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RESULTS Among 23 participants with CF, improvements in frailty and lung function were independently associated with improved disability and some HRQL measures. For example, each 1-point improvement in SPPB or 200 mL improvement in FEV1 was associated with improved LT-VLA disability by 0.14 (95%CI 0.08-0.20) and 0.07 (95%CI 0.05-0.09) points and improved EQ5D by 0.05 (95%CI 0.03 to 0.07) and 0.02 (95%CI 0.01-0.03) points, respectively. CONCLUSION Improvement in frailty is a novel determinant of improved disability and HRQL in adults with CF undergoing LTx. © 2020 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.IUPred2A is a combined prediction tool designed to discover intrinsically disordered or conditionally disordered proteins and protein regions. Intrinsically disordered regions exist without a well-defined three-dimensional structure in isolation but carry out important biological functions. Over the years, various prediction methods have been developed to characterize disordered regions. The existence of disordered segments can also be dependent on different factors such as binding partners or environmental traits like pH or redox potential, and recognizing such regions represents additional computational challenges. In this article, we present detailed instructions on how to use IUPred2A, one of the most widely used tools for the prediction of disordered regions/proteins or conditionally disordered segments, and provide examples of how the predictions can be interpreted in different contexts. © 2020 The Authors. Basic Protocol 1 Analyzing disorder propensity with IUPred2A online Basic Protocol 2 Analyzing disordered binding regions using ANCHOR2 Support Protocol 1 Interpretation of the results Basic Protocol 3 Analyzing redox-sensitive disordered regions Support Protocol 2 Download options Support Protocol 3 REST API for programmatic purposes Basic Protocol 4 Using IUPred2A locally. © 2020 The Authors.PURPOSE To investigate planning time and number of optimizations in routine clinical lung cancer plans based on the plan quality improvements following each optimization. MATERIALS AND METHOD We selected 40 patients with lung cancer who were treated with conventional fractionated radiotherapy (CFRT). The 40 plans (divided into two groups with one or two target volumes) were completed by 9 planners using volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT). A planning strategy, including technique script for each group and a planning process for data collection, was introduced. The total planning time, number of optimizations, and dose-volume parameters of each plan were recorded and analyzed. A plan quality metric (PQM) was defined according to the clinical constraints. Statistical analysis of parameters of each plan following each optimization was performed for evaluating improvements in plan quality. RESULTS According to the clinical plans generated by different planners, the median number of optimizations of each group was 4, and the median planning time was approximately 1 h (68.6 min and 62.0 min for plans with one or two target volumes, respectively). The dose deposited in organs at risk (OARs) gradually decreased, and the PQM values gradually improved following each optimization. The improvements were significant only between adjacent optimizations from the first optimization (Opt1) to the third optimization (Opt3). CONCLUSION Increasing the number of optimizations was associated with significantly improved sparing of OARs with slight effects on the dose coverage and homogeneity of target volume. selleck kinase inhibitor Generally, based on the designed planning strategy, there was no significant improvement of the plan quality for more than three optimizations. © 2020 The Authors. Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of American Association of Physicists in Medicine.Lung hypoplasia is the main cause of congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH)-associated death but pathogenesis remains unclear. MiR-455-5p is involved in lung hypoplasia. We hypothesized that nitrofen causes abnormal miR-455-5p expression during lung development and designed this study to determine the relationship between miR-455-5p, stimulated by retinoic acid 6 (STRA6), and retinol in a nitrofen-induced CDH with lung hypoplasia rat model. Nitrofen or olive oil was administered to Sprague-Dawley rats by gavage on day 9.5 of gestation, and the rats were divided into a nitrofen group and a control group (n = 6). The left lung of fetuses was dissected on day 15.5. The expression of miR-455-5p or STRA6 messenger RNA (mRNA) was determined by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction. Average integrated optical density (IOD) of STRA6 protein was determined by immunofluorescence histochemistry. The average retinol level was detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (n = 6 lungs, respectively). Compared with the control group, the nitrofen group exhibited significantly increased miR-455-5p expression levels (29.450 ± 9.253 vs 5.955 ± 2.330; P = .00045) and significantly decreased STRA6 mRNA levels (0.197 ± 0.097 vs 0.588 ± 0.184; P = .0047). In addition, the average IOD of the STRA6 protein was significantly lower in the nitrofen group (805.643 ± 291.182 vs 1616.391 ± 572.308, P = .015), and the average retinol level was significantly reduced (4.013 ± 0.195 vs 5.317 ± 0.337 µg/L, P = .000). In summary, the overexpression of miR-455-5p affected retinol absorption by downregulating STRA6 in the nitrofen-induced CDH with lung hypoplasia rat model, and this downregulation may be one cause of CDH with lung hypoplasia. © 2020 The Authors. Pediatric Pulmonology published by Wiley Periodicals LLC.BACKGROUND The efficacy and safety of recombinant human soluble thrombomodulin (rhsTM) have not been definitely proven. The effects may depend on the presence of sepsis-associated coagulopathy (SAC). OBJECTIVES The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of rhsTM in patients with SAC defined by high international normalized ratio and low platelet count. PATIENTS/METHODS EMBASE, MEDLINE, CENTRAL and clinicaltrial.gov were searched for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) comparing rhsTM with placebo or no treatment in patients with sepsis. The efficacy outcome was 28-day mortality, and the safety outcome was major bleeding. RESULTS We included 3 RCTs with a total of 1,633 patients. 28-day mortality was higher in patients with SAC compared with those without SAC (risk ratio [RR] 1.32; 95% confidence intervals [CI], 1.06-1.64). rhsTM was associated with significantly lower 28-day mortality compared with placebo or no treatment in patients with SAC (RR 0.80; 95% CI, 0.