scispace - formally typeset
Search or ask a question
Institution

University of Pittsburgh

EducationPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
About: University of Pittsburgh is a education organization based out in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Transplantation. The organization has 87042 authors who have published 201012 publications receiving 9656783 citations. The organization is also known as: Pitt & Western University of Pennsylvania.


Papers
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI
TL;DR: A randomized clinical trial to test the hypothesis that recombinant methionyl granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) can reduce chemotherapy-related neutropenia in patients with cancer and the clinical implications.
Abstract: Background. Neutropenia and infection are major dose-limiting side effects of chemotherapy. Previous studies have suggested that recombinant methionyl granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) can reduce chemotherapy-related neutropenia in patients with cancer. We conducted a randomized clinical trial to test this hypothesis and the clinical implications. Methods. Patients with small-cell lung cancer were enrolled in a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of recombinant methionyl G-CSF to study the incidence of infection as manifested by fever with neutropenia (absolute neutrophil count, <1.0×l09 per liter, with a temperature ≥38.2°C) resulting from up to six cycles of chemotherapy with cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, and etoposide. The patients were randomly assigned to receive either placebo or G-CSF, with treatment beginning on day 4 and continuing through day 17 of a 21 -day cycle. Results. The safety of the study treatment could be evaluated in 207 of the 211 pa...

1,314 citations

Journal ArticleDOI
TL;DR: In this paper, a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial involving pregnant women with a documented history of spontaneous preterm delivery was conducted, where women were enrolled at 19 clinical centers at 16 to 20 weeks of gestation.
Abstract: Background Women who have had a spontaneous preterm delivery are at greatly increased risk for preterm delivery in subsequent pregnancies. The results of several small trials have suggested that 17 alpha-hydroxyprogesterone caproate (17P) may reduce the risk of preterm delivery. Methods We conducted a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial involving pregnant women with a documented history of spontaneous preterm delivery. Women were enrolled at 19 clinical centers at 16 to 20 weeks of gestation and randomly assigned by a central data center, in a 2:1 ratio, to receive either weekly injections of 250 mg of 17P or weekly injections of an inert oil placebo; injections were continued until delivery or to 36 weeks of gestation. The primary outcome was preterm delivery before 37 weeks of gestation. Analysis was performed according to the intention-to-treat principle. Results Base-line characteristics of the 310 women in the progesterone group and the 153 women in the placebo group were similar. Treatment with 1...

1,314 citations

Journal ArticleDOI
TL;DR: The nature and consequences of upper-airway obstruction in adults during sleep has evolved considerably over the past two decades, and there is insufficient awareness of sleep apnea among physicians and the public at large.
Abstract: Our understanding of the nature and consequences of upper-airway obstruction in adults during sleep has evolved considerably over the past two decades. Sleep apnea — defined as repeated episodes of obstructive apnea and hypopnea during sleep, together with daytime sleepiness or altered cardiopulmonary function — is common.1 Epidemiologic studies estimate that the condition affects 2 to 4 percent of middle-aged adults.2 Only a small portion of the cases in this group of adults have been diagnosed; this is related to insufficient awareness of sleep apnea among physicians and the public at large.3 Definitions The manifestations of upper-airway closure during sleep . . .

1,314 citations

Journal ArticleDOI
Pamela Sklar1, Pamela Sklar2, Stephan Ripke3, Stephan Ripke1  +189 moreInstitutions (51)
TL;DR: An analysis of all 11,974 bipolar disorder cases and 51,792 controls confirmed genome-wide significant evidence of association for CACNA1C and identified a new intronic variant in ODZ4, and a pathway comprised of subunits of calcium channels enriched in bipolar disorder association intervals was identified.
Abstract: We conducted a combined genome-wide association study (GWAS) of 7,481 individuals with bipolar disorder (cases) and 9,250 controls as part of the Psychiatric GWAS Consortium. Our replication study tested 34 SNPs in 4,496 independent cases with bipolar disorder and 42,422 independent controls and found that 18 of 34 SNPs had P < 0.05, with 31 of 34 SNPs having signals with the same direction of effect (P = 3.8 × 10−7). An analysis of all 11,974 bipolar disorder cases and 51,792 controls confirmed genome-wide significant evidence of association for CACNA1C and identified a new intronic variant in ODZ4. We identified a pathway comprised of subunits of calcium channels enriched in bipolar disorder association intervals. Finally, a combined GWAS analysis of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder yielded strong association evidence for SNPs in CACNA1C and in the region of NEK4-ITIH1-ITIH3-ITIH4. Our replication results imply that increasing sample sizes in bipolar disorder will confirm many additional loci.

1,312 citations

Posted Content
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors demonstrate that the impact of CSR in the real world is not only less pervasive than has been previously acknowledged but also more multifaceted than have been previously conceptualized.
Abstract: This research relied on afield experiment involving a real world instance of corporate philanthropy to shed light on both the scope and limitations of the strategic returns to corporate social responsibility (CSR). In particular, the authors demonstrate that the impact of CSR in the real world is not only less pervasive than has been previously acknowledged but also more multifaceted than has been previously conceptualized. The findings indicated that contingent on CSR awareness, which was rather low, stakeholders did react positively to the focal company not only in the consumption domain but in the employment and investment domains as well. Stakeholder attributions regarding the genuineness of the company's motives moderated these effects.

1,307 citations


Authors

Showing all 87737 results

NameH-indexPapersCitations
JoAnn E. Manson2701819258509
Graham A. Colditz2611542256034
Yi Chen2174342293080
David J. Hunter2131836207050
David Miller2032573204840
Rakesh K. Jain2001467177727
Lewis C. Cantley196748169037
Dennis W. Dickson1911243148488
Terrie E. Moffitt182594150609
Dennis S. Charney179802122408
Ronald C. Petersen1781091153067
David L. Kaplan1771944146082
Jasvinder A. Singh1762382223370
Richard K. Wilson173463260000
Deborah J. Cook173907148928
Network Information
Related Institutions (5)
University of Pennsylvania
257.6K papers, 14.1M citations

98% related

Johns Hopkins University
249.2K papers, 14M citations

97% related

Yale University
220.6K papers, 12.8M citations

97% related

Columbia University
224K papers, 12.8M citations

97% related

University of Washington
305.5K papers, 17.7M citations

97% related

Performance
Metrics
No. of papers from the Institution in previous years
YearPapers
2023260
20221,089
202111,151
202010,407
20199,333
20188,577