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Sensors (Basel) ; 20(3)2020 Feb 06.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32041097

ABSTRACT

Mobile health monitoring via non-invasive wearable sensors is poised to advance telehealth for older adults and other vulnerable populations. Extreme heat and other environmental conditions raise serious health challenges that warrant monitoring of real-time physiological data as people go about their normal activities. Mobile systems could be beneficial for many communities, including elite athletes, military special forces, and at-home geriatric monitoring. While some commercial monitors exist, they are bulky, require reconfiguration, and do not fit seamlessly as a simple wearable device. We designed, prototyped and tested an integrated sensor platform that records heart rate, oxygen saturation, physical activity levels, skin temperature, and galvanic skin response. The device uses a small microcontroller to integrate the measurements and store data directly on the device for up to 48+ h. continuously. The device was compared to clinical standards for calibration and performance benchmarking. We found that our system compared favorably with clinical measures, such as fingertip pulse oximetry and infrared thermometry, with high accuracy and correlation. Our novel platform would facilitate an individualized approach to care, particularly those whose access to healthcare facilities is limited. The platform also can be used as a research tool to study physiological responses to a variety of environmental conditions, such as extreme heat, and can be customized to incorporate new sensors to explore other lines of inquiry.


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Exercise/physiology , Hot Temperature , Monitoring, Physiologic/instrumentation , Wearable Electronic Devices , Accelerometry , Adult , Electric Conductivity , Female , Galvanic Skin Response , Heart Rate , Humans , Linear Models , Male , Middle Aged , Oximetry , Oxygen/blood , Photoplethysmography , Skin Temperature , Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared , Support Vector Machine , Young Adult
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Sci Rep ; 12(1): 14791, 2022 08 30.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36042376

ABSTRACT

Environmental RNAi has been developed as a tool for reverse genetics studies and is an emerging pest control strategy. The ability of environmental RNAi to efficiently down-regulate the expression of endogenous gene targets assumes efficient uptake of dsRNA and its processing. In addition, its efficiency can be augmented by the systemic spread of RNAi signals. Environmental RNAi is now a well-established tool for the manipulation of gene expression in the chelicerate acari, including the two-spotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae. Here, we focused on eight single and ubiquitously-expressed genes encoding proteins with essential cellular functions. Application of dsRNAs that specifically target these genes led to whole mite body phenotypes-dark or spotless. These phenotypes were associated with a significant reduction of target gene expression, ranging from 20 to 50%, when assessed at the whole mite level. Histological analysis of mites treated with orally-delivered dsRNAs was used to investigate the spatial range of the effectiveness of environmental RNAi. Although macroscopic changes led to two groups of body phenotypes, silencing of target genes was associated with the distinct cellular phenotypes. We show that regardless of the target gene tested, cells that displayed histological changes were those that are in direct contact with the dsRNA-containing gut lumen, suggesting that the greatest efficiency of the orally-delivered dsRNAs is localized to gut tissues in T. urticae.


Subject(s)
Tetranychidae , Animals , Pest Control , RNA Interference , RNA, Double-Stranded/genetics , Tetranychidae/genetics
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Anticancer Res ; 41(7): 3261-3270, 2021 Jul.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34230120

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND/AIM: Chronic inflammation generates large quantities of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species that damage DNA. DNA repair is important for cellular viability and genome integrity. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Expression levels of the DNA repair proteins OGG1, XPA, MLH1, PARP1, and XRCC6, which function in base excision repair, nucleotide excision repair, mismatch repair, single-strand break repair and double-strand break repair, respectively, were assessed using immunohistochemistry in ulcerative colitis and sporadic colorectal cancer biopsies. Levels of oxidative/ nitrosative stress biomarkers were also assessed. RESULTS: Ulcerative colitis and colorectal cancer lesions expressed significantly higher levels of all DNA repair proteins and oxidative/ nitrosative stress biomarkers compared to normal colonic mucosa. Ulcerative colitis had the highest XPA and XRCC6 expression. CONCLUSION: Oxidative/nitrosative stress is prevalent in the colon of both diseases. Nucleotide excision repair and non-homologous end-joining double-strand break repair may be compromised in colorectal cancer, but not in ulcerative colitis.


Subject(s)
Colitis, Ulcerative/genetics , Colorectal Neoplasms/genetics , DNA Repair/genetics , DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics , DNA/genetics , Nitrosative Stress/genetics , Oxidative Stress/genetics , Biomarkers, Tumor/genetics , Colitis, Ulcerative/pathology , Colon/pathology , Colorectal Neoplasms/pathology , DNA Damage/genetics , Humans , Intestinal Mucosa/pathology , Oxidation-Reduction
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