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Mutations of PTEN-induced kinase I (PINK1) cause early-onset Parkinson's disease (PD) with selective neurodegeneration in humans. However, current PINK1 knockout mouse and pig models are unable to recapitulate the typical neurodegenerative phenotypes observed in PD patients. This suggests that generating PINK1 disease models in non-human primates (NHPs) that are close to humans is essential to investigate the unique function of PINK1 in primate brains. Paired single guide RNA (sgRNA)/Cas9-D10A nickases and truncated sgRNA/Cas9, both of which can reduce off-target effects without compromising on-target editing, are two optimized strategies in the CRISPR/Cas9 system for establishing disease animal models. Here, we combined the two strategies and injected Cas9-D10A mRNA and two truncated sgRNAs into one-cell-stage cynomolgus zygotes to target the PINK1 gene. We achieved precise and efficient gene editing of the target site in three newborn cynomolgus monkeys. The frame shift mutations of PINK1 in mutant fibroblasts led to a reduction in mRNA. However, western blotting and immunofluorescence staining confirmed the PINK1 protein levels were comparable to that in wild-type fibroblasts. We further reprogramed mutant fibroblasts into induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), which showed similar ability to differentiate into dopamine (DA) neurons. Taken together, our results showed that co-injection of Cas9-D10A nickase mRNA and sgRNA into one-cell-stage cynomolgus embryos enabled the generation of human disease models in NHPs and target editing by pair truncated sgRNA/Cas9-D10A in PINK1 gene exon 2 did not impact protein expression.The novel HLA-A*24537 allele differs from HLA-A*24020101 by a nucleotide change at gDNA 294 C → T.The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in national lockdowns in several countries. Bcl-2 protein Previous global epidemics led to an increase in the number of psychiatric patients presenting symptoms of anxiety or depression. Knowledge about the impact of early lockdown initiatives during the COVID-19 pandemic on the number of healthcare interactions is sparse. Contacts in this study include all recorded face-to-face (FTF) and virtual treatment interactions between patients and healthcare systems.

To investigate both the impact of the Danish lockdown event on psychiatric patients' contact with the healthcare system, stratified by type of contact (FTF or virtual) and ICD-10 diagnosis, and how acute contacts were impacted in the five regions in Denmark.

An interrupted time series analysis was applied to determine the effect of the COVID-19 lockdown event on the number of contacts with psychiatric hospitals in Denmark, from February 25, 2019 to May 3, 2020. The analyses took a Box-Jenkins approach to fit an autoregressive integratontacts.Acral melanoma (AM) is a malignant cutaneous melanocytic tumour specifically located on the palms, soles, and nail apparatus, which are areas of glabrous (hairless) skin. Acral lentiginous melanoma, a subtype of AM, represents a histopathological subtype diagnosis of cutaneous melanoma with unique morphological and structural features. Despite clear definitions, the misuse of these terms and the inconsistency in reporting the histopathological features of AM cases have become a major obstacle to the study of the disease. In this review, we discuss the epidemiology, histopathological features, prognosis, and genetic profile of AM, highlighting the differences observed when histopathological subtypes are considered. The increasing global effort to characterise AM cases from ethnically diverse populations would benefit greatly from a more consistent classification of the disease.

Right bundle branch block (RBBB) after heart transplantation (HTX) is a common finding, but its impact on post-transplant survival remains uncertain. This study investigated the post-transplant outcomes of patients with complete RBBB (cRBBB)≤30days after HTX.

This registry study analysed 639 patients receiving HTX at Heidelberg Heart Center between 1989 and 2019. Patients were stratified by diagnosis of cRBBB≤30days after HTX. Analysis included recipient and donor data, medication, echocardiographic features, graft rejections, atrial fibrillation, heart rates, permanent pacemaker implantation and mortality after HTX including causes of death.

One hundred thirty-nine patients showed cRBBB≤30days after HTX (21.8%), 20 patients with pre-existing cRBBB in the donor heart (3.2%) and 119 patients with newly acquired cRBBB (18.6%). Patients with newly acquired cRBBB had a worse 1-year post-transplant survival (36.1%, P<0.01) compared with patients with pre-existing cRBBB (85.0%) or without cRBBB (86.4%), along with a higher percentage of death due to graft failure (P<0.01). Multivariate analysis indicated cRBBB≤30days after HTX as significant risk factor for 1-year mortality after HTX (HR 2.20; 95% CI 1.68-2.87; P < 0.01). Secondary outcomes showed a higher rate of an enlarged right atrium (P=0.01), enlarged right ventricle (P<0.01), reduced right ventricular function (P<0.01), 30-day atrial fibrillation (P<0.01) and 1-year permanent pacemaker implantation (P=0.02) in patients with cRBBB after HTX.

Newly acquired cRBBB early after HTX is associated with increased post-transplant mortality.

Newly acquired cRBBB early after HTX is associated with increased post-transplant mortality.There is a risk of exposure to drugs in neonates during the lactation period due to maternal drug intake. The ability to predict drugs of potential hazards to the neonates would be useful in a clinical setting. This work aimed to evaluate the possibility of integrating milk-to-plasma (M/P) ratio predictive algorithms within the physiologically-based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) approach and to predict milk exposure for compounds with different physicochemical properties. Drug and physiological milk properties were integrated to develop a lactation PBPK model that takes into account the drug ionization, partitioning between the maternal plasma and milk matrices, and drug partitioning between the milk constituents. Infant dose calculations that take into account maternal and milk physiological variability were incorporated in the model. Predicted M/P ratio for acetaminophen, alprazolam, caffeine, and digoxin were 0.83 ± 0.01, 0.45 ± 0.05, 0.70 ± 0.04, and 0.76 ± 0.02, respectively. These ratios were within 1.26-fold of the observed ratios.