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OFB is a safe and effective surgical option in patients who are unable to undergo anatomic tunneling during lower extremity bypass. OFB is associated with favorable rates of primary patency and amputation-free survival at midterm follow-up.

To investigate whether somatosensory evoked potential (SSEP) amplitude adds information for prediction of poor outcome in postanoxic coma.

In this retrospective cohort study we included adult patients admitted after cardiac arrest between January 2010 and June 2018 who remained in coma and had SSEP recorded for prognostication. Outcome was dichotomized in poor (Cerebral Performance Category (CPC) 4-5) and good (CPC 1-3) at ICU discharge. Sensitivity of bilaterally absent N20 potential was calculated. In case the N20 potential was not bilaterally absent, the amplitude contralateral to stimulation side (baseline-N20, N20-P25, and maximum) was determined. At a specificity of 100%, SEPP amplitude sensitivities were determined for poor outcome.

SSEP recordings were performed in 197 patients of whom 57 had bilaterally absent N20 potentials. From 140 patients, 16 (11%) had a good outcome. The sensitivity for poor outcome of bilaterally absent N20 was 31%. At a specificity of 100%, contralateral amplitude thresholds were 0.34 μV (baseline-N20), 0.99 μV (N20-P25) and 1.0 μV (maximum), corresponding to a sensitivity for poor outcome of 38%, 44% and 40%. Combination of bilaterally absent N20 and a N20-P25 threshold below 0.99 μV yielded a sensitivity of 62%.

Our results confirm that very low cortical SSEP amplitudes are highly predictive of poor outcome in patients with postanoxic coma. Adding 'N20-P25 threshold amplitude' to the 'bilaterally absent N20' criterion, increased sensitivity substantially.

Our results confirm that very low cortical SSEP amplitudes are highly predictive of poor outcome in patients with postanoxic coma. Adding 'N20-P25 threshold amplitude' to the 'bilaterally absent N20' criterion, increased sensitivity substantially.Innate immune response contributes significantly to ischemia reperfusion (I/R) injury. Targeting innate immunity seems to be a promising method for protecting the microvascular injury in ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients following myocardial I/R injury (MI/R). NLRP3 inflammasome is a central part of the innate immune system involved in the pathophysiological process of MI/R. However, the mechanisms regulating NLRP3 activation are yet to be clarified. Recently, autophagy has been related to the regulation of NLRP3 activation. Thus, how Beclin-1/Becn1 overexpression influences NLRP3 activation in microvascular endothelial cells (CMECs) after MI/R is yet to be investigated. The present study showed that Becn1 overexpression exhibits a significant increase in NLRP3 and IL-1β in CMEC responses to MI/R. Interestingly, Becn1 overexpression promoted TNFAIP3 expression, which restricted NLRP3 activation in vitro and in vivo. The current study also showed that inflammatory cells (CD68) and B (CDB220) lymphocytes were decreased in transgenic mice with overexpression of Beclin-1 (BECN1-Tg) in the spleen and heart. These findings highlighted Becn1 as a prospective target for treating NLRP3 mediated microvascular injury following MI/R.The age of genomics has given us a wealth of information and the tools to study whole genomes. This, in turn, has facilitated genome-wide studies among organisms that were relatively less studied in the pre-genomic era or are non-model organisms. This paves the way to the discovery of interesting evolutionary patterns, which are brought to light by genome-wide surveys of protein superfamilies. Phosphorylation is a post-translational modification that is utilised across all clades of life, and acts as an important signalling switch, regulating several cellular processes. Tyrosine phosphatases, which are found predominantly in eukaryotes, act on phosphorylated tyrosine residues and sometimes on other substrates. Extending on our previous effort to look for tyrosine phosphatases in the human genome, we have looked for sequences of the cysteine-based tyrosine phosphatase superfamily in thirty mammalian genomes from all across Mammalia and validated the sequences with the presence of the signature catalytic motif. Domain architecture annotation, followed by in-depth analysis, revealed interesting taxon-specific patterns such as subtle differences between the protein families in marsupials and early mammals versus placental mammals. Finally, we discuss an interesting case of loss of the tyrosine phosphatase domain from a gene product in the course of eutherian evolution.Ovarian cancer (OV) is one of the most common female malignancies with high morbidity and mortality, but its mechanism is not fully understood. The circadian clock is involved in the regulation of the immune system and the tumor microenvironment, regulating biological processes and behaviors in multiple ways. Circadian rhythm disorders are considered a risk factor for tumorigenesis. Multi-omics analysis was performed to comprehensively illustrate the roles of circadian clock genes in OV, we found that most of circadian clock genes undergo epigenetic alterations in OV and are strongly correlated with overall and progression-free patient survival. These clock genes are mainly involved in the inhibition of Apoptosis pathway, Cell Cycle pathway and DNA Damage Response pathway, as well as the activation of RAS/MAPK pathway and RTK pathway. Drug sensitivity model indicate that the expression of core clock genes may associate with drug resistance. Further, immune infiltrates analysis shows that different mutant forms of core genes can not only suppress immune infiltration, but also affect clinical outcome of ovarian cancer patients. Overall, our results may provide novel insights for the potential selection of immunotherapeutic targets.

