Featured Publications
Rest-activity rhythms, daytime symptoms, and functional performance among people with heart failure
Jeon S, Conley S, Redeker NS. Rest-activity rhythms, daytime symptoms, and functional performance among people with heart failure. Chronobiology International 2020, 37: 1223-1234. PMID: 32588662, PMCID: PMC7529895, DOI: 10.1080/07420528.2020.1779280.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRest-activity rhythmStable heart failureHeart failureDaytime symptomsCircadian quotientPoorer New York Heart Association classNew York Heart Association classHF disease management programFunctional performanceBetter NYHA classChronic heart failureMinute walk testDisease management programsLess sleep fragmentationHF independentUnattended polysomnographyNYHA classGreater comorbidityAssociation classWalk testIntra-daily variabilityFunctional outcomePhysical functionPoor functionSleep fragmentation
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Epigenetic age acceleration, fatigue, and inflammation in patients undergoing radiation therapy for head and neck cancer: A longitudinal study
Xiao C, Beitler JJ, Peng G, Levine ME, Conneely KN, Zhao H, Felger JC, Wommack EC, Chico CE, Jeon S, Higgins KA, Shin DM, Saba NF, Burtness BA, Bruner DW, Miller AH. Epigenetic age acceleration, fatigue, and inflammation in patients undergoing radiation therapy for head and neck cancer: A longitudinal study. Cancer 2021, 127: 3361-3371. PMID: 34027995, DOI: 10.1002/cncr.33641.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsC-reactive proteinIL-6 levelsEpigenetic age accelerationNeck cancerInterleukin-6Inflammatory markersHigher epigenetic age accelerationLower C-reactive proteinAge accelerationHigher C-reactive proteinMultidimensional Fatigue Inventory-20Poor functional outcomeBlood DNA methylationMonths postradiotherapyAdvanced diseaseConcurrent chemoradiationMost patientsDistant metastasisFunctional outcomeSevere fatigueTreatment completionRadiation therapyPatientsGreater fatigueInflammation