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J Mass Spectrom 2018 Dec 10. Epub 2018 Dec 10.
Department of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, Sanofi, 153 2nd Avenue, Waltham, MA, 02451, USA.
Reactive metabolites are thought to play a pivotal role in the pathogenesis of some drug induced liver injury (DILI) and idiosyncratic adverse drug reactions (IADRs), which is of concern to patient safety and has been a cause of drugs being withdrawn from the market place. To identify drugs with a lower propensity for causing DILI and /or IADRs, high-throughput assays to capture reactive metabolites are required in pharmaceutical industry for early drug discovery risk assessment. We describe the development of an assay to detect glutathione adducts with combined high sensitivity, enhanced specificity and rapid data analysis. Read More
Eur J Drug Metab Pharmacokinet 2018 Dec 10. Epub 2018 Dec 10.
Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Katz Group Centre for Pharmacy and Health Research, Room 3-142D, 11361-87 Ave, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2E1, Canada.
Several HepaRG three-dimensional (3D) in vitro model systems have been developed to improve the predictability of xenobiotic metabolism and toxicity. In this review, we present a detailed summary and critique of the performance of various HepaRG 3D models compared to the conventional 2D monolayer culture. HepaRG 3D models can be broadly categorized into (1) scaffold-free, (2) scaffold-based, and (3) bioartificial liver (BAL) models. Read More
Front Cell Neurosci 2018 23;12:445. Epub 2018 Nov 23.
Section on Sensory Cell Biology, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States.
Mechanosensory hair cells of the inner ear transduce auditory and vestibular sensory input. Hair cells are susceptible to death from a variety of stressors, including treatment with therapeutic drugs that have ototoxic side effects. There is a need for co-therapies to mitigate drug-induced ototoxicity, and we showed previously that induction of heat shock proteins (HSPs) protects against hair cell death and hearing loss caused by aminoglycoside antibiotics in mouse. Read More
Saudi Pharm J 2018 Dec 29;26(8):1146-1154. Epub 2018 Jul 29.
Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid 22110, Jordan.
Background: Torsade de Pointes (TdP) is an abnormal cardiac rhythm associated with a prolongation of QT interval. Although in most cases it spontaneously returns to the normal rhythm, TdP can lead to sudden cardiac death. Medications are the main cause of QT-prolongation and subsequent TdP flare, even though the exact mechanism of why some people evoke TdP but others do not is still unknown. Read More
Curr Opin Crit Care 2018 Dec 5. Epub 2018 Dec 5.
Université Paris Est Créteil, Faculté de Médecine de Créteil, Groupe de Recherche Clinique CARMAS, Créteil.
Purpose Of Review: A prompt identification of the cause of acute respiratory failure (ARF)/acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is required in order to initiate a targeted treatment. Yet, almost 10% of ARDS patients have no identified ARDS risk factor at ARDS diagnosis. Numerous rare causes of ARF have been reported in this setting. Read More
Pancreas 2019 Jan;48(1):22-35
Digestive Disease Institute, Gastroenterology and Hepatology Department, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH.
Objectives: The aim of our study was to investigate the cases of drug-induced acute pancreatitis (DIAP) with hypertriglyceridemia as the mechanism of injury.
Methods: A MEDLINE search (1963-2018) of the English language literature was performed looking for all human case reports of adults (>18 years old) with hypertriglyceridemia as the mechanism of DIAP. The latest search date was February 28, 2018. Read More
Ther Drug Monit 2018 Dec 10. Epub 2018 Dec 10.
Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension, University of Colorado at Denver, Aurora, CO.
Blood urea nitrogen (BUN) and serum creatinine are imperfect markers of kidney function because they are influenced by many renal and non-renal factors independent of kidney function. A biomarker that is released directly into the blood or urine by the kidney in response to injury may be a better early marker of drug-induced kidney toxicity than BUN and serum creatinine. Urine albumin and urine protein, as well as urinary markers kidney injury molecule-1 (KIM-1), β2-microglobulin (B2M), cystatin C, clusterin, and trefoil factor-3 (TFF-3) have been accepted by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and European Medicines Agency as highly sensitive and specific urinary biomarkers to monitor drug-induced kidney injury in preclinical studies and on a case-by-case basis in clinical trials. Read More
Rinsho Ketsueki 2018 ;59(11):2432-2437
Department of Pathology, Hakodate Municipal Hospital.
