Publications by authors named "M W D Thorne"

Article Synopsis
  • Stevens-Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis (SJS/TEN) are severe skin reactions to drugs, involving immune system responses from CD8 T cells.
  • Researchers analyzed skin and blister fluid from 15 SJS/TEN patients using various sequencing techniques, revealing 15 distinct cell types and noting active immune responses in affected areas.
  • Key findings indicate that certain T cell receptors and inflammatory markers in skin tissues could be targeted for new treatments, highlighting the role of keratinocytes and T cells in the disease's progression.
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Background: Invasive ungulates (hoofed mammals), including deer, feral pigs, feral goats, and feral sheep, are known to cause damage to agriculture, property, natural resources, and many other commodities. Most of the information regarding the economic impacts of wild ungulates is from North America, where some of these species are native. To evaluate invasive ungulate damage to livestock producers in the Hawaiian Islands, which have no native ungulates, a survey was distributed to livestock producers across the state.

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Objective: To investigate interview and match outcomes of medical students who received pass/fail USMLE reporting vs medical students with numeric scoring during the same period.

Design: Retrospective analysis of a cross-sectional survey-based study.

Setting: United States 2023 residency match.

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The twolined spittlebug, Prosapia bicincta (Say), is a major economic pest of forage grass and turfgrass. Prosapia bicincta was first detected in rangelands on Hawai'i Island in 2016 and has since spread to an estimated 72,000 ha in the North and South Kona districts. This study aimed to quantify P.

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Stevens-Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis (SJS/TEN) is a rare but life-threatening cutaneous drug reaction mediated by human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I-restricted CD8+ T-cells. To obtain an unbiased assessment of SJS/TEN cellular immunopathogenesis, we performed single-cell (sc) transcriptome, surface proteome, and TCR sequencing on unaffected skin, affected skin, and blister fluid from 17 SJS/TEN patients. From 119,784 total cells, we identified 16 scRNA-defined subsets, confirmed by subset-defining surface protein expression.

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