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Members of the genus Sphaeromyxa Thélohan, 1892 have been reported from a wide variety of fish species worldwide. In the present study, specimens of rusty blenny, Parablennius sanguinolentus, collected from Sinop on the Turkish Black Sea coast were investigated for myxosporean parasites by using both conventional and molecular methods. Sphaeromyxa sevastopoli Naidenova 1970 was the only myxosporean parasite found in the gall bladder of host fishes. The morphology peculiarities of obtained S. sevastopoli spores are in good agreement with those of original description and the morphometric data overlapped in spore length and width but differed in polar capsule length and width; however, they were within the ranges previously reported from 18 host fish species. Moreover, in the present study, molecular analysis of the 18S rDNA gene of S. Calcium Channel antagonist sevastopoli isolate in our P. sanguinolentus as well as isolates from shore rockling Gaidropsarus mediterraneus and knout goby Mesogobius batrachocephalus which were previously morphologically identified and reported by Okkay and Özer (Acta Zool Bulg 72(1)123-130, 2020) was done for the first time and our three S. sevastopoli genotypes were allocated to the "balbianii" group which is characterized by straight or slightly curved and fusiform or ovoid spores with ovoid polar capsules.Purpose Several clinical guidelines recommend genetic screening of DPYD, including coverage of the variants c.1905 + 1G>A(DPYD*2A), c.1679T>G(DPYD*13), c.2846A>T, and c.1129-5923C>G, before initiating treatment with fluoropyrimidines. However, this screening is often inadequate at predicting the occurrence of severe fluoropyrimidine-induced toxicity in patients. Methods Using a complementary approach combining whole DPYD exome sequencing and in silico and structural analysis, as well as phenotyping of DPD by measuring uracilemia (U), dihydrouracilemia (UH2), and the UH2/U ratio in plasma, we were able to characterize and interpret DPYD variants in 28 patients with severe fluoropyrimidine-induced toxicity after negative screening. Results Twenty-five out of 28 patients (90%) had at least 1 variant in the DPYD coding sequence, and 42% of the variants (6/14) were classified as potentially deleterious by at least 2 of the following algorithms SIFT, Poly-Phen-2, and DPYD varifier. We identified two very rare deleterious mutations, namely, c.2087G>A (p.R696H) and c.2324T>G (p.L775W). We were able to demonstrate partial DPD deficiency, as measured by the UH2/U ratio in a patient carrying the variant p.L775W for the first time. Conclusion Whole exon sequencing of DPYD in patients with suspicion of partial DPD deficiency can help to identify rare or new variants that lead to enzyme inactivation. Combining different techniques can yield abundant information without increasing workload and cost burden, thus making it a useful approach for implementation in patient care.Fully porous silica microspheres (FPSM) with high specific surface area and hierarchical pore as matrix for HPLC were prepared. First, the porous silica nanospheres with controllable particle size and pore diameter were successfully synthesized using a dual-templating approach, the pore size of nanospheres can be increased to 18.4 nm by changing the molar ratios of octyltrimethylammonium bromide (TOMAB) and cetyltrimethyl ammonium bromide (CTAB), which is suitable for separation and analysis of biomolecules without pore enlargement. Then, the micron FPSM with hierarchical pore were synthesized by polymerization-induced colloid aggregation (PICA) using the porous nanospheres as a silicon source, which has a large mesoporous structure (35.2 nm) and high specific surface area (560 m2 g-1). Subsequently, the FPSM modified with octadecyltrichlorosilane were studied as stationary phase for separation of cytochrome C, lysozyme, ribonuclease A, and ovalbumin, bovine serum albumin, and the baseline separation of five ous silica microspheres prepared by using the traditional PICA method.Head turning while walking may challenge stability by altering visual and vestibular information. Whether there are age-related changes that affect gait stability while head turning during walking remains unknown. The aim of the current study was to compare gait stability between younger and older adults immediately following a head turn while walking. Ten younger [mean (SD)] [23.4 (3.3) years] and ten older [68.8 (6.0) years] healthy adults walked on a treadmill at their preferred gait velocity and performed head turns by responding to a visual cue. The margin of stability (MoS) in the mediolateral (MoSML), anterior (MoSA) and posterior (MoSP) directions, foot placement (mean step length and width) and rotation of the head, trunk and pelvis were calculated for the four steps immediately following a cue to head turn and compared to walking only. Older adults increased their MoSML and younger adults increased their MoSP immediately following a head turn. However, older adults had a significantly greater MoSP than younger adults during this time. Older adults also had greater pelvic rotation velocity and a trend towards smaller head-on-trunk rotation compared to younger adults. Age does not compromise the stability of healthy older compared to younger adults immediately following or when completing a head turn. However, older adults may use a different motor strategy to perform a head turn to limit isolated movement of the head and the effects of a changing sensory frame of reference.Genetic and functional analyses of the inflammasome suggest a role for this multiprotein complex in the biological mechanisms leading to the onset and progression of multiple sclerosis (MS). Nucleotide-binding, leucine-rich repeat (NLR) receptors trigger the activation and assembly of specific inflammasomes in response to danger signals. Mining exome sequencing data from 326 MS patients identified 17 rare missense or nonsense variants in NLR family pyrin domain containing 1 (NLRP1), NLRP3, NLRP6, NLRP7 and NLR family CARD domain containing 4 (NLRC4). Genotyping these variants in 2503 MS cases and 1076 healthy controls did not result in statistically significant differences between groups, and segregation analysis within MS families was largely unsupportive of co-segregation of these variants with disease. However, the identification of MS patients harboring rare homozygote variants in NLRP1 (p.Ile601Phe and p.Ser1387Ile), a variant in NLRP3 (p.Leu832Ile) resulting in the substitution of a critical amino acid for the formation of its leucine-rich repeat domain, and several MS patients with NLRC4 variants (p.