We report a case of a 60-year-old male who presented with fever and anasarca as well as hepatosplenomegaly, general lymphadenopathy, and disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC), and was, therefore, admitted to our hospital. In addition, the patient suffered from respiratory failure and renal dysfunction and had pleural effusion and ascites. The pathological diagnosis from lymph node biopsy suggested multicentric Castleman's disease of the plasma cell type; however, the presence of high IL-6 levels, myelofibrosis, thrombocytopenia, anasarca, renal dysfunction, and hepatosplenomegaly led to a definitive diagnosis of TAFRO syndrome. Read More
Int J Mycobacteriol 2018 Oct-Dec;7(4):380-386
Unit of PharmacoTherapy, Epidemiology and Economics, University of Groningen, Groningen Research Institute of Pharmacy, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Background: Gene polymorphisms have been associated with drug-induced liver injury (DILI). This study aimed to elucidate the association between polymorphisms of NAT2, CYP2E1, GSTT1, GSTM1, and HLA genes with isoniazid plasma concentration and DILI.
Methods: This study was a prospective cohort study recruiting adult newly diagnosed tuberculosis (TB) patients who met the inclusion criteria from the Public Health Centers in Yogyakarta and Lampung. Read More
Eur J Dermatol 2018 Dec 10. Epub 2018 Dec 10.
Department of Dermatology.
J Investig Allergol Clin Immunol 2018 Dec;28(6):434-436
Clinical Analysis Laboratory, Policlínico Valencia, Valencia, Spain.
J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 2018 Dec 6. Epub 2018 Dec 6.
Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany; Department of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany. Electronic address:
Disorders featuring dysregulated adrenal steroidogenesis, such as primary aldosteronism, can benefit from targeted therapies. The aldosterone and cortisol producing enzymes, aldosterone synthase (CYP11B2) and 11-beta-hydroxylase (CYP11B1), share 93% homology requiring selective drugs for pharmacological treatment. Herein, we introduce an effective in vitro assay for evaluation of steroidogenic enzyme kinetics based on intracellular flux calculations. Read More
Food Chem Toxicol 2018 Dec 5. Epub 2018 Dec 5.
Applied Biotechnology Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
The liver is the most essential organ of the body performing vital functions. Hepatic disorders affect the physiological and biochemical functions of the body. These disorders include hepatitis B, hepatitis C, alcoholic liver disease (ALD), nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), liver cirrhosis, hepatic failure and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Read More
Am J Kidney Dis 2018 Dec 7. Epub 2018 Dec 7.
Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC. Electronic address:
Alemtuzumab, a humanized monoclonal antibody that targets CD52 antigens on lymphocytes and monocytes, has shown efficacy in preventing relapse in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis. Despite known severe (yet rare) renal side effects such as anti-glomerular basement membrane disease and membranous glomerulopathy, to our knowledge, alemtuzumab has never been documented to cause drug-induced thrombotic microangiopathy. We describe a 39-year-old woman with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis who developed acute kidney injury requiring renal replacement therapy after 1 dose of alemtuzumab, as well as microangiopathic hemolytic anemia and thrombocytopenia. Read More
J Pharmacol Sci 2018 Nov 24. Epub 2018 Nov 24.
International Clinical Research Center, St. Anne's Faculty Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic; Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.
Prolonged QT interval is an independent risk factor for development of ventricular arrhythmias. Haloperidol is one of the drugs inducing QT prolongation. Previous studies showed that haloperidol affects not only QT duration but also heart rate (RR interval). Read More
Parkinsonism Relat Disord 2018 Nov 28. Epub 2018 Nov 28.
Department of Neurology, Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, CA, USA.
We propose the use of the term tardive dyskinesia to refer to the original description of repetitive and complex oral-buccal-lingual (OBL) movements and the analogous repetitive movements of the limbs, trunk, or pelvis. The term tardive syndrome is an umbrella term to be used to refer to the spectrum of all persistent hyperkinetic, hypokinetic, and sensory phenomenologies resulting from chronic dopamine receptor blocking agent (DRBA) exposure. TD is a type of TS. Read More
Chest 2018 Dec;154(6):e173-e176
Département de Médecine Interne, Université Paris-Diderot, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Bichat-Claude Bernard, Paris, France; Unite INSERM U1149, Paris, France. Electronic address:
Case Presentation: A 56-year-old man was admitted to the ICU with chest pain, cough, hemoptysis, increasing dyspnea, and orthopnea for 1 week. The patient reported an 8-kg weight loss over the last month and recurrent wheezing episodes for approximately 1 year. He had a history of tobacco smoking and excessive alcohol consumption, both of which he stopped 15 years ago. Read More
Ann Pharmacother 2018 Dec 10:1060028018819450. Epub 2018 Dec 10.
