Publications by authors named "M E Samson"
The discrepancy between donor organ availability and demand leads to a significant waiting-list dropout rate and mortality. Although quantitative tools such as the Donor Risk Index (DRI) help assess organ suitability, many potentially viable organs are still discarded due to the lack of universally accepted markers to predict post-transplant outcomes. Normothermic machine perfusion (NMP) offers a platform to assess viability before transplantation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGiant cell arteritis (GCA) is a chronic inflammatory vasculitis with a significant impact on vascular and patient health. It may present with non-specific symptoms and can lead to severe complications if not managed effectively. This narrative review explores the treatment of GCA with interleukin-6 (IL-6) pathway inhibitors, focusing on key studies from selected databases published between 2018 and 2024.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground/objectives: Schlafen12 (SLFN12) is an intermediate human Schlafen protein shown to correlate with survivability in triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). SLFN12 causes differential expressions of significant cancer genes, but how they change in response to chemotherapy remains unknown. Our aim is to identify the effect of chemotherapy on genes that improve TNBC outcomes and other SLFN family members following SLFN12 knockout or overexpression.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: To understand pediatricians', community partners', and food insecure parent/caregivers' perspectives on addressing food access and nutrition education in clinical settings, and to conduct a formative evaluation of a clinical-community food access and nutrition education intervention.
Design: A mixed-methods evaluation.
Setting: Data was collected from pediatricians and parents/caregivers recruited from one urban pediatric primary care clinic, and from community partners involved in food access.
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to assess the effectiveness of combining glucocorticoids (GCs) with cyclophosphamide (CYC) for treating patients with poor-prognosis eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) compared to using GCs alone.
- Data from a European multicenter database were analyzed, involving 209 patients and focusing on relapse rates and other related outcomes over 12 to 24 months.
- Results indicated that adding CYC significantly reduced the risk of relapse and related complications compared to GCs alone, suggesting a beneficial role for CYC in the treatment of poor-prognosis EGPA.