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About: University of the Philippines Manila is a education organization based out in Manila, Philippines. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Medicine. The organization has 2218 authors who have published 2357 publications receiving 88781 citations. The organization is also known as: UPM.
Topics: Population, Medicine, Health care, Public health, Poison control
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Ido Didi Fabian1, Ido Didi Fabian2, Elhassan Abdallah3, Shehu U. Abdullahi4 +473 more•Institutions (155)
TL;DR: This cross-sectional analysis reports the retinoblastoma stage at diagnosis across the world during a single year, investigates associations between clinical variables and national income level, and investigates risk factors for advanced disease at diagnosis.
Abstract: Importance: Early diagnosis of retinoblastoma, the most common intraocular cancer, can save both a child's life and vision. However, anecdotal evidence suggests that many children across the world are diagnosed late. To our knowledge, the clinical presentation of retinoblastoma has never been assessed on a global scale. Objectives: To report the retinoblastoma stage at diagnosis in patients across the world during a single year, to investigate associations between clinical variables and national income level, and to investigate risk factors for advanced disease at diagnosis. Design, Setting, and Participants: A total of 278 retinoblastoma treatment centers were recruited from June 2017 through December 2018 to participate in a cross-sectional analysis of treatment-naive patients with retinoblastoma who were diagnosed in 2017. Main Outcomes and Measures: Age at presentation, proportion of familial history of retinoblastoma, and tumor stage and metastasis. Results: The cohort included 4351 new patients from 153 countries; the median age at diagnosis was 30.5 (interquartile range, 18.3-45.9) months, and 1976 patients (45.4%) were female. Most patients (n = 3685 [84.7%]) were from low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Globally, the most common indication for referral was leukocoria (n = 2638 [62.8%]), followed by strabismus (n = 429 [10.2%]) and proptosis (n = 309 [7.4%]). Patients from high-income countries (HICs) were diagnosed at a median age of 14.1 months, with 656 of 666 (98.5%) patients having intraocular retinoblastoma and 2 (0.3%) having metastasis. Patients from low-income countries were diagnosed at a median age of 30.5 months, with 256 of 521 (49.1%) having extraocular retinoblastoma and 94 of 498 (18.9%) having metastasis. Lower national income level was associated with older presentation age, higher proportion of locally advanced disease and distant metastasis, and smaller proportion of familial history of retinoblastoma. Advanced disease at diagnosis was more common in LMICs even after adjusting for age (odds ratio for low-income countries vs upper-middle-income countries and HICs, 17.92 [95% CI, 12.94-24.80], and for lower-middle-income countries vs upper-middle-income countries and HICs, 5.74 [95% CI, 4.30-7.68]). Conclusions and Relevance: This study is estimated to have included more than half of all new retinoblastoma cases worldwide in 2017. Children from LMICs, where the main global retinoblastoma burden lies, presented at an older age with more advanced disease and demonstrated a smaller proportion of familial history of retinoblastoma, likely because many do not reach a childbearing age. Given that retinoblastoma is curable, these data are concerning and mandate intervention at national and international levels. Further studies are needed to investigate factors, other than age at presentation, that may be associated with advanced disease in LMICs.
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TL;DR: The Coral Triangle Initiative (CTI) on Coral Reefs, Fisheries and Food Security as discussed by the authors has explicit goals and defined targets for marine biodiversity conservation, but not for the food security of the region's marine-resource dependent people, despite this being the wider aim used to justify conservation action.
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University of California, San Francisco1, University of Washington2, RTI International3, World Bank Group4, Stanford University5, Harvard University6, University of California, Berkeley7, Aga Khan University8, Johns Hopkins University9, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation10, World Health Organization11, University of Kelaniya12, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology13, University of Oxford14, Cayetano Heredia University15, Brigham and Women's Hospital16, University of Toronto17, National Institutes of Health18, Center for Global Development19, University of the Witwatersrand20, University of Waterloo21, UNICEF22, University of Miami23, Makerere University24, University of Cambridge25, Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy26, University of Malaya27, Princeton University28, Praxis29, University of London30, University of the Philippines Manila31, University of Bergen32, University of Ibadan33, University of Melbourne34, Public Health Foundation of India35, Koç University36, International Agency for Research on Cancer37, Yale University38, The George Institute for Global Health39
TL;DR: DCP3 is particularly relevant as achievement of EUHC relies increasingly on greater domestic finance, with global developmental assistance in health focusing more on global public goods.
