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However, only 47% (n=40) described their care team's teamwork as excellent. Approximately one-quarter (24%) described care rendered by their child's oncologist as less-than-excellent. Among parents who reported psychosocial clinician involvement (71%, n=60), only 43% described this care as excellent. Individually, excellent care from each clinician type (oncologist, psychosocial clinician, primary nurse) was associated with excellent TDC (all p≤0.001, no correction for multiple comparisons). Conclusion Among parents of children with advanced cancer, more than one-third report less-than-excellent TDC. Additionally, less than half report excellent teamwork, and ratings of care rendered by individual clinicians are highly variable. Findings suggest interventions are needed to enhance interprofessional teamwork in the care of children with advanced cancer.Past work has demonstrated that the reward positivity (RewP) indexes a feedback-monitoring system sensitive to positive outcomes. Research on the RewP has frequently used simple guessing tasks. In the doors task, participants receive either feedback denoting monetary gain or loss on each trial after choosing one of two doors to "open." Typically, these tasks present visual stimuli on a computer monitor. The current study developed and validated a version of the doors task utilizing auditory stimuli to indicate gains and losses. Thirty-eight young adults completed both a standard visual doors task and a novel auditory doors task. Results indicated that the audio RewP was more positive and peaked earlier than the visual RewP. Additionally, the audio RewP both moderately correlated with and demonstrated similar internal consistency as the visual RewP. These results suggest that the auditory doors task elicits the same feedback-monitoring processes as the visual doors task.Multiple genetic risk factors have been associated with psychiatric disorders which provides the genetic insight to these disorders; however, the etiology of these disorders is still elusive. 15q13.3 was previously associated with schizophrenia, bipolar and other neurodevelopmental disorders. Whereas, the FAN1 which encodes the Fanconi anemia associated nuclease 1 was suggested to be causal gene for 15q13.3 related psychiatric disorders. This study aimed to investigate the association of FAN1 with three major psychiatric disorders. Herein, we conducted a case-control study with the Chinese Han population. Three single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of FAN1 were genotyped in 1248 schizophrenia cases, 1344 bipolar disorder cases, 1056 major depressive disorder cases and 1248 normal controls. We found that SNPs rs7171212 was associated with bipolar (pallele = 0.023, pgenotype = 0.022, OR = 0.658) and schizophrenia (pallele = 0.021, pgenotype = 0.019, OR = 0.645). Whereas, rs4779796 was associated with schizophrenia (pgenotype = 0.001, adjusted pgenotype = 0.003, OR = 1.089). In addition, rs7171212 (adjusted pallele = 0.018, adjusted pgenotype = 0.018, OR = 0.652) and rs4779796 (adjusted pgenotype = 0.024, OR = 1.12) showed significantly associated with combined cases of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Further, meta-analysis was performed with the case-control data and dataset extracted from previously reported genome-wide association study to validate the promising SNPs. Our results provide the new evidence that FAN1 may be a common susceptibility gene for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder in Han Chinese. These novel findings need further validation with larger sample size and functional characterization to understand the underlying pathogenic mechanism behind FAN1 in the prevalence of schizophrenia and bipolar disorders.The majority of single nucleotide variants (SNVs) identified in Genome Wide Association Studies (GWAS) fall within non-protein coding DNA and have the potential to alter gene expression. Non-protein coding DNA can control gene expression by acting as transcription factor (TF) binding sites or by regulating the organization of DNA into chromatin. SNVs in non-coding DNA sequences can disrupt TF binding and chromatin structure and this can result in pathology. Further, environmental health studies have shown that exposure to xenobiotics can disrupt the ability of TFs to regulate entire gene networks and result in pathology. However, there is a large amount of interindividual variability in exposure-linked health outcomes. One explanation for this heterogeneity is that genetic variation and exposure combine to disrupt gene regulation, and this eventually manifests in disease. Many resources exist that annotate common variants from GWAS and combine them with conservation, functional genomics, and TF binding data. These annotation tools provide clues regarding the biological implications of an SNV, as well as lead to the generation of hypotheses regarding potentially disrupted target genes, epigenetic markers, pathways, and cell types. Collectively this information can be used to predict how SNVs can alter an individual's response to exposure and disease risk. A basic understanding of the regulatory information contained within non-protein coding DNA is needed to predict the biological consequences of SNVs, and to determine how these SNVs impact exposure-related disease. We hope that this review will aid in the characterization of disease-associated genetic variation in the non-protein coding genome.Background Astrocytes are the main cellular constituent in the central nervous system. Astrocyte cultures from rodent brains are most commonly used in the experimental practice. However, important differences between rodent and human astrocytes exist. The aim of this study was to develop an improved protocol for routine preparation of primary astrocyte culture from adult human brain, obtained after trauma. New method Tissue obtained during neurotrauma operation