1 Southwestern Oklahoma State University, Weatherford, OK, USA.
Objectives: The purpose of this article is to review the current literature on drug-induced thrombocytosis with the goal of critically assessing causality and providing a comprehensive review of the topic. Thrombopoietic growth factors, such as thrombopoietin-receptor agonists (romiplostim and eltrombopag) and erythropoietin are not included in our review.
Data Sources: The literature search included published articles limited to the English language and humans in MEDLINE, EMBASE, and Web of Science databases. Read More
Chem Res Toxicol 2018 Dec 10. Epub 2018 Dec 10.
Mitochondrial toxicity has been shown to contribute to a variety of organ toxicities such as liver, cardiac and kidney. In the past decades, two high throughput applicable screening assays (isolated rat liver mitochondria; glucose-galactose grown HepG2 cells) to assess mitochondrial toxicity have been deployed in many pharmaceutical companies and numerous publications have demonstrated its usefulness for mechanistic investigations. However, only two publications have demonstrated the utility of these screens as a predictor of human drug induced liver injury. Read More
J Thorac Oncol 2018 Dec 3. Epub 2018 Dec 3.
Tokyo Medical University Hospital, 6-7-1 Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0023, Japan.
Introduction: The study objective was to determine the incidence and characteristics of drug-induced interstitial lung disease (ILD) associated with an orally available small-molecule tyrosine kinase inhibitor, crizotinib in the real-world clinical setting.
Methods: Post-marketing surveillance was performed in Japan to obtain information on the safety and efficacy of crizotinib. Target patients included all patients with anaplastic lymphoma kinase-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who received crizotinib, during the enrollment period between May 2012 and December 2014. Read More
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2018 Dec;59(15):5803-5815
School of Ophthalmology and Optometry and Eye Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Purpose: To determine if drug-induced peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor α (PPARα) signal pathway modulation affects refractive development and myopia in guinea pigs.
Methods: Pigmented guinea pigs were randomly divided into normal vision (unoccluded) and form deprivation myopia (FDM) groups. Each group received daily peribulbar injections of either a vehicle or (1) PPARα agonist, GW7647, clofibrate, or bezafibrate or (2) PPARα antagonist, GW6471, for 4 weeks. Read More
J Clin Invest 2018 Dec 6. Epub 2018 Dec 6.
ARHGEF1 is a RhoA-specific guanine nucleotide exchange factor expressed in hematopoietic cells. We used whole-exome sequencing to identify compound heterozygous mutations in ARHGEF1, resulting in the loss of ARHGEF1 protein expression in two primary-antibody-deficient siblings presenting with recurrent severe respiratory tract infections and bronchiectasis. Both ARHGEF1-deficient patients showed an abnormal B cell immunophenotype, with a deficiency in marginal-zone and memory B cells and an increased frequency of transitional B cells. Read More
J Diabetes 2018 Dec 5. Epub 2018 Dec 5.
Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Background: Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) or glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) treatment can preserve pancreatic β-cell mass and prevent diabetes. Recently, we reported that the combination of GABA and sitagliptin (a dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitor that increases endogenous GLP-1) was more effective than either agent alone in reducing drug-induced β-cell damage and promoting β-cell regeneration in mice. However, in human islets, it remains unclear whether GABA and GLP-1 exert similar effects. Read More
mSphere 2018 Dec 5;3(6). Epub 2018 Dec 5.
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Can J Neurol Sci 2018 Dec 3:1-7. Epub 2018 Dec 3.
1Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neurology,BC Children's Hospital,Vancouver, British Columbia,Canada.
