Project description:Hypersensitivity reactions are rare, but potentially severe adverse effects of sulfonamide antibiotics. Increased in vitro toxicity of lymphocytes, primarily CD8+ T cells, to sulfonamide drug metabolites as been proposed as a marker for sulfonamide hypersensitivity, but the mechanisms underlying this marker are unknown. Therefore, we used microarrays to compare RNA expression of CD8+ T cell-enriched peripheral blood mononuclear cells of human patients who have had a hypersensitivity (HS) reaction to sulfonamide antibiotics vs. patients who have been tolerant (TOL) to a course of sulfonamide antibiotics.
Project description:This research study will examine how often hypersensitivity, or allergic reactions, occur in patients receiving the chemotherapy medication oxaliplatin. Hypersensitivity reactions can vary from a transient skin rash and fever to more severe symptoms such as shortness of breath, chest tightness, and a more severe allergic reaction that can affect blood pressure called anaphylaxis. We will be examining how often hypersensitivity reactions occur and how severe the reactions are when they occur. We will also examine whether there are factors that place people at risk for developing hypersensitivity reactions to oxaliplatin. In an optional portion to this study, we will examine whether allergy skin testing can predict whether someone will develop a hypersensitivity reaction.
Participants who develop a moderate to severe allergic reaction to oxaliplatin will be invited to participate in an additional portion of the study examining a desensitization process. This part of the study will examine whether a desensitization process can prevent future hypersensitivity reactions to oxaliplatin in patients who previously developed moderate to severe hypersensitivity reactions and allow therapy with oxaliplatin to continue.
Project description:DNaseI sensitivity/hypersensitivity using DNase-array method (Sabo et al Nature Methods 3:511-18, 2006) on Affymetrix whole-genome tiling DNA microarrays. Background: Focal alteration in chromatin structure in vivo, detectable through hypersensitivity to DNaseI and other nucleases, is the sine qua non of diverse transcriptional regulatory elements including enhancers, promoters, insulators, and locus control regions. Keywords: genomic
Project description:DNaseI sensitivity/hypersensitivity using DNase-array method (Sabo et al Nature Methods 3:511-18, 2006) on Affymetrix whole-genome tiling DNA microarrays. Background: Focal alteration in chromatin structure in vivo, detectable through hypersensitivity to DNaseI and other nucleases, is the sine qua non of diverse transcriptional regulatory elements including enhancers, promoters, insulators, and locus control regions. Keywords: genomic
Project description:We generated genome-wide maps of DNaseI hypersensitivity in mouse erythroid cells by DNase-Seq. Examination of DNaseI hypersensitivity in mouse erythroid cells.
Project description:Potentiated sulfonamide antibiotics such as trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole (cotrimoxazole or TMP/SMX) remain the drugs of choice for treatment and prevention of Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia, toxoplasma encephalitis, and Isospora infections in HIV infection (aidsinfo.nih.gov). However, HIV-infected patients show a markedly increased risk of delayed hypersensitivity (HS) reactions to TMP/SMX (20-57% incidence) when compared to the general population (3% incidence). The typical manifestation is maculopapular rash with or without fever, and TMP/SMX is the most common cause of cutaneous drug reactions in HIV-infected patients TMP/SMX can also lead to thrombocytopenia, hepatotoxicity, and bullous skin eruptions in more severely affected patients. The risk of sulfonamide HS increases with progression to AIDS, with higher risk seen at lower CD4+ counts. This risk has been attributed, at least in part, to acquired alterations in SMX drug disposition in HIV infection. We hypothesized that HIV infection leads to impaired hepatic SMX detoxification or enhanced SMX bioactivation pathways, which may contribute to the increased incidence of sulfonamide HS. We addressed this question using liver tissue from SIVmac239-infected macaques, a well accepted model of HIV infection. The aim of this study was to evaluate differences in the hepatic expression and activity of SMX biotransformation pathways from drug naïve SIV-infected macaques compared to sex- and age-matched uninfected controls.
Project description:RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die.
PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of chloroquinoxaline sulfonamide in treating patients who have stage IV colorectal cancer.
Project description:DNaseI hypersensitivity using DNase-array method on Affy platform overall design Per DNase-array method (Sabo et al Nature Methods 3:511,2006) PMID: 15782197 Keywords: genomic