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No statistically significant differences in clinical characteristics were found between patients with growing residual or new HCA versus those with stable or regressing residual HCA. CONCLUSION In patients with multiple HCA who undergo resection, growth of residual HCA is not uncommon but interventions are rarely needed as most lesions stabilize and do not show progressive growth. RK-701 mw Surveillance is indicated when residual HCA show growth after resection, enabling intervention in case of progressive growth. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.Painful peripheral neuropathies are common. The most prevalent causes of peripheral neuropathies are diabetes, toxins like alcohol or chemotherapeutics, or autoimmune diseases (Visser et al., 2015). However, routine tests do not usually uncover the underlying cause of a significant proportion of peripheral neuropathies. This is in particular true for small fiber neuropathies. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.In human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2+) expressing breast cancer subtype, the incidence of brain metastases is common and patients often die due to uncontrolled cranial disease. This is a case report of a HER2+ breast cancer woman with diffuse brain metastases that experienced long survival and clinical benefit from multiple radiotherapy treatments and combined systemic therapy, without increased toxicity. © 2020 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a metabolic disorder caused by excess consumption of hypercaloric foods. Guavira (Campomanesia sp.) pulp has broad technological applicability, yet the peel and seeds are considered industrial residue. The objective of this unprecedented study was to evaluate the effects of the flour from guavira's industrial residue (GF) consumption in rats fed with hypercaloric diet (HD). During 65 days, 50 rats were separated into a control group 1%, 2%, 4% and 8% HD with GF complementation in the diet. The GF chemical composition, phenolic compounds, antioxidant capacity, serum biochemical parameters (glucose, cholesterol, HDL, non-HDL, triglycerides, AST, ALT, and oral glucose tolerance test), fat liver content, and hepatic histomorphology had been characterized. GF is mainly composed of fibres, with phenolic content of 7,391.09 mg AGE/100 g GF and relevant antioxidant capacity (IC50 2.22 and ORAC 155.68 μmol/TE g-1 ). Serum biochemical analysis did not differ statistically (except ALT reduction, p  less then  .05). Fat liver content was smaller on HD2%GF (p  less then  .0001). The control group and 1% GF showed greater diffuse microvesicular steatosis compared to the other groups when using hepatic morphological analysis (p  less then  .05). GF consumption attenuated NAFLD caused by a hypercaloric diet, and this effect may be related to the fibre content and bioactive compounds in GF. © 2020 Blackwell Verlag GmbH.We profiled nine pure clear cell carcinomas of the breast using massively parallel DNA and RNA sequencing (NGS), in situ hybridization (ISH), and immunohistochemistry (IHC). All cases were primary mammary clear cell carcinomas that were diagnosed in female patients (mean age 53.4 years; range 31-69 years). Based on our findings, we conclude that the majority of clear cell carcinomas are ER/PR positive and consequently amenable to anti-ER treatment modalities. A subset of clear cell carcinomas also harbored alterations in PIK3CA/PTEN/AKT pathway, particularly PTEN, indicating a potential benefit of PI3K/Akt/mTOR inhibitors. The status of I-O biomarkers in clear cell carcinomas indicates a limited therapeutic benefit of immune checkpoint inhibitors (against PD-1/PD-L1). © 2020 The Authors. The Breast Journal published by Wiley Periodicals LLC.BACKGROUND The red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum Herbst (Coleoptera Tenebrionidae), is an important stored-product pest that is distributed worldwide and has developed resistance to many insecticides. Identifying novel and effective alternative insecticides is important for the control of T. castaneum. The volatile compound benzothiazole has been identified as having great acute toxic activity against T. castaneum. However, a comprehensive evaluation of a new insecticide should include both direct toxic effects and sublethal effects. The aim of this study was therefore to evaluate the effects of benzothiazole on the development and reproduction of T. castaneum. RESULTS Exposure of fourth-instar larvae to lethal and sublethal concentrations of benzothiazole (LC10 , LC30 and LC50 ) significantly decreased pupation rates, food intake and growth rates in T. castaneum. Larval duration was significantly reduced by approximately one day in the LC30 and LC50 treatment groups. The LC50 benzothiazole caused a significant decrease in the weight of pupae and adults, fecundity and egg hatchability. Increased and decreased nutrient (carbohydrate and lipid) contents were observed in surviving larvae and pupae, respectively. The LC30 and LC50 treatments caused the downregulation of five growth-positive regulated genes (PI3K, AKT, CyclinE, S6K1 and S6K2) and the upregulation of two growth-negative regulated genes (4EBP and FOXO). CONCLUSION Benzothiazole presented adverse effects on the development and reproduction of T. castaneum, further supporting benzothiazole as a highly active compound in stored-product protection. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.Understanding how flowers form is an important problem in plant biology, as the human food supply depends on flower and seed production. Flower development also provides an excellent model for understanding how cell division, expansion and differentiation are coordinated during organogenesis. In the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana, floral organogenesis requires AINTEGUMENTA (ANT) and AINTEGUMENTA-LIKE6 (AIL6)/PLETHORA3 (PLT3), two members of the Arabidopsis AINTEGUMENTA-LIKE/PLETHORA (AIL/PLT) transcription factor family. Together, ANT and AIL6/PLT3 regulate aspects of floral organogenesis including floral organ initiation, growth, identity specification, and patterning. Previously, we used RNA-Seq to identify thousands of genes with disrupted expression in ant ail6 mutant flowers, indicating that ANT and AIL6/PLT3 influence a vast transcriptional network. However, the immediate downstream targets of ANT and AIL6/PLT3 in flowers are unknown. To identify direct targets of ANT regulation, we performed a RNA-Seq time course experiment in which we induced ANT activity in transgenic plants bearing an ANT-glucocorticoid receptor fusion construct.