Objective: Benign epilepsy of childhood with central temporal spikes (BECTS) and absence epilepsy are common epilepsy syndromes in children with similar age of onset and favorable prognosis. However, the co-existence of the electrocardiogram (EEG) findings of rolandic spike and 3 Hz generalized spike-wave (GSW) discharges is extremely rare, with few cases reported in the literature. Our objective was to characterize the EEG findings of these syndromes in children in our center and review the electro-clinical features. Read More
Sleep Breath 2018 Nov 30. Epub 2018 Nov 30.
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, General Hospital Celje, Oblakova ulica 5, 3000, Celje, Slovenia.
Purpose: Despite a broad range of diagnostic methods, identifying the site of obstruction in the upper respiratory tract in patients with obstructive sleep apnea is not always simple and straightforward. With regard to this problem, we present our observations about the specific shape of the epiglottis in patients with obstruction at the level of the tongue base and/or epiglottis.
Methods: One hundred and forty consecutive drug-induced sleep endoscopy (DISE) video recordings of patients with polygraphy-verified obstructive sleep apnea were analyzed by three independent observers. Read More
J Clin Transl Res 2018 28;4(1). Epub 2018 May 28.
Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology & Therapeutics, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, US.
Mitochondria are critical cellular organelles for energy generation and are now also recognized as playing important roles in cellular signaling. Their central role in energy metabolism, as well as their high abundance in hepatocytes, make them important targets for drug-induced hepatotoxicity. This review summarizes the current mechanistic understanding of the role of mitochondria in drug-induced hepatotoxicity caused by acetaminophen, diclofenac, anti-tuberculosis drugs such as rifampin and isoniazid, anti-epileptic drugs such as valproic acid and constituents of herbal supplements such as pyrrolizidine alkaloids. Read More
Indian Dermatol Online J 2018 Nov-Dec;9(6):445-447
Department of Pathology, Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab, India.
Many drugs are known to cause systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), however there are no well defined criteria for drug induced lupus erythematosus (DILE). We present a rare case of lamotrigine induced lupus presenting as acute syndrome of apoptotic pan epidermolysis (ASAP). Read More
Yakugaku Zasshi 2018 ;138(12):1587-1594
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Himeji Dokkyo University.
The aim of this study has been to investigate the time-to-onset and onset-pattern of drug-induced interstitial lung disease (DILD) after the administration of monoclonal antibodies through the use of the spontaneous adverse reaction reporting system of the Japanese Adverse Drug Event Report database. DILD datasets for adalimumab, bevacizumab, cetuximab, denosumab, golimumab, infliximab, nivolumab, panitumumab, pembrolizumab, tocilizumab, and trastuzumab were used to calculate the median time-to-onset of DILD, as well as the Weibull distribution parameters. The median time-to-onset of DILD for pembrolizumab and infliximab was within 1 month. Read More
Hematology Am Soc Hematol Educ Program 2018 Nov;2018(1):576-583
Transfusion Medicine, Medical Faculty of Tubingen, University of Tubingen, Tubingen, Germany.
Many drugs have been implicated in drug-induced immune thrombocytopenia (DITP). Patients with DITP develop a drop in platelet count 5 to 10 days after drug administration with an increased risk of hemorrhage. The diagnosis of DITP is often challenging, because most hospitalized patients are taking multiple medications and have comorbidities that can also cause thrombocytopenia. Read More
Eur Ann Otorhinolaryngol Head Neck Dis 2018 Nov 29. Epub 2018 Nov 29.
Dept Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Foch Hospital, 40, rue Worth, 92150 Suresnes, France. Electronic address:
Objectives/hypothesis: The retrolingual space is one of the potential sites of obstruction identified in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS). Hypertrophied lingual tonsils (LT) can obstruct the airway at this level. The goal of this study was to measure the tolerance and efficacy of lingual tonsillectomy in patients with OSAS. Read More
J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract 2018 Nov 29. Epub 2018 Nov 29.
Department of Allergy, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Princesa (IP), Madrid, Spain; RETIC ARADYAL RD16/0006/0015, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
Nephrol Ther 2018 Nov 29. Epub 2018 Nov 29.
Laboratoire d'anatomie pathologique, CHRU de Nancy, 5, rue de Morvan, 54500 Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France.
