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INTRODUCTION Diagnosing a (low-grade) periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) after hip or knee arthroplasty remains a diagnostic challenge. The aim of this study was to evaluate the utility of using a novel multiplex protein microarray system for synovial biomarkers in determining PJI in patients undergoing revision knee or hip arthroplasty. MATERIALS AND METHODS The individual synovial fluid levels of 12 cytokines (IL-1b, IL-2, IL-4, IL-5, IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, IL-12, IL-17, GM-CSF, TNF-α, and INF-γ) were analysed with a novel multiplex protein microarray system in 32 patients undergoing revision hip (n = 22) or knee (n = 10) arthroplasty. Cases were classified into septic and aseptic groups on basis of pre- and interoperative findings [PJI (n = 14) vs. non-PJI (n = 18)]. Receiver operator characteristic (ROC) curves were calculated to assess the discriminatory strength of the individual parameters. A multiple regression model was used to determine the utility of using a combination of the tested cytokines to determine the infection status. RESULTS The levels of all of the evaluated cytokines were significantly elevated in the PJI-group. Best sensitivity and specificity were found for IL-6, followed by IL-1b, IL-10, and IL-17. The multiple regression models revealed a combination of IL-2, IL-4, IL-5, IL6, lL-12, and GM-CSF to be associated with the best sensitivity (100%) and specificity (88.9%) for a cut-off value of 0.41, with a likelihood ratio of 9.0. CONCLUSION Analysis of individual synovial fluid cytokine levels showed both high sensitivity and high specificity in diagnosing PJI. A combined model using several cytokines showed even higher sensitivity and specificity in diagnosing PJI and could thus be a useful predictive tool to determine the probability of PJI in patients with a painful prosthesis. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE Diagnostic IV.PURPOSE The aim of this systematic review was to evaluate the evidence on the existence of midflexion instability in primary total knee arthroplasty and which factors might contribute to this condition. METHODS A comprehensive search of PubMed, Medline, Cochrane, CINAHL, and Embase databases was conducted since the inception of the database to July 2019. All relevant articles were retrieved, and their bibliographies were hand searched for further references on midflexion instability in primary total knee arthroplasty. The search strategy yielded 28 articles. After duplicate removal titles, abstracts and full text were reviewed. Fifteen studies were assessed for eligibility, 8 studies were excluded because they did not fully comply with the inclusion criteria. Seven articles were finally included in this systematic review. Anteroposterior translation, total knee arthroplasty design such as posterior-stabilized or posterior-cruciate-retaining total knee arthroplasty, joint line position with posterior condylar V.Emotional state, in particular anxiety, has been shown to constrain perceptual judgement of action capabilities. However, whether anxiety also constrains actual behaviour is unknown. The current study, therefore, aimed to determine whether state anxiety constrained firstly perceptual judgements of action capabilities and secondly actual behaviour. To do this, we asked participants to make perceptual judgements and perform action behaviours in relation to crossing ground-based apertures representing puddles. State anxiety was measured in 30 participants using the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory. The critical ratio of aperture size relative to leg length at which participants' behaviour choice would switch between a step and a spring was calculated. In a perceptual judgement task, participants judged the ratio at which they would choose to switch. Ro-3306 purchase In a subsequent executed action task, the ratio at which they actually switched was measured. Perceptual critical ratio could be predicted via state anxiety and age, while action critical ratio was not predicted by either. Therefore, this study has demonstrated that state anxiety and age both constrain perceptual judgement of action capabilities, as shown in previous studies. However, this does not seem to result in a change in emergent behaviour. This highlights the importance of measuring emergent behaviour rather than inferring it from perceptual judgements even when they are couched in terms of action.Alkylation is one of the most ubiquitous forms of DNA lesions. However, the motif preferences and substrates for the activity of the major types of alkylating agents defined by their nucleophilic substitution reactions (SN1 and SN2) are still unclear. Utilizing yeast strains engineered for large-scale production of single-stranded DNA (ssDNA), we probed the substrate specificity, mutation spectra and signatures associated with DNA alkylating agents. We determined that SN1-type agents preferably mutagenize double-stranded DNA (dsDNA), and the mutation signature characteristic of the activity of SN1-type agents was conserved across yeast, mice and human cancers. Conversely, SN2-type agents preferably mutagenize ssDNA in yeast. Moreover, the spectra and signatures derived from yeast were detectable in lung cancers, head and neck cancers and tumors from patients exposed to SN2-type alkylating chemicals. The estimates of mutation loads associated with the SN2-type alkylation signature were higher in lung tumors from smokers than never-smokers, pointing toward the mutagenic activity of the SN2-type alkylating carcinogens in cigarettes. In summary, our analysis of mutations in yeast strains treated with alkylating agents, as well as in whole-exome and whole-genome-sequenced tumors identified signatures highly specific to alkylation mutagenesis and indicate the pervasive nature of alkylation-induced mutagenesis in cancers. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Nucleic Acids Research 2020.We report a tool, Calling Cards Reporter Arrays (CCRA), that measures transcription factor (TF) binding and the consequences on gene expression for hundreds of synthetic promoters in yeast. Using Cbf1p and MAX, we demonstrate that the CCRA method is able to detect small changes in binding free energy with a sensitivity comparable to in vitro methods, enabling the measurement of energy landscapes in vivo. We then demonstrate the quantitative analysis of cooperative interactions by measuring Cbf1p binding at synthetic promoters with multiple sites. We find that the cooperativity between Cbf1p dimers varies sinusoidally with a period of 10.65 bp and energetic cost of 1.37 KBT for sites that are positioned 'out of phase'. Finally, we characterize the binding and expression of a group of TFs, Tye7p, Gcr1p and Gcr2p, that act together as a 'TF collective', an important but poorly characterized model of TF cooperativity. We demonstrate that Tye7p often binds promoters without its recognition site because it is recruited by other collective members, whereas these other members require their recognition sites, suggesting a hierarchy where these factors recruit Tye7p but not vice versa.