was mechanically decomposed and centrifuged. The cell sediment was resuspended in cell culture medium, plated in T25 tissue flasks and incubated for one month at 37 °C in 5% CO2. The medium was replaced twice weekly and microglia were removed. Once confluent, the purity of cultures was assessed. Panobinostat supplier The culture was characterised immunocytochemically for specific astrocytic markers (GFAP, GLAST and S100B). Cell morphology was examined through the actin cytoskeleton labelling with fluorescent phalloidin. Results Under basal conditions, adult astrocytes exhibited astrocyte-specific morphology and expressed specific markers. Approximately 95% of cells were positive for the main glial markers (GFAP, GLAST, S100B). Comparison with existing method We established an easy and cost-effective method for a highly enriched primary astrocyte culture from adult human brain. Conclusion The isolation technique provides sufficient quantities of isolated cells. The culture obtained in this study exhibits the biochemical and physiological properties of astrocytes. It may be useful for elucidating the mechanisms related to the adult brain, exploring changes between neonatal and adult astrocytes, novel therapeutic targets, cell therapy experiments, as well as investigating compounds involved in cytotoxicity and cytoprotection.Background Hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine, often in combination with a second-generation macrolide, are being widely used for treatment of COVID-19, despite no conclusive evidence of their benefit. Although generally safe when used for approved indications such as autoimmune disease or malaria, the safety and benefit of these treatment regimens are poorly evaluated in COVID-19. Methods We did a multinational registry analysis of the use of hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine with or without a macrolide for treatment of COVID-19. The registry comprised data from 671 hospitals in six continents. We included patients hospitalised between Dec 20, 2019, and April 14, 2020, with a positive laboratory finding for SARS-CoV-2. Patients who received one of the treatments of interest within 48 h of diagnosis were included in one of four treatment groups (chloroquine alone, chloroquine with a macrolide, hydroxychloroquine alone, or hydroxychloroquine with a macrolide), and patients who received none of these treatments e drug regimens was associated with decreased in-hospital survival and an increased frequency of ventricular arrhythmias when used for treatment of COVID-19. Funding William Harvey Distinguished Chair in Advanced Cardiovascular Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital.Background A vaccine to protect against COVID-19 is urgently needed. We aimed to assess the safety, tolerability, and immunogenicity of a recombinant adenovirus type-5 (Ad5) vectored COVID-19 vaccine expressing the spike glycoprotein of a severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) strain. Methods We did a dose-escalation, single-centre, open-label, non-randomised, phase 1 trial of an Ad5 vectored COVID-19 vaccine in Wuhan, China. Healthy adults aged between 18 and 60 years were sequentially enrolled and allocated to one of three dose groups (5 × 1010, 1 × 1011, and 1·5 × 1011 viral particles) to receive an intramuscular injection of vaccine. The primary outcome was adverse events in the 7 days post-vaccination. Safety was assessed over 28 days post-vaccination. Specific antibodies were measured with ELISA, and the neutralising antibody responses induced by vaccination were detected with SARS-CoV-2 virus neutralisation and pseudovirus neutralisation tests. T-cell responses were assessed by eny. No serious adverse event was noted within 28 days post-vaccination. ELISA antibodies and neutralising antibodies increased significantly at day 14, and peaked 28 days post-vaccination. Specific T-cell response peaked at day 14 post-vaccination. Interpretation The Ad5 vectored COVID-19 vaccine is tolerable and immunogenic at 28 days post-vaccination. Humoral responses against SARS-CoV-2 peaked at day 28 post-vaccination in healthy adults, and rapid specific T-cell responses were noted from day 14 post-vaccination. Our findings suggest that the Ad5 vectored COVID-19 vaccine warrants further investigation. Funding National Key R&D Program of China, National Science and Technology Major Project, and CanSino Biologics.Cancer is one of the most severe disease burdens in modern times, with an estimated increase in the number of patients diagnosed globally from 18.1 million in 2018 to 23.6 million in 2030. Despite a significant progress achieved by conventional therapies, they have limitations and are still far from ideal. Therefore, safe, effective and widely-applicable treatments are urgently needed. Over the past decades, the development of novel delivery approaches based on membrane-core (MC) nanostructures for transporting chemotherapeutics, nucleic acids and immunomodulators has significantly improved anticancer efficacy and reduced side effects. In this review, the formulation strategies based on MC nanostructures for delivery of anticancer drug are described, and recent advances in the application of MC nanoformulations to overcome the delivery hurdles for clinical translation are discussed.Behavioral responses to sucrose provide an index of positive hedonic response in newborns. In 118 infants, the current study used repeated assessments to explore behavioral responses to sucrose solutions (24%/50% sucrose) compared to water across the first six months of infancy. Lip smacking and bringing fingers to mouth are more likely to occur in response to 24% sucrose relative to water. Tongue protrusions are also more likely to occur for 50% sucrose relative to water. Behavioral responses to sucrose may provide an index of positive hedonic response and could be used to investigate individual differences in the first six months of infancy.