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Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) rupture is a common, debilitating condition that leads to early-onset osteoarthritis and reduced quality of human life. ACL rupture is a complex disease with both genetic and environmental risk factors. Characterizing the genetic basis of ACL rupture would provide the ability to identify individuals that have high genetic risk and allow the opportunity for preventative management. Spontaneous ACL rupture is also common in dogs and shows a similar clinical presentation and progression. Thus, the dog has emerged as an excellent genomic model for human ACL rupture. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) in the dog have identified a number of candidate genetic variants, but research in genomic prediction has been limited. In this analysis, we explore several Bayesian and machine learning models for genomic prediction of ACL rupture in the Labrador Retriever dog. Our work demonstrates the feasibility of predicting ACL rupture from SNPs in the Labrador Retriever model with and without consideration of non-genetic risk factors. Genomic prediction including non-genetic risk factors approached clinical relevance using multiple linear Bayesian and non-linear models. This analysis represents the first steps towards development of a predictive algorithm for ACL rupture in the Labrador Retriever model. Future work may extend this algorithm to other high-risk breeds of dog. The ability to accurately predict individual dogs at high risk for ACL rupture would identify candidates for clinical trials that would benefit both veterinary and human medicine.Older melanoma patients (>50 years old) have poorer prognoses and response rates to targeted therapy compared to young patients ( less then 50 years old), which can be driven, in part, by the aged microenvironment. Here, we show that aged dermal fibroblasts increase the secretion of neutral lipids, especially ceramides. When melanoma cells are exposed to the aged fibroblast lipid secretome, or co-cultured with aged fibroblasts, they increase the uptake of lipids, via the fatty acid transporter, fatty acid transport protein (FATP) 2, which is upregulated in melanoma cells in the aged microenvironment and known to play roles in lipid synthesis and accumulation. We show that blocking FATP2 in melanoma cells in an aged microenvironment inhibits their accumulation of lipids, and disrupts their mitochondrial metabolism. Inhibiting FATP2 overcomes age-related resistance to BRAF/MEK inhibition in animal models, ablates tumor relapse, and significantly extends survival time in older animals.CD8 T cells are considered important contributors to the immune response against Mycobacterium tuberculosis, yet limited information is currently known regarding their specific immune signature and phenotype. In this study, we applied a cell population transcriptomics strategy to define immune signatures of human latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in memory CD8 T cells. We found a 41-gene signature that discriminates between memory CD8 T cells from healthy LTBI subjects and uninfected controls. The gene signature was dominated by genes associated with mucosal-associated invariant T cells (MAITs) and reflected the lower frequency of MAITs observed in individuals with LTBI. There was no evidence for a conventional CD8 T cell-specific signature between the two cohorts. We, therefore, investigated MAITs in more detail based on Vα7.2 and CD161 expression and staining with an MHC-related protein 1 (MR1) tetramer. This revealed two distinct populations of CD8+Vα7.2+CD161+ MAITs MR1 tetramer+ and MR1 tetramer-, which both had distinct gene expression compared with memory CD8 T cells. Transcriptomic analysis of LTBI versus noninfected individuals did not reveal significant differences for MR1 tetramer+ MAITs. However, gene expression of MR1 tetramer- MAITs showed large interindividual diversity and a tuberculosis-specific signature. This was further strengthened by a more diverse TCR-α and -β repertoire of MR1 tetramer- cells as compared with MR1 tetramer+ Thus, circulating memory CD8 T cells in subjects with latent tuberculosis have a reduced number of conventional MR1 tetramer+ MAITs as well as a difference in phenotype in the rare population of MR1 tetramer- MAITs compared with uninfected controls.Background A high proportion of patients with relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) convert to secondary progressive multiple sclerosis (SPMS) characterized by irreversibly progressing disability and cognitive decline. Siponimod (Mayzent®), a selective sphingosine-1-phosphate receptor modulator, has been recently approved by the EMA for the treatment of adult SPMS patients with active disease, as evidenced by relapses or magnetic resonance imaging features of ongoing inflammatory activity. Approval by the FDA covers a broader range of indications, comprising clinically isolated syndrome, RRMS, and active SPMS. However, treatment effects of siponimod have not been assessed in a structured setting in clinical routine so far. Objective The objectives of AMASIA (ImpAct of Mayzent® (siponimod) on secondAry progressive multiple Sclerosis patients in a long-term non-Interventional study in GermAny), a prospective non-interventional study (NIS), are to assess long-term effectiveness and safety of siponimod inity of life as well as socioeconomic aspects will be documented by the MSDS3D system. Results AMASIA is being conducted between February 2020 and February 2025 in up to 250 neurological centers in Germany. Conclusions AMASIA will complement the pivotal phase-III-derived efficacy and safety profile of siponimod by real-world data and will further evaluate several individual treatment aspects such as quality of life and socioeconomic conditions of patients and care givers. It might help to establish siponimod as promising option for the treatment of SPMS patients in clinical routine.Background Dual-process theories propose that the brain uses two types of thinking to influence behaviour; automatic processing and reflective processing. Automatic