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Aims We aimed to explore diagnostic efficiencies of long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) adjacent to PGC combining with sPGC and anti-Helicobacter pylori IgG in identifying GC (gastric cancer) and precancerous disease. Patients & methods A total of 265 patients with different gastric diseases were collected. ELISA was to detect sPGC and anti-H. pylori IgG. WNK463 ic50 LncRNAs was determined by qRT-PCR. Results The area under receiver operating characteristic curve of lncRNAs in discriminating GC+AG (atrophic gastritis) and superficial gastritis (SG) were 79.0, 68.1 and 75.9%. The diagnostic performance of lncRNAs with sPGC had increasing trends in distinguishing GC from non-GC, SG from GC+AG comparing with lncRNAs, with no statistic difference. Diagnosis efficacies of lncRNAs with anti-H. pylori IgG improved dramatically. Conclusions Serum lncRNAs could distinguish GC, AG and SG. Diagnosis efficiencies of lncRNAs with sPGC and anti-H. pylori-IgG could be improved.VRK1 encodes a serine/protein kinase possibly involved in pathways related to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) pathogenesis. Pathogenic variants in VRK1 have been related to different phenotypes. We describe the clinical phenotype of two unrelated Portuguese patients with different VRK1 variants. Both patients presented a bilateral distal weakness in lower limbs beginning in childhood slowly progressing to upper limbs, associated with pyramidal signs, without bulbar, respiratory or cognitive involvement, according to probable ALS. Imaging and nerve conduction studies were unremarkable in both patients. Genetic testing in patient 1 identified two VRK1 variants in heterozygosity c.265C > T, p.(Arg89*) and c.769G > A, p.(Gly257Ser), classified as pathogenic and variant of uncertain significance, respectively. In patient 2, two probably pathogenic variants in VRK1 were identified in heterozygosity c.71014T > C in intron 8 and c.721C > T, p.(Arg241Cys) in exon 9. We report two unrelated patients with different variants in VRK1 displaying a similar childhood-onset motor neuron disease/ALS, further expanding the phenotypic spectrum associated to VRK1 variants.Anti-proliferative and apoptotic activities of different concentrations (10-50 μg/ml) of total lipid of the freshwater fish, Labeo rohita against human prostate cancer cells (PC3) were assessed using cells viability analysis by MTT assay, intracellular ROS generation and nuclear condensation. The cell cycle analysis for DNA content was performed by flow cytometry. The fish lipid was found to be effective which changed the characteristic morphology of PC3cells and also decreased their cells number. The fish lipid significantly induced the cell cycle arrest and level of ROS which caused apoptosis in PC3cells. The anti-proliferative and apoptotic roles of the fish lipid against the cells of prostate cancer may be helpful for the prevention and development of anticancer drug.PURPOSE To measure implementation outcomes of a freely available workplace health promotion program (Healthier Workplace Western Australia [HWWA]) that provides employees with services and supports to make changes in their workplaces. SETTING Western Australian workplaces. SUBJECTS Employees accessing HWWA services. INTERVENTION A range of services (training sessions, tailored advice, grant schemes, online resources) were offered relating to nutrition, physical activity, smoking, alcohol consumption, and mental health. DESIGN/MEASURES Of the 1627 individuals e-mailed 6 months after participation in HWWA, 345 (21%) individuals who recalled accessing one or more services completed a survey assessing the number and type of changes they had implemented and the perceived barriers to doing so. ANALYSIS Negative binomial regressions and one-way analysis of variances assessed whether respondent characteristics or number of services used was associated with the number and types of changes made. A qualitative analysis of the perceived barriers was also conducted. RESULTS The majority of respondents (86%) reported implementing one or more changes. Greater perceived responsibility/authority to make change (β = .56, P less then .01), perceived support from coworkers (β = .23, P less then .05), and number of HWWA services used (β = .04, P less then .05) were positive predictors of the number of changes made. Frequently reported barriers included cost/budget restrictions, lack of management support, and resistance from staff. CONCLUSION The HWWA program facilitated implementation of various healthy workplace initiatives across the organizations represented in the evaluation.Two or more different live attenuated infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) vaccine types are often given to broilers to induce homologous protection as well as broaden protection against other IBV types in the field. However, the ability of broilers to respond to three or four different antigenic types of IBV vaccine has not been examined experimentally. In this study, we vaccinated one-day old broiler chicks by eyedrop with three or four different IBV vaccine types simultaneously. The presence and relative amount of each vaccine was examined in all of the birds by IBV type specific real time RT-PCR at 5 days post-vaccination and each vaccine was detected in all of the birds given that vaccine. The birds were challenged at 28-days of age and protection was measured by clinical signs, virus detection and by ciliostasis. Birds vaccinated with 3 different IBV types (Ark, Mass and GA98) were protected against challenge with each of those IBV types and were partially protected against challenge with the GA08 virus. Birds vaccinated with 4 different IBV types (Ark, Mass, GA98 and GA08) were protected against challenge with each of those IBV types with the exception of Mass challenged birds which clearly had 3/11 birds not protected based on individual ciliostasis scores, but had an average ciliostasis score of >50% which is considered protected. The results are important for the control of IBV because they indicate that simultaneous vaccination with up to 4 different IBV vaccine types can provide adequate protection against challenge for each type.