Publications by authors named "Henry Lane"

Anisakis simplex larvae, commonly found in marine fish, cause anisakiasis in humans, resulting in gastric to gastro-allergic symptoms. Despite known health risks, the impact of Anisakidae larvae on fish hosts is less understood. This study aimed to investigate this interaction by assessing the feeding strategy of A.

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Evaluations of treatment efficacy in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), a rare genetic disease that results in progressive muscle wasting, require an understanding of the 'meaningfulness' of changes in functional measures. We estimated the minimal detectable change (MDC) for selected motor function measures in ambulatory DMD, i.e.

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Disease is a major threat to the economic, ecological and cultural services provided by wild bivalve populations. Over the past decade anecdotal reports on declining health of native bivalve populations around Aotearoa New Zealand have been supported by increasing observations of mass die-offs. Causes of declining health and mass die-offs of wild bivalves are not clear and could be due to a number of interactive and cumulative factors, including declining water quality, climate change, or disease.

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Perkinsus olseni (Perkinsidae) is a molluscan parasite notifiable to the World Organisation for Animal Health that is reported in several shellfish hosts in New Zealand, including the native green-lipped mussel Perna canaliculus. Green-lipped mussels comprise over half of New Zealand's aquaculture export value and have historically been considered free of serious diseases based on extensive histology-based surveillance. The discovery of P.

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Bioeroding sponges can cause extensive damage to aquaculture and wild shellfish fisheries. It has been suggested that heavy sponge infestations that reach the inner cavity of oysters may trigger shell repair and lead to adductor detachment. Consequently, energy provision into shell repair could reduce the energy available for other physiological processes and reduce the meat quality of commercially fished oysters.

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  • Abatacept treatment was found to be more effective in patients with rheumatoid arthritis who were positive for anti-citrullinated protein antibodies (ACPA) and rheumatoid factor (RF), compared to those who were negative.
  • In the study, 1400 ACPA+/RF+ patients (SPEAR) and 673 non-SPEAR patients were analyzed, showing stronger improvements in disease activity scores and treatment responses for the SPEAR group.
  • The results indicate that early RA patients classified as SPEAR benefit significantly more from abatacept than those in the non-SPEAR group or those treated with other comparators like adalimumab or methotrexate.
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  • * Data from 231 patients across four clinical trials were evaluated, focusing on improvements in walking ability and timed physical tasks after 48 weeks of treatment.
  • * Results indicate that deflazacort offers more significant benefits than prednisone, especially in older patients (8 years and above) or those with advanced disease progression and longer steroid use.
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  • Clinical trials for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) typically use genotype-matched controls, which complicates patient enrollment due to this rare disease's limited pool.
  • The study analyzed over 1,600 patient-years from multiple sources to understand the impact of different genotype classes on motor function changes over a year.
  • Results indicated that genotype only accounted for about 2% of variation in motor function outcomes, suggesting that utilizing unmatched controls in trials could be a viable option.
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Background: Evidence on the long-term efficacy of steroids in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) after loss of ambulation is limited.

Objective: Characterize and compare disease progression by steroid treatment (prednisone, deflazacort, or no steroids) among non-ambulatory boys with DMD.

Methods: Disease progression was measured by functional status (Performance of Upper Limb Module for DMD 1.

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Introduction: As the identification of Lewy body dementia (LBD) is often confirmed postmortem, there is a paucity of evidence on the progression of disease antemortem. This study aimed to comprehensively assess the course of LBD over time across cognitive, functional, and neuropsychiatric outcomes using real-world data.

Methods: Adults with at least one visit to an Alzheimer's Disease Center with a diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment/dementia (index date), indication of LBD, and at least one follow-up visit were identified in the National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center database (September 2005-June 2020).

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Objective: To describe the trends in epidemiology, healthcare resource use (HCRU), and costs associated with Lewy body dementia (LBD), dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), and Parkinson's disease dementia (PDD) in the United States.

Methods: This retrospective study used administrative claims data for Medicare fee-for-service (2010-2018) and commercially-insured beneficiaries (2010-2017). The annual prevalence and incidence were calculated among the Medicare beneficiaries by dividing the number of prevalent or incident LBD, DLB, and PDD patients by the total eligible population of that calendar year.

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The toheroa (Paphies ventricosa) is endemic to Aotearoa (New Zealand). Following decades of overfishing in the 1900 s, commercial and recreational fishing of toheroa is now prohibited. For unknown reasons, protective measures in place for over 40 years have not ensured the recovery of toheroa populations.

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The toheroa Paphies ventricosa is a large Aotearoa New Zealand (ANZ) endemic surf clam of cultural importance to many Māori, the Indigenous people of ANZ. Extensive commercial and recreational harvesting in the 20th century dramatically reduced populations, leading to the collapse and closure of the fishery. Despite being protected for >40 yr, toheroa have inexplicably failed to recover.

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To describe reasons for switching from prednisone/prednisolone to deflazacort and associated clinical outcomes among patients with Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy (DMD and BMD, respectively) in the USA. A chart review of patients with DMD (n = 62) or BMD (n = 30) who switched from prednisone to deflazacort (02/2017-12/2018) collected demographic/clinical characteristics, reasons for switching, outcomes and common adverse events. The mean ages at switch were 20.

