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| L D CarboneSummaryAffiliation: University of Tennessee Country: USA Publications
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Characterisation of the immune response to type I collagen in sclerodermaKenneth J Warrington
Department of Medicine, Division of Connective Tissue Diseases, 956 Court Avenue, Room G326, Memphis, TN 38163, USA
Arthritis Res Ther 8:R136. 2006..In conclusion, circulating memory CD4 T cells that proliferate to CI are present in a subset of patients with SSc, but are infrequent in healthy or disease controls...- Pamidronate infusion in patients with systemic sclerosis results in changes in blood mononuclear cell cytokine profilesL D Carbone
Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Divisions of Connective Tissue Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee, Memphis, TN 38163, USA
Clin Exp Immunol 146:371-80. 2006..gammadelta T cells from patients with SSc were activated in vitro and produced increased IFN-gamma. The effects of pamidronate on modulation of cytokine profiles in patients with SSc may merit future study... - Effects of a low sodium diet on bone metabolismLaura D Carbone
Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, 956 Court Avenue, Room G326 Coleman Building, Memphis, TN, 38163, USA
J Bone Miner Metab 23:506-13. 2005..97) or 1,25 dihydroxyvitamin D (P = 0.49) with the low sodium diet. These findings suggest that in postmenopausal women with sodium intakes > or =3.4 g/day, a low sodium diet may have benefits for skeletal health... - Training requirements for DXA technologists in the United StatesLaura D Carbone
Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Memphis, TN 38163, USA
J Clin Densitom 8:251-60. 2005..Additionally, in those states with requirements, DXA operators were often unaware of these requirements. Uniform national training requirements for central DXA operators to ensure adequate DXA scan quality are urgently needed... - The relationship of antiresorptive drug use to structural findings and symptoms of knee osteoarthritisLaura D Carbone
University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, 956 Court Avenue, Rm E336 Coleman Building, Memphis, TN 38163, USA
Arthritis Rheum 50:3516-25. 2004.... - 25-Hydroxyvitamin D, cholesterol, and ultraviolet irradiationLaura D Carbone
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Memphis, TN 38104, USA
Metabolism 57:741-8. 2008..Overall, though, twice weekly exposure to UV radiation resulting in an increase in serum 25(OH)D had no significant impact on lipoprotein composition... - Association between bone mineral density and the use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and aspirin: impact of cyclooxygenase selectivityLaura D Carbone
Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Memphis, Tennessee 38163, USA
J Bone Miner Res 18:1795-802. 2003..Significantly higher BMD was found in users of relative COX-2 selective NSAIDs with aspirin (COX-2/ASA) compared with nonusers. This suggests a role for COX-2/ASA in osteoporosis... - Loop diuretic use and fracture in postmenopausal women: findings from the Women's Health InitiativeLaura D Carbone
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Memphis, TN, USA
Arch Intern Med 169:132-40. 2009..The relationship of loop diuretics to bone mineral density (BMD), falls, and fractures in postmenopausal women has not been established... - Hip fractures and heart failure: findings from the Cardiovascular Health StudyLaura Carbone
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Memphis, TN, USA
Eur Heart J 31:77-84. 2010..The aim of the study was to find the epidemiology of hip fractures in heart failure. The increasing survival rate for patients with heart failure places them at risk for other diseases of ageing, including osteoporosis... - The relationship of sodium intake to calcium and sodium excretion and bone mineral density of the hip in postmenopausal African-American and Caucasian womenLaura D Carbone
Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, 956 Court Ave, Coleman Bldg, Room E336, Memphis, TN 38163, USA
J Bone Miner Metab 21:415-20. 2003..However, sodium excretion in the range of 53.75-283.33 mmole/g/total volume (mmole/g/TV) is not a significant predictor of total hip BMD in elderly African-American and Caucasian postmenopausal women... - Bone mineral density and turnover in non-corticosteroid treated African American children with juvenile rheumatoid arthritisAndrew J Head
Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology; Children's Foundation Research Center at LeBonheur Children's Medical Center; University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Memphis, Tennessee 38163, USA
