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BMC Cardiovasc Disord ; 24(1): 356, 2024 Jul 12.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38997620

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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors have beneficial effects in heart failure (HF), including reverse remodelling, but the mechanisms by which these benefits are conferred are unclear. Inflammation is implicated in the pathophysiology of heart failure (HF) and there are some pre-clinical data suggesting that SGLT2 inhibitors may reduce inflammation. There is however a lack of clinical data. The aim of our study was to investigate whether improvements in cardiac remodelling caused by dapagliflozin in individuals with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) were associated with its effects on inflammation. METHODS: We measured C-reactive protein (CRP), tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α), interleukin-1ß (IL-1ß), interleukin 6 (IL-6), and interleukin 10 (IL-10) and neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) in plasma samples of 60 patients with T2D and left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) but without symptomatic HF from the DAPA-LVH trial in which participants were randomised dapagliflozin 10 mg daily or placebo for 12 months and underwent cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) at baseline and end of treatment. The primary analysis was to investigate the effect of dapagliflozin on inflammation and to assess the relationships between changes in inflammatory markers and LV mass and global longitudinal strain (GLS) and whether the effect of dapagliflozin on LV mass and GLS was modulated by baseline levels of inflammation. RESULTS: Following 12 months of treatment dapagliflozin significantly reduced CRP compared to placebo (mean difference of -1.96; 95% CI -3.68 to -0.24, p = 0.026). There were no significant statistical changes in other inflammatory markers. There were modest correlations between improvements in GLS and reduced inflammation (NLR (r = 0.311), IL-1ß (r = 0.246), TNF-α (r = 0.230)) at 12 months. CONCLUSIONS: Dapagliflozin caused a significant reduction in CRP compared to placebo. There were correlations between reductions in inflammatory markers including IL-1ß and improvements in global longitudinal strain (but not reduced LV mass). Reductions in systemic inflammation might play a contributory role in the cardiovascular benefits of dapagliflozin. TRIAL REGISTRATION: Clinicaltrials.gov NCT02956811 (06/11/2016).


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Benzhydryl Compounds , Biomarkers , Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 , Glucosides , Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular , Inflammation Mediators , Sodium-Glucose Transporter 2 Inhibitors , Ventricular Function, Left , Ventricular Remodeling , Humans , Glucosides/therapeutic use , Benzhydryl Compounds/therapeutic use , Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular/physiopathology , Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular/drug therapy , Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular/diagnostic imaging , Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular/etiology , Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/drug therapy , Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/blood , Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/complications , Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/diagnosis , Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/physiopathology , Ventricular Remodeling/drug effects , Male , Female , Sodium-Glucose Transporter 2 Inhibitors/therapeutic use , Middle Aged , Ventricular Function, Left/drug effects , Treatment Outcome , Inflammation Mediators/blood , Biomarkers/blood , Aged , Time Factors , Inflammation/drug therapy , Inflammation/blood , Inflammation/physiopathology , Inflammation/diagnosis , Double-Blind Method , Anti-Inflammatory Agents/therapeutic use , Cytokines/blood
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Clin Ophthalmol ; 11: 39-46, 2017.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28053499

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PURPOSE: To describe the clinical findings and long-term outcome of patients with chronic central serous chorioretinopathy (cCSC). MATERIALS AND METHODS: This was a retrospective case series in 52 eyes of 36 patients with a follow-up period of at least 1 year. Extensive ophthalmic examination and a validated questionnaire concerning vision-related quality of life (National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire [NEI-VFQ]-39) were analyzed. RESULTS: Mean visual acuity showed a significant decline over time of 0.16 logarithm of minimum angle of resolution ([logMAR] range: -0.22 to 1.3; P=0.009) after a mean follow-up period of 10.6 years. Also, patients reported lower vision-related quality of life based on the NEI-VFQ-39 for almost all categories compared to healthy controls. Macular atrophy was diagnosed more often on optical coherence tomography compared to other diagnostic entities. Retinal pigment epithelium detachments in the macula were documented on optical coherence tomography in 56% of the patients. A significant thinning of foveal thickness was measured over time compared to unaffected fellow eyes (P=0.002). On long-term follow-up, 13 eyes (37%) showed an increase in number of hot spots on fluorescein angiography. CONCLUSION: This study indicates that cCSC is a progressive disease in many patients, causing a progressive decline in visual acuity, accompanied by lower reported vision-related quality of life. In deciding whether or not to treat, the progressive nature of cCSC should be taken into account in this relatively young and often still professionally active patient group.

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Phys Rev Lett ; 84(13): 2798-802, 2000 Mar 27.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11018945

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We present the first excitation function of pi(-) intensity interferometry at Alternating Gradient Synchrotron (AGS) energies (2-8 A GeV). The sensitivity of the multidimensional correlation functions to the geometry and dynamics of the pion-emitting system provides a stringent test of transport models of heavy ion collisions. Detailed comparisons with a realistic transport model, both with and without an explicit nuclear mean field, suggest that the beam energy evolution in the reaction dynamics is different in the model than in the data. A significantly increased pi(-) emission time scale, which has been suggested as a signal of the onset of the transition to quark-gluon plasma, is not observed.

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Phys Rev Lett ; 84(1): 43-6, 2000 Jan 03.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11015830

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For central collisions of (17-115)A MeV 40Ar+Cu, Ag, Au, an overall balance is determined for the average mass, energy, and longitudinal momentum. Light charged particles and fragments are separated into forward-focused and isotropic components in the frame of the heaviest fragment. Energy removal by the isotropic component reaches 1-2 GeV. For such high deposition energies, statistical multifragmentation models predict much more extensive nuclear disassembly than is observed.

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Phys Rev Lett ; 85(5): 940-3, 2000 Jul 31.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10991444

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We have measured the sideward flow of neutral strange ( K(0)(s)) mesons in 6A GeV Au+Au collisions. A prominent antiflow signal is observed for an impact parameter range ( b less, similar7 fm) which spans central and midcentral events. Since the K(0)(s) scattering cross section is relatively small in nuclear matter, this observation suggests that the in-medium kaon vector potential plays an important role in high density nuclear matter.

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