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Association between selection pressure caused by the use of azole fungicides in sawmills and the development of fungal resistance has been described. The aim of this study was to implement an algorithm to assess the presence of Aspergillus section Fumigati resistant strains in sawmills. Eighty-six full-shift inhalable dust samples were collected from eleven industrial sawmills in Norway. Different culture media were used and molecular identification to species level in Aspergillus section Fumigati was done by calmodulin sequencing and TR34/L98H and TR46/Y121F/T289A mutations were screened by real-time PCR assay and confirmed by cyp51A sequencing. Six Fumigati isolates were identified as A. fumigatus sensu stricto and two of these grew on azole-supplemented media and were further analyzed by real-time PCR. One was confirmed to be a TR34/L98H mutant. The obtained results reinforce the need to assess the presence of A. fumigatus sensu stricto resistant isolates at other workplaces with fungicide pressure.Objectives Management of radiation-induced ureteral stricture (RIUS) is complex, requiring chronic drainage or morbid definitive open reconstruction. Herein, we report our multi-institutional comprehensive experience with robotic ureteral reconstruction (RUR) in patients with RIUSs. Patients and Methods In a retrospective review of our multi-institutional RUR database between January 2013 and January 2020, we identified patients with RIUSs. Five major reconstruction techniques were utilized end-to-end (anastomosing the bladder to the transected ureter) and side-to-side (anastomosing the bladder to an anterior ureterotomy proximal to the stricture without ureteral transection) ureteral reimplantation, buccal or appendiceal mucosa graft ureteroplasty, appendiceal bypass graft, and ileal ureter interposition. When necessary, adjunctive procedures were performed for mobility (i.e., psoas hitch) and improved vascularity (i.e., omental wrap). Bexotegrast mw Outcomes of surgery were determined by the absence of flank pain (clinicaerform adjunctive procedures for mobility and improved vascularity due to poor tissue quality. Repeat procedures for RIUSs heighten the risk of necrosis and failure.Purpose To evaluate the efficacy and safety of benign prostatic obstruction (BPO) surgery in patients with preoperative urinary catheterization. Patients and Methods We conducted a multi-institutional retrospective study including all patients who failed a trial without catheter (TWOC) after acute urinary retention (AUR) between January 2017 and January 2019. Patients with neurogenic bladder, prostate cancer, or urethral stricture were excluded from the analysis. Patients underwent either monopolar/bipolar transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP), photoselective vaporization of the prostate (PVP), prostate artery embolization (PAE), open prostatectomy (OP), or endoscopic enucleation. The primary endpoint was 12-month urinary catheter-free survival without using benign prostatic hyperplasia medications. Results One hundred seventy-one consecutive men (median age 71 years; median prostate volume 75 cm3) underwent BPO surgery, including 48 (28%) TURP, 62 (36.3%) PVP, 21 (12.3%) endoscopic enucleation, 15 (8.8%) PAE, and 25 (14.6%) OP. The median duration of preoperative urinary catheterization was 69 days (interquartile range 46-125). The 12-month urinary catheter-free survival rate was 84.8% (145/171). Satisfactory voiding returned to 121 patients (70.8%). On backward stepwise multivariable analysis, PVP (odds ratio [OR] 0.27 [0.10-0.69]; p = 0.008), PAE (OR 5.27 [1.28-27.75]; p = 0.03), endoscopic enucleation (OR 0.08 [0-0.49]; p = 0.023), OP (OR 0.10 [0.01-0.57]; p = 0.034), Charlson score (OR 1.36 [1.14-1.66]; p = 0.001), and number of preoperative TWOC failure (OR 2.53 [1.23-5.51]; p = 0.014) were significantly associated with catheter-free survival. Conclusions In this multi-institutional retrospective study, including patients with preoperative catheterization, the overall success rate of BPO surgery was 70.8% after 1-year follow-up. Compared with TURP, enucleation methods and PVP were associated with better catheter-free survival, whereas PAE was associated with higher risk of AUR recurrence.

We sought to identify and investigate the functional role of the major endothelial cell (EC)-derived factors that control pericyte recruitment to EC tubes and pericyte-induced tube maturation during capillary network formation. Approach and Results We identify PDGF (platelet-derived growth factor)-BB, PDGF-DD, ET (endothelin)-1, TGF (transforming growth factor)-β, and HB-EGF (heparin-binding epidermal growth factor), as the key individual and combined regulators of pericyte assembly around EC tubes. Using novel pericyte only assays, we demonstrate that PDGF-BB, PDGF-DD, and ET-1 are the primary direct drivers of pericyte invasion. Their addition to pericytes induces invasion as if ECs were present. In contrast, TGF-β and HB-EGF have minimal ability to directly stimulate pericyte invasion. In contrast, TGF-β1 can act as an upstream pericyte primer to stimulate invasion in response to PDGFs and ET-1. HB-EGF stimulates pericyte proliferation along with PDGFs and ET-1. Using EC-pericyte cocultures, individual, pericyte-induced basement membrane deposition during capillary network assembly.

The risk of thrombosis in myeloproliferative neoplasms, such as primary myelofibrosis varies depending on the type of key driving mutation (JAK2 [janus kinase 2], CALR [calreticulin], and MPL [myeloproliferative leukemia protein or thrombopoietin receptor]) and the accompanying mutations in other genes. In the current study, we sought to examine the propensity for thrombosis, as well as platelet activation properties in a mouse model of primary myelofibrosis induced by JAK2

(janus kinase 2 with valine to phenylalanine substitution on codon 617) mutation. Approach and Results Vav1-hJAK2

transgenic mice show hallmarks of primary myelofibrosis, including significant megakaryocytosis and bone marrow fibrosis, with a moderate increase in red blood cells and platelet number. This mouse model was used to study responses to 2 models of vascular injury and to investigate platelet properties. Platelets derived from the mutated mice have reduced aggregation in response to collagen, reduced thrombus formation and thrombus size, as demonstrated using laser-induced or FeCl

-induced vascular injury models, and increased bleeding time.