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Higher expression of pE2F1 (Ser337) was associated with better OS. Both pAkt1 (Ser473 and Thr308) proteins showed significant association with poorer patient outcomes. E2F1 (Ser337) showed a significant positive correlation with response to chemotherapy. The study suggests that a pAkt1-/pE2F1+ phenotype could indicate an opportunity to minimize chemotherapeutic options in older women; conversely a pAkt1+/pE2F1- phenotype could prompt a more aggressive regimen. Further exploration of this phenotype in younger women with breast cancer and triple-negative breast cancers is warranted.

Obesity is a chronic disease with multisystem morbidity. There are multiple studies reporting the effect of bariatric surgery on cardiovascular and metabolic disease, but few examine its impact on lower urinary tract symptoms. This article aims to perform a systematic review with meta-analysis, to determine the effects of bariatric surgery on lower urinary tract symptoms in male patients.

Medline, Embase, conference proceedings, and reference lists were searched for studies reporting the quantitative measurement of lower urinary tract symptoms score pre- and postweight loss surgery. The primary outcome was International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS) before and after bariatric surgery. Secondary outcomes were changed in body mass index (BMI) and total body weight (TBW). Weighted mean differences (MD) were calculated for continuous outcomes.

Seven studies were included in the analysis of 334 patients undergoing bariatric surgery. Mean study follow-up was between 3 and 36 months. IPSS score ranged from 3-12.7 preoperatively and 1.9-6.9 postoperatively. There was a statistically significant improvement in the IPSS score following bariatric surgery (MD 2.82, 95% CI 0.96 to 4.69, p=0.003). Bariatric surgery also resulted in statistically significant reduction of BMI and TBW.

Bariatric surgery produces a significant improvement on lower urinary tract symptoms in men with obesity. This may be due to improvement of insulin sensitivity, testosterone levels or lipid profile associated with weight loss.

Bariatric surgery produces a significant improvement on lower urinary tract symptoms in men with obesity. This may be due to improvement of insulin sensitivity, testosterone levels or lipid profile associated with weight loss.We report a case of sudden death in a 31-year-old male diagnosed at autopsy with clinical undiagnosed acromegaly. Stem Cells inhibitor The purpose of this report is to underline the importance of health professionals reacting to phenotypic acromegaly, such as acral enlargement and/or unexplained hypertension, including a range of severe comorbidities, to avoid a fatal outcome. Recent studies have shown that the increased mortality seen in acromegaly patients can be reversed with modern treatment aimed at normalizing GH and IGF-I levels. One year before death, the presented case was diagnosed with hypertension, but was otherwise described as healthy. The forensic autopsy, including post-mortem CT, showed phenotypic facial and body characteristics for acromegaly, general visceromegaly, and a pituitary tumor. The cause of death was heart failure due to end-stage acromegalic cardiopathy. Because the disease is slowly progressive, the individual himself, and the people close to him, might not have considered the acromegaly-related facial changes as abnormal.

The AcSé-crizotinib program provides extensive screening of crizotinib-targeted genomic alteration in several malignancies. We here report the results in patients with esogastric MET-amplified adenocarcinomas.

The objective of the study was to evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of crizotinib in patients with pretreated esogastric MET-amplified adenocarcinoma who have no alternative treatment options.

MET expression was evaluated by fluorescence in situ hybridization in tumor samples with immunohistochemistry scores ≥2+. Patients with chemo-refractory tumors showing ≥6 MET copies were eligible for crizotinib 250 mg twice daily. The primary efficacy outcome was the objective response rate after two cycles of crizotinib.

MET was prospectively analyzed in 570 esogastric adenocarcinomas. Amplifications were found in 35/570 adenocarcinomas (29/523 gastric and 6/47 esophageal). Nine patients were treated with crizotinib. The objective response rate after two cycles was 33.3% (95% CI 7.5-70), the best overall response rate was 55.6% (95% CI 21.2-86.3), with median progression-free survival of 3.2 months (95% CI 1.0-5.4), and overall survival of 8.1 months (95% CI 1.7-24.6). Safety was consistent with that previously reported for crizotinib.

Large-scale screening for MET-amplified esogastric adenocarcinomas is feasible. MET amplification was observed in 5.5% of gastric and 12.8% of esophageal adenocarcinomas. Crizotinib shows encouraging results in selected patients. Thus, c-MET inhibition for MET-amplified tumors deserves further evaluation.

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14 January 2014.Cardiac dysfunction in severe sepsis is associated with increased mortality. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying septic heart dysfunction remain unclear. Expression of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ coactivator 1α (Pgc-1α), concentrations of inflammatory factors, and activation of the nuclear factor kappa-B (NF-κB) signaling pathway were examined in H9c2 cells after a 24-h lipopolysaccharide (LPS) stimulation period using qPCR, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs), and western blots (WBs), respectively. Pgc-1α was overexpressed and suppressed in cells using a lentivirus vector and siRNA, respectively. The effects of Pgc-1α dysfunction on the release of inflammatory factors and apoptosis were analyzed. Pgc-1α expression was increased after LPS induction for 0.5 h and returned to the pre-induction level at 2 h. Levels of IL-1β, IL-6, and TNF-α increase after LPS induction for 0.5 h and accumulated in the culture supernatants over time. The WBs revealed the highest Pgc-1α and phospho (p)-p65 protein levels after LPS induction for 0.5 h, followed by a decrease; moreover, the cleaved-caspase-3 level increased after LPS induction for 0.5 h and increased gradually thereafter. A functional analysis of Pgc-1α revealed that overexpression of this protein enhanced LPS-induced inflammatory factors and p-p65 levels and inhibited apoptosis during the early stage after LPS induction (0.5 and 4 h). In contrast, the inhibition of Pgc-1α expression inhibited the LPS expression-associated increases in inflammatory factors and p-p65 and promoted apoptosis. Pgc-1α promoted LPS-induced p65 phosphorylation and inflammatory factor release while inhibiting apoptosis.