Extraintestinal manifestations in inflammatory bowel disease involve most frequently the joints, the skin, the eyes, the liver and the biliary tract. Renal involvement is rare, and manifested as nephrolithiasis, tubulointerstitial nephritis, glomerulonephritis and amyloidosis. In patients with inflammatory bowel disease, renal disease is most frequently due to treatment nephrotoxicity and rarely as a guenine extraintestinal manifestation of inflammatory bowel disease. Read More
Value Health 2018 Dec 30;21(12):1390-1398. Epub 2018 Jun 30.
Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacoepidemiology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany. Electronic address:
Objectives: To develop and internally validate prediction models for medication-related risks arising from overuse, misuse, and underuse that utilize clinical context information and are suitable for routine risk assessment in claims data (i.e., medication-based models predicting the risk for hospital admission apparent in routine claims data or MEDI-RADAR). Read More
Clin Immunol 2018 Nov 30. Epub 2018 Nov 30.
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Michigan, SRB 3007, 109 Zina Pitcher Pl., Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2200, United States. Electronic address:
Systemic lupus erythematosus flares when genetically predisposed people encounter environmental agents that cause oxidative stress, such as infections and sunlight. How these modify the immune system to initiate flares is unclear. Drug induced lupus models demonstrate that CD4+ T cells epigenetically altered with DNA methylation inhibitors cause lupus in animal models, and similar T cells are found in patients with active lupus. Read More
Clin Nucl Med 2018 Dec 3. Epub 2018 Dec 3.
From the Departments of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, and.
A 34-year-old man with history of Hodgkin lymphoma presented 7 months after allogeneic stem cell transplantation with an unexplained severe musculoskeletal pain syndrome. A Tc-MDP bone SPECTCT showed multiple foci with moderate to intense bone uptake across the axial and appendicular skeleton consistent with periostitis. The patient had been on voriconazole daily for 4 months to treat an Aspergillus pneumonia, and in the absence of other causes, a drug-induced periostitis was suspected. Read More
Clin Nucl Med 2018 Dec 3. Epub 2018 Dec 3.
Gynecomastia is not uncommon in men older than 50 years of age and is characterized by glandular proliferation of breast tissue. Non-physiologic gynecomastia is mostly caused by a variety of external medical interventions. Medications that belong to classes of antiandrogens, antipsychotics, or antibiotics alter the levels of estrogen and testosterone and are commonly implicated in patients with gynecomastia. Read More
Liver Int 2018 Dec 4. Epub 2018 Dec 4.
Department of Dermatology, St. John's Medical College Hospital, Bangalore, India.
While dermatologic manifestations of adverse drug reactions are frequent, drug-induced liver injury is rare. Numerous drugs are implicated in either Drug-Induced Liver Injury or Drug-Induced Skin Injury. However, concomitant Drug-Induced Liver Injury and Drug-Induced Skin Injury are uncommon, not well characterized and appear to be caused by a limited number of drugs. Read More
Indian J Pediatr 2018 Dec 4. Epub 2018 Dec 4.
Department of Pediatrics, St John's Medical College Hospital, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Objectives: To compare the incidence of anti tuberculosis drug-induced hepatotoxicity (ATDH) with those on old vs. revised WHO doses in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) negative children. The secondary objective was to determine the overall incidence of hepatitis in children on Anti tubercular treatment (ATT) and isoniazid prophylactic therapy (IPT). Read More
Biomed Res Int 2018 1;2018:8696510. Epub 2018 Nov 1.
Department of Anesthesiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, Jiangsu, China.
The aim of this study is to compare the efficacy and safety of propofol with dexmedetomidine in patients with obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome (SAHS) undergoing drug-induced sleep endoscopy (DISE). The 88 patients diagnosed with SAHS in the Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University were randomly allocated into 2 groups (n = 44). Patients in the group dexmedetomidine (group D) received continuous intravenous infusion of dexmedetomidine 1 g/kg over 15 minutes before the endoscopy, and propofol 2 mg/kg was intravenously administrated in the group propofol (group P). Read More
Front Genet 2018 20;9:527. Epub 2018 Nov 20.
Department of Toxicogenomics, GROW School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands.
In toxicogenomics, functional annotation is an important step to gain additional insights into genes with aberrant expression that drive pathophysiological mechanisms. Nevertheless, there exists a gap on annotation of these genes which often hampers the interpretation of results and limits their applicability in translational medicine. In this study, we evaluated the coverage of functional annotations of differentially expressed genes (DEGs) induced by 10 selected compounds from the TG-GATEs database identified as high- or no-risk in causing drug-induced liver injury (most-DILI or no-DILI, respectively) using human data. Read More
Sci Rep 2018 Dec 4;8(1):17626. Epub 2018 Dec 4.
