Publications by authors named "J Brice Weinberg"

The recently discovered microbiome-generated obesogen, δ-valerobetaine (5-(trimethylammonio)pentanoate), is a 5-carbon structural analogue of the carnitine precursor, γ-butyrobetaine. Here, we report that δ-valerobetaine is enzymatically hydroxylated by mammalian γ-butyrobetaine dioxygenase (BBOX) to form 3-hydroxy-5-(trimethylammonio)pentanoate, a 5-carbon analogue of carnitine, which we term homocarnitine. Homocarnitine production by human liver extracts depends upon the required BBOX cofactors, 2-oxoglutarate, Fe, and ascorbate.

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Introduction: Autograft bone is the gold standard graft used in posterolateral lumbar intertransverse fusion (PLF) but can be limited by supply and donor site morbidity. Cadaveric cellular allografts represent an alternative source of graft material that avoids these limitations.

Objective: To assess the safety and efficacy of ViviGenCellular Bone Matrix in comparison to autograft bone in PLF.

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Background: The splice variant 3849+10kbC->T (c.3717+12191C>T) (3849 variant) is a residual function CFTR variant, characterized by insertion of an in-frame stop codon into most CFTR transcripts. Both ivacaftor (Iva) and tezacaftor/ivacaftor (Tez/Iva) have been approved for people with CF (pwCF) carrying the 3849 variant.

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  • A retrospective study assessed the effectiveness of contrast-enhanced T1-weighted 3D SPACE MRI sequences versus 3D FLASH sequences in detecting brain metastases in patients at a single institution.
  • The evaluation involved a review of cases where both imaging techniques were used, with assessments on factors like the number of lesions detected, image quality, and contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR) by certified neuroradiologists.
  • Results showed that SPACE detected more metastatic lesions and had better image quality and fewer artifacts than FLASH, supporting SPACE as the superior method for brain metastasis detection.
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