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Digital smile design (DSD) is useful in planning multidisciplinary esthetic treatments. However, DSD requires clinician training and skill to ensure its effective use. The Digital smile design application (DSDapp) was recently developed, to facilitate such planning. The objective of this study was to illustrate the use of the DSDapp for esthetic planning in a clinical case that included periodontal plastic surgery and ceramic laminate veneers.
An intraoral digital scan was performed, and a photograph was obtained using an iPad (frontal facial full smile). The images were analyzed using the DSDapp. All reference lines were inserted, and dental shapes predetermined by the app were superimposed on the photographs. A digital diagnostic wax-up was performed considering the plan created in the DSDapp. After 3D printing the wax-up, a mock-up transferred the planning to the oral cavity. Following this, the patient was referred to a periodontist for the periodontal plastic surgery. After the healing period, the teeth were prepared for computer-aided design/computer-aided modeling lithium disilicate ceramic laminate veneers.
DSDapp use accelerated the initial planning steps. Smile planning can be performed during the clinical session with the patient's active participation. In addition, the DSDapp facilitated better communication within the multidisciplinary team.
The DSDapp relies more on intuition than on skill and training to execute the treatment plan. The DSDapp provides immediate feedback to the patient, offering greater predictability and helps monitor the planning through all the clinical stages.
The DSDapp relies more on intuition than on skill and training to execute the treatment plan. The DSDapp provides immediate feedback to the patient, offering greater predictability and helps monitor the planning through all the clinical stages.
The healing process of tendons after surgical treatment of tendon ruptures mainly depends on the perfusion of the tendon and its surrounding tissue. Dynamic contrast-enhanced ultrasound (DCE-US) and dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI (DCE-MRI) can provide additional information about the local microperfusion. In this pilot study, the feasibility of these techniques to assess the vascularization during tendon regeneration was evaluated.
Between 2013 and 2015, 23 patients with surgical treatment of traumatic rupture of quadriceps, patellar, and Achilles tendons were involved. All patients received clinical follow-up examinations at 6, 12, and at least 52 weeks postoperatively. Dynamic contrast-enhanced US and DCE-MRI examinations were performed 6 and 12 weeks postoperatively. Dynamic contrast-enhanced US perfusion was quantified by the parameters peak enhancement, wash-in area under the curve, rise time, and initial area under the curve. Correlations between these parameters were examined via the Spearman rank c evaluating the vascularization in tendon regeneration as a complementary method.
Sepsis is one of the main contributors to in-hospital deaths. This study aimed to evaluate the clinical roles of long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) nuclear-enriched abundant transcript 1 (NEAT1) and microRNA (miR)-125a in sepsis.
LncRNA NEAT1 and miR-125a in plasma samples from 102 sepsis patients and 100 healthy controls (HCs) were detected by reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction. In sepsis patients, general disease severity was assessed by acute physiology and chronic health evaluation (APACHE) II score and sequential organ failure assessment (SOFA) score. Meanwhile, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) occurrence and mortality during 28days were recorded.
LncRNA NEAT1 was increased, but miR-125a was decreased in sepsis patients compared to HCs, and in ARDS sepsis patients compared to non-ARDS sepsis patients. The receiver's operative characteristic (ROC) curves revealed that higher lncRNA NEAT1 or lower miR-125a had certain predictive value for ARDS risk. Further multivariate logistic regression revealed miR-125a but not lncRNA NEAT1 was correlated with ARDS risk independently in sepsis patients. Additionally, lncRNA NEAT1 was positively, but miR-125a was negatively correlated with APACHE II score and SOFA score in sepsis patients. Moreover, higher lncRNA NEAT1 and lower miR-125a were observed in 28-day deaths compared to 28-day survivors and were correlated with increased accumulating mortality in sepsis patients.
LncRNA NEAT1 high expression and miR-125a low expression correlate with increased ARDS risk, enhanced disease severity, higher 28-day mortality, and negatively associate with each other in sepsis patients.
LncRNA NEAT1 high expression and miR-125a low expression correlate with increased ARDS risk, enhanced disease severity, higher 28-day mortality, and negatively associate with each other in sepsis patients.Despite decades of research on ADP-ribosyltransferases (ARTs) from the poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) family, one key aspect of these enzymes - their substrate specificity - has remained unclear. Here, we briefly discuss the history of this area and, more extensively, the recent breakthroughs, including the identification of protein serine residues as a major substrate of PARP1 and PARP2 in human cells and of cysteine and tyrosine as potential targets of specific PARPs. On the molecular level, the modification of serine residues requires a composite active site formed by PARP1 or PARP2 together with a specificity-determining factor, HPF1; this represents a new paradigm not only for PARPs but generally for post-translational modification (PTM) catalysis. Additionally, we discuss the identification of DNA as a substrate of PARP1, PARP2 and PARP3, and some bacterial ARTs and the discovery of noncanonical RNA capping by several PARP family members. Together, these recent findings shed new light on PARP-mediated catalysis and caution to 'expect the unexpected' when it comes to further potential substrates.Subcutaneous transplantation of mesenchymal stromal cells (MSC) emerged as an alternative to intravenous administration because it avoids the pulmonary embolism and prolongs post-transplantation lifetime. The goal of this study was to investigate the mechanisms by which these cells could affect remote organs. To this aim, murine bone marrow-derived MSC were subcutaneously transplanted in different anatomical regions and the survival and behaviour have been followed. The results showed that upon subcutaneous transplantation in mice, MSC formed multicellular aggregates and did not migrate significantly from the site of injection. https://www.selleckchem.com/products/alkbh5-inhibitor-1-compound-3.html Our data suggest an important role of hypoxia-inducible signalling pathways in stimulating local angiogenesis and the ensuing modulation of the kinetics of circulating cytokines with putative protective effects at distant sites. These data expand the current understanding of cell behaviour after subcutaneous transplantation and contribute to the development of a non-invasive cell-based therapy for distant organ protection.
