 |
Steven R. Simon | 129 | 1090 | 80331 |