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During listening to speech, ISCs were mainly reduced in dyslexic compared to typical readers in delta (0.5-4 Hz) and high gamma (55-90 Hz) frequency bands. In the theta (4-8 Hz), beta (12-25 Hz), and low gamma (25-45 Hz) bands, dyslexics had enhanced ISC to speech compared to controls. Furthermore, we found that ISCs across both groups were associated with phonological processing, technical reading, and working memory. The atypical ISC to natural speech in dyslexics supports the temporal sampling deficit theory of dyslexia. It also suggests over-synchronization to phoneme-rate information in speech, which could indicate more effort-demanding sampling of phonemes from speech in dyslexia. These irregularities in parsing speech are likely some of the complex neural factors contributing to dyslexia. The associations between neural coupling and reading-related skills further support this notion. To clarify the relationships between growth, endocrine status and habitat characteristics in Japanese eel (Anguilla japonica), plasma and stomach mRNA levels of ghrelin were examined in wild eels captured in the river and the bay, and in cultured eels during and after experimental fasting. Wild juvenile eels captured in freshwater habitats within the river showed significantly higher plasma and stomach mRNA levels of ghrelin than did fish obtained from brackish-water habitats within the bay. In cultured eels experimentally fasted for 4 weeks, plasma and stomach mRNA levels of ghrelin increased. After refeeding, the both parameters returned to the levels observed in continuously feeding control fish. In pigmented elvers, 2 months of feed restriction resulted in a significant increase in whole-body ghrelin mRNA. It is suggested that interaction between ghrelin and feeding is related to their habitats through differential food acquisition in fresh and brackish water environments. OBJECTIVE Human papillomavirus (HPV) immunization rates among US adolescents are low. Missed opportunities (MOs) for HPV vaccination are common. School based-health centers (SBHCs) have potential to boost HPV vaccination, but their role in addressing MOs has not been examined. https://www.selleckchem.com/products/ABT-869.html METHODS We implemented a multicomponent intervention, consisting of three immunization process workflow modifications combined with provider performance feedback, in two Los Angeles area SBHCs and conducted a pre/post evaluation of MOs. Our primary outcome was SBHC-based MOs for HPV vaccination during all visits, including visits for confidential reproductive health care (i.e., confidential visits). Secondary outcomes were MOs for meningococcal (MenACWY) and influenza vaccination during visits for non-confidential care. RESULTS MOs for HPV vaccination decreased during all visit types from the baseline to the intervention period (82.3% to 46.1%; adjusted risk ratio (RR)=0.558, p less then 0.0001). The rate decrease appeared to be greater during physical examination visits than confidential visits (83.4% to 31.6% vs. 98.7% to 70.4%, respectively). MOs for MenACWY (74.5% to 35.0%; adjusted RR=0.47, p less then 0.0001) and influenza (86.7% to 69.3%; adjusted RR=0.792, p less then 0.0001) vaccination also decreased during non-confidential visits. Vaccine refusal was the most frequently documented reason for HPV vaccine MOs both during physical examination and confidential visits. CONCLUSIONS A pragmatic, multicomponent SBHC intervention reduced MOs for HPV vaccination during all visit types. MOs for MenACWY and influenza vaccination also decreased during non-confidential visits. Findings suggest that practice-level improvements in SBHCs can improve delivery of HPV and other adolescent vaccines. Acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) is a newly described syndrome, which develops in patients with acutely decompensated cirrhosis, and is characterized by intense systemic inflammation, multi-organ failure and high short-term mortality. The profile of circulating lipid mediators, which are endogenous signaling molecules generated from polyunsaturated fatty acids released from membrane phospholipids that play a major role in inflammation and immunity, is poorly characterized in ACLF. In the current study, we assessed the profile of lipid mediators by liquid chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry in plasma from patients with acutely decompensated cirrhosis, with (n=119) and without (n=127) ACLF, and from healthy subjects (HS, n=18). Measurements were prospectively repeated in 191 patients with acutely decompensated cirrhosis during a 28-day follow-up period. Fifty-nine lipid mediators (out of 100) were detected in plasma from cirrhotic patients, of which, 16 were significantly associated with the disease status. Among these, 11 lipid mediators distinguished patients at any stage from HS, whereas two lipid mediators (leukotriene [LT] E4 and 12-hydroxyheptadecatrienoic acid, both derived from arachidonic acid) shaped a minimal plasma fingerprint that discriminated patients with ACLF from those without. Levels of LTE4 distinguished ACLF grade 3 from ACLF grades 1 and 2, followed the clinical course of the disease (increased with worsening and decreased with improvement) and positively correlated with markers of inflammation and non-apoptotic cell death. Moreover, LTE4 together with LXA5 (derived from eicosapentaenoic acid) and EKODE (derived from linoleic acid) associated with short-term mortality. Interestingly, LXA5 and EKODE formed a signature profile associated with coagulation and liver failures. Taken together, these findings uncover specific lipid mediator profiles associated with severity and prognosis of patients with acutely decompensated cirrhosis. BACKGROUND & AIMS Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a positive-strand RNA virus that primarily infects human hepatocytes. HCV infection constitutes a global health problem with 71 million people currently chronically infected. Recent studies have reported that C19orf66 is expressed as an interferon (IFN)-stimulated gene; however, the intrinsic regulation of this gene within the liver as well as its antiviral effects against HCV remains elusive. METHODS Expression of C19orf66 was quantified in both liver biopsies and primary human hepatocytes, with or without HCV infection. Mechanistic studies of the potent anti-HCV phenotype mediated by C19orf66 were conducted using state-of-the-art virological, biochemical and genetic approaches as well as correlative light and electron microscopy and transcriptome and proteome analysis. RESULTS Upregulation of C19orf66 mRNA in both primary human hepatocytes upon HCV infection and in the liver of chronic hepatitis C (CHC) patients could be observed. In addition, pegIFN-α/ribavirin therapy induced C19orf66 expression in CHC patients.