2021
Pain Experience in Pancreatitis: Strong Association of Genetic Risk Loci for Anxiety and PTSD in Patients With Severe, Constant, and Constant-Severe Pain
Dunbar EK, Greer PJ, Amann ST, Alkaade S, Banks P, Brand R, Conwell DL, Forsmark CE, Gardner TB, Guda NM, Lewis MD, Machicado JD, Muniraj T, Papachristou GI, Romagnuolo J, Sandhu BS, Sherman S, Slivka A, Wilcox CM, Yadav D, Whitcomb DC, Consortium F. Pain Experience in Pancreatitis: Strong Association of Genetic Risk Loci for Anxiety and PTSD in Patients With Severe, Constant, and Constant-Severe Pain. The American Journal Of Gastroenterology 2021, 116: 2128-2136. PMID: 34236339, PMCID: PMC8531869, DOI: 10.14309/ajg.0000000000001366.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPost-traumatic stress disorderChronic pancreatitisSevere painPain experienceThird of patientsPain management strategiesIdentification of patientsAbsence of painInflammatory syndromePain patternsCP patientsPain categoriesPain locusStudy cohortAcute pancreatitisAdrenal axisCP subjectsPainGenetic predispositionPatientsPsychiatric conditionsGenetic risk lociPTSD riskPancreatitisStress disorder
2018
Recurrent Acute Pancreatitis Significantly Reduces Quality of Life Even in the Absence of Overt Chronic Pancreatitis
Coté GA, Yadav D, Abberbock JA, Whitcomb DC, Sherman S, Sandhu BS, Anderson MA, Lewis MD, Alkaade S, Singh VK, Baillie J, Banks PA, Conwell D, Guda NM, Muniraj T, Tang G, Brand R, Gelrud A, Amann ST, Forsmark CE, Wilcox C, Slivka A, Gardner TB. Recurrent Acute Pancreatitis Significantly Reduces Quality of Life Even in the Absence of Overt Chronic Pancreatitis. The American Journal Of Gastroenterology 2018, 113: 906-912. PMID: 29867178, PMCID: PMC6136830, DOI: 10.1038/s41395-018-0087-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMental component summary scoresRecurrent acute pancreatitisLower physical component summaryPhysical component summaryQuality of lifeChronic pancreatitisAcute pancreatitisLower mental component summary scoresMental QOLLower QOLShort Form-12Component summary scoresCross-sectional studyMultivariable regression modelsNon-disease controlsEndocrine insufficiencyComponent summaryIndependent predictorsForm-12CP subjectsPancreatitisSummary scoresObjectivesThe impactU.S. CentersQOL predictorsKnown genetic susceptibility factors for chronic pancreatitis in patients of European ancestry are rare in patients of African ancestry
Phillips AE, LaRusch J, Greer P, Abberbock J, Alkaade S, Amann ST, Anderson MA, Baillie J, Banks PA, Brand RE, Conwell D, Coté GA, Forsmark CE, Gardner TB, Gelrud A, Guda N, Lewis M, Money ME, Muniraj T, Sandhu BS, Sherman S, Singh VK, Slivka A, Tang G, Wilcox CM, Whitcomb DC, Yadav D. Known genetic susceptibility factors for chronic pancreatitis in patients of European ancestry are rare in patients of African ancestry. Pancreatology 2018, 18: 528-535. PMID: 29859674, PMCID: PMC8715541, DOI: 10.1016/j.pan.2018.05.482.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPathogenic genetic variantsRecurrent acute pancreatitisAA patientsAA subjectsGenetic variantsAfrican ancestryGenetic susceptibility factorsComplex risk factorsAfrican American subjectsNAPS2 studyAlcohol etiologyAcute pancreatitisChronic pancreatitisEA patientsCP subjectsRisk factorsAA casesPatientsPancreatitisSusceptibility factorsPrevalenceFurther studiesEA subjectsStructured questionnaireSPINK1