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OHT recipients with a BMI > = 35 have worse survival than those with a BMI < 35. Diabetes is a risk factor for mortality. We evaluated the impact of diabetes on mortality rates after OHT in patients with a BMI > 35.

Patients > 18 years who underwent OHT 2008-2017 with a BMI > = 35 were identified in the UNOS database. Recipient and donor characteristics were compared. A Kaplan Meier analysis was performed. A multivariable Cox proportional hazards model examined the relationship between diabetes and survival. The equivalence of survival outcomes was examined by an unadjusted Cox proportional hazards model and the two one-sided test procedure, using a pre-specified equivalence region.

Patients with diabetes were older, had a higher creatinine, lower bilirubin, fewer months on the waitlist, and the donor was less likely to be on inotropes. Kaplan-Meier analysis showed no difference in patient survival. Recipient factors associated with an increased risk of death were increasing bilirubin and machine ventilation. Increasing ischemic time resulted in an increased hazard of death. Long-term survival outcomes were equivalent.

In OHT recipients with a BMI >35, there is no statistical difference in longterm survival in recipients with or without diabetes. These results encourage continued consideration for OHT in patients BMI >35 with coexisting diabetes. Linsitinib This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

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Portal hypertension (PH) is a major driver for cirrhosis complications. Portal pressure is estimated in practice by the HVPG. The assessment of HVPG changes has been used for drug development in PH. This study aimed at quantifying the test-retest reliability and consistency of HVPG in the specific context of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) for the treatment of PH in cirrhosis and its impact on power calculations for trial design.

We conducted a search of published RCTs in patients with cirrhosis reporting individual patient-level data of HVPG at baseline and after an intervention, which included a placebo or an untreated control arm. Baseline and follow-up HVPGs in the control groups were extracted after digitizing the plots. We assessed reliability and consistency and the potential impact of study characteristics. We retrieved a total of 289 before and after HVPG measurements in the placebo/untreated groups from 20 RCTs. The time span between the two HVPG measurements ranged between 20minutes and 730 taken into account when performing power analysis for trials based on the effects on HVPG or when considering HVPG as a tool to guide therapy of PH.

Despite the significant adverse clinical consequences of RBC alloimmunization, our understanding of the signals that induce immune responses to transfused RBCs remains incomplete. Though RBC storage has been shown to enhance alloimmunization in the hen egg lysozyme, ovalbumin, and human Duffy (HOD) RBC alloantigen mouse model, the molecular signals leading to immune activation in this system remain unclear. Given that the nonclassical major histocompatibility complex (MHC) Class I molecule CD1D can bind to multiple different lysophospholipids and direct immune activation, we hypothesized that storage of RBCs increases lysophospholipids known to bind CD1D, and further that recipient CD1D recognition of these altered lipids mediates storage-induced alloimmunization responses.

We used a mass spectrometry-based approach to analyze the changes in lysophospholipids that are induced during storage of mouse RBCs. CD1D knockout (CD1D-KO) and wild-type (WT) control mice were transfused with stored HOD RBCs to measure the impact of CD1D deficiency on RBC alloimmunization.

RBC storage results in alterations in multiple lysophospholipid species known to bind to CD1D and activate the immune system. Prior to transfusion, CD1D-deficient mice had lower baseline levels of polyclonal immunoglobulin (IgG) relative to WT mice. In response to stored RBC transfusion, CD1D-deficient mice generated similar levels of anti-HOD IgM and anti-HOD IgG.

Although storage of RBCs leads to alteration of several lysophospholipids known to be capable of binding CD1D, storage-induced RBC alloimmunization responses are not impacted by recipient CD1D deficiency.

Although storage of RBCs leads to alteration of several lysophospholipids known to be capable of binding CD1D, storage-induced RBC alloimmunization responses are not impacted by recipient CD1D deficiency.

Letermovir (LTV) might be an alternative treatment to nephrotoxic foscarnet (FOS) in Ganciclovir (GCV) resistant cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection. However, its efficacy in controlling active CMV viremia is unclear, as it is only approved for CMV prophylaxis in hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation.

This case series describes 14 kidney transplant recipients (KTR) with moderate-level GCV resistant CMV infection, treated by different step-down strategies after initial FOS therapy 1)Observation without antiviral follow-up or switch to valganciclovir (VGCV) (pre-LTV era) 2) Switch to LTV±VGCV (LTV era).

One patient died under FOS. Thirteen patients were followed under step-down regimens. All but two patients had ongoing CMV viremia when stopping FOS. In pre-LTV era, 5/9 (56%) experienced a CMV breakthrough > 10'000 IU/ml calling for another course of FOS, as compared to 1/4 (25%) in the LTV era. Addition of VGCV to LTV at low-level viral breakthrough, addressing a possible developing resistance against LTV, prevented viral surge in 2 patients. In the pre-LTV era, CMV-related death or graft loss occurred in 3 of 9 (33%), compared to no death or graft loss in the LTV era.

