CXCR2: a target for pancreatic cancer treatment?

KM Hertzer, GW Donald, OJ Hines - Expert opinion on therapeutic …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Pancreatic cancer, a leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide, is very aggressive
and has minimally effective treatment options. For those who have no surgical options, …

Impact of tumor grade on pancreatic cancer prognosis: validation of a novel TNMG staging system

…, JS Ankeny, BE Kadera, GW Donald… - Annals of surgical …, 2013 - Springer
Background Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) patients demonstrate highly variable
survival within each stage of the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) staging …

[HTML][HTML] Preoperative frailty assessment predicts loss of independence after vascular surgery

GW Donald, AA Ghaffarian, F Isaac, LW Kraiss… - Journal of vascular …, 2018 - Elsevier
Objective Frailty, a clinical syndrome associated with loss of metabolic reserves, is prevalent
among patients who present to vascular surgery clinics for evaluation. The Clinical Frailty …

Perioperative antibiotics for surgical site infection in pancreaticoduodenectomy: does the SCIP-approved regimen provide adequate coverage?

GW Donald, D Sunjaya, X Lu, F Chen, B Clerkin, G Eibl… - Surgery, 2013 - Elsevier
Introduction The Joint Commission Surgical Care Improvement Project (SCIP) includes
performance measures aimed at reducing surgical site infections (SSI). One measure defines …

Predicting response to oxygen therapy in obstructive sleep apnoea patients using a 10-minute daytime test

D Wang, KK Wong, L Rowsell, GW Don… - European …, 2018 - Eur Respiratory Soc
There is no satisfactory treatment for obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA). Supplemental low-flow
oxygen therapy (LFO 2 ) has been shown to reduce hypoxaemia and is well tolerated by …

miR-143 decreases COX-2 mRNA stability and expression in pancreatic cancer cells

H Pham, CE Rodriguez, GW Donald, KM Hertzer… - Biochemical and …, 2013 - Elsevier
Small non-coding RNAs, microRNAs (miRNA), inhibit the translation or accelerate the
degradation of message RNA (mRNA) by targeting the 3′-untranslated region (3′-UTR) in …

Site and mechanics of spontaneous, sleep-associated obstructive apnea in infants

GW Don, T Kirjavainen, C Broome… - Journal of Applied …, 2000 - journals.physiology.org
To examine the mechanics of infantile obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), airway pressures
were measured using a triple-lumen catheter in 19 infants (age 1–36 wk), with concurrent …

Locally advanced pancreatic cancer: association between prolonged preoperative treatment and lymph-node negativity and overall survival

…, DW Dawson, MM Rochefort, GW Donald… - JAMA …, 2014 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Treatment of patients with locally advanced/borderline resectable (LA/BR)
pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is not standardized. Objective To (1) perform a …

Ironic case of hepatic dysfunction following the global withdrawal of sitaxentan

GW Don, F Joseph, DS Celermajer… - Internal Medicine …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
A patient with pulmonary arterial hypertension secondary to systemic sclerosis was
successfully treated with sitaxentan prior to its worldwide withdrawal (because of hepatotoxicity …

Brilliant colors provocatively mixed: Overtone structures in the music of Debussy

GW Don - Music Theory Spectrum, 2001 - academic.oup.com
Ben Johnston credits Debussy with the creation of a harmonic language that “approximates
as well as can be in equal temperament a movement from overtone series to overtone series…