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The panorama and details of quantitative intratumor heterogeneity have not been fully investigated in colorectal cancer (CRC) patients with solitary lesion without distal metastasis, and its influences on sequencing interpretation and therapeutic strategies have not been explored.
Cancer tissues and matched blood from 70 sporadic CRC patients were collected and were divided into two cohorts. Four individual tissue biopsies were obtained from each of the 47 patients (multi-sample cohort). One random cancer tissue biopsy was obtained from each of the rest 23 patients (single-sample cohort). A 10 mL of blood was collected from all patients and the circulating cell-free DNA (cfDNA) was extracted. A 605-gene panel was used for targeted sequencing with tissue and paired blood.
Mutational landscape revealed significantly higher mutational frequency in
and
in multi-sample cohort than single-sample cohort (P<0.05). The number of mutations and the ratio of trunk, shared and branch mutations showed extensrevealed for solitary CRC without distal metastasis. Multi-regional biopsy was necessary for comprehensive mutation detection in CRC.
Characteristic extensive heterogeneity was revealed for solitary CRC without distal metastasis. Multi-regional biopsy was necessary for comprehensive mutation detection in CRC.
Neuropathic, chronic pain is a common and severe complication following thoracic surgery, known as post-thoracotomy pain syndrome (PTPS). Here we evaluated the efficacy of an ultrasound-guided serratus anterior plane block (SAPB) on pain control compared to traditional pain management with intravenous opioids and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) six months after thoracic surgery.
In this retrospective observational study, we analyzed data from a questionnaire survey. We interviewed all patients who underwent elective video-assisted thoracoscopy surgery (VATS) at Soroka University Medical Center between December 2016 and January 2018. The responses of ninety-one patients were included.
Participants reported PTPS in both groups, 43% of patients in the SAPB group and 57% of patients in the standard group, which failed to reach significance. However, we demonstrated that the percentage of pain occurrence trended lower in the SAPB group. There was significantly less burning/stitching or shootingally significant reduction of PTPS after SAPB concerning postoperative pain control, there was a trend of a decrease. We also found significance in the type of pain and location of pain after thoracic surgery between the two groups, as well as a significant difference between pain occurrence in types of thoracic surgeries from both groups.
Although the prognosis of papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC) is excellent, cervical lymph node metastasis (CLNM) is commonly observed in PTMC. This study aimed to investigate the incidence and risk factors for CLNM in PTMC.
Altogether, 687 patients with PTMC who initially underwent unilateral thyroidectomy with unilateral central lymph node dissection or bilateral thyroidectomy with bilateral central lymph node dissection between January 2014 and June 2018 at our hospital were included. The patients were divided into two groups PTMC with CLNM and PTMC with no CLNM. The clinicopathologic characteristics and ultrasound features were compared between the groups. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were used to identify the risk factors for CLNM.
CLNM was observed in 121/687 (17.6%) patients with PTMC. PTMC patients aged <55 years exhibited a greater incidence of CLNM (87.6% vs 12.4%) than those aged ≥55 years. PTMC patients with CLNM were more likely to have capsular extension (24.0% vs 15.4%) and extension to the adjacent structures (9.9% vs 4.2%). Patients with microcalcification on ultrasound images were more likely to have CLNM (66.1% vs 47.9%). Multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that microcalcification (odds ratio [OR] 2.066, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.361-3.135,
<0.001), age <55 years (OR 2.341, 95% CI 1.309-4.187,
=0.004), capsular invasion (OR 1.772, 95% CI 1.082-2.879,
=0.023), and invasion of the adjacent tissues (OR 2.872, 95% CI 1.355-4.187,
=0.004) were significant risk factors for CLNM.
Microcalcification, age <55 years, capsular invasion, and invasion of the adjacent tissues were significant risk factors for CLNM in PTMC.
Microcalcification, age less then 55 years, capsular invasion, and invasion of the adjacent tissues were significant risk factors for CLNM in PTMC.
To construct a prognostic model of breast cancer using ferroptosis-related lncRNAs and explore novel therapeutic targets.
A prognostic characteristic model based on differential expression of ferroptosis-related lncRNAs in breast cancer was established based on TCGA data.
Eleven ferroptosis-related lncRNAs associated with breast cancer prognosis were identified. Kaplan-Meier analysis suggested that high-risk lncRNA signatures correspond to a poor prognosis. The AUC of the signature lncRNAs was 0.682, demonstrating that it is accurate in predicting BC prognosis. GSEA showed that ferroptosis-related lncRNAs in high-risk individuals are mainly enriched in cell cycle, cell adhesion and tumor pathways. Immunity and gene expression analysis revealed that APC co-inhibition, check-point, HLA, inflammation-promoting and T cell co-stimulation among others were significantly different between the high-and low-risk group. Three immune checkpoints were highly expressed in the high-risk group.
Ferroptosis-related lncRNAs can be used as a prognostic feature to construct a prognostic model of breast cancer, based on which early detection markers, therapeutic targets and anti-tumor immune microenvironment can be studied, and clinical treatment can also be instructive.
Ferroptosis-related lncRNAs can be used as a prognostic feature to construct a prognostic model of breast cancer, based on which early detection markers, therapeutic targets and anti-tumor immune microenvironment can be studied, and clinical treatment can also be instructive.