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This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.Whereas there is a wealth of research studying the nature of various soft tissues that attach to bone, comparatively little research focuses on the bone's microscopic properties in the area where these tissues attach. Using scanning electron microscopy to generate a dataset of 1600 images of soft tissue attachment sites, an image classification program with novel convolutional neural network architecture can categorize images of attachment areas by soft tissue type based on observed patterns in microstructure morphology. Using stained histological thin section and liquid crystal cross-polarized microscopy, it is determined that soft tissue type can be quantitatively determined from the microstructure. The primary diagnostic characters are the orientation of collagen fibers and heterogeneity of collagen density throughout the attachment area thickness. These determinations are made across broad taxonomic sampling and multiple skeletal elements.Since the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak, the nosocomial infection rate worldwide has been reported high. It is urgent to figure out an affordable way to monitor and alarm nosocomial infection. Carbon dioxide (CO2 ) concentration can reflect the ventilation performance and crowdedness, so CO2 sensors were placed in Beijing Tsinghua Changgung Hospital's fever clinic and emergency department where the nosocomial infection risk was high. Patients' medical records were extracted to figure out their timelines and whereabouts. Based on these, site-specific CO2 concentration thresholds were calculated by the dilution equation and sites' risk ratios were determined to evaluate ventilation performance. CO2 concentration successfully revealed that the expiratory tracer was poorly diluted in the mechanically ventilated inner spaces, compared to naturally ventilated outer spaces, among all of the monitoring sites that COVID-19 patients visited. Sufficient ventilation, personal protection, and disinfection measures led to no nosocomial infection in this hospital. The actual outdoor airflow rate per person (Qc ) during the COVID-19 patients' presence was estimated for reference using equilibrium analysis. During the stay of single COVID-19 patient wearing a mask, the minimum Qc value was 15-18 L/(s·person). When the patient was given throat swab sampling, the minimum Qc value was 21 L/(s·person). The Qc value reached 36-42 L/(s·person) thanks to window-inducted natural ventilation, when two COVID-19 patients wearing masks shared the same space with other patients or healthcare workers. The CO2 concentration monitoring system proved to be effective in assessing nosocomial infection risk by reflecting real-time dilution of patients' exhalation.

Voltage-gated calcium (Ca

1) channels contribute to T-lymphocyte activation. Ca

1.2 and Ca

1.3 channels are expressed in Th2 cells but their respective roles are unknown, which is investigated herein.

We generated mice deleted for Ca

1.2 in T cells or Ca

1.3 and analyzed TCR-driven signaling. In this line, we developed original fast calcium imaging to measure early elementary calcium events (ECE). We also tested the impact of Ca

1.2 or Ca

1.3 deletion in models of type 2 airway inflammation. Finally, we checked whether the expression of both Ca

1.2 and Ca

1.3 in T cells from asthmatic children correlates with Th2-cytokine expression.

We demonstrated non-redundant and synergistic functions of Ca

1.2 and Ca

1.3 in Th2 cells. Indeed, the deficiency of only one channel in Th2 cells triggers TCR-driven hyporesponsiveness with weakened tyrosine phosphorylation profile, a strong decrease in initial ECE and subsequent reduction in the global calcium response. Moreover, Ca

1.3has a particular role in calcium homeostasis. In accordance with the singular roles of Ca

1.2 and Ca

1.3 in Th2 cells, deficiency in either one of these channels was sufficient to inhibit cardinal features of type 2 airway inflammation. Furthermore, Ca

1.2 and Ca

1.3must be co-expressed within the same CD4

T cell to trigger allergic airway inflammation. Accordingly with the concerted roles of Ca

1.2 and Ca

1.3, the expression of both channels by activated CD4

T cells from asthmatic children was associated with increased Th2-cytokine transcription.

Thus, Ca

1.2 and Ca

1.3 act as a duo, and targeting only one of these channels would be efficient in allergy treatment.

Thus, Cav 1.2 and Cav 1.3 act as a duo, and targeting only one of these channels would be efficient in allergy treatment.Children are vulnerable to exposure of secondhand smoking (SHS) which is a major preventable cause of disease and death. This study aimed to investigate the association between parental tobacco use or SHS exposure, respectively, and under-five mortality. Data were obtained from the nationally representative and population-based Demographic and Health Surveys in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) between 2000 and 2018. Cox proportional hazard regression models with complex survey design were conducted to examine the adjusted associations between parental smoking and SHS exposure and child under-five mortality. In the pooled analysis of parental smoking, 437 322 children were included. Compared with children whose parents are not smoking, those whose father or both parents smoked any form of tobacco had higher risks of mortality (hazard ratio [HR] = 1.08, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.03-1.13; HR = 1.18, 95% CI = 1.06-1.32, respectively). In addition, parental using smokeless tobacco, smoking tobacco, and using smokeless tobacco and smoking tobacco simultaneously was significantly associated with child under-five mortality (HR = 1.