Green tea is a natural compound with anti-neoplastic properties. Paclitaxel (PTX) is a natural anti-tumor medication used to manage patients with advanced ovarian cancer. This manuscript evaluated the cytotoxic effects of green tea extract combined with PTX drug in two human ovarian cancer cell lines (p53-negative cell line, SKOV-3; and mutant type p53 cell line, OVCAR-3) and underlying mechanisms.

The human ovarian cancer cell lines were treated with green tea extract, PTX, and green tea plus PTX for 24h, and cell viability was assessed using the MTT method. Flow cytometric analyses were carried out to detect apoptosis. For the apoptotic process, quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) and western blotting analysis were applied to study pAkt, Bax, Bcl-2, Cytochrome C (Cyt-C), cleaved-caspase-3, and cleaved-caspase-9 levels after drug treatments.

Our results pointed out that various green tea (25 and 50µg/ml) concentrations combined with PTX (20 and 40µg/ml) synergistically inhibited cell viability of cancer cells more than green tea or PTX alone after 24h of treatment. Also, green tea and PTX combination induced apoptosis in ovarian cancer cells by blocking the phosphorylation of Akt and the expression of Bcl-2 while inducing Bax, Cyt-C, cleaved-caspase 3, and cleaved-caspase 9.

Our results showed that the combination of green tea and PTX could be more potent than the individual drug to induce cytotoxicity and apoptosis in ovarian cancer cells.

Our results showed that the combination of green tea and PTX could be more potent than the individual drug to induce cytotoxicity and apoptosis in ovarian cancer cells.Krüppel-like factors (KLF) refer to a group of conserved zinc finger-containing transcription factors that are involved in various physiological and biological processes, including cell proliferation, differentiation, development, and apoptosis. Some bioinformatics methods such as sequence similarity searches, multiple sequence alignment, phylogenetic reconstruction, and gene synteny analysis have also been proposed to broaden our knowledge of KLF proteins. In this study, we proposed a novel computational approach by using machine learning on features calculated from primary sequences. To detail, our XGBoost-based model is efficient in identifying KLF proteins, with accuracy of 96.4% and MCC of 0.704. It also holds a promising performance when testing our model on an independent dataset. Therefore, our model could serve as an useful tool to identify new KLF proteins and provide necessary information for biologists and researchers in KLF proteins. Our machine learning source codes as well as datasets are freely available at https//github.com/khanhlee/KLF-XGB.Anomopoda is the widespread planktonic microcrustacean, which plays a crucial role in aquatic ecosystem. There are few studies about the evolutionary relationships among various Anomopoda basing on molecular data. In the present study, phylogenetic analysis of eight Anomopoda was carried out. Firstly, the culture system was developed to breed cladocerans. By using this system, eight species (Daphnia magna, D. pulex, D. sinensis, Ceriodaphnia reticulata, Moina micrura, Scapholeberis kingi, Simocephalus vetulus and Eurycercus lamellatus) were purified and cultured stably in the laboratory. Then, transcriptomic sequences and partial mitochondrial DNA sequences were both used to reconstruct the phylogenetic tree among 8 species. Transcriptomic sequences were sequenced on Illumina Hiseq 2500 platform. iCRT3 molecular weight After assembly and annotation, transcriptomic sequences were spliced together and aligned for phylogenetic analysis. Basing on the orthologous genes derived from transcriptomic sequences, the phylogenetic analysis showed that 4 genera of Daphniidae were clustered into one group, and among the 4 genera, Ceriodaphnia was closer to Daphnia than Simocephalus, while Scapholeberis was farthest from other species. In addition, Eurycercidae was closer to Daphniidae than Moinidae. The phylogenetic trees based on both 12S rRNA and 16S rRNA sequences were similar with that based on transcriptomic sequences. Meanwhile, the phylogenetic tree based on 16S rRNA sequences was more suitable than that based on 12S rRNA sequences. These results suggested that the phylogenetic analysis basing on the transcriptomic sequences was available in cladocerans, which will help us to effectively understand the phylogenetic relationships among various cladocerans.Receptors and ion channels expressed on the cell surface ensure proper communication between the cells and the environment. In multicellular organism, stimulus-regulated gene transcription is the basis for communication with the environment allowing individual cells to respond to stimuli such as nutrients, chemical stressors and signaling molecules released by other cells of the organism. Hormones, cytokines, and mitogens bind to receptors and ion channels and induce intracellular signaling cascades involving second messengers, kinases, phosphatases, and changes in the concentration of particular ions. Ultimately, the signaling cascades reach the nucleus. Transcription factors are activated that respond to cellular stimulation and induce changes in gene transcription. Investigating stimulus-transcription coupling combines cell biology with genetics. In this review, we discuss the molecular biology of stimulus-induced transcriptional activators and their responsiveness to extracellular and intracellular signaling molecules and to epigenetic regulators.