Systemic immune-inflammation index (SII) is a new systemic inflammatory prognostic indicator associated with outcomes in patients with different tumors. Studies have shown an association between SII and many chronic/acute inflammatory diseases. This study aimed at exploring whether SII can be used as an effective parameter for predicting the severity of acute pancreatitis (AP).
A total of 101 acute pancreatitis patients were enrolled in this study (mild acute pancreatitis (MAP) n = 73 and severe acute pancreatitis (SAP) n = 28). Patient demographics and SII were analyzed using the chi-square test, Student's
-test, and Mann-Whitney
-test. A receiver operating characteristic curve was generated to test the potential of using neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet to lymphocyte ratio (PLR), and SII to predict AP's severity. Logistic regression analysis was performed to determine major risk factors.
Patients with SII value ≥2207.53 had a higher probability of having SAP (sensitivity = 92.9%, specificity = 87.7%, and AUC = 0.920), and SII was a significantly better predictive value than PLR and NLR. Logistic regression analysis results showed SII could differentiate MAP from SAP as a major risk factor.
This study has shown that SII is a potential indicator for predicting the severity of acute pancreatitis. The findings suggested that SII is more sensitive and specific than NLR and PLR in predicting the severity of acute pancreatitis.
This study has shown that SII is a potential indicator for predicting the severity of acute pancreatitis. The findings suggested that SII is more sensitive and specific than NLR and PLR in predicting the severity of acute pancreatitis.
The aim of this study is to compare the respiratory neonatal outcomes utilizing antenatal dexamethasone sodium phosphate (DSP) versus a mixture of betamethasone dipropionate and betamethasone sodium phosphate (B-DP/SP) for preterm births.
All neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) admissions for prematurity were retrospectively identified at our center in the period between September 2016 and September 2018. Pregnant women expected to give preterm birth and received steroid injections whether it is DSP or B-DP/SP were included in the study. Maternal and obstetrical data along with the corresponding respiratory neonatal outcomes were extracted and analyzed. The population was categorized according to the gestational age into extremely preterm (less than 28 weeks), very preterm (28 up to 32 weeks) and moderate or late preterm (32 up to 37 weeks) in which the repository outcomes were compared in each sub-group.
A total of 650 premature neonates were included in the analysis. Epigenetics inhibitor B-DP/SP illustrated a significant ates, while DSP groups exhibit a favorable result in the development of chronic lung disease in extreme and very preterm cohorts. Such findings emphasize the need of further clinical trials, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and cost effectiveness studies to evaluate the durability of these findings.
We aimed to enrich the pharmacogenomic information of a Blang population (BP) from Yunnan Province in China.
We genotyped 55 very important pharmacogene (VIP) variants from the PharmGKB database and compared their genotype distribution (GD) in a BP with that of 26 populations by the
test. The minor allele frequency (MAF) distribution of seven significantly different single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) was conducted to compare the difference between the BP and 26 other populations.
Compared with the GD of 55 loci in the BP, among 26 studied populations, GWD, YRI, GIH, ESN, MSL, TSI, PJL, ACB, FIN and IBS were the top-10 populations, which showed a significantly different GD >35 loci. CHB, JPT, CDX, CHS, and KHV populations had a significantly different GD <20 loci. A GD difference of 27-34 loci was found between the BP and 11 populations (LWK, CEU, ITU, STU, PUR, CLM, GBR, ASW, BEB, MXL and PEL). The GD of five loci (rs750155 (
), rs4291 (
), rs1051298 (
), rs1131596 (
) and rs1051296 (
)) were the most significantly different in the BP as compared with that of the other 26 populations. The genotype frequency of rs1800764 (
) and rs1065852 (
) was different in all populations except for PEL and LWK, respectively. MAFs of rs1065852 (
) and rs750155 (
) showed the largest fluctuation between the BP and SAS, EUR, AFR and AMR populations.
Our data can provide theoretical guidance for safe and efficacious personalized drug use in the Blang population.
Our data can provide theoretical guidance for safe and efficacious personalized drug use in the Blang population.
Ixekizumab is a monoclonal antibody targeting IL-17A and licensed for psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and axial spondyloarthritis. Review objectives were to summarize 1) ixekizumab safety in people with PsA, 2) ixekizumab efficacy from Phase III randomized controlled trials, and 3) ixekizumab study participant PsA phenotypes.
We conducted a search in PubMed limited to phase III randomized controlled trials (RCT) and corresponding long-term extension studies where the intervention was treatment with ixekizumab in a population with PsA.
We identified 17 publications and 13 met inclusion criteria. Injection site reactions (ISR) and allergic reactions occurred in up to 25.3% and 6.2% with ixekizumab and 4.5% and 1.85, respectively, with placebo. ISR occurred in 9.5-10.6% at 24 and 52 weeks with ixekizumab versus 3.2-3.5% with adalimumab (p < 0.01) in biologic-naïve PsA. Serious adverse events at 24 weeks occurred in 8.5% with adalimumab versus 3.5% with ixekizumab (p = 0.02), and at 52 weeks in 12.45 with adalimumab and 4.
