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jejuni null strain, several of these properties are further enhanced by the mycobacterial tlyA II gene, in some cases to twice the original wild-type level. These findings strongly suggest that subtle changes in rRNA modification patterns can affect protein synthesis in a manner that has serious consequences for bacterial pathogenicity. © 2020 The Authors. Cellular Microbiology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.Treatment of epithelial sinonasal tumours in cats is not commonly reported. In the newer reports, palliative radiation protocols have been described more often than definitive-intent protocols. In this multi-institutional retrospective study, we included 27 cats treated with single-modality radiotherapy. Cats were irradiated using 10 daily fractions of 4.2 Gy. Three cats (11.1%) experienced a complete clinical response and 17 (63%) had a partial clinical response. Stable clinical disease was noted in three cats (11.1%). Four cats (14.8%) showed progression within 3 months following treatment. The median time to progression for all cases was 269 days (95 % confidence intervals [CI] 225; 314). The proportion of cats free of progression at 1 and 2 years was 24% (95% CI 22%; 26%) and 5% (95% CI 5%; 6%), respectively. None of the prognostic factors evaluated were predictive of outcome (anaemia, tumour volume at the time of staging, modified Adams stage, intracranial involvement, facial deformity, epistaxis, inappetence or weight loss). Median overall survival (OS) for all deaths was 452 days (95% CI 334; 571). The proportion of cats alive at 1 and 2 years was 57% (95% CI 37%; 77%) and 27% (95% CI 25%; 29%), respectively. Surprisingly, cats with epistaxis had a longer median OS of 828 days (95% CI 356; 1301) compared to 296 days (95% CI 85; 508) in cats without epistaxis, (P = .04, Breslow). Radiation therapy used as a single modality for the treatment of feline sinonasal carcinoma improved clinical signs and was well tolerated but progression within a year was common. © 2020 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.Superficial photothermal laser ablation (SPLA) may be useful as a therapeutic approach producing a depth of injury that is sufficient to eliminate mucosal lesion but not deep enough to induce thermal effects in deeper tissue layers. The purpose of this preliminary study is twofold (a) to describe design steps of a fiber probe capable of delivering a tightly focused laser beam, including Monte-Carlo-based simulations, and (b) to complete the initial testing of the probe in a sheep esophagus model, ex vivo. The cone-shaped (tapered) fiber tip was obtained by chemical etching of the optical fiber. A 1505 nm diode laser providing power up to 500 mW was operated in continuous wave. The successful SPLA of the sheep mucosa layer was demonstrated for various speed-power combinations, including 300 mW laser power at a surface scanning rate of 0.5 mm/s and 450 mW laser power at a surface scanning rate of 2.0 mm/s. Upon further development, this probe may be useful for endoscopic photothermal laser ablation of the mucosa layer using relatively low laser power. © 2020 The Author. Journal of Biophotonics published by WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.Most biomolecular interactions are typically thought to increase the (local) rigidity of a complex, for example in drug-target binding. Estradiol concentration However, detailed analysis of specific biomolecular complexes can reveal a more subtle interplay between binding and rigidity. Here, we focussed on the Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA), which plays a crucial role in the adaptive immune system by presenting peptides for recognition by the αβ T cell receptor (TCR). The role that the peptide plays in tuning HLA flexibility during TCR recognition is potentially crucial in determining the functional outcome of an immune response, with obvious relevance to the growing list of immunotherapies that target the T-cell compartment. We have applied high-pressure/temperature perturbation experiments, combined with molecular dynamics simulations, to explore the drivers that affect molecular flexibility for a series of different peptide-HLA complexes. We find that different peptide sequences affect peptide-HLA flexibility in different ways, with the peptide cargo tuning a network of correlated motions throughout the pHLA complex, including in areas remote from the peptide binding interface, in a manner that could influence T cell antigen discrimination. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.Perfusion and oxygenation are critical parameters of muscle metabolism in health and disease. They have been both the target of many studies, in particular using near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS). However, difficulties with quantifying NIRS signals have limited a wide dissemination of the method to the clinics. Our aim was to investigate whether clinical multispectral optoacoustic tomography (MSOT) could enable the label-free imaging of muscle perfusion and oxygenation under clinically relevant challenges the arterial and venous occlusion. We employed a hybrid clinical MSOT/ultrasound system equipped with a hand-held scanning probe to visualize hemodynamic and oxygenation changes in skeletal muscle under arterial and venous occlusions. Four (N = 4) healthy volunteers were scanned over the forearm for both 3-minute occlusion challenges. MSOT-recorded pathophysiologically expected results during tests of disturbed blood flow with high resolution and without the need for contrast agents. During arterial occlusion, MSOT-extracted Hb-values showed an increase, while HbO2 - and total blood volume (TBV)-values remained roughly steady, followed by a discrete increase during the hyperemic period after cuff deflation. During venous occlusion, results showed a clear increase in intramuscular HbO2 , Hb and TBV within the segmented muscle area. MSOT was found to be capable of label-free non-invasive imaging of muscle hemodynamics and oxygenation under arterial and venous occlusion. We introduce herein MSOT as a novel modality for the assessment of vascular disorders characterized by disturbed blood flow, such as acute limb ischemia and venous thrombosis. © 2020 The Authors. Journal of Biophotonics published by WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.