Departments of Bioengineering, Material Science and Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA.
While cardiomyocytes differentiated from human induced pluripotent stems cells (hiPSCs) hold great promise for drug screening, the electrophysiological properties of these cells can be variable and immature, producing results that are significantly different from their human adult counterparts. Here, we describe a computational framework to address this limitation, and show how in silico methods, applied to measurements on immature cardiomyocytes, can be used to both identify drug action and to predict its effect in mature cells. Our synthetic and experimental results indicate that optically obtained waveforms of voltage and calcium from microphysiological systems can be inverted into information on drug ion channel blockage, and then, through assuming functional invariance of proteins during maturation, this data can be used to predict drug induced changes in mature ventricular cells. Read More
J Clin Lipidol 2018 Oct 24. Epub 2018 Oct 24.
Departments of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA. Electronic address:
Background: Autoantibodies against glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored high-density lipoprotein-binding protein 1 (GPIHBP1) cause chylomicronemia by blocking the ability of GPIHBP1 to bind lipoprotein lipase (LPL) and transport the enzyme to its site of action in the capillary lumen.
Objective: A patient with multiple sclerosis developed chylomicronemia during interferon (IFN) β1a therapy. The chylomicronemia resolved when the IFN β1a therapy was discontinued. Read More
J Evid Based Dent Pract 2018 Dec 13;18(4):290-297. Epub 2018 Feb 13.
Department of Periodontology, Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
Objective: This report proposes a framework to integrate evidence-based dentistry (EBD) in a systematic approach in the clinical management of a patient diagnosed with drug-induced gingival hyperplasia combined with generalized aggressive periodontitis.This report illustrates the case of a 37-year-old female who presented to the Department of Periodontology at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine with enlarged, tender, bleeding gums, and loose teeth combined with a history of uncontrolled hypertension treated with calcium channel blockers.
Methods: Incorporating the EBD process, a new 5-step framework is proposed: ask the clinical question, acquire and appraise the evidence, apply it in the clinical setting, and assess the subjective and objective outcomes. Read More
J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract 2018 Dec 1. Epub 2018 Dec 1.
Division of General Internal Medicine and Primary Care, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Electronic address:
Background: Hypersensitivity reactions (HSRs) are immunologic responses to drugs. Identification of HSRs documented in the electronic health record (EHR) is important for patient safety.
Objective: To examine HSR epidemiology using longitudinal EHR data from a large United States healthcare system. Read More
Br J Clin Pharmacol 2018 Dec 4. Epub 2018 Dec 4.
EA 7379 EpiDermE, Université Paris Est Créteil Val de Marne UPEC, Créteil, France.
Aims: Linear immunoglobin A (IgA) bullous dermatosis (LABD) is a rare autoimmune dermatosis considered spontaneous or drug-induced (DILAD). We assessed all DILAD cases, determined the imputability score of drugs, highlighted suspected drugs.
Methods: Data for patients with DILAD were collected retrospectively from the French Pharmacovigilance network (from 1985 to 2017) and from physicians involved in the Bullous Diseases French Study Group and the French Investigators for Skin Adverse Reactions to Drugs. Read More
JAAD Case Rep 2018 Nov 14;4(10):1077-1079. Epub 2018 Nov 14.
Ronald O. Perelman Department of Dermatology, NYU Langone Health, New York, New York.
Toxicol Res (Camb) 2018 Nov 13;7(6):1205-1213. Epub 2018 Aug 13.
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College , No. 9 , Dongdan Santiao , Dongcheng District , Beijing 100730 , China . Email:
The kidney is one of the major target organs for drug-induced toxicity. During drug development, the traditional markers of nephrotoxicity indicate only severe and late damage, which leads to high costs. The new biomarkers are needed for a more sensitive and reliable evaluation of nephrotoxicity, especially for the regulatory accepted and validated model. Read More
Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 2018 Dec 3. Epub 2018 Dec 3.
Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology, .
Clin Mol Hepatol 2018 Dec 4. Epub 2018 Dec 4.
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Changi General Hospital, Singapore.