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TL;DR: The characterization of a biologically active, homogeneous 125I-labeled monoiodinated Tyr22 derivative of omega-conotoxin GVIA and its use in binding and cross-linking studies are described and four types of Ca channels in chick tissues are defined, consistent with the hypothesis that the alpha-subunits of certain neuronal Ca2+ channels (Ln, N) are the molecular targets of omega.
Abstract: omega-Conotoxin GVIA (omega-CgTx-VIA) is a 27 amino acid peptide from the venom of the fish-hunting snail, Conus geographus, that blocks voltage-activated Ca channels. The characterization of a biologically active, homogeneous 125I-labeled monoiodinated Tyr22 derivative of omega-conotoxin GVIA and its use in binding and cross-linking studies are described. The 125I-labeled toxin is specifically cross-linked to a receptor protein with an apparent Mr of 135,000. The stoichiometry between omega-conotoxin and nitrendipine binding sites in different chick tissues was determined. Skeletal muscle has a high concentration of [3H]nitrendipine binding sites (greater than 1000 fmol/mg) but no detectable omega-conotoxin sites (less than 7 fmol/mg). Brain microsomes have both binding sites, but omega-conotoxin targets are in excess. These results, combined with recent electrophysiological studies (E. W. McCleskey, A. P. Fox, D. Feldman, L. J. Cruz, B. M. Olivera, R. W. Tsien, and D. Yoshikami, unpublished results), define four types of Ca channels in chick tissues, N, T, Ln (omega sensitive), and Lm (omega insensitive), and are consistent with the hypothesis that the alpha-subunits of certain neuronal Ca2+ channels (Ln, N) are the molecular targets of omega-conotoxin GVIA.
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TL;DR: The analyses reveal that an integrated control approach, implemented through intersectoral collaboration, is essential to bring down the prevalence and intensity of Schistosoma japonicum infections and disease-related morbidity, and to sustain these parameters at low levels.
Abstract: Schistosomiasis japonica, a chronic and debilitating disease caused by the blood fluke Schistosoma japonicum, is still of considerable economic and public health concern in the People's Republic of China, the Philippines, and Indonesia. Despite major progress made over the past several decades with the control of schistosomiasis japonica in the aforementioned countries, the disease is emerging in some areas. We review the epidemiological status and transmission patterns of schistosomiasis japonica, placing it into a historical context, and discuss experiences and lessons with national control efforts. Our analyses reveal that an integrated control approach, implemented through intersectoral collaboration, is essential to bring down the prevalence and intensity of Schistosoma japonicum infections and disease-related morbidity, and to sustain these parameters at low levels. The need for innovation and a sufficiently flexible control approach to adapt interventions in response to the changing nature and challenges of schistosomiasis control from the initial phase of morbidity control to the final state of elimination is emphasised. The aim of the presentation and the analyses is to inspire researchers and disease control managers elsewhere in Asia, Africa, and the Americas to harness the experiences gained and the lessons presented here to improve the control and eventual elimination of schistosomiasis and parasitic diseases.
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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Mitchel S. Berger | 120 | 641 | 53335 |
Baldomero M. Olivera | 92 | 503 | 32064 |
Adrian G. Barnett | 69 | 477 | 16536 |
Martin L. Hibberd | 69 | 247 | 17482 |
Peter Proksch | 69 | 693 | 20980 |
A. Douglas Kinghorn | 64 | 405 | 23180 |
Carl Abelardo T. Antonio | 60 | 106 | 66867 |
Carlos A Castañeda-Orjuela | 58 | 137 | 74960 |
Johannes J. Rasker | 53 | 281 | 9870 |
Paiboon Sithithaworn | 48 | 240 | 8225 |
Antonio L. Dans | 46 | 114 | 15661 |
David R. Hillyard | 46 | 130 | 8296 |
Lorraine S. Evangelista | 44 | 159 | 6001 |
Lourdes J. Cruz | 43 | 58 | 8079 |
Prashant Kapoor | 41 | 415 | 7578 |