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Excessive glucocorticoid administration may delay the resolution of nonsevere and otherwise noncomplicated diabetic ketoacidosis and prolong ICU and hospital stays.

Although our findings remain hypothesis-generating, our case study raises awareness on the importance of categorizing diabetic ketoacidosis by severity and complication status when deciding on the intensity of steroid replacement in patients with stable Addison disease. Excessive glucocorticoid administration may delay the resolution of nonsevere and otherwise noncomplicated diabetic ketoacidosis and prolong ICU and hospital stays.Single-phase multicomponent perovskite-type cobalt oxide containing five cations in equiatomic amounts on the A-site, namely, (Gd0.2Nd0.2La0.2Sm0.2Y0.2)CoO3, has been synthesized via the modified coprecipitation hydrothermal method. Using an original approach for heat treatment, which comprises quenching utilizing liquid nitrogen as a cooling medium, a single-phase ceramic with high configuration entropy, crystallizing in an orthorhombic distorted structure was obtained. It reveals the anomalous temperature dependence of the lattice expansion with two weak transitions at approx. 80 and 240 K that are assigned to gradual crossover from the low- via intermediate- to high-spin state of Co3+. The compound exhibits weak ferromagnetism at T ≤ 10 K and signatures of antiferromagnetic correlations in the paramagnetic phase. Ab initio calculations predict a band gap Δ = 1.18 eV in the ground-state electronic structure with the dominant contribution of O_p and Co_d orbitals in the valence and conduction bands, respectively. Electronic transport measurements confirm the negative temperature coefficient of resistivity characteristic to a semiconducting material and reveal a sudden drop in activation energy at T ∼ 240 K from Ea ∼ 1 eV in the low-temperature phase to Ea ∼ 0.3 eV at room temperature. The possibility of fine tuning of the semiconducting band gap via a subtle change in A-site stoichiometry is discussed.Identifying the mechanisms mediating cisplatin response is essential for improving patient response. Previous research has identified base excision repair (BER) and mismatch repair (MMR) activity in sensitizing cells to cisplatin. Cisplatin forms DNA adducts including interstrand cross-links (ICLs) that distort the DNA helix, forcing adjacent cytosines to become extrahelical. These extrahelical cytosines provide a substrate for cytosine deaminases. Herein, we show that APOBEC3 (A3) enzymes are capable of deaminating the extrahelical cytosines to uracils and sensitizing breast cancer cells to cisplatin. Knockdown of A3s results in resistance to cisplatin and induction of A3 expression in cells with low A3 expression increases sensitivity to cisplatin. We show that the actions of A3s are epistatic with BER and MMR. We propose that A3-induced cytosine deamination to uracil at cisplatin ICLs results in repair of uracils by BER, which blocks ICL DNA repair and enhances cisplatin efficacy and improves breast cancer outcomes.In the search for drugs to effectively treat cancer, the last 10 years have seen a resurgence of interest in targeting ribosome biogenesis. CX-5461 is a potential inhibitor of ribosomal RNA synthesis that is now showing promise in phase I trials as a chemotherapeutic agent for a range of malignancies. Here, we show that CX-5461 irreversibly inhibits ribosomal RNA transcription by arresting RNA polymerase I (RPI/Pol1/PolR1) in a transcription initiation complex. CX-5461 does not achieve this by preventing formation of the pre-initiation complex nor does it affect the promoter recruitment of the SL1 TBP complex or the HMGB-box upstream binding factor (UBF/UBTF). CX-5461 also does not prevent the subsequent recruitment of the initiation-competent RPI-Rrn3 complex. Sulbactam pivoxil Rather, CX-5461 blocks promoter release of RPI-Rrn3, which remains irreversibly locked in the pre-initiation complex even after extensive drug removal. Unexpectedly, this results in an unproductive mode of RPI recruitment that correlates with the onset of nucleolar stress, inhibition of DNA replication, genome-wide DNA damage and cellular senescence. Our data demonstrate that the cytotoxicity of CX-5461 is at least in part the result of an irreversible inhibition of RPI transcription initiation and hence are of direct relevance to the design of improved strategies of chemotherapy.Voluntary control over voice-hearing experiences is one of the most consistent predictors of functioning among voice-hearers. However, control over voice-hearing experiences is likely to be more nuanced and variable than may be appreciated through coarse clinician-rated measures, which provide little information about how control is conceptualized and developed. We aimed to identify key factors in the evolution of control over voice-hearing experiences in treatment-seeking (N = 7) and non-treatment-seeking (N = 8) voice-hearers. Treatment-seeking voice-hearers were drawn from local chapters of the Connecticut Hearing Voices Network, and non-treatment-seeking voice-hearers were recruited from local spiritually oriented organizations. Both groups participated in a clinical assessment, and a semi-structured interview meant to explore the types of control exhibited and how it is fostered. Using Grounded Theory, we identified that participants from both groups exerted direct and indirect control over their voice-hearing experiences. Participants that developed a spiritual explanatory framework were more likely to exert direct control over the voice-hearing experiences than those that developed a pathologizing framework. Importantly, despite clear differences in explanatory framework and distress because of their experiences, both groups underwent similar trajectories to develop control and acceptance over their voice-hearing experiences. Understanding these factors will be critical in transforming control over voice-hearing experiences from a phenomenological observation to an actionable route for clinical intervention.

Osimertinib is a selective irreversible epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor (EGFR-TKI) with increased penetration across the blood-brain barrier compared with previous EGFR-TKIs, and thus, a 52% reduction in the risk of intracranial disease progression is seen when it is used as a first line of therapy compared with gefitinib and erlotinib. It is also efficient as second-line therapy for patients who developed the T790M resistance mutation following treatment with previous generation TKIs. Here, we report 11 patients who were treated by an increasing dose of osimertinib from 80 mg to 160 mg QD orally following intracranial progression in either first- or second-line setting.

This is a subcohort analysis from a larger nonrandomized, phase 2, open-label trial, evaluating the efficacy of osimertinib dose escalation from 80 mg to 160 mg in EGFR-mutated advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients with intracranial progression in either first- (arm A) or second-line setting (arm B for T790M+ and C for T790M-).