processing is fast, immediate, non-conscious, and unintentional whereas reflective processing focuses on logical reasoning; it is slow, step-by-step, and intentional. Most digital psychological health interventions tend to solely target the reflective system even though the automatic processing pathway can have strong influences on behaviour. Laboratory-based research has highlighted that automatic processing tasks can create behaviour change; however, there are substantial gaps in the field on the design, implementation and delivery of automatic processing tasks in real-world settings. It is important to identify and summarise the existing literature in this area to inform the translation of laboratory-based research to real-world settings. Objective This scoping review aimed to explore the effectiveness of automatic training tasks, types of traievalent type of automatic processing task, and the majority of tasks were most commonly delivered online via a personal computer. Of the 14 studies included in the review, eight studies demonstrated significant changes to automatic processes and four demonstrated a significant behavioural change as a result of changed automatic processes. Conclusions This is the first review to synthesise the evidence on automatic processing tasks in real-world settings targeting adults. This review has highlighted promising, albeit limited research demonstrating that automatic processing tasks may be utilised effectively in a real-world setting to influence behaviour change.The current pandemic of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has highlighted the importance of rapid control of the transmission of infectious diseases. This is particularly important for COVID-19, where many individuals are asymptomatic or have only mild symptoms but can still spread the disease. Current systems for controlling transmission rely on patients to report their symptoms to medical professionals and be able to recall and trace all their contacts from the previous few days. This is unrealistic in the modern world. However, existing smartphone-based GPS and social media technology may provide a suitable alternative. We, therefore, developed a mini-program within the app WeChat. This analyzes data from all users and traces close contacts of all patients. This permits early tracing and quarantine of potential sources of infection. Data from the mini-program can also be merged with other data to predict epidemic trends, calculate individual and population risks, and provide recommendations for individual and population protection action. It may also improve our understanding of how the disease spreads. However, there are a number of unresolved questions about the use of smartphone data for health surveillance, including how to protect individual privacy and provide safeguards against data breaches.Background College students represent the huge section of teenagers in Ethiopia, and a growing number of them practice unsafe sex and hence face unwanted sexual health outcomes. Despite this, little has been explored about the college students' knowledge, attitude, and practice toward risky sexual behaviors (RSBs) in the study area. see more Therefore, this study aimed to assess the knowledge, attitude, and the practice of Jimma teacher training college students toward RSBs, Jimma town, southwest Ethiopia, in 2018. Methods An institution-based quantitative cross-sectional study was conducted. Data were collected through a pretested, structured, and self-administered questionnaire. A total of 395 respondents were selected using a simple random sampling technique. The collected data were checked manually for completeness and consistency, entered into Epi-data, version 3.1, data entry software, and exported to SPSS, version 20, statistical software for analysis. Descriptive statistics were used to summarize the outcome aye Y, Agenagnew L. Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices of Jimma Teacher Training College Students Toward Risky Sexual Behaviors, Jimma, Ethiopia. link2 Sex Med 2020;XXXXX-XXX.After decades of platinum-based chemotherapy for advanced small-cell lung cancer, there has finally been a therapeutic advance. The combination of a platinum chemotherapy, etoposide, and an immune checkpoint inhibitor has yielded overall survival benefits in two successive phase 3 trials. Unfortunately, these trials only included fit patients, namely those with an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status of 0-1. In the real-world setting, roughly a third of patients with advanced small-cell lung cancer has a performance status of 2, and an additional 15% have a performance status of 3 or 4, meaning that approximately half of all patients are excluded from chemoimmunotherapy trials. Poor performance status is a known negative prognostic factor, with a dismal prognosis among patients with disease that does not respond to the first cycle of chemotherapy.We review current data on immunotherapy in advanced small-cell lung cancer and discuss how we integrate the new therapeutic options into daily practice.Background & aims Pathologic data of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) was limited and the association between NAFLD and chronic hepatitis B remained unclear in Taiwan. link3 This study aimed to determine the pathological manifestations of NAFLD and the impact of concurrent hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in a medical center. Methods Retrospective review of 104 consecutive random liver biopsies with the histologic diagnosis of NAFLD or cryptogenic cirrhosis from 2009 to 2018 was conducted. Clinical, biochemical and histological data were compared among various stages of NAFLD and between those with or without concurrent HBV infection. Results Advanced fibrosis was documented in 39.42% of Taiwanese patients with NAFLD according to METAVIR scoring system and was associated with aging (odds ratio, 1.06; 95% CI, 1.03-1.10), hypertension (odds ratio, 2.97; 95% CI, 1.31-6.74), diabetes mellitus (odds ratio, 4.36; 95% CI, 1.78-10.70) and concurrent HBV infection (odds ratio, 3.55; 95% CI, 1.46-8.58) by multivariate analyses.