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Kaimoana (shellfish, seafood) is an important food source and a significant social and cultural component of many New Zealand communities, especially the indigenous Māori. Over the past decade a decline has been detected in shellfish health and an increase in mortality events around New Zealand. Intracellular bacteria termed Rickettsia-like organisms (RLOs) have been observed in New Zealand bivalve molluscs during shellfish mortality events.

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Bonamia ostreae is a haplosporidian parasite of oysters that was first reported to occur in the Southern Hemisphere in 2015 in the New Zealand flat oyster Ostrea chilensis. Until that report, B. ostreae had been restricted to populations of O.

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Despite the substantial clinical benefits of antiretroviral therapy (ART), complete eradication of HIV has not been possible. The gastrointestinal tract and associated lymphoid tissues may play an important role in the pathogenesis of HIV infection. The integrin αβ facilitates homing of T lymphocytes to the gut by binding to the mucosal addressin cell adhesion molecule-1 (MAdCAM-1) expressed on venules in gut-associated lymphoid tissue.

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The peripheral blood represents only a small fraction of the total number of lymphocytes in the body. To develop a more thorough understanding of T cell dynamics, including the effects of SIV/SHIV/HIV infection on immune cell depletion and immune reconstitution following combination antiretroviral therapy (cART), one needs to utilize approaches that allow direct visualization of lymphoid tissues. In the present study, noninvasive in vivo imaging of the CD4+ T cell pool has revealed that the timing of the CD4+ T cell pool reconstitution following initiation of ART in SIV-infected nonhuman primates (NHPs) appears seemingly stochastic among clusters of lymph nodes within the same host.

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Apicomplexa is a large phylum of parasitic protists renowned for significant negative health impacts on humans and livestock worldwide. Despite the prevalence and negative impacts of apicomplexans across many animal groups, relatively little attention has been given to apicomplexan parasites of invertebrates, especially marine invertebrates. Previous work has reported an apicomplexan parasite 'X' (APX), a parasite that has been histologically and ultrastructurally identified from the commercially important flat oyster Ostrea chilensis in New Zealand.

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Pooled testing of samples is a common laboratory practice to increase efficiency and reduce expenses. We investigated the efficacy of 2 published SYBR Green real-time PCR assays when used to detect the haplosporidian parasite Bonamia ostreae in pooled samples of infected oyster tissue. Each PCR targets a different gene within the B.

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Background: Unique challenges posed by emerging infectious diseases often expose inadequacies in the conventional phased investigational therapeutic development paradigm. The recent Ebola outbreak in West Africa presents a critical case-study highlighting barriers to faster development. During the outbreak, clinical trials were implemented with unprecedented speed.

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Previous reports of the haplosporidian parasite Bonamia ostreae have been restricted to the Northern Hemisphere, including Europe, and both eastern and western North America. This species is reported for the first time in New Zealand infecting the flat oyster Ostrea chilensis. Histological examination of 149 adult oysters identified 119 (79.

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The ongoing outbreak of Ebola in West Africa has raised a general awareness that at present there are no Ebola-specific medical countermeasures (MCMs) with proven effectiveness. This paper recapitulates discussions held at the 6th International Filovirus Symposium in March 2014 as well as the subsequent design of a randomized clinical trial design for treating Ebola virus-infected patients evacuated from West Africa to the United States. A number of different drugs or biologics were critically reviewed and 3 different postexposure strategies were identified as being farthest along in development; passive immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies, postexposure vaccination with constructs involving viral vectors (such as vesicular stomatitis virus), and antisense compounds directly targeting the viral genome such as modified phosphorodiamidate morpholino oligomer-based compounds and small interfering RNA products.

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Objective: To determine the effects of interleukin (IL)-2 treatment on inflammatory and thrombotic biomarkers in chronically HIV-infected adults receiving antiretroviral therapy.

Methods: Cryopreserved plasma was evaluated retrospectively for C-reactive protein (CRP) and D-dimer at baseline, end of an IL-2 cycle, and long-term follow up from two randomized, controlled trials: 57 IL-2-naive adults receiving either three to six cycles of IL-2 as well as antiretroviral therapy (nucleoside analogues) or antiretroviral therapy alone for 12 months, and 40 IL-2-experienced adults on highly active antiretroviral therapy who either interrupted or continued therapy for 6 months after a baseline IL-2 cycle. High-sensitivity CRP (hsCRP) was measured by immunonephelometry (detection limit 0.

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Objective: To evaluate whether interleukin (IL)-2 in patients with chronic HIV infection can maintain CD4 T cell counts during 6 months of HAART interruption.

Design: Prospective, randomized, controlled, open-label phase II noninferiority trial comparing IL-2 with HAART interruption or continuous HAART.

Methods: Forty-one IL-2-experienced (three or more prior cycles) HIV-1-infected adults with CD4 cell count at least 500 cells/microl were randomized in the ratio 2: 1 to interrupted (I = 27) or continuous (C = 14) HAART for 6 months following an initial IL-2 cycle.

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