J Rheumatol 33:1001-3. 2006..0) in African American children with JRA who had not previously been treated with corticosteroids. Further studies are needed on the effects of JRA on skeletal health in African American children... - Preliminary findings: 25(OH)D levels and PTH are indicators of rapid bone accrual in pubertal childrenFrances A Tylavsky
University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
J Am Coll Nutr 26:462-70. 2007..The objective of this study was to evaluate the role of serum levels of 25(OH)D and PTH on the accumulation of whole body bone mass in a cohort of children... - Effects of ethnicity and gender on reliable measurements using the Sahara ultrasonometerFrances A Tylavsky
Department of Preventative Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis 38105, USA
J Clin Densitom 5:411-9. 2002..29 [3.78, 7.41]), and being male (3.1 [2.8, 4.1]). Our study provides evidence that US results from the Sahara should be interpreted with caution in males, in individuals with African American ancestry, and in individuals with a high BMI... - Antiepileptic drug use, falls, fractures, and BMD in postmenopausal women: findings from the women's health initiative (WHI)Laura D Carbone
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Memphis, TN, USA
J Bone Miner Res 25:873-81. 2010..09-1.69, respectively). We conclude that in clinical practice, postmenopausal women who use AEDs should be considered at increased risk for fracture, and attention to fall prevention may be particularly important in these women... - Hypovitaminosis D in African Americans residing in Memphis, Tennessee with and without heart failureShadwan Alsafwah
Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Am J Med Sci 335:292-7. 2008..Factors contributing to heart failure (HF) in African Americans (AA) are under investigation. Reduced 25(OH)D confers increased cardiovascular risk, including HF... - Macro- and micronutrients in African-Americans with heart failureSyamal K Bhattacharya
Department of Surgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, USA
Heart Fail Rev 11:45-55. 2006..These findings call into question the need for nutriceutical treatment of heart failure and which is complementary to today's pharmaceuticals, especially in AA... - QCT versus DXA in 320 survivors of childhood cancer: association of BMD with fracture historySue C Kaste
Department of Radiological Sciences, St Jude Children s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee 38105 2794, USA
Pediatr Blood Cancer 47:936-43. 2006..To assess agreement on diagnosis of diminished bone mineral density (BMD) and correlation between BMD values obtained by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) and quantitative computed tomography (QCT) in childhood cancer survivors... - Secondary hyperparathyroidism and hypovitaminosis D in African-Americans with decompensated heart failureStephen P Laguardia
Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee 38163, USA
Am J Med Sci 332:112-8. 2006.... - Micronutrients in African-Americans with decompensated and compensated heart failureMaximiliano Arroyo
Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tenn 38163, USA
Transl Res 148:301-8. 2006..Serum Se was reduced in all patients with >or=4 weeks, 60% with short-term CHF, and 90% of compensated patients. Concomitant to hypovitaminosis D, hypozincemia, and hyposelenemia, SHPT is a covariant of CHF in housebound AAs... - Oxidative stress in aldosteronismYao Sun
Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, 920 Madison Ave, Suite 300, Memphis, 38163, USA
Cardiovasc Res 71:300-9. 2006..An emerging body of evidence suggests the nutritional management of CHF offers an approach that will be complementary to today's pharmaceutical-based strategies... - Vitamin D and calcium dyshomoeostasis-associated heart failureKarl T Weber
Heart 94:540-1. 2008 - Dosage effects of orally administered bovine type I collagen on immune function in patients with systemic sclerosisLaura D Carbone
Arthritis Rheum 50:2713-5. 2004 - Lack of efficacy of the combination of pamidronate and vitamin D on regression of prostate cancer in the Dunning rat modelPaula Herring
J Environ Pathol Toxicol Oncol 22:vii-viii. 2003
Research Grants
- SODIUM EFFECTS ON BONE METABOLISMLaura Carbone; Fiscal Year: 2002..This study proposes to examine the effects of sodium load and then a sodium restriction diet of calciotropic hormones and biochemical markers of bone metabolism in African American and Caucasian women. ..